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The discovery could prove useful in a variety of applications A new 'chain-melted state' makes it possible for atoms to exist as both a solid and a liquid at the same time. Up until now, it was generally understood that the atoms that make up physical material can exist in only one of three states - solid, liquid or gas. As it turns out however, there is actually a way around this limitation. The research, which was carried out by a team led by scientists from the University of Edinburgh, used computer simulations to study the existence of what has become known as a 'chain-melted state'. They found that if potassium is exposed to a high enough pressure and temperature, its atoms will form a solid lattice structure that contains a second set of potassium atoms in a fluid arrangement. It is believed that half a dozen different elements can achieve this state under the right conditions. "Potassium is one of the simplest metals we know, yet if you squeeze it, it forms very complicated structures," said study lead author Dr. Andreas Hermann. "We have shown that this unusual but stable state is part solid and part liquid." "Recreating this unusual state in other materials could have all kinds of applications." Full article here: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-elements-solid-liquid-reveals.html

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Hush Posted by: Eat Uranium 07.04.2019 18:00 GMT Hello and welcome back to another Forgotten Hope 2 update. Today we have a render of an interesting revolver that was both advanced and already obsolete when it was introduced: the Nagant M1895. The Nagant brothers were well known in the imperial Russian court due to their role in the development of the Mosin Nagant rifles. In the 1890s, the Tsarist army was looking for a replacement to their ageing Smith and Wesson Model 3s, and the design by Léon Nagant was adopted in 1895. The Nagant is a gate loaded revolver, a conservative choice in a period of top breaking and swing out cylinders. Unusually, the cylinder is cammed forward before each shot, allowing the brass cartridge to form a gas seal with the barrel. This was felt to be important, as it allows for an increase in muzzle velocity, it however had an unintended side effect of allowing the Nagant to be suppressed. In the early 1930s, the Mitin brothers developed an expansion type suppressor using nine 8mm thick rubber seals to capture the gas behind the bullet. It was clamped over the end of the barrel and required the use of special ammunition with pointed bullets due to the rubber seals. A similar design would later be developed for the Mosin Nagant rifle. Many of these suppressors were used by partisans behind German lines. The Nagant M1895 was produced all the way from 1896 through to 1945. Intended to be replaced by the Tokarev pistol, it was put back into major scale production during the War. Ours was made by Ashton and RedRogueXIII. Additionally, before we go, we just have time for a video produced by Mayhemic.MAD that shows a visualisation of the SVN used for FH2 development as the years have gone by.

Best: Playing in BF1942 engine again. Best2: Numbers. We were able to reach +44 players this battle. Well done everyone. Worst: My skills at the game are still terrible. But they will improve. Funniest: Me killing myself several times with my own grenades Most hated player: No one Most loved/liked player: Everyone Best Battle Photo - https://cmp-gaming.com/topic/1928-best-battle-photo-medal/ Other: -

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Best: Playing BF1918 again Best:2 Numbers both side were great. Lets keep it going. Worst: Nothing Funniest: My bad skill at the game. Im getting old. Most hated player: No one Most loved/liked player: Everyone Best Battle Photo - https://cmp-gaming.com/topic/1928-best-battle-photo-medal/ Other: Thank you to everyone that join the battle. Next Saturday another battle. Tell your friends.

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 Summer 1914, the whole of Europe is falling deep into the Chaos of war, a conflict unknown by its new nature; a gigantic, brutal conflict involving millions of men fighting a senseless war. Soon, iron will rain heavily and the corn fields of Western Europe will be flowing in blood. On this day, the most wonderful summer of the century will turn into Hell. From the small Belgian towns to the large fields of the east of France, passing by the narrow streets of Ypres, relive the year when the old world died for a new one, which changed everything. Which side will you choose ? Will you fight for The Triple Entente to defend Belgium and France against the German appetite for new territories to conquer? Or for the German Empire to exert it's full power over the old continent? Whichever side you fight for, join us in our new Battlefield 1918: Outbreak of Chaos. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP! What is a campaign? A campaign is a series of connected battles, where we recreate the timeline of the war. Campaigns are played over 8-10 weeks and every Saturday we will have a 3-hour battle with multiple rounds. All battles are counted towards the final score which determines the army that won the overall campaign. Battles will take place every Saturday evenings at 18:00 UTC

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The dinosaurs may not have been in decline after all A new study has cast doubt on the idea that the dinosaurs had been in steady decline before the impact. While it is generally accepted that the apocalyptic combination of a catastrophic asteroid strike and intense volcanism brought about the demise of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous, scientists have long struggled to agree on whether or not the prehistoric reptiles had been thriving beforehand. Some have argued that the dinosaurs had already been in decline before the extinction, in particular due to changes in climate, competition with other species and a failure to speciate fast enough. This, it is thought, may have made them particularly vulnerable to the apocalypse that followed. Now though, a new study has cast doubt on this idea and has instead suggested that the very opposite was true - that the dinosaurs were in fact thriving before they were wiped out. The research used ecological niche modelling to predict the environmental conditions suitable for various dinosaur species and where they might have thrived as the climate changed over time. "The results of our study suggest that dinosaurs as a whole were adaptable animals, capable of coping with the environmental changes and climatic fluctuations that happened during the last few million years of the Late Cretaceous," said lead researcher Alessandro Chiarenza. "Climate change over prolonged time scales did not cause a long-term decline of dinosaurs through the last stages of this period." The findings open up the very real possibility that the dinosaurs may have never disappeared at all (and subsequently we may never have existed) if the asteroid strike hadn't occurred. It seems that we may in fact owe our very existence to their untimely demise. Source: UPI.com

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