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Scientists discover why flies are so hard to Swat
Note: Using high-resolution, high-speed digital imaging of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) faced with a looming swatter, Dickinson and graduate student Gwyneth Card have determined the secret to a flys evasive maneuvering....
Posted by g8rrrry, at 04:12AM 08/30/08 and by 1 others:
10 Greenest Presidents in U.S. History
Note: Which Leaders Fought to Protect the Environment?
Posted by g8rrrry, at 02:02PM 08/29/08 and by 1 others:
Giant Clams Fed Early Humans
Note: Giant clams two feet long might have helped feed prehistoric humans as they first migrated out of Africa, new research reveals. The species, Tridacna costata, once accounted for more than 80 percent of giant clams in the Red Sea, researcher now say.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 03:44AM 08/29/08 and by 1 others:
Men Want Women To Be Traditional-Women HAPPY To Be Housewife
Note: Women have abandoned the feminist dream of equality to seek a more traditional role - and want men to be more retrosexual than metrosexual, according to research.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 01:02PM 08/28/08 and by 1 others:
Japanese Physicists Aim to Unlock Universes Mysteries
Note: The Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC Center) -- a 150 billion yen (1.36 billion dollar) project almost entirely funded by the government -- will open in December as one of the worlds three hubs of atomic science. The gigantic complex in the nuclear research hub in Tokai, 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Tokyo
Posted by g8rrrry, at 03:49AM 08/28/08 and by 1 others:
Arctic Sea Ice Drops to 2nd Lowest Level on Record
Note: Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Sea ice melt recorded on Monday exceeded the low recorded in 2005, which had held second place.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 06:18PM 08/27/08 :
Wind turbines make bat lungs explode
Note: Beware: exploding lungs is not a sign one would expect to see at a wind farm. But a new study suggests this is the main reason bats die in large numbers around wind turbines. The risk that wind turbines pose to birds is well known and has dogged debates over wind energy. In fact, several studies have suggested the risk to bats is greater...
Posted by g8rrrry, at 01:40PM 08/27/08 and by 1 others:
Ten Futures: Where Science Fiction Could Become Real
Note: 1. The Pragmatic Web, 2. Global Intelligence, 3. Extended Reality, 4. The Human Grid, 5. Smart Objects and more. Sounds like a good future to me.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 01:10PM 08/27/08 and by 1 others:
UT doctor reports intriguing diabetes breakthrough
Note: A Dallas-based researcher says hes pulled off a medical first: successfully treating mice and rats dying of insulin-dependent diabetes without using insulin.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 12:58PM 08/27/08 and by 1 others:
A Protein That Helps Create Immortal Cells
Note: It may take just one or two proteins to polish off a simple cellular task, but life-or-death matters, such as caring for the ends of chromosomes known as telomeres, require interacting crews of proteins, all with a common goal but each with a specialized task.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 03:44AM 08/27/08 and by 1 others:
Phoenix Digs Deep for 90th Day on Mars
Note: The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander has dug. On Tuesday, August 26, the scoop on the landers robotic arm will pick up a sample of soil from the bottom of a trench called Stone Soup which is about 18 centimeters...
Posted by g8rrrry, at 11:02AM 08/26/08 :
Ventriloquism In Motion: How Sound Can Move Light
Note: Research led by Dr Elliot Freeman, lecturer in psychology at Brunel Universitys School of Social Sciences, recently published in Current Biology, confirms that what we see can sometimes depend as much on our ears as on our eyes.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 03:36AM 08/26/08 :
Gorgeous Image of Endeavour with Earth in the Backdrop
Note: A rare image of NASAs shuttle endeavour orbiting around our beautiful planet earth.Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of the three currently operational spacecraft in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States.The other two are Discovery and Atlantis. Endeavour was the fifth and final NASA space shuttle to be built.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 09:50AM 08/25/08 :
Is Science Fiction Too Obsessed w/ The Past?
