we are the rich scums lab rats ffs

#How the #UK secretly #sprayed 4600 kg of Zinc Cadmium over the English #Population from 1953 to 1964:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5KKLPhkawvk

“One chapter of the report, ‘The #Fluorescent #Particle #Trials’, reveals how between 1955 and 1963 planes flew from north-east England to the tip of Cornwall along the south and west coasts, dropping huge amounts of zinc cadmium sulphide on the population. The chemical drifted miles inland, its #fluorescence allowing the spread to be monitored. In another trial using zinc cadmium sulphide, a generator was towed along a road near Frome in Somerset where it spewed the chemical for an hour.

#Worlds - #biggest - #ruby -
World’s biggest ruby unveiled in Dubai
3.2 k views | Posted September 19, 2022 | By Richard Chiu
Dubai-based Fura Gems has unveiled what could be the world’s biggest gem-quality ruby.
The discovery of the 101-carat ruby named Estrela de Fura – Portuguese for ‘Star of Fura’ - was announced during the Dubai Diamond Exchange show, hosted by the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre.

The ruby #sun was unearthed from a mine in #Mozambique and is considered an extremely rare find due to its #fluorescence and #vivid-red hue.
https://www.jewellermagazine.com/Article/10913/Worlds-biggest-ruby-unveiled-in-Dubai

Glowscope Reduces Microscope Cost By Orders of Magnitude

#phonehacks #camera #cost #education #fluorescence #microscope #science #smartphone #hackaday
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Glowscope Reduces Microscope Cost By Orders Of Magnitude

As smartphones become more ubiquitous in society, they are being used in plenty of ways not imaginable even ten or fifteen years ago. Using its sensors to gather LIDAR information, its GPS to get d…

UV Photography Box Is Great For Shooting Fancy Rocks

#science #fluorescence #geology #rocks #uv #uvled #uva #uvc #hackaday
posted by pod_feeder_v2

UV Photography Box Is Great For Shooting Fancy Rocks

If you want to shoot photographs of various fluorescent UV-related phenomena, it’s hard to do so when ambient light is crowding out your subject. For this work, you’ll want a dedicated …