Video: Explosions Connected Across Sun’s Surface

runMobileCompatibilityScript('myExperience709443514001', 'anId');brightcove.createExperiences(); SAN FRANCISCO — Dramatic explosions from the surface of the sun can link up across hundreds of thousands of miles. New views from three different NASA spacecraft show how near-simultaneous eruptions on opposite [...]

Video: Explosions Connected Across Sun’s Surface

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Brazil nut effect: why larger mixed nuts "float" to surface

Video link. While I'm thinking about particle physics, here's something that might interest those of you who puzzle over why the dried fruit often ends up on the top of your cereal, or why cashews and Brazil nuts often end up pouring out on top in a can of mixed nuts. It's because of a phenomenon called granular convection, also known as the muesli effect or the Brazil nut effect. Shaking the contents of a container effectively liquidizes them, causing the bigger ones to float and cluster together. The phenomenon has been of interest to scientists since the 1930s....

Brazil nut effect: why larger mixed nuts "float" to surface

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