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Classic physics can't explain where the light is coming from in Sonoluminescence. It's just sound waves resonating in water, how can light be produced? Fusion. Uh oh, how can that be? It's not hot enough. The water isn't boiling and glass isn't breaking. Cavitation is a negative energy pressure,... show more

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❓️ ways to overcome worries that occur from time to time 💙 for me, back then i would do something (to overcome it), but nowadays i would do absolutely nothing and just lie down in the house. (with the mindset of) the mountain is a mountain and the water is water, that's how i freed myself (from those worries) t/n: "the mountain is a mountain and the water is water" is from buddhism, it's about how you are ought not to be confused with the truths in life and only then you'll achieve enlightenment, you need to keep your mind open and see everything just as it is

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Unlocking Zero Point Energy. The Casimir effect is a spontaneous force which has potential applications as free source of energy. The effect can be manifesting as a repulsive tendency between two conductive plates in a vacuum environment or can be a phenomenon of attraction between the same plates. A number of characteristics determine the attraction or repellence. The current understanding of the Casimir effect is based on the interaction between the fluctuations in energy density of the vacuum and van der Waals forces at play. The vacuum is thought to be the primary driver in the dynamical effect while the van der Waals contributes to the attraction. Because the Casimir torque arise from the #quantum fluctuations of energy or, more precisely from the zero point energy of materials and their dependence on the boundary conditions of the electromagnetic fields, these kinetic forces can be tailored, this raises the intriguing possibility of exploiting it for free energy. 🔗

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Here's an excellent video from Florian (follow) that shows charged water on the left and neutral water in the right. This is a visual confirmation of two known effects; Electrostatic induction and dielectric relaxation time. Electrostatic induction is like when a hair-rubbed balloon sticks to the wall, despite the wall being neutral; the balloon causes charges in the wall to polarize so the wall side near the balloon turns negative and the other side of the wall is positive. That's electrostatic induction and that's why you have raindrops that stick to a car window for hours of wind and gravity, rain has a small negative charge. Wouldn't work with tap water. Now, if you remove the balloon, the wall doesn't return to a neutral state immediately. It'd happen quickly if we had a balloon on the other side of the wall, but by itself this can take seconds, minutes, hours or even days, depending on the material and thickness. Glass is quite slow, and you can see the electric forces holding each other will hold off gravity for some time; and that the water greatly prefers not to be broken off, water is like an uncountable number of those walls in series, and they all cling to each other in proportion to how many balloons we have, ie how many excess electrons we have. Furthermore, when the water is extremely charged, it will not even leave the thin remnant layer of water that trails behind, as the cohesive internal forces outweigh those by induced to outside neutral surfaces.

Here's an excellent video from Florian (follow) that shows charged water on the left and neutral water in the right. This is a visual confirmation of two known effects; Electrostatic induction and dielectric relaxation time. Electrostatic induction is like when a hair-rubbed balloon sticks to the wall, despite the wall being neutral; the balloon causes charges in the wall to polarize so the wall side near the balloon turns negative and the other side of the wall is positive. That's electrostatic induction and that's why you have raindrops that stick to a car window for hours of wind and gravity, rain has a small negative charge. Wouldn't work with tap water. Now, if you remove the balloon, the wall doesn't return to a neutral state immediately. It'd happen quickly if we had a balloon on the other side of the wall, but by itself this can take seconds, minutes, hours or even days, depending on the material and thickness. Glass is quite slow, and you can see the electric forces holding each other will hold off gravity for some time; and that the water greatly prefers not to be broken off, water is like an uncountable number of those walls in series, and they all cling to each other in proportion to how many balloons we have, ie how many excess electrons we have. Furthermore, when the water is extremely charged, it will not even leave the thin remnant layer of water that trails behind, as the cohesive internal forces outweigh those by induced to outside neutral surfaces.

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🚨 BREAKING: Scientists just made topology visible in a spinning fluid. Not in a quantum computer. Not in a particle collider. In water. By sending standing waves through a vortex, researchers watched quantized nodal lines appear across the whole system lines where the wave amplitude drops to zero. Why that matters: → It’s a fluid analogue of the Aharonov–Bohm effect → The response is non-local → Topology didn’t stay near the core… it shaped the entire wave field That’s the deeper point: Physics isn’t always hidden in particles. Sometimes it shows up as structure in motion. If wave topology can be seen this clearly in fluids, what else in quantum physics might be hiding in plain sight? Follow me for the next wave of physics breakthroughs.

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Ever Wonder Why Chickens Look Up When They Drink? If you’ve ever watched a chicken drink, you’ll notice a pattern: Peck… sip… head up… gulp! Here’s the logic and anatomy behind it: 1️⃣ No “suction” system Unlike humans, chickens can’t suck water up with negative pressure. Their mouth and tongue muscles aren’t built to pull liquids upward. 2️⃣ How they actually drink ✅The chicken scoops water into its beak using its tongue. ✅The tongue pushes the water toward the back of the mouth. ✅Then. here’s the key: they must raise their head so gravity lets the water slide down the esophagus into the crop (a storage pouch before the stomach). 3️⃣ The anatomy ✅Tongue: Short, pointed, and with tiny backwards-facing papillae (spikes) to help move food/water backward. ✅ Esophagus: A flexible tube running from the mouth to the crop. ✅Crop: A temporary holding area where water and food wait before digestion. 4️⃣ Why it’s important This “head tilt” is not just a quirky habit, it’s essential for swallowing. Without gravity’s help, they’d just be holding water in their beak with nowhere to go. Fun fact: This is why water drinkers for chickens need to be positioned at the right height, so they can scoop, tilt, and swallow comfortably.

Ever Wonder Why Chickens Look Up When They Drink? If you’ve ever watched a chicken drink, you’ll notice a pattern: Peck… sip… head up… gulp! Here’s the logic and anatomy behind it: 1️⃣ No “suction” system Unlike humans, chickens can’t suck water up with negative pressure. Their mouth and tongue muscles aren’t built to pull liquids upward. 2️⃣ How they actually drink ✅The chicken scoops water into its beak using its tongue. ✅The tongue pushes the water toward the back of the mouth. ✅Then. here’s the key: they must raise their head so gravity lets the water slide down the esophagus into the crop (a storage pouch before the stomach). 3️⃣ The anatomy ✅Tongue: Short, pointed, and with tiny backwards-facing papillae (spikes) to help move food/water backward. ✅ Esophagus: A flexible tube running from the mouth to the crop. ✅Crop: A temporary holding area where water and food wait before digestion. 4️⃣ Why it’s important This “head tilt” is not just a quirky habit, it’s essential for swallowing. Without gravity’s help, they’d just be holding water in their beak with nowhere to go. Fun fact: This is why water drinkers for chickens need to be positioned at the right height, so they can scoop, tilt, and swallow comfortably.

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