Petition Against the 2010 Cyprus Budget
2009-10-30 10:39:00 In recent weeks researchers at the University of Cyprus and elsewhere across Cyprus have heard what the proposed 2010 national budget entails, and we’re pretty scared for our jobs now. The finance minister has delivered the budget to parliament, with proposed cuts to science funding of 75-80% for the coming year. These cuts would mean ...
By: Migrations
What do Choppers, Jihadists & Anti-Depressants Have in Common?
2009-10-30 02:09:00 So here I was on a lazy Saturday morning barely awake switching on my brand new Bravia for the latest international news as I was smelling the freshly brewed Colombian coffee. It seemed very pleasant outside and I was looking forward to the nice warm weather and a walk by the beach. I was thinking about the fun I'd have for the rest of the day far away from my cubicle when all of a sudden my tranquillity was interrupted by something that sounded like a big explosion. For a microsecond I felt like I was in the middle of Kabul. I looked at the TV in case BBC was showing the latest Taliban attack, but to my avail, it was showing the latest results from the Ashes. Then another loud bang almost made me dropped my precious coffee on my Polo robe. ?What The Flying FAK', I thought? I was neither living in Kabul nor in Baghdad and BBC was just showing freaking cricket! read more
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Quote of the Day ? Gould and Evolution
2009-10-24 17:34:00 In the American vernacular, “theory” often means “imperfect fact”?part of a hierarchy of confidence running downhill from fact to theory to hypothesis to guess. Thus the power of the creationist argument: evolution is “only” a theory and intense debate now rages about many aspects of the theory. If evolution is worse than a fact, and ...
By: Migrations
NASA Moon Crash Video!
2009-10-11 10:31:00 Well, I was hoping the latest NASA Moon Crash would be successful but as of now, it’s hard to tell as there’s no real debris that came up after the first rocket hit the moon. Hey, at least we are safe and sound here. Let’s wait a couple days, hopefully NASA has some good ...
Solar DIY ? How to Make a Solar Oven using Office Supplies at work!
2009-10-06 04:06:00 Do you have empty boxes laying around work? Do you sometimes feel the need to make something cool like a solar oven? Well, if you’ve answered yes to both questions, you are in luck as you can try making one of these really cool solar ovens, all from parts you can get free from work! Of ...
Modeling & Simulation: The Return on Investment in Materials Science
2009-09-23 17:20:00 The use of Modeling & Simulation software suggests a cumulative ROI of $3 to $9 for every $1 invested in scientific research. The mechanisms for these gains are:Increased experimental efficiency leading to the reduction of direct research costsEfficiency gains leading to broader and deeper exploration of solutions and new productsFinancial gains by improving time to market for new products or line extensionsRevenue gains from the rescue of stalled product development projectsRisk management through safety testing and failure analysisRequest Free!
Good Front Porches are Science as Well As Art
2009-09-22 18:18:00 From TreeHugger: Front porches are wonderful inventions; they provide an intermediate buffer zone that let you actually build more closely to the street, and they help bind neighborhoods together. They are also often hit-or-miss; sometimes they work and sometimes they just sit ther
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2009-09-22 12:27:00 why carbon steel get corrosion whether stainless do not get corrode
Lincoln Educational, Molex, Ocular Science Raises Guidance
2009-09-22 02:51:00 Ocular Sciences Raises and Narrows GuidanceOcular Sciences, Inc (OCLR) said it now expects first quarter revenue of $82.0 million to $87.0 million. The company's previous guidance was revenue of $76.0 million to $84.0 million and the current consensus estimate is revenue of $80.0 million for the quarter ending September 26, 2009.Lincoln Educational Services to Exceed EstimatesLincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) said it expects to exceed its previous guidance for third quarter earnings of $0.34 to $0.36 per share on revenue of $134.0 million to $138.0 million. The current consensus earnings estimate is $0.36 per share on revenue of $138.4 million for the quarter ending September 30, 2009.Molex Raises GuidanceMolex Inc. (MOLX) said it expects first quarter earnings of $0.12 to $0.16 per share on revenue of $650.0 million to $665.0 million. The company's previous guidance was earnings of $0.04 to $0.10 per shar eon revenue of $590.0 million to $630.0 million and the curre...
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Mechanics of Materials
2009-09-21 02:43:00 Applications of the principles of mechanics of materials have increased considerably over the last 25 years. Today's routine industrial practices and techniques were only esoteric research topics just a few years ago. That research is now relevant to such diverse but commonplace applications as electronic packaging, medical implantation, geology (seismic prediction), and engineered wood products. It is in this rapidly changing world that Madhukar Vable's Mechanics of Materials takes its place as a standard text for civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering majors, as well as for any other engineering discipline that includes mechanics of materials as a basic course.
