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X-rays from lightning "filmed"
Post Date: 2010-12-21 09:53:08 by Tatarewicz
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It might look like an homage to the iconic 80s gameshow Blockbusters hosted by Bob Holness. But this crude image is actually the world's first picture of X-rays streaming from a bolt of lightning. It has long been known that lightning might produce X-rays but this is this first time they have been captured on camera. The picture could help scientists better understand what causes lightning and predict its behaviour. Using a custom-built camera the size of a refrigerator, Florida researchers have made the world s first crude pictures of X-rays streaming from a stroke of lightning Using a custom-built camera the size of a refrigerator, Florida researchers have made the world s first ...
Lunar eclipse and winter solstice to coincide, first time since the year 1378
Post Date: 2010-12-18 16:26:48 by Original_Intent
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Lunar eclipse and winter solstice to coincide, first time since the year 1378 By Anthony Watts at wattsupwiththat.comA similar lunar eclipse in Nov. 2003. The Moon may appear coppery red. Credit: Jim Fakatselis.How often do you get to witness an event that has not been seen since the year 1378, over half a millennium, 632 years ago? Of course, weather will make or break the viewing, and it appears the much of the west coast of the USA will be socked in with a significant winter storm at that time. click to enlargeHere’s the USA forecast for cloud cover. Blue is clearest, gray is cloud cover. For those that can see it, the moon will likely appear as a deep coppery red, ...
Labor-saving robots in China!!!
Post Date: 2010-12-17 07:51:27 by Tatarewicz
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By Andy Choi The Dalu Rebot Restaurant, in Jinan, northern China's Shandong Province, has six robot waitresses and can cater for up to 100 diners. The seating arrangement comprises 21 tables that are set in circles and the robots follow a fixed route to serve diners in rotation. After serving, the robots return to the kitchen to refill their carts for the next round. Restaurant spokeswoman Wang Xianwei said that all of the waiting on tables was done by robots. However, there are people employed to welcome customers and explain to them how the restaurant works. And the food, mainly the Chinese version of fondue, is prepared by humans in the kitchen. "Next, we'll develop ...
7 Technologies Where China Has the U.S. Beat
Post Date: 2010-12-16 02:13:30 by Tatarewicz
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I've been watching China's ascent in cleantech for a couple of years. In that time China's potential to leapfrog the U.S. has gone from talk to substantive examples of leadership. Even so, I've been surprised by the increasing frequency with which China is pushing ahead in new fronts of cleantech development. Earlier this week, the latest surprise came from energy secretary Steven Chu, who's been talking up China's green progress in an effort to boost Washington's resolve on clean tech policy. In a talk at the National Press Club, with characteristic forceful clarity (PDF of slides), Chu illuminated the growing list of sectors where China's emerging ...
More efficient spray-on solar power window
Post Date: 2010-12-13 02:57:31 by Tatarewicz
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Last week, New Energy Technologies Inc. showed its technology that enables glass to generate electricity through spray-on solar PV to investors and members of the media. The technology, which is called the SolarWindow, aims to provide solar energy to building facades by spraying an electricity-generating coating on to glass. During the demonstration, the researchers compared the cost of the SolarWindow technology to traditional rooftop solar systems saying that the SolarWindow technology provides up to three times more savings in electricity costs. According to a press release, engineers modeled a 40-story building, similar to Tampa’s landmark 100 North Tampa, as an example. They ...
Chinese Military Shovel
Post Date: 2010-12-10 23:35:03 by wudidiz
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Poster Comment:Any regime that would force it's soldiers to use one of these things should be both feared and mistrusted.
Eye of the storm: The jaw-dropping image of an enormous 'supercell' cloud
Post Date: 2010-12-09 08:15:35 by Eric Stratton
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Poster Comment:That shelf cloud pic is really cool! ... as are the rest.
Efforts to provide a kosher Internet
Post Date: 2010-12-07 11:54:41 by Jethro Tull
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Efforts to provide a kosher Internet By Edmund Sanders / Los Angeles Times Published: November 27. 2010 4:00AM PST BNEI BEREK, Israel — From a drab office in this ultra-Orthodox Jewish stronghold, three devout young women hunch over computers and surf the Internet — looking for pornography, celebrity gossip and a laundry list of other items banned by their rabbis. It’s odd work for this trio, dressed modestly and wearing wigs in keeping with their beliefs. But it’s their job at Israel’s first ultra-Orthodox Internet provider, Nativ, as it tries to launch a product that could transform the traditionally sheltered community: kosher Internet. Because racy images ...
Detecting clandestine nuclear activity
Post Date: 2010-12-07 04:20:13 by Tatarewicz
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French scientists are highlighting advanced technology they claim will help nail down countries pursuing nuclear ambitions in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. They suggest a giant portable electron antineutrino detector. Electron antineutrinos are elusive particles, which almost never react with normal matter. However an operating fission reactor emits them in large quantities, and there is no way to prevent their escape. In short, this allows the international community to detect any undeclared nuclear reactor, which is likely to be used to secretly produce nuclear weapons. The tricky part however is to detect those antineutrinos, which is possible, but very difficult. ...
