5 extremely cool research facilities

Search Options	close
Search the following clips: All Clips

news science politics food economy art
technology health internet religion psychology

Sign Up Install Learn More Login


	5 extremely cool research facilities

Silkweaver

8-27-2008 5:30 PM

630 views

tags:

science, technology, research

Silkweaver says:

Some more interesting stuff at site. Especially a short video on measuring gravitational waves.

1 Comment |

Add a Comment

8-27-2008 5:32 PM

Silkweaver

Some more interesting stuff at site. Especially a short video on measuring gravitational waves.

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from August 27, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dedbcc82-64b8-42b1-8de9-f1223efb87a7/C14EE766-F6D1-4F0D-8BDC-D69012B9DFD9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/" href="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/" style="font-size: 11px;">deputy-dog.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><STRONG>1. large helical device, gifu, japan</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/deputy-dog.com/img/C12F700D-B317-403A-9DB4-C0DFA6B5B93A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/">the phenomenal photo above shows superconducting coils within the large helical device in japan, a machine which holds the title of ‘largest superconducting stellarator in the world’.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><STRONG>2. odeillo solar furnace, odeillo, france</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/deputy-dog.com/img/A0967510-6AA0-45FF-B38D-269B5214631D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/deputy-dog.com/img/CDDA839D-0B23-404D-8660-C64D59F609B3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/">this brilliantly shiny oddity is the 8-storey high odeillo solar furnace in france: at present the largest on the planet.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/">using this method, temperatures can reach an unbelievably hot 3400°C.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><STRONG>3. atf fire research laboratory, maryland, usa</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/deputy-dog.com/img/50BE3ACF-0CC5-4124-8677-5CE60945B45A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/">measuring a whopping 60ft x 60ft, this is the largest calorimetry hood on earth and is an essential part of the atf fire research laboratory.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><STRONG>4. ligo observatories, louisiana & washington, usa</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/deputy-dog.com/img/ECFB4ABB-1843-4350-82FF-B7A9EC345EE7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/">ligo’s hanford observatory, one of 2 main facilities used by ligo to detect ‘ripples’ or <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave" linkindex="12">gravitational waves</A> in space-time.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><STRONG>5. arecibo observatory, arecibo, puerto rico</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/deputy-dog.com/img/38209D81-F1CC-4B4A-AC31-6C11ADCFBE21" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/deputy-dog.com/img/D6EA4592-0A2C-45FD-8868-88431F1F74D5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/07/another-5-extremely-cool-research-facilities/">arecibo observatory in puerto rico contains the largest curved focusing dish on earth and is used for 3 main research purposes: radio astronomy</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C14EE766-F6D1-4F0D-8BDC-D69012B9DFD9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips