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Dark Matter Mystery Deepens
Post Date: 2011-10-19 14:10:45 by gengis gandhi
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Dark Matter Mystery Deepens ScienceDaily (Oct. 17, 2011) — Like all galaxies, our Milky Way is home to a strange substance called dark matter. Dark matter is invisible, betraying its presence only through its gravitational pull. Without dark matter holding them together, our galaxy's speedy stars would fly off in all directions. The nature of dark matter is a mystery -- a mystery that a new study has only deepened. See Also: Space & Time Dark Matter Astrophysics Astronomy Galaxies Stars Sun Reference Galaxy formation and evolution Local Group Large-scale structure of the cosmos Barred spiral galaxy "After completing this study, we know less about dark matter than we did ...
Why I Deny Global Warming
Post Date: 2011-10-19 06:39:03 by Ada
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I'm a denier for several reasons. There is no substantive evidence that the planet has warmed significantly or that any significant warming will occur in the future. If any warming does occur, it likely will be concentrated at higher latitudes and therefore be beneficial. Climate research has largely degenerated into pathological science, and the coverage of global warming in the media is tendentious to the point of being fraudulent. Anyone who is an honest and competent scientist must be a denier. Have you ever considered how difficult it is to take the temperature of the planet Earth? What temperature will you measure? The air? The surface of the Earth absorbs more than twice as ...
Drones to Monitor U.S. Citizens
Post Date: 2011-10-15 20:37:20 by Itistoolate
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By the Staff of American Free Press - Barack Obama’s government is expanding its use of remote-controlled drone aircraft from monitoring and killing its enemies overseas to tracking and monitoring average Americans here inside the United States. These are the same drones that the U.S. military claims have successfully assassinated so many of its political opponents abroad. According to two recent documents circulated by the U.S. Army, the White House is seeking vendors to help it develop “tagging, tracking and locating” technology as part of a network of unmanned drones that would hover over American cities and towns, videotaping people as they go about their daily tasks. ...
Could Mount Everest be the future of solar power?
Post Date: 2011-10-15 03:38:15 by Tatarewicz
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New research suggests that cold, high-elevation climates like the Himalayas are superior to deserts for harvesting solar energy Sun-baked deserts may seem like the obvious choice for harnessing solar power, but new research from Japan suggests quite the opposite: Cold, high-altitude destinations like Mount Everest have immense potential for capturing solar energy. The findings are set to be published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, and could have major implications for powering nearby regions in the future. Here's what you should know: Why a location like Mount Everest? Two factors are at play: First, the study found that, thanks to thinner atmospheric ...
Fantastic voyage comes a tiny step closer
Post Date: 2011-10-14 23:58:49 by Tatarewicz
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NSW researchers have developed tiny artificial muscles that can twist like those in the trunk of an elephant or the arm of an octopus. Made from a tough, flexible yarn spun from carbon nanotubes, they could speed up the design of futuristic nanobots that can travel through the body detecting and treating disease. Geoff Spinks, of the University of Wollongong, said a big hurdle to the development of medical nanobots was how to propel them in the bloodstream. His team's twisty artificial muscles would be small and strong enough to achieve this, by turning a long propeller in the same way that bacteria use a long spinning tail to swim. But building such nanobots was still a distant ...
DINOSAUR and HUMAN FOOTPRINTS TOGETHER [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-10-14 06:12:12 by HOUNDDAWG
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Introduction: In early July, 2000 Alvis Delk, assisted by James Bishop (both of Stephenville, Texas), was working in the Cretaceous limestone on the McFall property at the Paluxy River near Glen Rose, Texas and discovered a pristine human footprint intruded by a dinosaur footprint. This discovery was made in the vicinity of McFall I and II Sites where the Creation Evidence Museum team has excavated since the Spring of 1982. The eleven-inch human footprint matches seven other such footprints of the same dimensions in the “Sir George Series,” named in honor of His Excellency Governor General Ratu Sir George Cacobau of Fiji.[2] Scientific Verification of Footprint Authenticity: ...
Can a blood test really tell you when you'll die?
Post Date: 2011-10-13 07:41:19 by Tatarewicz
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A small Spanish biological research company was deluged with queries after reports that its blood test could predict the age you would die. Well, can it? As a taxi takes me across Madrid to the laboratories of Spain's National Cancer Research Centre, I am fretting about the future. I am one of the first people in the world to provide a blood sample for a new test, which has been variously described as a predictor of how long I will live, a waste of time or a handy indicator of how well (or badly) my body is ageing. Today I get the results. Some newspapers, to the dismay of the scientists involved, have gleefully announced that the test – which measures the telomeres (the ...
Al Gore kicked out of the Global Warming Club
Post Date: 2011-10-12 14:49:16 by wudidiz
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Al Gore kicked out of the Global Warming ClubOctober 9, 2011 by Don Surber As the world turns away from the hysterics of the global warming crowd, the True Believers are looking for a scapegoat for their turn in fortunes. To blame Michael Mann or Phil Jones would be to admit that Climategate proved once and for all the fallacy of their “science” — that it was based on the manipulation of data and outright forgery. Looking for dead weight in this sinking ship, Myles Allen of the Guardian has decided to toss Al Gore overboard: “Al Gore is doing a disservice to science by overplaying the link between climate change and weather. To claim that we are causing meteorological ...
Boys who email ‘brighter’
Post Date: 2011-10-12 06:29:32 by Tatarewicz
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“So when we say that children who use the internet under certain circumstances are more popular – that’s true.” Surveyed boys who used email at home were brighter and more popular than boys who did not – according to a recent study by an educational psychologist from Curtin University. The study by School of Education Senior Lecturer Genevieve Johnson analysed responses by 51 boys and 44 girls at a Canadian primary school. Dr Johnson likened the situation of boys who did not use email to that of boys from a generation or two before who did not watch TV. “Think back to when you were a little kid if one of your friends didn’t have a lunch box with the ...
Giant virus found off Chile coast
Post Date: 2011-10-12 02:37:36 by Tatarewicz
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The largest virus yet discovered has been isolated from ocean water pulled up off the coast of Chile. Called Megavirus chilensis, it is 10 to 20 times wider than the average virus. It just beats the previous record holder, Mimivirus, which was found in a water cooling tower in the UK in 1992. Scientists tell the journal PNAS that Megavirus probably infects amoebas, single-celled organisms that are floating free in the sea. The particle measures about 0.7 micrometres (thousandths of a millimetre) in diameter. "It is bigger than some bacteria," explained Prof Jean-Michel Claverie, from Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France. "You don't need an electron ...
Superwave: Project Camelot interviews Dr Paul LaViolette
Post Date: 2011-10-11 10:38:54 by gengis gandhi
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Upside-Down Mountain Revealed Inside Earth Oct 6, 2011 2:00 PM ET
Post Date: 2011-10-11 10:29:57 by gengis gandhi
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Upside-Down Mountain Revealed Inside Earth Oct 6, 2011 2:00 PM ET By Andrea Mustain, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer Southern California's Salton Sea, and, just south, the edge of the Gulf of California. It's an area of active rifting where the continent is being torn asunder. A study examined the bottom of the tectonic plate beneath this region and found some big surprises. Credit: NASA. Scientists today (Oct. 6) unveiled the most detailed portrait yet of a mysterious region of the planet that human eyes have never seen — and likely never will — the bottom of Earth's tectonic plates. A Perfect Golf Swing?PerfectConnectionGolfSwing.com "Rebel" PGA ...
Aquion Energy Battery Is Three Times Cheaper And Is Targeting Grid Scale Energy Storage
Post Date: 2011-10-10 14:55:35 by gengis gandhi
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Aquion Energy Battery Is Three Times Cheaper And Is Targeting Grid Scale Energy Storage Sun Oct 09 2011 13:04 SHARE THIS STORY 0 Share 0 0 inShare Advertisement From NextBigFuture.com Advanced battery maker Aquion Energy landed $30 million in private equity from three venture capital firms on Sept. 7 Aquion, which has about 50 workers, could employ 500 people by 2014 when it reaches commercial-scale production, said Ted Wiley, vice president of business and market development. He said he envisions perhaps 1,000 workers by about 2017. Aquion's electrolyte, based on salt water rather than on a flammable organic solvent, makes its batteries environmentally friendly and keeps costs ...
E-Cat Test Validates Cold Fusion Despite Challenges
Post Date: 2011-10-10 14:54:38 by gengis gandhi
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http://pesn.com/2011/10/08/9501929_E- Cat_Test_Validates_Cold_Fusion_Despite_Challenges/ You are here: PureEnergySystems.com > News > October 8, 2011 E-Cat Test Validates Cold Fusion Despite Challenges The test of the E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer) that took place on October 6, 2011 in Italy has validated Andrea Rossi's claim that the device produces excess energy via a novel Cold Fusion nuclear reaction. Despite its success, the test was flawed, and could have been done in a way that produced more spectacular results -- as if confirmation of cold fusion is not already stunning enough. Andrea Rossi stands in front of his E-Cat apparatus, October 6, 2011 Photo by Maurizio Melis of ...
Scientists' Analysis disputes FBI closing of Anthrax Case
Post Date: 2011-10-10 12:25:18 by Ada
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A decade after wisps of anthrax sent through the mail killed 5 people, sickened 17 others and terrorized the nation, biologists and chemists still disagree on whether federal investigators got the right man and whether the F.B.I.’s long inquiry brushed aside important clues. Now, three scientists argue that distinctive chemicals found in the dried anthrax spores — including the unexpected presence of tin — point to a high degree of manufacturing skill, contrary to federal reassurances that the attack germs were unsophisticated. The scientists make their case in a coming issue of the Journal of Bioterrorism & Biodefense. F.B.I. documents reviewed by The New York Times ...
Brain 'rejects negative thoughts'
Post Date: 2011-10-10 08:20:35 by Tatarewicz
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"Don't worry, everything will be fine," says the brain One reason optimists retain a positive outlook even in the face of evidence to the contrary has been discovered, say researchers. A study, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggests the brain is very good at processing good news about the future. However, in some people, anything negative is practically ignored - with them retaining a positive world view. The authors said optimism did have important health benefits. Scientists at University College London said about 80% of people were optimists, even if they would not label themselves as such. They rated 14 people for their level of optimism and tested them in a ...
