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Carbyne: Officially the strongest material in the world

A carbon nanotubule. Image from


Basic rocket propulsion

Newton stated in his third law that every action must have an equal and opposite reaction. This has proved extremely useful for rocket propulsion as the law demonstrates that if a large amount of fuel is rapidly ejected from the back of a vessel it is quite clear that there is a large force acting […]