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International Foundation for Science (IFS) ? ?Green Water? Grants
2009-09-19 15:58:00 Another great opportunity for African researchers About the grants The International Foundation for Science (IFS) invites young scientists to submit research proposals that address: Good... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Brightly Colored Solar Panels With Less Silicon Harness Indirect Sunlight
2009-09-19 05:47:00 If you love solar power and solar products, but fear the impact shade from cloudy or dark days may have on your panels, your fears conquered soon. GreenSun Energy Ltd. has found a colorful and innovative new way to harness indirect sunlight.
New Gasoline-Diesel Mixture to Raise Efficiency and Lower Emissions without
2009-09-17 03:59:00 Both gasoline engines and diesel engines have their advantages over the other when it comes to certain applications. However, they both also suffer from drawbacks that some people find too difficult to live with. This may all change though, as a new gasoline-diesel mixture is being researched and tested that promises to bring the best of both worlds into the hands of the consumer.
Just how scientific is forensic science?
2009-09-16 04:59:00 The answer, according to a congressionally-mandated study by the National Academy of Sciences, is that it's not as scientific as we thought. The full report, titled "Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward", was released in February of 2009. For some reason, it didn't really get much attention until recently. Stephen Markley mentioned a September 9th story on NPR in his post yesterday about the death penalty, and the Pittsburgh Gazette ran an article on September 12. Opponents of the death penalty have been quick to latch on to these reports. Given the overwhelming evidence that at least one person, Todd Willingham, was wrongfully executed based on flawed testimony by an "expert", we all need to pay...
12 Revolutionary Innovations Win 2009 Wall Street Journal Technology Awards
2009-09-16 01:43:00 The technology winners of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) awards do not disappoint. They impact the world on a global scale or at least very significant parts of it. Their arrival instigates change; they are watersheds, game changers... The WSJ winners are all that, through their efficiency, their flexibility, and their economy of energy, of expenditures, of time, of personnel, and of materials. The inventor in all of us should find these 12 winners very inspiring.
Oh What Fun It Used To Be To Take A Shower
2009-09-15 19:28:00 Remember how much you enjoyed Christmas, until you learned that Santa was really your parents? Or how much you loved swimming in the ocean, until you saw the movie Jaws? Well, this news may hit you in much the same way....
Darwin at the Movies (or not)
2009-09-14 21:50:00 This is sad: A British film about Charles Darwin has failed to find a US distributor because his theory of evolution is too controversial for American audiences, according to its producer.
Size Of Tiger Brain Challenges Scientific Assumptions About Social Animals
2009-09-14 00:44:00 At Oxford University, the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) has been studying the brain size of four large cats -- leopards, jaguars, lions and tigers -- in relation to their average overall size. The largest brain by length measurement is the lion's , but the volume of the tiger's brain, contrary to the researchers' expectation, is larger than the lion's brain relative to body size. So what's the big deal?
Solar Power From Space by 2030 Possible?
2009-09-12 05:23:00 What would it take to harness solar power from space then beam it down to earth? Money? Years? Super long cables? Solar panel maker Mitsubishi Electric Corp and IHI Corp would like to find out.
Science is Real
2009-09-11 13:48:00 They Might Be Giants sing “Science is Real”: Tagged: video
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Ethanol Production to Get a Boost From Watermelons
2009-09-09 17:59:00 Scaling up the amount of ethanol produced every year is no easy task. Aside from the huge amount of corn needed to produce a decent amount of fuel, the process also requires an almost constant flow of water. While many people are working to solve the issues, others are looking for alternative methods to produce the cleaner fuel. Interestingly enough, that alternative method may end up being watermelons.
Pedal to the Metal for Engineering and Science
2009-09-09 14:31:00 Part of Project Bloodhound's assault on the land speed record involves public relations — not only for the challenge, but for the science and technology behind it. As Royal Air Force fighter pilot and designated Bloodhound driver Andy Green points out, students young and old, not to mention th
Human Hair in Solar Panels Make Solhair Power
2009-09-09 06:18:00 Another reuse for human hair has been discovered thanks to a young bright man from Nepal. Using human hair, the young man and his friends, invented a method to power more affordable solar panels for their village and hopefully the rest of the world. Is it Solhair Power?
Augmented Reality Provides Terminator Eyesight!
2009-09-07 18:30:00 Before Schwarzenegger became the governor of California, he was known to don a Terminator costume every now and then and assume super robotic powers in a few movies of the same name. What if humans today could virtually see what Arnold's fictional character saw?
Science Fiction – When is it Real?
