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Wide gap exists between scientists, U.S. public over science issues: survey
Post Date: 2015-01-30 01:36:50 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Scientists and the general public in the United States are sharply divided over a broad range of hot topics related to science such as genetically modified (GMO) foods, climate change and human evolution, according a new survey out on Thursday that also found "considerable concern" about science education for U.S. kids by both groups. The largest differences between the public and scientists are found in beliefs about the safety of GM foods, as 88 percent of scientists think eating GM food is safe, while 37 percent of the public believes that, said the survey by the Pew Research Center in collaboration with the American Association for the ...
New type of chemical bond discovered
Post Date: 2015-01-29 04:40:47 by Tatarewicz
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Move over, covalent and ionic bonds, there’s a new chemical bond in town, and it loves to shake things up. It’s taken decades to nail down, but researchers in Canada have finally identified a new chemical bond, which they’re calling a ‘vibrational bond’. This vibrational bond seems to break the law of chemistry that states if you increase the temperature, the rate of reaction will speed up. Back in 1989, a team from the University of British Columbia investigated the reactions of various elements to muonium (Mu) - a strange, hydrogen isotope made up of an antimuon and an electron. They tried chlorine and fluorine with muonium, and as they increased the heat, ...
Missing link in metal physics explains Earth's magnetic field
Post Date: 2015-01-29 04:17:02 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: Earth's magnetic field is crucial for our existence, as it shields the life on our planet's surface from deadly cosmic rays. It is generated by turbulent motions of liquid iron in Earth's core. Iron is a metal, which means it can easily conduct a flow of electrons that makes up an electric current. New findings from a team including Carnegie's Ronald Cohen and Peng Zhang shows that a missing piece of the traditional theory explaining why metals become less conductive when they are heated was needed to complete the puzzle that explains this field-generating process. Their work is published in Nature. The center of the Earth is very hot, and the flow of heat ...
China's winners of next-gen toilet competition announced
Post Date: 2015-01-29 01:09:06 by Tatarewicz
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Want... The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced the winners of the first Reinvent the Toilet Challenge (RTTC) of China in Beijing, Jan. 26, reports Shanghai-based The Paper. The RTTC in China is part of the global program under the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WSH) initiative of the foundation. Proposals from Beijing's Tsinghua University, the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, the Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Beijing's EnviroSystems Engineering and Technology gained approval from international expert judges of the foundation with their innovative solutions to filtering and recycling sewage and toilet water. In total they have ...
Russian Corporation to Create Water Decontamination Station for Fukushima-1
Post Date: 2015-01-28 23:51:23 by Tatarewicz
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Fukushima Water Cleanup Misses Targets, Completion Delayed Until May MOSCOW, January 28 (Sputnik) — Experts from the Russian national nuclear corporation Rosatom will create a demo water decontamination station this autumn to be used at the Japanese Fukushima nuclear plant, the project head of the subsidiary RosRAO, that deals with radioactive materials, Sergei Florya, told RIA Novosti Wednesday. “It is planned that the demo station will be created in the beginning of autumn-2015. It will be based on one of the RosRAO platforms, where the tests will be carried out,” Florya said. On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima nuclear power plant was hit by a powerful earthquake and a ...
FORECASTERS FAIL ON BLIZZARD, YET WEÂ’RE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE 100-YEAR CLIMATE MODELS
Post Date: 2015-01-27 08:35:47 by Ada
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Meteorologists apologize for "snowmageddon" predictions Weather forecasters are apologizing for over-exaggerating what was just two days ago being predicted to be the “worst ever” blizzard to hit the eastern US, and yet we’re simultaneously supposed to believe 100-year climate models that purport to show the earth being devastated by global warming. After Governors in six states declared emergencies, with some threatening to order police to arrest anyone who drove during the snowstorm, the blizzard turned out to be a great deal more benign than the doomsday headlines just 24 hours before had billed it. The “snowmaggedon” that was forecast by ...
Tales of ancient sea rise told for 10,000 years: How Australian tribes recorded climate change
Post Date: 2015-01-26 10:15:09 by Ada
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Melbourne, the southernmost state capital of the Australian mainland, was established by Europeans a couple hundred years ago at the juncture of a great river and a wind-whipped bay. Port Phillip Bay sprawls over 750 square miles, providing feeding grounds for whales and sheltering coastlines for brine-scented beach towns. But it’s an exceptionally shallow waterway, less than 30 feet in most places. It’s so shallow that 10,000 years ago, when ice sheets and glaciers held far more of the planet’s water than is the case today, most of the bay floor was high and dry and grazed upon by kangaroos. To most of us, the rush of the oceans that followed the last ice age seems like a ...
