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Are Scientists Doing All They Can to Alleviate the Fuel Crisis
2008-06-23 11:49:00 The first ICE is reported to have been invented circa 1800, IT WAS POWERED BY "HYDROGEN IN CIRCA 1805/06, according to publications here in the computer net works. The ford model tee and model A's and others, asst. tractors and other engines of the period and later had a spark/advance/retard manual
Scientists Photograph a Light Pulse
2008-06-20 06:30:00 Researchers have taken a photograph of a light pulse that is just 2.5 femtoseconds (10-15 seconds) long - the shortest pulse ever to be imaged. They didn't use a tiny camera, but rather another even shorter light pulse. The flash lasted just 80 attoseconds (10-18 seconds), making it the shortest light pulse ever generated. Technorati Tags: News Science
Scientists Close to Reconstructing First Living Cell
2008-06-11 16:00:00 From Scientific American: Modern cells are like microscopic cities: They have power plants (mitochondria), trash dumps (lysosomes), local government (the nucleus, with DNA serving as the legal charter), and many other activities going on inside their boundaries. They also have a bo
Scientists Surprised to Find Earth's Biosphere Booming
2008-06-09 15:47:00 From Slashdot: An article from the Financial Post says that recent studies of biosphere imaging from the NASA SEAWIFS satellite indicate that the Earth's biomass is booming: 'The results surprised Steven Running of the University of Montana and Ramakrishna Nemani of NASA, scientist
[Hero] Scientists blow off that whole ?cure for cancer? thing and work out
2008-06-07 10:39:00 Science Daily
Governor, Scientists Dedicate $27M Aquaculture Laboratory
2008-06-07 00:00:00 Governor John Baldacci and a delegation of political leaders, scientists and aquaculture industry members journeyed to Franklin Tuesday to mark the formal opening of the United States Department of Agriculture?s $27.2 million National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center. Set on 50 acres adjacent to the University of Maine?s Center for Cooperative ...
By Exposing Participants to Infuriating Computer Activities, Scientists Pro
2008-06-06 11:00:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.Many of us have been there at one time or another: working in an office or room with empty, white walls. It can make you want to a)...
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Scientists make bacteria behave like computers
2008-06-05 08:51:00 Bacteria have been programmed to behave like computers, assembling themselves into complex shapes based on instructions stuffed into their genes. The study is detailed in April 28 issue of the journal Nature. In a paper March 8 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, another team led by Weiss showed they could insert DNA into ...
NASA Scientists Make Magnetic Fields Visible!
2008-06-03 01:42:00 Wow, this is something to watch and watch again… (Video after the jump!) Magnetic fields are invisible, at least usually. But Scientists from NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory have figured out how to make them visible, showing them dancing in an absolutely gorgeous movie called, appropriately enough, Magnetic Movie. You don’t want to miss this one, which ...
Computer Game Helps Scientists Cure Diseases
2008-06-02 10:44:00 A newly released game called FoldIt can possibly cure all the world’s deadly diseases. The computer game uses strands of protein and their folds and structure as a puzzle. Players of the game solve these puzzles. The resulting information is used by scientist to learn more about the architecture and shape of proteins. Medical research has proven that several deadly diseases operate on a purely protein level. Scientists believe that the structure of proteins hold the secret to understanding and curing them. Computers have been used for quite a long time to help gain insight on the architecture of proteins. However, the developers of FoldIt believe that using the natural ability of people to understand 3-D shapes may work faster. FoldIt is a free game. Its structure is similar to the classic video game Tetris. An in-game feature teaches players the rules of the game. The rules are based on the basic physical laws that govern how protein strands cooperate to form 3-D shapes. Players...
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Africa: Third World Scientists Require a Strong Base - AllAfrica.com
2008-06-02 10:23:00 Africa: Third World Scientists Require a Strong BaseAllAfrica.com, Washing-ton - 1 hour agoThe world's least developed countries (LDCs) are also the world's least scientifically proficient. They could benefit greatly from South-South co-operation ...