2009-09-06 20:08:00 I love Sci-fi, but as I get older I know what I like and most commercial fiction doesn’t cut it. I suspect I was more flexible in my younger years, but again, maybe the authors were just a bit better. I love William Gibson, Greg Bear and Walter Jon Williams. But I usually ... No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Arson investigation = "Junk Science"?
2009-09-06 08:44:00 This is a long but gripping article which raises many issues. A relevant one for this forum, I think, is how much "junk science" is established in the precedents of our legal system(s). http://www.newyorker.com/report-ing/2009/09/07/090907fa_fact_gr-ann?currentPage
The Science of Balance: Taking Your Martial Arts Training to a Higher Level
2009-09-02 08:43:00 Superficially, good balance is looked at by most as the avoidance of getting knocked over. Therefore, martial artists are considered to have great balance because they spend so much time performing power movements on one leg (i.e. kicks). Today there are so many tools and applications available to improve balance on a microscopic level. Some may question why this would even be necessary for a martial athlete if throwing power kicks doesn't cause the kicker to wobble or fall off their feet. But balance has far more layers to it when understood from a kinesthetic perspective. It is time for the martial athlete, regardless of their competitive realm, to understand the layers of balance training and how it should...
Sticky Feet Of Green Mussels Inspires New Adhesives
2009-08-29 00:29:00 You've heard of 'sticky fingers?' Well, green mussels, aka Perna viridis, have sticky feet! And that is the secret -- just released by scientists at the University of California Santa Barbara's (UCSB) Marine Science Institute -- of their superior adhesive powers.
A Cure for Crohns Disease with Viagra?
2009-08-28 10:15:00 Researchers in London have discovered that a weak immune response instigates Crohn’s disease, possibly laying to rest the popular belief that an auto-immune condition is to blame. In a recent study, scientists at University College in London found that people with Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory disorder that causes ulcerations in the small and large ...A Cure for Crohns Disease with Viagra? Related Posts Tysabri Drug is Effective Against Crohn’s Disease Has a Cure for Aids Been Found? America’s Deadliest Disease, Mesothelioma
If High-Fructose Corn Syrup Kills Honeybees, What Does It Do To You?
2009-08-26 23:14:00 Watch your soda intake... and your juice intake.... Don't drink bottled iced tea or lemonade or eat candy bars or packaged frozen dinners.... They're full of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which scientists have postulated is responsible for the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder that has killed off one-third of the honeybee population in the U.S. See why this study affects you!
Chew On This: Aircraft That Biomimic The Architecture Of A Tooth
2009-08-24 04:14:00 Looking for an inspiration to build more crash resistant aircraft, mechanical engineers are looking at the architecture of the tooth.
Microneedle Patch: A Pain Free Drug Delivery Technology
2009-08-22 03:58:00 Can you even imagine getting a shot of medication directly into your eye? For many with macular degeneration and other eye disease, that's exactly what they go through. Hypodermic needles in their eyes. Oooouuuuch!
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An Electronic Tongue That Knows Its Sweeteners!
2009-08-18 20:14:00 It's a sweet tongue not a sweet tooth but, after all, it is the tongue and not the tooth that contains one's taste sensors. The new electronic tongue has taste buds that biomimic our own but, so far, it only tastes sweets. What a lucky tongue!
Great News For Chocolate Lovers: New Study Tells All!
2009-08-14 03:14:00 You've heard that chocolate looses it's flavonols, or antioxidants, when cooked. I've reported that myself. But a new study says that's not necessarily true.... and here's why....
Sathya Sai Baba On Magnetism. Science or Sai-ence?
2009-08-12 02:39:00 Sathya Sai Baba is wildly at odds with some of the most basic scientific facts. His jumping between from physical to metaphysical notions, vague at best, are at grave odds with the physics being taught in his colleges and universities - and in any respectable classroom. In an early blog of mine in 2007 - A Great Deceiver ? Laughable But Still Dangerous - I wrote: "Sai Baba?s many scientist followers must have to block their ears or don magical-thinking hearing aids when he opines on matters scientific. Some of his pronouncements are comic, to be sure. But the smile disappears from one?s face when considering that Sai Baba?s devotees number many leaders in the top power echelons of politics, government, the sciences, the judiciary, diplomacy, industry, finance, the arts, medicine, and so on. He speaks, for example, of the nature of magnetism" ..... Since then, Sai Baba's critical commentator's have noted many past and current absurdities .....
Bee Toxin Launched In Nanobees Kills Tumors In Mice
2009-08-11 22:29:00 In a fascinating attempt to thwart cancerous tumors growing in mice, biology and physiology researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis created nanobees to carry bee toxin directly to the tumors.
