Even if you haven’t, you may soon be using one. Scientists at Hewlett-Packard have just built the first one – and it looks very interesting. According to a news report: Basic electronics theory teaches that there are three fundamental elements of a passive circuit – resistors, capacitors and inductors. But in the 1970s, Leon Chua… Continue reading Ever heard of a ‘memristor’?
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A 30-year-old Twinkie: gone but not forgotten
A little whimsical food-and-science content for your enjoyment. I was amused to read of the retirement of a science teacher in Maine after 31 years. It seems Mr. Roger Benatti had some innovative ideas to keep his students interested. One of them was to place an unwrapped Twinkie in his classroom to see what would… Continue reading A 30-year-old Twinkie: gone but not forgotten