Note: The problem with science fiction is that it cares too much about the past. Or, at least, thats the argument being put forward by writer Ian Sales, whos growing more and more concerned about the reverence that sci-fi fans have for classic sci-fi thats possibly past its sell-by date.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 08:20AM 08/25/08 :
Seeing in Four Dimensions
Note: Mathematicians create videos that help in visualizing four-dimensional objects.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 07:36AM 08/25/08 and by 1 others:
Quantum Weirdness: Two Times Zero Doesnt Always Equal Zero
Note: Researchers think they can extract quantum information from two noisy channels that are individually useless
Posted by g8rrrry, at 04:12PM 08/24/08 :
Pizza Oven + Inkjet Printer + Nail Polish=Cheap Solar Cells?
Note: Nicole Kuepper, a 23 years old PhD student, might have just found a way to make the world a better place. The processes she developed for the iJET solar cell dont require the very expensive clean rooms and high-temperature ovens of traditional solar panel manufacturing plants, but rather pizza ovens, nail polish and inkjet printers.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 02:36PM 08/24/08 and by 1 others:
Altruistic Cells Self-destruct For The Greater Common Good
Note: Random molecular processes during cell division allow some cells to engage in a self-destructive act to generate a greater common good, thereby improving the situation of the surviving siblings. Biologists investigated this unusual biological concept using the pathogenic salmo-nella bacteria as an example.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 01:16PM 08/24/08 :
100 Million Green Facts You Didnt Know About Junk Mail
Note: 100 Million Trees Are Cut Each Year to Generate Junk Mail. A report by ForestEthics, the nonprofit environmental organization whose mission is to protect endangered forests, has made a very startling revelation: that there are 100 million green reasons why junk mail are an annoying intrusion.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 10:36AM 08/24/08 and by 1 others:
Hot Asphalt as Better Energy Collector than Solar Panels?
Note: Researchers in Massachusetts are working on a technique to turn heat gathered by asphalt into useable energy via water pipes. Their paper, released this week at the International Symposium on Asphalt Pavements and Environment in Zurich, posits that asphalt roads could be better than solar panels in gathering energy.
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Posted by g8rrrry, at 04:34AM 08/30/08 and by 1 others:Scientists discover why flies are so hard to Swat
Note: Using high-resolution, high-speed digital imaging of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) faced with a looming swatter, Dickinson and graduate student Gwyneth Card have determined the secret to a flys evasive maneuvering....
Posted by g8rrrry, at 04:12AM 08/30/08 and by 1 others:10 Greenest Presidents in U.S. History
Note: Which Leaders Fought to Protect the Environment?
Posted by g8rrrry, at 02:02PM 08/29/08 and by 1 others:Giant Clams Fed Early Humans
Note: Giant clams two feet long might have helped feed prehistoric humans as they first migrated out of Africa, new research reveals. The species, Tridacna costata, once accounted for more than 80 percent of giant clams in the Red Sea, researcher now say.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 03:44AM 08/29/08 and by 1 others:Men Want Women To Be Traditional-Women HAPPY To Be Housewife
Note: Women have abandoned the feminist dream of equality to seek a more traditional role - and want men to be more retrosexual than metrosexual, according to research.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 01:02PM 08/28/08 and by 1 others:Japanese Physicists Aim to Unlock Universes Mysteries
Note: The Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC Center) -- a 150 billion yen (1.36 billion dollar) project almost entirely funded by the government -- will open in December as one of the worlds three hubs of atomic science. The gigantic complex in the nuclear research hub in Tokai, 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Tokyo
Posted by g8rrrry, at 03:49AM 08/28/08 and by 1 others:Arctic Sea Ice Drops to 2nd Lowest Level on Record
Note: Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Sea ice melt recorded on Monday exceeded the low recorded in 2005, which had held second place.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 06:18PM 08/27/08 :Wind turbines make bat lungs explode
Note: Beware: exploding lungs is not a sign one would expect to see at a wind farm. But a new study suggests this is the main reason bats die in large numbers around wind turbines. The risk that wind turbines pose to birds is well known and has dogged debates over wind energy. In fact, several studies have suggested the risk to bats is greater...
