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Mentos and Diet Coke on Fysikbasen
Updated: 16 June 2008

The famous Mentos and Diet Coke demonstration is now on Fysikbasen:

• Mentos and Diet Coke explosion

Also have a look at this description on New Scientist.

Fysikbasen needs your help!
Updated: 27 October 2007

Fysikbasen now asks the users for help. We are gathering statistics on measurements of hair thicknesses as a function of hair color. The simple demonstration is described here:

• Measure the thickness of your own hair

We hope that many visitors will help us by performing this experiment.

Measure the thickness of a hair
Updated: 23 October 2007

The fifth demonstration is now fully translated in the database. Find out how to measure the thickness of a human hair here:

• Measure the thickness of a hair

The Tippe Top
Updated: 8 October 2007

The fourth demonstration is now fully translated in the database. Read about the Tippe Top here:

• The Tippe Top

The Ruben tube in the database
Updated: 20 August 2007

The third demonstration is now fully translated in the database. Have a look at it here:

• The Ruben Flame Tube

Two-tone coffee cup
Updated: 19 August 2007

The second demonstration is now fully translated in the database. Have a look at it here:

• Standing waves in a coffee cup

First demonstration in the database!
Updated: 12 August 2007

The first demonstration is now fully translated in the database. Have a look at it here:

• Igniting paper with an overhead projector

Translation in progress
Updated: 9 August 2007

The structure of the database (i.e. the PHP/SQL code) has been prepared for the English translation, and the first demonstration can now be found in the database. We still need to translate the text of diagrams and icons, but this will follow soon.

Fysikbasen in English
Updated: 17 July 2007

After two years of promises, we have now finally begun the process of translating Fysikbasen into English! Follow the progress right here in the news section.