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Fire Damaged Nikola Tesla's Last Remaining Laboratory That Crowdfounders Raised Over $1 Million To Save
Just months after a groundbreaking ceremony for a $20-million restoration project, a fire broke out at the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe.
Located in Shoreham, New York, the facility is the last-remaining laboratory of inventor Nikola Tesla. On November 21, the fire broke out and over 100 firefighters arrived to help contain the blaze, according to a statement released by the center on Tuesday.
Firefighters spent hours containing the fire at the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe.Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe
"While we were poised to begin a significant renovation and restoration project, construction had not yet commenced, sparing us from additional complexities at this stage," Marc Alessi, the center's executive director, said in the statement.
"We were worried we were going to lose the lab that night," Alessi said during a press conference.
"Nikola Tesla's original building was pretty much fire-proof for the most part," historic architect Mark Thaler said at the press conference. The brick walls are still standing, but some of the roof has been lost, he said.
Officials haven't yet stated what caused the fire.
Tesla was a physicist, engineer, and inventor who filed over 300 patents during his life. He is perhaps best known for the "war of the currents" with Thomas Edison over alternating current (AC) versus direct current (DC).
His patents paved the way for an array of technology including radios, fluorescent lights, and remote controls, to name a few. Several of his patents are for parts of one of the first hydroelectric power plants in the US. In 1895, the Niagara Parks Power Station started transmitting electricity.
The Wardenclyffe facility was built starting in 1901. Tesla wanted to construct a wireless system that could transfer power and transmit communication. The complex includes the brick laboratory building that sustained fire damage and a 187-foot wooden tower with a large steel ball at the top.
"As soon as completed, it will be possible for a business man in New York to dictate instructions, and have them instantly appear in type at his office in London or elsewhere," Tesla wrote of the tower.
The brick walls are still standing, but there is damage to the roof at the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe.Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe
In 2012, Matthew Inman, "The Oatmeal" cartoonist and creator of the game "Exploding Kittens" helped raise over $1.3 million for the nonprofit group TSCW to purchase the Wardenclyffe laboratory and eventually turn it into a museum.
The facility is now turning to crowdfunding again to raise $3 million for repairs due to the fire.
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Laboratory Test Demonstrates That Applying Silicon To Olive Leaves Promotes Their Growth
A DAUCO team finds that silicon is a potential means of promoting plant growth, probably by favoring the absorption of nutrients such as potassium
Restrictions on the use of certain agrochemicals, such as fertilizers or pesticides, in the field of agribusiness have boosted interest in looking for alternatives to protect and strengthen crops like olive groves. In this context, a team from the María de Maetzu Unit of Excellence in the Department of Agronomy at the University of Cordoba has verified how an element that is naturally present in the soil, silicon, can be used to bolster the growth of plants by favoring their absorption of potassium.
The study, the results of which have been published in Scientia Horticulturae, was based on an experiment with olive plants grown with and without silicon, with the aim of analyzing the effects of the presence or absence of this element on their development. The conclusion of the tests was that the absence of silicon did not limit plant growth, but its application did stimulate it.
Plants that received silicon leaf applications grew longer stems and more branches. In this way, the team has proven that silicon is not an essential element for the growth of plants since they can survive and develop without it, but it is a beneficial element for their growth by stimulating their absorption of nutrients, particularly potassium.
According to María Benlloch González, Inmaculada Martos García, and Ricardo Fernández Escobar, researchers with the Arboriculture group in the Department of Agronomy, the results of the test represent a further step in research on the benefits of natural elements, such as silicon, and their potential agricultural use as biostimulants.
Silicon has also been proven to activate mechanisms involved in plants' tolerance of specific stresses. According to the research team, "the results obtained take us closer to more sustainable management, with less use of agrochemicals, such as fertilizers and pesticides."
For this pioneering study in the field of olive groves, the DAUCO team carried out experiments with Arbequina plants from seeds, thus ensuring that they were free of silicon. The seedlings were grown using a hydroponic system for which materials like PVC containers and plastic tubes were used, thereby avoiding glass to ensure a silicon-free medium. The seedlings were then classified into homogeneous groups, which received different doses of silicon by foliar application weekly.
The results showed that a foliar application of silicon of between 10 and 20 milligrams per liter favored growth, as the plants increased in size and grew more shoots, as well as exhibiting leaf stomata of greater density. As indicated by the research team, these beneficial effects may be associated with an increase in the absorption of nutrients, such as potassium, an element that the plant needs to grow.
More information: Martos-García et al, Silicon is a non-essential element but promotes growth in olive plants, Scientia Horticulturae (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.Scienta.2023.112541
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Top 55 Laboratory Construction Firms For 2023
Top 55 Laboratory Construction Firms for 2023 Giants 400
Whiting-Turner, DPR Construction, STO Building Group, Skanska, and Hensel Phelps top BD+C's ranking of the nation's largest laboratory general contractors and construction management (CM) firms for 2023, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2023 Giants 400 Report.
By BD+C StaffNovember 28, 2023
Photo: National Cancer Institute, via Unsplash Whiting-Turner, DPR Construction, STO Building Group, Skanska, and Hensel Phelps top BD+C's ranking of the nation's largest laboratory general contractors and construction management (CM) firms for 2023, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2023 Giants 400 Report.
Top 55 Laboratory Construction Firms for 2023 FIRM 2022 REVENUE 1 Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, The $820,354,635 2 DPR Construction $797,106,384 3 STO Building Group $552,000,000 4 Skanska USA $357,679,498 5 Hensel Phelps $314,451,845 6 Truebeck Construction $306,007,406 7 Gilbane Building Company $273,771,000 8 Suffolk Construction $236,400,000 9 Clark Group $195,000,000 10 Columbia $162,200,000 11 Swinerton $127,281,965 12 Shawmut Design and Construction $121,313,831 13 Power Construction $118,000,000 14 Alberici-Flintco $114,209,406 15 Findorff $114,178,544 16 Barton Malow $99,395,957 17 Mortenson $85,272,000 18 JRM Construction Management $80,000,000 19 Lease Crutcher Lewis $76,576,930 20 Pepper Construction $74,059,830 21 Level 10 Construction $71,144,404 22 Yates Companies, The $60,665,200 23 HITT Contracting $60,553,777 24 LeChase Construction Services $60,293,054 25 Graycor $49,836,309 26 McKinstry $49,000,000 27 Kraus-Anderson $40,189,700 28 McCownGordon Construction $39,486,000 29 Holder Construction $37,000,000 30 Burns & McDonnell $28,696,727 31 Manhattan Construction $25,236,079 32 Holt Construction $24,188,907 33 Miron Construction $23,259,622 34 Messer Construction $19,615,089 35 CM&B $18,567,065 36 Bancroft Construction $14,065,825 37 Saunders Construction $13,883,500 38 Skender $13,107,588 39 Skyline Construction $12,929,773 40 DonahueFavret Contractors $11,573,989 41 CRB Group $11,484,017 42 Landry/French Construction $8,605,765 43 Executive Construction $6,400,000 44 Robins & Morton $5,120,840 45 AOA $4,772,789 46 Fortis Construction $4,668,870 47 CBRE Group $4,612,346 48 Wesbuilt Construction Managers $3,500,000 49 Morris $2,746,360 50 McDonough Bolyard Peck (MBP) $2,060,369 51 PMA Consultants $1,863,708 52 TW Constructors $1,580,000 53 Hill International $1,314,597 54 W.M. Jordan Company $1,265,000 55 Sundt Construction $461,009 56 Henderson Building Solutions $145,848 57 Austin Industries $55,416Source: 2023 Giants 400 Report
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