Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Electric Beams Can Pew-Pew Flames Out Of Existence

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That’s right. Beams of electricity as a fire extinguisher. A little too Dr. Who for comfort perhaps, but it’s real boys and girls! It’s real!

A team of Harvard scientists led by Dr. Ludovico Cademartiri presented their findings for the 241st National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society. It all has to do with soot, apparently. Charge the soot particles in a blaze and the flames are diminished in a snap.

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