Inflamatory damage blocked by RNA technique
Post Date: 2011-10-10 06:06:13 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers have found a way to block, in an animal model, the damaging inflammation that contributes to many disease conditions. In their report receiving early online publication Sunday in Nature Biotechnology, researchers describe using small interfering RNA technology to silence the biochemical signals that attract a particular group of inflammatory cells to areas of tissue damage. "The white blood cells known as monocytes play a critical role in the early stages of the immune response," says Matthias Nahrendorf, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Systems Biology, the paper's senior author. "We now know there ...
UV risk grows in northern latitudes with growing Arctic ozone hole
Post Date: 2011-10-09 02:21:39 by Tatarewicz
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The ozone loss over the Arctic was so severe this year that for the first time a 'hole' in the ozone layer, similar to the one over the Antarctic, appeared. At a level of around 13 miles above the ground, 80 per cent of the ozone was lost, potentially exposing people on Earth's surface to harmful ultraviolet-B rays from the sun, which can cause sunburn and skin cancer. The loss happened not because of increased use of ozone-destroying chemicals - now banned, and rarely used - but because cold high-altitude weather made the existing chemicals 'more active'. An ozone hole five times the size of California opened over the Arctic this spring, matching ozone loss over ...
Chinese rocket sends French telecom satellite into space
Post Date: 2011-10-08 07:54:00 by Tatarewicz
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XICHANG, Sichuan, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's Long March-III2 rocket carrier sent a French-made telecom satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center Friday afternoon, marking the first time for China to provide launch service for a European satellite operator. It was also the 148th launch for the Long March rocket family. According to information and data received by the Xi'an Satellite Measuring and Monitoring Center, the satellite and rocket carrier separated on schedule and the satellite is now in orbit. The launch marked the first time for China to cooperate with a European satellite operator since the signing of a Sino-French satellite launch agreement in 20 ...
Talk on Area 51 by David Adair
Post Date: 2011-10-07 15:18:04 by gengis gandhi
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New UAW deal confirms 2013 Shelby GT500 will get 5.8-liter supercharged V8 (600hp)
Post Date: 2011-10-06 19:01:43 by X-15
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Today Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers agreed to a new four-year contract that will add $6.2 billion of investment to U.S. factories, and a close look at the details reveals some news about the upcoming 2013 Shelby GT500. There has been much speculation about what engine will be used in the next generation Shelby. Back in March Car and Driver reported that the new GT500 would pack more than 600 horsepower to one-up the new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. At the time it was thought the increase in horsepower would come via an increase in displacement to 5.8-liters and that the Eaton M112 supercharger would be replaced with the newer and larger TVS2300 unit. A few months later a batch of ...
Cannabis oil is a highly efficient natural cancer cure
Post Date: 2011-10-05 18:29:59 by gengis gandhi
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Cannabis oil is a highly efficient natural cancer cure Monday, October 03, 2011 by: Michelle Bosmier See all articles by this author Email this author 4136 Share (NaturalNews) Ever since the mid 70s, medical scientists have been well aware of the beneficial effects of cannabinoid compounds over cancerous cells. Thanks to modern science, over a dozen studies conducted during recent years have been able to partially reveal just how it works. Yet cannabis is still not endorsed by pharmaceutical companies as a cancer cure, and since it is not promoted through mainstream channels, very few people are aware of its benefits. Consequently, it is not sought after as an alternative to ...
American, Canadian and a French scientist share Nobel Medicine Prize
Post Date: 2011-10-03 07:18:19 by Tatarewicz
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hree share 2011 Nobel in medicine Three researchers have been jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries related to the immune system. The prize was divided, with one half going jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann "for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity" and the other half to Ralph M. Steinman "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity". The three scientists together have “revolutionized our understanding of the immune system”, according to a statement from The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet through research unlocking secrets about how ...
Mushrooms mop up radioactive waste
Post Date: 2011-10-03 06:59:10 by Tatarewicz
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When Russian scientists sent a robot into the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 2007, the last thing they expected to find was life. Inside the most radioactive areas of the breached core was a group of common fungi collectively referred to as "black mold" growing on the reactor walls. These molds were growing in one of the most hostile environments on the planet, with radiation levels high enough to give a lethal dose in minutes. But these fungi weren't just growing, they were thriving. A researcher at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Arturo Casadevall, investigated these resistant molds and helped to identify several distinct species. They all shared ...
Women found to be the tougher sex
Post Date: 2011-09-30 02:03:21 by Ferret
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While women have for centuries been labelled as the weaker sex, new research suggests the truth is quite the opposite. According to a study, the fairer sex is genetically programmed to better resist infections and cancer, and also have a back-up system for fighting disease. The discovery sheds light on why members of the so-called stronger sex succumb to "man-flu". Their immune systems are no match for those of wives and girlfriends because of the female X-chromosome, scientists believe. The reason why women are more robust appears to be microRNAs - short strands of RNA encoded on the chromosome. RNA is a genetic cousin of DNA and can have important biological effects. ...
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