A FIELD OF CURIOSITY

Everyday science

From an everyday question to the next discovery.

The 2015 work revealed a transport mechanism. The 2017 work added experiments with living bacteria. The scale and effects outdoors are further, separate questions.

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The smell of rain, revisited: can tiny bubbles carry bacteria, too?

From the 2015 discovery of bursting bubbles to the 2017 experiments with living bacteria. A pleasant smell became a question about the movement of matter.

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Where does the sky's blue come from?

Our familiar sky is made by sunlight and the very small molecules in the air.

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