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Chinese scientists have developed a new industrial process to extract high-purity rubidium directly from salt lake brine, reducing reliance on imports and supporting industries like electronics, aerospace, and medical research.
Scientists have investigated why peanuts "dance" when dropped into beer. The peanuts sink to the bottom of the glass before floating up and becoming a "nucleation site" for tiny bubbles of carbon dioxide. The bubbles carry the peanuts upward until they burst, and the process repeats until the carbon dioxide runs out or someone drinks the beer. The research helps scientists understand mineral extraction and bubbling magma in the Earth's crust. The same process could also explain why magnetite rises to higher layers in the Earth's crust than expected.
Scientists have investigated why peanuts "dance" when dropped in beer, finding that the peanuts initially sink to the bottom before floating up and acting as nucleation sites for bubbles. The bubbles prefer to form on the peanuts rather than on the glass walls, causing the peanuts to rotate on the free surface and allowing further outgassing. The study has implications for understanding mineral extraction or bubbling magma in the Earth's crust.