Farmers in Mexico have been given another reason to grow agave, the cactus-like plant used to produce the country’s most potent export. In the bar room equivalent of alchemy, Scientists Turned Tequila Into Diamonds. The surprise use for the national tipple emerged when researchers at the National Autonomous University experimented with making ultra-thin films of…
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Six Refugees Who Became Incredible Scientists
In 1933 Albert Einstein’s house in Germany was raided by agents of the newly appointed Nazi government. The Nazis had systematically denounced both Einstein and his work, calling his relativity theory “Jewish science”. Fortunately, Einstein was on tour in the US when Hitler rose to power. Instead of being murdered, he became the world’s most…