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Keeping beverages cool in summer: It’s not just the heat, it’s the humidity

By Guest PostMay 31, 2013Environmentbathrooms, beverages, climate change, climate scientists, cloud formation, condensation, cool in summer, dale durran, dargan frierson, dhahran, heat transfer, humid day, humidity level, latent heat, near freezing temperature, new orleans, north Carolina, physics today, saudi arabia, stella choi, steven brey, summer temperature, university of washington, weather condensation, wilmington

In spring a person’s thoughts turn to important matters, like how best to keep your drink cold on a hot day. Though this quest is probably as old as civilization, University of Washington climate scientists have provided new insight.

It turns out that in sultry weather condensation on the outside of a canned beverage doesn’t just make it slippery: those drops can provide more heat than the surrounding air, meaning your drink would warm more than twice as much in humid weather compared to in dry heat. In typical summer weather in New Orleans, heat released by condensation warms the drink by 6 degrees Fahrenheit in five minutes. (more…)

Making Farm Fresh Affordable

By Guest PostNovember 22, 2012Economyagro ecology training, barbara brkovich, bernard lolly, church, csa, dan reyes, delaware, food bank program, grocery store, guatemala, highland orchards, lipton iced tea, low income community, nick rockwell, patricia beebe, potatoes, snap, st stephen, ud alumnus, university, usda, wilmington

New Food Bank program makes local produce accessible to low-income community

“We want to make sure you have access to the best produce,” says University of Delaware anthropology senior Dan Reyes. “To locally-, naturally- and organically-grown fruits and vegetables. Pesticide-free. Herbicide-free. The kinds of food normally too expensive to buy in grocery stores.”

The kinds of food that low-income households can now — thanks to the Food Bank of Delaware’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, developed by two UD students — purchase using their federal food benefits. (more…)

Saluting YouTube

By Guest PostMarch 27, 2012Entertainment, Technologydame edna, dana herbert, delaware salutes youtube, james j weber, joyce hill stoner, musicals, plays, ron whittington, scott mason, showmanship, university of delaware, wilmington, YouTube

Professor creates mini-musical celebrating video website

Joyce Hill Stoner, the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Material Culture in the University of Delaware’s Department of Art Conservation, is an internationally respected scholar and paintings conservator who has a flair for showmanship as well.

Her latest entertainment production, an eight-minute musical in which the state of Delaware salutes YouTube, now is posted on that site for the world to see. Live for just a couple of days, the video already has attracted thousands of viewers. (more…)

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Keeping beverages cool in summer: It’s not just the heat, it’s the humidity

Making Farm Fresh Affordable

Saluting YouTube