• Question: whats you favourite invention?

    Asked by anon-199428 to Sylvia, Sumit, Martin, Kate, Bryony, Aryanne on 7 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Martin McCoustra

      Martin McCoustra answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      The simplest ones with the most impact… Fire, the wheel, glass… I could go on!

    • Photo: Sylvia Soldatou

      Sylvia Soldatou answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      paper!

    • Photo: Sumit Konar

      Sumit Konar answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      Li ion batteries; you all use it everyday. Li ions intercalate between planes of graphite. I studied for the 1st time the chemistry and stability of Li-Intercalted graphite. You can find the paper online. Search by my name “Sumit konar” and “chemistry of materials”. You will find it.

    • Photo: Kate McGonagle

      Kate McGonagle answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      Airplanes!

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