Posted by g8rrrry, at 01:40PM 08/27/08 and by 1 others:Ten Futures: Where Science Fiction Could Become Real
Note: 1. The Pragmatic Web, 2. Global Intelligence, 3. Extended Reality, 4. The Human Grid, 5. Smart Objects and more. Sounds like a good future to me.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 01:10PM 08/27/08 and by 1 others:UT doctor reports intriguing diabetes breakthrough
Note: A Dallas-based researcher says hes pulled off a medical first: successfully treating mice and rats dying of insulin-dependent diabetes without using insulin.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 12:58PM 08/27/08 and by 1 others:A Protein That Helps Create Immortal Cells
Note: It may take just one or two proteins to polish off a simple cellular task, but life-or-death matters, such as caring for the ends of chromosomes known as telomeres, require interacting crews of proteins, all with a common goal but each with a specialized task.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 03:44AM 08/27/08 and by 1 others:Phoenix Digs Deep for 90th Day on Mars
Note: The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander has dug. On Tuesday, August 26, the scoop on the landers robotic arm will pick up a sample of soil from the bottom of a trench called Stone Soup which is about 18 centimeters...
Posted by g8rrrry, at 11:02AM 08/26/08 :Ventriloquism In Motion: How Sound Can Move Light
Note: Research led by Dr Elliot Freeman, lecturer in psychology at Brunel Universitys School of Social Sciences, recently published in Current Biology, confirms that what we see can sometimes depend as much on our ears as on our eyes.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 03:36AM 08/26/08 :Gorgeous Image of Endeavour with Earth in the Backdrop
Note: A rare image of NASAs shuttle endeavour orbiting around our beautiful planet earth.Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of the three currently operational spacecraft in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States.The other two are Discovery and Atlantis. Endeavour was the fifth and final NASA space shuttle to be built.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 09:50AM 08/25/08 :Is Science Fiction Too Obsessed w/ The Past?
Note: The problem with science fiction is that it cares too much about the past. Or, at least, thats the argument being put forward by writer Ian Sales, whos growing more and more concerned about the reverence that sci-fi fans have for classic sci-fi thats possibly past its sell-by date.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 08:20AM 08/25/08 :Seeing in Four Dimensions
Note: Mathematicians create videos that help in visualizing four-dimensional objects.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 07:36AM 08/25/08 and by 1 others:Quantum Weirdness: Two Times Zero Doesnt Always Equal Zero
Note: Researchers think they can extract quantum information from two noisy channels that are individually useless
Posted by g8rrrry, at 04:12PM 08/24/08 :Pizza Oven + Inkjet Printer + Nail Polish=Cheap Solar Cells?
Note: Nicole Kuepper, a 23 years old PhD student, might have just found a way to make the world a better place. The processes she developed for the iJET solar cell dont require the very expensive clean rooms and high-temperature ovens of traditional solar panel manufacturing plants, but rather pizza ovens, nail polish and inkjet printers.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 02:36PM 08/24/08 and by 1 others:Altruistic Cells Self-destruct For The Greater Common Good
Note: Random molecular processes during cell division allow some cells to engage in a self-destructive act to generate a greater common good, thereby improving the situation of the surviving siblings. Biologists investigated this unusual biological concept using the pathogenic salmo-nella bacteria as an example.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 01:16PM 08/24/08 :100 Million Green Facts You Didnt Know About Junk Mail
Note: 100 Million Trees Are Cut Each Year to Generate Junk Mail. A report by ForestEthics, the nonprofit environmental organization whose mission is to protect endangered forests, has made a very startling revelation: that there are 100 million green reasons why junk mail are an annoying intrusion.
Posted by g8rrrry, at 10:36AM 08/24/08 and by 1 others:Hot Asphalt as Better Energy Collector than Solar Panels?
Note: Researchers in Massachusetts are working on a technique to turn heat gathered by asphalt into useable energy via water pipes. Their paper, released this week at the International Symposium on Asphalt Pavements and Environment in Zurich, posits that asphalt roads could be better than solar panels in gathering energy.
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