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Why do Scientists Bombard Specific Elements to Create New Ones?

Why do Scientists Bombard Specific Elements to Create New Ones?


Why do Scientists Bombard Specific Elements to Create New Ones?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 08:23 PM PST

For Oganesson, it was Calcium and Californium: 20 + 98 = 118. But why not just Praseodymium and Praseodymium? If you bombard element 59 with element 59, shouldn't it also give you element 118?

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How strong does a container have to be to prevent water from freezing inside it?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 12:48 PM PST

Is it possible to fill a container with water and prevent it from freezing by preventing the ice from expanding?

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how are planetary rings stable ?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 03:02 PM PST

Something just occurred to me, if all extraplanetary masses formed from from gravitational forces acting on small bits of debris pulling them together, and planetary rings are just that except in a stable orbit around a larger mass, how hasn't the same process happened there ?

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Why don't we get blood clots from lying still while we sleep for 8+ hours?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 12:02 PM PST

I watched a video about venous stasis and deep vein thrombosis. I followed the logic and thought that if we lie still for a long period of time while we sleep, what's keeping us from developing blood clots?

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Is there a theoretical limit to the energy density of lithium ion batteries?

Posted: 13 Feb 2021 08:32 AM PST

Title basically says it. Is there a known physical limit to how energy dense lithium ion batteries could possibly become? If so, how do modern batteries compare to that limit?

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Are there viruses that are benign but highly infectious that we don’t know about until after it’s spread?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 08:31 AM PST

Is it possible to keep creating new elements by just smashing more protons together with enough energy?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 10:00 AM PST

As we "discover" more and more elements with half-lives of picoseconds, will they still be considered actual elements? Can you keep adding energy to hold hold a nucleus together long enough to measure to create a new element?

EDIT: yeah, I know there's neutrons in the nucleus. That doesn't really change the question

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Why are vaccines in small bottles?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 05:50 PM PST

I always thought that its just the way it is, but during this time I wonder why vaccines are always in such small bottles? Wouldn't big gallon jugs be more efficient?

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Has there ever been a theory of gravity as an absence of a repulsive force?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 01:13 PM PST

Say, something along the lines of, "mass serves as a shield from xxx particles."

You fall to the ground not because gravity attracts you, but because you are "pushed down" more than you are "pushed up".

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Can a tree uprooted in an avalanche or landslide reestablish itself further downhill?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 01:11 PM PST

I was watching a video and several small pine trees were swept away in an avalanche. If they were to settle upright and in a suitable area, would they establish new roots and survive?

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Can we use the blood from someone with O- blood who has built up a tolerance to say rattlesnake venom as a universal antivenom for rattlesnake bites via a simple transfusion?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 10:46 AM PST

Do any other animals give birth to another offspring while still caring for a current offspring, like humans do?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 07:42 AM PST

I saw a photo of a family with a new born when they had 3 other young children and it got me thinking. I wasn't sure if some apes or elephants have another baby when they are currently caring for a baby.

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Do bugs swallow? I’m wondering how do bugs ingest food. Help me out here!

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 10:02 AM PST

Is baking something any different from drying or removing water from it?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 06:22 AM PST

I've recently encountered a few individuals who claim that baking is essentially nothing more than controlled drying. It is my understanding that drying is involved but I was under the impression that there were a wide variety of chemical reactions that occurred that wouldn't exactly be "drying" per se. I've looked at a few of the other related reactions like carmelization and Maillard reactions but I'm not able to say for sure if those aren't also complicated removals of water or caused the removal of water.

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What is the composition o the Martian soil?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 04:15 AM PST

Is it similar to Earth's soil? Or the planet chemical composition is too different from our home?

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What properties should a plant have to be viable for vertical farming?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 06:12 AM PST

Is there any sort of limitation on what plants can be farmed in vertical farms? If so, what would these be?

Additionally, what properties would help a plant in being grown in vertical farms?

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If someone had learned a foreign language as a kid( 4 yo), but then stopped using it and therefore forgot it, could he relearn it in his adult life with significant lower effort than others?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 03:20 AM PST

Why do lupus and fibromyalgia mainly affect women?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 02:01 AM PST

I was reading up on both this morning (mother has fibro) and found out that in both about 90% of patients with either condition are women mainly in the childbearing age range. Is there any reason for this?

Thanks.

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What is the most common microorganism you would find in the average water sample?

Posted: 12 Feb 2021 02:00 AM PST

Google seems to not be able to understand that sentence, so I'm just hoping someone in the world can give me an answer for this. Every search result says "bacteria" like that isn't literally billions of different species. I mean what is the most common species that you would find inside the average microscope sample? If I pull water out of a random lake near me, what species am I most likely to see?

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