Model depicting where the oil has and will travel (courtesy NOAA)

A few weeks ago, the Bay was inundated with 58,000 gallons of bunker oil. Most Bay Area beaches have been declared safe and that the threat is behind us….Thus far, they have recovered 20,000 gallons…so what happened to rest of that oil?
According to the EPA, oil undergoes 5 natural processes once spilled.

1. Weathering – chemical & physical actions that make the oil heavier than water so it sinks(generally from wave action)
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Since our topic this week will be related to the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, or MRI, I thought I would write up a few words about how an MRI works. However, as I was googling around the internet, I came upon a pretty good write up on just that. I?l give you the link further down the page since I don? want to reinvent the wheel, but I just wanted to discuss one thing first. While reading some of these MRI articles, I realized that for most …

The DtaS Science in Action event – the Stanford Linear Accelerator was an amazing event. 20 people were able to get a 1st hand look at the one of the premier particle acclerators in the world.
We all gathered for a half hour explanation of particle physics…that quickly turned into an hour with all the fascinating questions (leave to science cafers to come up with good questions). We then spent another hour looking at the accelerator itself, along with more fascinating discussion on the research conducted there. Rather than my …