The secrets of cork: So much more than a bottle stopper
The sound of a bottle popping may be a familiar harbinger of good, but the humble material behind the pop has more uses than ...
Business Insider India8 年
Why wine bottles are sealed with cork - and why that may not be the best material
But which is actually better: bottles under cork, or bottles under screw cap? Business Insider recently spoke with James Harbertson, a Washington State University professor of enology - that's the ...
BBC1 个月
Hidden message in a bottle found in lighthouse wall after 132 years
The bottle has an unusual rounded bottom and its cork was secured by wire which had rusted Engineers have found a bottle with a 132-year-old message deep inside the walls of a lighthouse in the ...
BBC2 年
Hands-on science: Water bottle rockets
Look around the cork to check if it's sealing reasonably ... The water is much heavier than the empty plastic bottle.
来自MSN11 个月
Popping bottles with care: Why a flying champagne cork is a huge injury risk
“A cork can travel from bottle to eye in less than 0.05 seconds, making the blinking reflex ineffective,” the team, lead by the University of Cambridge’s Dr. Ethan Waisberg, wrote in the BMJ.
Proposal would expand Michigan's bottle deposit law. Some want to put a cork in it
About 48 years ago, 64% of Michigan voters approved a ballot initiative that created the Michigan Container Act. One lawmaker ...