Yale computer scientists devise a 'P4P' system for efficient Internet usage
2008-06-02 03:27:00 Caption: Data distribution under traditional, P2P and P4P architecture. Credit: Courtesy of Doug Pasko and Laird Popkin. Usage Restrictions: with credit given.New Haven, Conn. ? A Yale research team has engineered a system with the potential for making the Internet work more efficiently, in which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software providers can work cooperatively to deliver data.The way people use the Internet has changed significantly over the past 10 years, making computers seem to run less efficiently and putting strain on the available bandwidth for transmitting data.Since 1998, the percentage of Internet traffic devoted to the download and upload of large blocks of information using P2P software has increased from less than 10 percent to greater than 70 percent in many networks. By contrast, Web browsing now accounts for 20 percent and e-mail less than 5 percent of total Internet traffic, down from 60 and 10 percent respectively, in 1998.Professor...
Scientists simulate jet colliding with World Trade Center
2008-06-01 20:48:00 by Geezer Power…11:48 am Researchers at Purdue University have created a simulation that uses scientific principles to study in detail what likely happened when a commercial airliner crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower on Sept. 11, 2001. The simulation research, funded by the National Science Foundation, was carried out by a team that includes ...
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Scientists Ready To Launch A War Against Global Warming
2008-06-01 19:00:00 In an effort to fight increasing phenomenon of global warming, scientists seem to have succeeded in inventing a machine that can suck the carbon dioxide out of the air. Termed as 'CO2 Scrubber', this machine could be an important weapon to be used in the war against global warming. This machine would help in sucking off the greenhouse gases from the air, which are infused by the use of fossil fuels. A team of scientists is working on building such machine, which is estimated to suck about a ton of greenhouse gases everyday.Reports the Daily Mail Online:Though the idea is considered a holy grail in the battle against climate change ? and Sir Richard Branson has put up £12.6 million for anyone who makes it a reality ? the machines would fall far short of a quick fix. The prototype, being built at a laboratory in Tucson, Arizona, by a company called Global Research Technologies, will cost about £100,000 and take about two years to construct. The devices ? each nearly the size of a sh...
Iran on track for nuclear milestone
2008-06-01 06:30:00 Iran?s nuclear programme has made big strides in recent months and the country is on course to pass an important threshold for nuclear weapons capability next year, scientists and analysts say. Read More…
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Scientists reveal dangers of older fathers--
2008-06-01 02:09:00 Scientists reveal dangers of older fathersBy Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent Last Updated: 10:18PM BST 31/05/2008Children are almost twice as likely to die before adulthood if they have a father over 45, research has shown. A mass study found that deaths of children fathered by over-45s occurred at almost twice the rate of those fathered by men aged between 25 and 30. Scientists believe that children of older fathers are more likely to suffer particular congenital defects as well as autism, schizophrenia and epilepsy. The study was the first of its kind of such magnitude in the West, and researchers believe the findings are linked to the declining quality of sperm as men age. A total of 100,000 children born between 1980 and 1996 were examined, of whom 830 have so far died before they reached 18, the majority when they were less than a year old. Article continuesadvertisementThe deaths of many of the children of the older fathers were related to congenital defects such as probl...
Scientists open door to low-cost titanium
2008-05-30 18:20:00 From Crave: The gadget blog: Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are using low-cost titanium powders to develop lightweight, corrosion-resistant, bulletproof alloys for military vehicles and what they hope to be other military and commercial applications. The late
World leaders feeling the heat from leading climate scientists - Vancouver
2008-05-30 09:42:00 World leaders feeling the heat from leading climate scientistsVancouver Sun, Canada - 53 minutes agoLeading climate scientists are turning up the heat on world leaders, saying much more dramatic cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are needed. ...
Scientists Use GPS to Spy on Whale Watch Tours, Uncover Ugly Secret
2008-05-30 06:18:00 Approximately 1 million people paid for tickets to go on whale watching cruises off the coast of Massachusetts and Maine in 2006. These sales generated around $21 million dollars for the companies...
