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a mask for the warden of the substation

(paper mache pulp, air-dry clay, acrylics)

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Photographer Uses UV Light to Capture Shimmering Shots of Fluorescent Flowers

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Paper cuts are now deadlier than ever!

Scientists in Sweden have developed what they call “power paper” – a thin, paper-like material with a remarkable capacity to store energy.

Just one sheet of the material measuring 15 centimetres in diameter and less than 0.5 millimetre thick can store 1 farad of electrical capacitance, which is about the same as many supercapacitors used in electric devices today.

The material, which is made from nanocellulose and a conductive polymer, can be used then recharged, lasting for hundreds of charge cycles. And best of all, it only takes a few seconds to power up again.

“Thin films that function as capacitors have existed for some time,” said Xavier Crispin, a researcher from Linköping University’s Laboratory of Organic Electronics. “What we have done is to produce the material in three dimensions. We can produce thick sheets.”

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Since I’m looking through my album for things to post, here’s a cool house centipede we saved from the bathtub recently when my daughter was about to have a shower.

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Quaking Aspens (Populus tremuloides) are known for developing markings that resemble eyes. Aspen eyes are actually dark markings on the main trunk where side branches used to be, Photography