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Eco-friendly scientists in Hawaii embed test tubes into their boards.<\/p>\n
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We all know that there\u2019s nothing more frustrating then being stuck at work on a good wave day. An ingenious bunch of scientists in Honolulu have found a way of taking their work to the beach by embedding their test-tubes into their boards!<\/p>\n
They fill up the test tube, paddle out, catch a few waves then catch a wave back in once the chemical reaction has finished.<\/p>\n
The chemists at the University of Hawaii use the \u201csurf reactor\u201d to harness sunlight to create versions of the vitamin A molecule with unusual geometries. They say the ocean is perfect for harmlessly soaking up any excess heat made by the chemical reaction in the test tube.<\/p>\n
Experiments like this usually need cool water pumped around them to keep them cool, so this \u201csimple floating solar reactor\u201d is the eco-friendly option.<\/p>\n
The scientist who built the board says it would be easy to scale up the reaction by just using a bigger surfboard.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m impressed.<\/p>\n
A few more pictures here<\/a> (plus the paper if you can stomach it).<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eco-friendly scientists in Hawaii embed test tubes into their boards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,116],"tags":[14,13,15],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-rhiannon-buck","tag-hawaii","tag-science","tag-work"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t