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1700 leading US scientists and economists call for swift and deep cuts
2008-05-29 23:07:00 clipped from www.ucsusa.orgWASHINGTON (May 29, 2008) ? More than 1,700 of the nation's most prominent scientists and economists today released a joint statement calling on policymakers to require immediate, deep reductions in heat-trapping emissions that cause global warming. Issued just days before the Senate begins debate on the Lieberman-Warner climate bill, the statement marks the first time leading U.S. scientists and economists have joined together to make such an appeal."There is a strong consensus that we must do something about reducing the emissions that cause global warming," said James McCarthy, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and one of the statement's authors. "The debate right now is about how much we need to cut. The fact that so many scientists and economists have spoken out and signed this letter should give policymakers the confidence that we can avert serious adverse climate impacts." "We urge U.S. policy makers to put our n...
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Japanese scientists create microscopic noodle bowl
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2008-05-29 17:45:00 AP - Japanese scientists say they have used cutting-edge technology to create a noodle bowl so small it can be seen only through a microscope.
Scientists Working on Matrix-esque Brain-Computer Interface [Brain Probe]
2008-05-28 16:28:00 From Gizmodo: A team at Caltech is working on a MEMS-based robot probe that will be able to slowly creep electrodes into your brain to connect up to specific neurons. Creepy indeed, but with potential uses for advanced control of prosthetic limbs, Luke Skywalker-style. But the idea
World fertilizer prices continue to soar, scientists stress need ... - Hind
2008-05-27 06:20:00 World fertilizer prices continue to soar, scientists stress need ...Hindu, India - 2 hours agoWorld fertilizer prices doubled in 2007?but the price of phosphate fertilizers then doubled again, and all fertilizer prices rose, in the 3 months from ...
Scientists develop spray-on explosive detector
2008-05-27 00:00:00 Scientists at the University of California have developed a spray-on explosive detector that glows blue under UV light in the presence of nitrogen-containing explosives. The silafluorene-fluorene copolymer is sensitive enough to detect just a billionth of a gram of explosive... Tags: Explosives, SecurityRelated Articles: Chemist Inventor 'Sniffs' His Way to Prestigious US$500,000 ...
Do Scientists Know It All?
2008-05-25 21:25:00 The merits of various vaccines have been verified, the role of evolution in biodiversity has been clarified, and anthropogenically-induced global warming, well — is still being debated. But why is scientific authority challenged by skeptics in many corners? Sociologist Harry Collins of Cardiff
[Cool] New robot bunny in development. Will be released after scientists pe
2008-05-24 01:53:00 Gizmodo
Islamic artists were 500 years ahead of Western scientists
2008-05-23 01:27:00 Islamic artists were exploiting a mathematical principle to decorate buildings with complicated patterns of tiles more than 500 years before its discovery in the West. The decorative tilework that adorns some medieval Islamic buildings has been found to use basic geometric shapes that form a complex and highly intricate tiling pattern which does not repeat itself. read more
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Scientists detail impact of ?Big One?
2008-05-21 23:29:00 The "Big One," as earthquake scientists imagine it in a detailed, first-of-its-kind script, unzips California's mighty San Andreas Fault north of the Mexican border. In less than two minutes, Los Angeles and its sprawling suburbs are shaking like a bowl of jelly.
Tokyo New Wave Robots and The Mad Scientists Who Love Them
2008-05-20 22:15:00 This show originally aired on April 26. There is a feature on the Tokyo New-Wave explosion that was influenced by Plastics.Full show MP3 (320 kps)Playlist:Part I(192 kps)1. Tobiah - I Don't Really Exist2. Frodus - Explosions3. Anti-Pop Consortium - Technocracy4. Polysics - Uno Dos5. Cosmic Vampires - Cosmic Laser6. Mathematicians - Binary Girl7. Old Time Relijun - Maenaeds in the Android Brothel8. The Groovie Ghoulies - 50,000 Spaceships Watching Over Me9. The Vitamin String Quartet - Silver Rocket (Sonic Youth Cover)10. Plastics - Robot11. Polysics - Good (Plastics Cover)12. Polysics - Rocket13. Spoozys - Its Only a Droid14. Sven Libaek - Quasars15. RIAA - Mechanical Robot Man16. Lost Acapulco - Roqeta to The MoonPart II(192 kps)17. Phoenix Orion - Jedi Mastery18. Dan Deacon - Never Do That (Mars)19. Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears - Venus Ambassador20. Ron Grainer - Hope Springs Eternal21. Rob Crewe and Charles Fox - Barbarella22. Hanson Brothers - My Girlfriend's a Robot23...