Study shows marijuana increases brain cell growth
Post Date: 2010-12-06 19:44:46 by gengis gandhi
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Study shows marijuana increases brain cell growth By Juanita King, The Muse (Memorial University of Newfoundland) ST. JOHN’S, Nfld — Supporters of marijuana may finally have an excuse to smoke weed every day. A recent study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation suggests that smoking pot can make the brain grow. Though most drugs inhibit the growth of new brain cells, injections of a synthetic cannibinoid have had the opposite effect in mice in a study performed at the University of Saskatchewan. Research on how drugs affect the brain has been critical to addiction treatment, particularly research on the hippocampus. The hippocampus is an area of the brain essential to ...
Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol increase plasma testosterone concentrations in mice
Post Date: 2010-12-06 19:42:15 by gengis gandhi
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Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol increase plasma testosterone concentrations in mice S Dalterio, A Bartke and D Mayfield ABSTRACT Oral administration of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol had a biphasic effect on plasma testosterone concentrations in male mice, causing rapid sustained increases at low doses and subsequent decreases at higher doses. In hypophysectomized and intact mice receiving gonadotropins (human chorionic gonadotropin), treatment with delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol maintained higher plasma testosterone concentrations. Thus, this cannabinoid may interact with gonadotropin and directly influence testicular steroidogenesis in vivo.
DoT exploring technology that would disable cell phones in cars
Post Date: 2010-12-06 16:46:23 by ghostdogtxn
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Study Has Surprising Results On Marijuana Use
Post Date: 2010-12-05 19:51:16 by gengis gandhi
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Study Has Surprising Results On Marijuana Use A study of more than 5,000 youngsters in Switzerland has found those who smoked marijuana do as well or better in some areas as those who don't, researchers said. But the same was not true for those who used both tobacco and marijuana, who tended to be heavier users of the drug, said the report from Dr. J.C. Suris and colleagues at the University of Lausanne. The study did not confirm the hypothesis that those who abstained from marijuana and tobacco functioned better overall, the authors said. In fact, those who used only marijuana were "more socially driven ... significantly more likely to practice sports and they have a better ...
Marijuana Cuts Tumor Growth by 50%
Post Date: 2010-12-05 19:49:34 by gengis gandhi
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Marijuana Cuts Tumor Growth by 50% The active ingredient in marijuana cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread, say researchers at Harvard University who tested the chemical in both lab and mouse studies. They say this is the first set of experiments to show that the compound, Delta- tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), inhibits EGF-induced growth and migration in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expressing non-small cell lung cancer cell lines. Lung cancers that over-express EGFR are usually highly aggressive and resistant to chemotherapy. THC that targets cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 is similar in function to ...
US Air Force connects 1,760 PlayStation 3's to build supercomputer (Generals kicking serious ass on Super Mario)
Post Date: 2010-12-03 11:11:29 by gengis gandhi
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US Air Force connects 1,760 PlayStation 3's to build supercomputer December 2, 2010 by Lisa Zyga Enlarge The Condor Cluster consists of 1,760 Sony PlayStation 3's, and is the US Department of Defense's fastest interactive computer. Image credit: US Department of Defense. (PhysOrg.com) -- About the 33rd largest supercomputer in the world right now is the US Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) newest system, which has a core made of 1,760 Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles. In addition to its large capacity, the so-called "Condor Cluster" is capable of performing 500 trillion floating point operations per second (TFLOPS), making it the fastest interactive ...
Are Aliens Among Us? Sort of, NASA Says
Post Date: 2010-12-02 17:11:46 by gengis gandhi
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Are Aliens Among Us? Sort of, NASA Says By John Brandon Published December 02, 2010 | FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments (392) Text Size Science/AAAS A scanning-electron micrograph image of arsenic-eating bacteria, which NASA says has redefined the quest for life in the universe. Alien life has been among us all along, according to new biological findings announced by NASA Thursday. Research conducted by biochemist Dr. Felisa Wolfe-Simon from the U.S. Geological Survey has turned the quest for alien life on its ear, suggesting that phosphorous, carbon, and the other fundamental elements found in every living thing on Earth aren't the only signs of life. Wolfe-Simon will explain ...
Time For Economic Restoration Now Climate Change Deception Exposed
Post Date: 2010-11-30 06:46:52 by Ada
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Problems are only problems if you are unaware of them. Once identified you’re over halfway to resolution. American voters rejected the Obama administration’s policies of increasing government control through energy, environment and economic policies. They voted for cessation and reversal. Now the new politicians and chastened survivors must act accordingly. Debt and deficit are serious problems and the solution depends partly on reduced government spending, but mostly on a vigorous growing economy and that depends on energy. Maurice Strong’s plan to collapse the industrial economies recognized this with his focus on fossil fuels and CO2, so that’s where the solution ...
NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery; Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EST On Dec. 2
Post Date: 2010-11-29 21:56:08 by gengis gandhi
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MEDIA ADVISORY : M10-167 NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery; Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EST On Dec. 2 WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe. The news conference will be held at the NASA Headquarters auditorium at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website at http://www.nasa.gov. Participants are: - Mary Voytek, director, ...
Purdue University project aims to convert car exhaust to electricity
Post Date: 2010-11-29 17:52:44 by freepatriot32
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue researchers are working to reduce vehicles' fuel consumption through a collaboration with General Motors that aims to turn heat from an engine's exhaust to electricity. A Purdue team is working with GM to develop a prototype that uses thermoelectric generators, or TEGs. The generators produce an electric current to charge batteries and power a car's electrical systems. The work is being funded through a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy. Purdue officials say the project will begin Jan. 1 and involve installing the prototype in the exhaust system behind the catalytic converter.
C2C
Post Date: 2010-11-28 05:47:18 by Tatarewicz
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Could be an interesting program Tuesday night: Re-Wiring the Mind Date: 11-30-10 Host: George Noory Guests: Dr. Garland Landrith Psychologist Dr. Garland Landrith will discuss how inner thoughts can alter the physical realm through various methods including mass consciousness experiments, prayer and tapping techniques such as EFT. Website(s): * universelieswithin.com
GMO trees could replace street lights
Post Date: 2010-11-28 05:32:50 by Tatarewicz
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How 'bioluminescent' trees that glow like fireflies could one day replace our streetlights Scientists are developing ways of making trees glow so they can be used as natural streetlights without the need for electricity. A team of researchers are experimenting with genes to allow the trait that causes fireflies to glow -bioluminescence - to be implanted into a variety of different organisms. As well as replacing traditional streetlights, bioluminescent plants would be useful for people who are not hooked up to the electricity grid. And if more lights were ever required, they could simply be grown. Trees that glow naturally with bioluminescent genes could be used to light ...
Front-Line City in Virginia Starts Tackling Rise in Sea
Post Date: 2010-11-26 04:24:00 by HOUNDDAWG
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The city of Norfolk, Va., is spending a lot of money to raise Richmond Crescent by 18 inches to avert routine flooding at high tide. NORFOLK, Va. — In this section of the Larchmont neighborhood, built in a sharp “u” around a bay off the Lafayette River, residents pay close attention to the lunar calendar, much as other suburbanites might attend to the daily flow of commuter traffic. William Stiles, executive director of Wetlands Watch, believes such projects are futile in the face of rising sea levels. If the moon is going to be full the night before Hazel Peck needs her car, for example, she parks it on a parallel block, away from the river. The next morning, she walks ...
Paradigm shifts: Past, Present, Future
Post Date: 2010-11-25 06:40:31 by Tatarewicz
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Throughout most of history, human beings could expect to grow old and die in a world very much like the one into which they were born. Change was slow, by modern standards. People lived as hunter-gatherers for hundreds of thousands of years, before agricultural technology took root and changed society about 10,000 years ago. Then, only 200 years ago, the industrial revolution radically remade society yet again. In the late 20th century, the electronic computer started a new revolution, which is still ongoing. Today, culture is still playing "catch up" with the radical democratization of information and opinion that new, computer-enabled media and ubiquitous network connectivity ...
Dark energy on firmer footing
Post Date: 2010-11-24 20:22:15 by farmfriend
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Dark energy on firmer footing eometric test supports the existence of a key thread in the fabric of the Universe. Eugenie Samuel Reich The claim that mysterious dark energy is accelerating the Universe's expansion has been placed on firmer ground, with the successful application of a quirky geometric test proposed more than 30 years ago. The accelerating expansion was first detected in 1998. Astronomers studying Type 1a supernovae, stellar explosions called "standard candles" because of their predictable luminosity, made the incredible discovery that the most distant of these supernovae appear dimmer than would be expected if the Universe were expanding at a constant ...
Kill Whitey. It’s the Right Thing to Do.
Post Date: 2010-11-23 17:12:09 by Prefrontal Vortex
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Kill Whitey. It’s the Right Thing to Do. By David Dobbs September 15, 2010 | 4:51 pm | Categories: Brains and Behavior, Neuron Culture, Science Blogs A couple years ago, David Pizarro, a young research psychologist at Cornell, brewed up a devious variation on the classic trolley problem. The trolley problem is that staple of moral psychology studies at dinner parties in which you ask someone to decide under what conditions it’s morally permissible to kill one person to save others. Here, via Wikipedia, is its most basic template: A trolley is running out of control down a track. In its path are 5 people who have been tied to the track by a mad philosopher. Fortunately, you can ...
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