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🫧 Composite metal foam could lead to safer hazmat transportation
#materials

Composite metal foam could lead to safer hazmat transportation
A new study finds that composite metal foam (CMF) can withstand tremendous force—enough to punch a hole in a railroad tank car—at much lower weight than solid steel. The finding raises the possibility of creating a safer generation of tanker cars for transporting hazardous materials.

Instructions:
1. Visit your locally owned coffee shop
2. Order a macchiato
3. When they ask, “Just to be clear, you mean a double shot with a small amount of foam?” you say “Yes, obviously. Starbucks ruined it for everyone, didn’t they?”
4. Nod sagely along with the barista

Newest layer in the Packers-Bears rivalry? Cheese grater hats https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47546611/foam-cheese-grater-hats-bears-packers

🪢 Composite metal foam endures over 1 million load cycles at 400°C and 600°C
#metallurgy

Composite metal foam endures over 1 million load cycles at 400°C and 600°C
New research shows that composite metal foam (CMF) is incredibly resilient at high temperatures, able to withstand repeated heavy loads even at temperatures of 400°C and 600°C. Coupled with the material's high strength-to-weight ratio, the finding suggests that CMF could be used in applications ranging from automobile engines to aerospace components to nuclear power technologies.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #AmbientFocus
Foam and Sand:
🎵 Circle 37 (feat. Robot Koch & Priscilla Ahn)
#FoamandSand
https://foamandsand.bandcamp.com/track/circle-37-feat-priscilla-ahn
https://open.spotify.com/track/4CjrUAbi5L8G0dTCd8oP4t

At -20⁰C memory foam is significantly less forgiving than at room temperature.

What do people think about mattresses?
Innerspring? Foam? Some kinda hybrid?
I'm not doing water again. I don't recall ever sleeping on a foam one.
#mattress

Frozen foam on sand
The plover patrols the shore
Trawling for tidbits.
#dailyhaikuprompt - plover
#haiku
#poem

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear…

I went up to ace hardware to figure out what to do with the snow blower. I bought some stable and some sea foam ... and because it's the neighborhood ace hardware, I bought a can of soda pop.

Day 3, practicing a bunch of stuff including musculoskeletal injuries.
I had a "broken arm" for this one.

🩸 Blood tests show highest levels of forever chemicals in those living near New Mexico plume
#pfas

Blood tests show highest levels of forever chemicals in those living near New Mexico plume
It's a name many people have trouble pronouncing, but these synthetic chemicals have been used in everything from fast-food packaging to nonstick cookware, clothing, household cleaning products and even firefighting foam.

Providencia are doing some of the best cocktails in DC at the moment. Interesting ingredients, fantastic flavors.
Well deserved Michelin recommendation
https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/10/15/michelin-adds-8-new-restaurants-to-its-dc-guide/

In monochrome you can't see the iridescence of the plastic films in the Polyform sculpture in front of the Human Ecology building it making it look like a glass cube with a stainless steel foam inside
#photo #photography