Extinct Tasmanian tiger gene brought back to life: scientists
2008-05-20 15:56:00 From Yahoo! News: Science News: Scientists said Tuesday they had "resurrected" a gene from the extinct Tasmanian tiger by implanting it in a mouse, raising the future possibility of bringing animals such as dinosaurs back to life. In what they describe as a world first, research
The scientists developed a new way to treat allergy.
2008-05-19 00:00:00 A new medicine was discovered by scientists which may cure allergy as itself.
Russia accused of annexing the Arctic for oil reserves by Canada
2008-05-18 16:06:00 The battle for “ownership” of the polar oil reserves has accelerated with the disclosure that Russia has sent a fleet of nuclear-powered ice breakers into the Arctic. It has reinforced fears that Moscow intends to annex “unlawfully” a vast portion of the ice-covered Arctic, beneath which scientists believe up to 10 billion tons of gas and ...
By: 1913 Intel
South Korean Scientists Find Real Efficiency of Solar Systems
2008-05-17 11:04:00 Manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels know the panel’s theoretical efficiency, but it’s much more difficult to tell the actual efficiency. For this, solar companies send their...
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Pig Bladder Re-Grows Human Finger, Scientists Cry Foul
2008-05-16 15:16:00 A man who chopped off his finger accidentally reportedly re-grew it using a "magical" substance from a pig's bladder. Technorati Tags: Health Innovation Inventor News Science
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Scientists Absolve Absinthe of Role in Historic Shenanigans - Deutsche Well
2008-05-15 14:36:00 Scientists Absolve Absinthe of Role in Historic Shenanigans - Deutsche Welle - read more
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172 PhD positions, young scientists INRIA
2008-05-14 15:37:00 NRIA offers young scientists PhD in one of its research teams. Preference will be given to candidates with mobility background and themes related to the Institute of priority topics.
Is Japan trying to militarise space?
2008-05-14 15:00:00 “This is a major change in Japanese space policy,” says space policy expert John Logsdon of George Washington University in Washington, DC, US. For many years, scientists and engineers have run the country’s space programme for their own purposes. Logsdon told New Scientist that the change will “allow Japan to carry out military programmes as long ...
By: 1913 Intel
5 Scientific Laws and the Scientists Behind Them
2008-05-12 16:13:00 From Neatorama: Every high school physics student knows about Fourier's Law of Heat Conduction and Hooke's Law of Elasticity. But not many know that Joseph Fourier lived inside a wooden box in his old age. Or that Robert Hooke's arch-nemesis, Isaac Newton, hated him so much that he
British scientists develop CO2 to natural gas process
2008-05-10 04:04:00 What if we found a system to transform one of our big "enemies" into a fuel again, and then, when produced, re-transformed again? This is the aim of a project made at University of Nottingham's Centre for Innovation in Carbon Capture and Storage (CICCS), in the UK, directed by Mercedes Maroto-Valer. They have successfully completed a cycle of transforming CO2 into natural gas (CH4). This could lead to making most carbon capturing processes obsolete while also powering cars we already have. According to Ms. Maroto-Valer, the CICCS group tacked the problem by studying what plants do - capturing CO2, water and solar light and transforming it into carbohydrates - and then replicated the process to create methane instead of carbs. However, it's still unknown what the energy balance the system is - we can't defeat the laws of Thermodynamics, after all.[Source: Agencia Efe via Madrid+d]
Scientists map the genome of the platypus
2008-05-08 12:08:00 SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus - one of nature’s strangest animals with a bill like a duck’s, a mammal’s fur and snake-like venom. The researchers, whose analysis of the platypus genome was published Thursday in the journal Nature, said it could help explain how mammals, including ...