Lack Of Sleep Can Contribute To Diabetes Risk
2009-08-11 00:29:00 Have you ever noticed that your appetite, particularly for sweets and comfort foods, increases when you haven't had enough sleep. Well, new research suggests that lack of sleep may be another risk factor for diabetes, in addition to unhealthy eating habits and sedentary life styles.
NASA?s Earth-Friendly Flight Challenge
2009-08-08 06:02:00 Aviation plays such an important role in our lives today that despite the aviation industry?s harm to the environment we, as a society, cannot just cease flying. In an effort to promote more earth-friendly flying NASA recently announced the Green Flight Challenge.
Dark Flash Turns the Camera Flash Invisible
2009-08-08 02:00:00 The Dark Flash eliminates the most annoying thing about picture taking (second most annoying if you have one of those lame, kiddy photographers that make cheesy jokes to make you smile)--the flash. Never squint in agony again.
Housing Science and Appropriate Technology
2009-08-06 16:17:00 In Cooperation With:SPARC (Ghayyoor Obaid) & TTTC (Omar M. Ali), PakistanCAT (Njini King Caro), CameroonTM (Ricardo Coslez), Colombia IntroductionThis article again refers to ?housing?, the architectural, economical and philosophical aspects of which have already been discussed. In this article we will discuss the scientific and technological aspect (Architecture, Urban & Regional Planning) which however are not totally independent of other areas of the culture. As clear-cut diagrams and illustrations mean more than words for the engineer and scientist, the accompanying text may be considered a literary explanation of the important inter-relationship. A very simple text for the illustrations would probably not appropriately describe the total picture.Housing in Rural, Urban and Fully-Autonomous EntitiesIn the following we will discuss the very basic questions of "housing" and describe the range of possibilities between the Rural Entity and the Fully-Autonomous entities, in t...
By: Light Within
Gecko Grip Findings Will Advance Military, Space Applications
2009-08-06 01:14:00 Despite popular belief, not all geckos are employed by GeicoŽ to star in television commercials. Some of them are walking on glass in science labs while researchers try to figure out just what factors keep them from slipping off! Scientists at the University of Calgary and Clemson University have made that discovery!
Company Destined To Reveal Caffeine With Test Strips For Coffee
2009-08-03 12:00:00 Those who turn to decaffeinated coffee just can't rely on someone's word that it's what they're getting, and let's be honest here; it was policy when I worked in my first job as a teenager in a coffee fop that if the decaf was out, you top it off with regular. In order to fight off misleading teenagers like I was, Discover Testing has created a product that allows people to test the caffeine content of their beverages.
Sweat Proof Fabrics Biomimic Reponse Of Pine Cone To Humidity
2009-08-01 23:29:00 Embarrassing underarm sweat stains on your clothing may soon be a thing of the past. And your comfort moving from arid to humid microclimates, as one does often in urban areas, may improve dramatically... and all with fabrics that biomimic the response of the pine cone to humidity. Read why the pine cone may be the biomimetic hero of the next generation of fabrics.
Science Adopts A New Definition Of Seawater
2009-07-31 14:10:00 The world's peak ocean science body has adopted a new definition of seawater developed by Australian, German and US scientists to make climate projections more accurate. In Paris in June of 2009 the... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Biomarkers In Cerebrospinal Fluid Predict Early Stages Of Alzheimer's
2009-07-23 00:14:00 A research study with more than 1500 subjects was undertaken at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Molndal, Sweden. It coorborated the findings of many small studies showing specific changes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that can predict Alzheimer's disease. The highlights are presented here....
Electronic Nose Challenges The Dog As Most Sensitive To Human Smell
2009-07-22 22:43:00 While dogs are being cloned for drug-sniffing jobs in South Korea, a kind of mechanical dog is being built in Spain to biomimic the dog's sensitivity to human skin vapors. The developers are calling it the "electronic nose."
Wingless Ladybugs Promise Lasting Pest Control
2009-07-21 20:06:00 Ladybug Ladybug fly away home, your house is on fire and your children will burn... Sorry kiddies, Japanese researchers from Nagoya University have produced "wingless" ladybird beetles that stay on (or near) the plants they're supposed to protect.
Old Drugs Learn New Tricks For Weight Loss Pill: ContraveŽ
2009-07-21 19:58:00 There's a once a day pill to prevent heart attacks; maybe soon, there will be a once a day pill to fight all addictions. What we do know today is that two drugs, one used to combat drug and alcohol addiction and the other to quell nicotine addiction, have been combined to fight food cravings....
Cool Green Science Kit
2009-07-21 16:53:00 When I was a kid I loved my chemistry kit and microscope. A trip to the hobby store lately introduced me to a whole new world of science kits available to children. One of my favorites is the Green Science Kits from Kidz Labs series. They teach environmental science simply and affordably. The kits, which ...
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