Saturday, February 11, 2012

February 11, 2012

“I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.” Martin Short (1950,)

Video with victims in hyperbaric chamber
Fire and carbon monoxide hit winter-struck Poland
AFP
Along with hypothermia, carbon monoxide is the main cause of death during the often-harsh Polish winter. And with people trying to stay warm amid this year's sub-zero temperatures, fire-fighters were called out to 1500 blazes last weekend alone.

Science of carbon monoxide measurement in space
AKARI finds carbon monoxide molecules embedded in 10-million-degree gas
Astronomy Magazine
Theoretically, it was neither predicted nor expected to find the carbon monoxide molecule associated with a highly energetic supernova remnant. Powerful electrons and heavy-element atoms produced by nuclear processes in supernovae should have destroyed ...