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New Zealand scientists thaw 1,000-pound squid corpse
2008-05-07 09:54:00 Marine scientists in New Zealand on Tuesday were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts. No one has ever seen a living, grown colossal squid in its natural deep ocean habitat, and scientists hope their examination of the 1,089-pound, 26-foot long colossal squid, set to begin Wednesday, will help determine how the creatures live. The thawing and examination are being broadcast live on the Internet.The squid, which was caught accidentally by fishermen last year, was removed from its freezer Monday and put into a tank filled with saline solution. Ice was added to the tank Tuesday to slow the thawing process so the outer flesh wouldn't rot, said Carol Diebel, director of natural environment at New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa.After it is thawed, scientists will examine the squid's anatomical features, remove the stomach, beak and other mouth parts, take tissue samples for DNA analy...
Scientists say Chrysler trying to ?fool consumers? with $2.99 gas card
2008-05-07 04:05:00 Scientists say Chrysler trying to "fool consumers" with $2.99 gas card We're sure most members of the nonprofit 'Union of Concerned Scientists' have had to tackle more complex issues than simple fuel economy calculations, but the organization nonetheless released some numbers Tuesday evening casting doubt on Chrysler's "Let?s Refuel America" promotion. According to David Friedman, research director for UCS's Clean Vehicles Program, Chrysler's promise to offer new car buyers a gas card with a price lock of $2.99 per gallon for three years is an attempt to "fool consumers into overlooking its vehicles' poor fuel economy and environmental performance." Using some simple math, Friedman points out that, at current gas prices, the potential savings per year is around $400. He says the same savings could be realized by improving milage by just 3 mpg. "Chrysler is trying to pull a fast one on potential car buyers. It's usi...
Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene
2008-05-05 13:48:00 Gay scientists have isolated the gene they believe makes people Christian. [via Angryyoungwoman blog]
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We Are Scientists 'Chick Lit' Video
2008-05-05 00:00:00 We Are Scientists are out with the video to their new single 'Chick Lit', from the Brooklyn, New York based indie rock band's third album 'Brain Thrust Mastery', out now in the UK and on May 13th in the U.S. According to the band, 'Chick Lit' tells t
We Are Scientists 'Chick Lit' Video
2008-05-04 11:31:00 We Are Scientists are out with the video to their new single 'Chick Lit', from the Brooklyn, New York based indie rock band's third album 'Brain Thrust Mastery', out now in the UK and on May 13th in the U.S. According to the band, 'Chick Lit' tells t
We Are Scientists - Chick Lit Music Video
2008-05-02 18:07:00 We Are Scientists new video for song Chick Lit from their new album Brain Thrust Mastery is out via EMI.Chick Lit tells the story of a young girl named Agatha who one day while collecting fire wood to blend into an immunesystem boosting pow....
Scientists discover new ocean current, North Pacific Gyre Oscillation
2008-05-02 14:45:00 Washington, May 1 : Georgia Institute of Technology scientists have discovered a new ocean current that has now been named the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. The new pattern, has for the first time explained the changes in the water that are important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock. The North Pacific Gyre Oscillation ...
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we are scientists - chick lit (video premiere)
2008-05-01 22:57:00 we are scientists - chick lit [link 2][oh those silly boys of we are scientists. their latest video has the cute duo playing cowboys rounding up a group of rowdy... um... puppies. just verging a bit on 'brokeback mountain' territory, i'm assuming the dogs were used as a distraction tactic (look! elvis!). with their fun catchy album brain thrust mastery already in stores, expect to watch more puppery videos in the future!]http://feeds.feedburner-.com/WongiesMusicWorld
Scientists Create Apple That Doesn?t Brown
2008-05-01 13:00:00 Sometimes you may just want a few bites of an apple, but you feel compelled to stuff down the whole thing since otherwise you'd just have to throw it away. Technorati Tags: Food and Drink News Science
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