Ask me any applied science question.

[NealIRC]

I graduated college with a b.s. in chemistry, minor in computer science.

I'm looking for some good questions that I might be interested in researching on.

So I'll supply you a list to help you guys brainstorm.

When I took my 1st year chemistry course, I asked my professor all sorts of things.

Chemistry questions I asked.

-Is there any chemical or drugs I can take, that will increase my I.Q.?
-Is there any chemical I can eat or drink that won't make my urine smell bad?
-Can there be any strong acids or base that can dissolve metal? [Like for prison].
-What's a chemical I can use to remove the oil off of keyboards.
-Why do potholes form in the winter? (The answer is the freeze-thaw cycle of water, which explains why pipes crack in the winter.).
-If bombs are exothermic reactions, then what's the most dangerous endothermic reaction?
-Strongest known metal bond?
-Acid-cleaners or base-cleaners better?
-Oily parking lots and garages, how to remove oil from concrete?
-The platinum in the catalytic converter of a car, is there any other metal that can do the same?

-Adding salt to water decreases the freezing point, and increases the boiling point. Is there something that I can add that will increase the freezing point, and decrease the boiling point?
-Adding alcohol to water decreases both the freezing point and boiling point. Is there something I can add that will increase both the freezing point and boiling point?
-How about increase/decrease the freezing point while boiling point the same, or increase/decrease the boiling point while freezing point the same?
(These are the basis by how roadsalt and deicers work.).

Questions I asked biology professors.

-Who kills bacteria and viruses better, acids or bases?
-Are there any acids/bases that kills bacteria and not viruses, or kills viruses and not bacteria?
-Oxiding and reducing agents, are there any reducing agents that kill bacteria/viruses.
-Questions I asked on allergies and our immune system.
-What's the fate of dead bacteria, and is it safe to eat/drink dead bacteria?
-If all the viruses in the world died...if all the bacteria in the world died...

Questions I asked psychology professors.

-If I practice using my non-dominant hand, is there any benefit to it?
-Are cats and dogs also right-pawed and left-pawed, and the % distribution the same?
-How is it that our brains can learn something, but we can't delete something?
-What would happen if the electricity in our nerves went the opposite direction?

Questions I asked physics professors.

-Can you increase/decrease the voltage on a battery.
-What's more dangerous, high amp low voltage, or low voltage high amp? (Watts are amps times voltage.).
-If you can make motion sensors with IR detectors, what about with UV?
-Electricity are with electrons, so can you make "proton electricity?"
-If there are anti-particles, can there be anti-light? (Anti-photons.).

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So what else can I ask? What are some of your questions?

Couple others.

Biology:

-There are bacteria that kill other bacteria, viruses that kill other viruses, and viruses that kill bacteria, but are there any bacteria that kill viruses? According to 2 bio professors, no.
-If I eat less oily food, will my body produce less oil?

Psychology:

-If there is such a thing as an ambidextrous person (both-handed) can there be someone who is no-handed?
-Some people only need 8 hours of sleep, others 6, others 4. What’s the benefit/disadvantage, and is there a lifespan correlation.

 

[zakisrage]

Here's some for astronomy:

- Why does Triton move in the opposite direction that Neptune rotates?
- Why does Titan have an atmosphere when Ganymede doesn't? (After all, Ganymede is bigger.)
- Since their are exoplanets larger than Jupiter, could some of them have moons larger than Earth?

 

[PaulTheProtist]

What decides the rules of physics, etc? We know that they are there, but why?