Archive for February 27, 2015

Astronauts experimenting with water that starts fires

Burn baby burn. Today, we use water to put out fires. But what if we could use it for the opposite effect? Astronaut researchers on the International Space Station are experimenting with water that can start a fire.

when_my_first_love_went_up_in_flamesIt’s called supercritical water and it might offer benefits such as clean-burning municipal waste disposal and improved saltwater purification. Read more