Science News for Kids » friction http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Mon, 20 May 2013 22:47:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Flagging loose bolts http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/smart-alert-washer-automatically-flags-when-a-nut-is-coming-loose-warning-of-potential-danger/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/smart-alert-washer-automatically-flags-when-a-nut-is-coming-loose-warning-of-potential-danger/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 00:11:48 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=17105 Mei Kam (left), Mei Di Zhu (center) and Jia Ying Zhong (right) designed a “smart washer” that provides an alert when the nut holding the washer on a bolt comes loose. Credit: Patrick Thornton, SSP

“Smart alert washer” automatically flags when a nut is coming loose, warning of potential danger]]> Mei Kam (left), Mei Di Zhu (center) and Jia Ying Zhong (right) designed a “smart washer” that provides an alert when the nut holding the washer on a bolt comes loose. Credit: Patrick Thornton, SSP

“Smart alert washer” automatically flags when a nut is coming loose, warning of potential danger]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/smart-alert-washer-automatically-flags-when-a-nut-is-coming-loose-warning-of-potential-danger/feed/ 0 Helium: Not so super after all http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/helium-not-so-super-after-all/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/helium-not-so-super-after-all/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:00:11 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14628 As a gas, helium glows yellow-pink when an electric current is added. Scientists recently reported that they’d made a mistake in a 2004 study that found the element was a supersolid. Turns out helium as a solid isn’t so super. Caption: Pslawinski

An exciting discovery in physics turns out to be merely a case of mistaken identity]]> As a gas, helium glows yellow-pink when an electric current is added. Scientists recently reported that they’d made a mistake in a 2004 study that found the element was a supersolid. Turns out helium as a solid isn’t so super. Caption: Pslawinski

An exciting discovery in physics turns out to be merely a case of mistaken identity]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/11/helium-not-so-super-after-all/feed/ 0 Car-crazy kid wins Broadcom competition http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/car-crazy-kid-wins-broadcom-competition/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/car-crazy-kid-wins-broadcom-competition/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:33:49 +0000 Laura Sanders http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14312 Raymond Gilmartin just won top honors – and a $25,000 educational award – at the Broadcom MASTERS competition for middle-school scientists and engineers. Credit: Broadcom MASTERS, IML Photography

First place at middle-school MASTERS event goes to an eighth grader who studied automotive spoilers]]> Raymond Gilmartin just won top honors – and a $25,000 educational award – at the Broadcom MASTERS competition for middle-school scientists and engineers. Credit: Broadcom MASTERS, IML Photography

First place at middle-school MASTERS event goes to an eighth grader who studied automotive spoilers]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/car-crazy-kid-wins-broadcom-competition/feed/ 0