Anti-ship cruise missile is China's deadliest weapon: US expert
Post Date: 2015-01-26 06:17:13 by Tatarewicz
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Want... Anti-ship cruise missiles like the YJ-83 will pose the largest threat to the United States and its security partners in the Western Pacific, Associate professor Lyle Goldstein from the US Naval War College writes in an article for the Washington-based National Interest magazine on Jan. 22. Goldstein said the outcome of the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina in 1982 would have been different if Argentina possessed between 50 to 100 Exocet anti-ship cruise missiles. However, it lost the war because it only had five Exocets to take on the British task force sent to reclaim the islands in the South Atlantic following the Argentine invasion. China has devoted huge resources in ...
Graphene could double the rate of solar energy conversion
Post Date: 2015-01-26 05:28:30 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... For the first time, scientists have managed to feed a single light particle - or photon - into a graphene structure to produce multiple electrons - a phenomenon that could revolutionise the solar energy industry. In an experiment that could nearly double the rate of solar energy conversion from 32 to 60 percent, scientists in Switzerland have used the super-material graphene to convert a single photon into many electrons to produce an electric current. The team, from the Swiss École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), demonstrates how graphene could join cadmium telluride, copper indium gallium selenide/sulphide, and various silicon structures ...
Russian Army to Introduce Advanced, Long-Range UAV
Post Date: 2015-01-25 02:41:44 by Tatarewicz
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MOSCOW, January 25 (Sputnik) — The sophisticated drone will be capable of performing reconnaissance missions and destroying targets that have been detected, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said, according to the Russian News Service network. "We are finalizing research and development work related to the drones that will solve an array of tactical, operational and strategic tasks," Borisov commented. He explained that the new UAVs will be put into service by the Russian Defense Ministry and the Federal Security Service, also known as the FSB. He declined to elaborate on the drone's technical characteristics. The new drone is being developed by several ...
Life On Earth May Have Originated As The Organic Filling In A Multilayer Sandwich Of Mica Sheets
Post Date: 2015-01-24 22:19:54 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: Life may have begun in the protected spaces inside of layers of the mineral mica, in ancient oceans, according to a new hypothesis. The hypothesis was developed by Helen Hansma, a research scientist with the University of California, Santa Barbara and a program director at the National Science Foundation. The Hansma mica hypothesis proposes that the narrow confined spaces between the thin layers of mica could have provided exactly the right conditions for the rise of the first biomolecules ---- effectively creating cells without membranes. The separation of the layers would have also provided the isolation needed for Darwinian evolution. "Some think that the ...
Cut Your Energy Bill by 82%
Post Date: 2015-01-24 12:43:10 by BTP Holdings
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Hi, my name is Prof. Dr. Richard Goran ...and I’m going to expose to you the untold truth behind Nikola’s Tesla lab FIRE... after he patented the model no 512,340 on January 9, 1894 that was meant to change the energy world forever... ...and how he was forced to quit on all the projects that would have meant your energy independence today... losing $50,000... all his work and the right to win the Nobel prize for energy. . ... You’re also going to discover the sweet revenge of Tesla on the greedy energy fat cats... 2 weeks before he passed away... by exposing ONLY to his natal villagers an invention that costs $63 and takes 43 minutes to build... and that has cut their ...
Anti-drone laser named among China's 2014 tech breakthroughs
Post Date: 2015-01-24 00:14:51 by Tatarewicz
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A laser defense system developed by Chinese researchers that can intercept and attack small drones was named one of the top ten technology breakthroughs last year by the Chinese government, reports China's nationalistic tabloid Global Times. The researchers aim to enhance the system's range and power and coordinate multiple of the system in urban areas in the future. State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry made the announcement on Monday and awarded certificates to the research teams involved. The system, first revealed to the public in November last year, was co-developed by the China Jiuyuan Hi-tech Equipment Corporation and China Academy of Engineering Physics. ...
New police radars can 'see' inside homes
Post Date: 2015-01-20 17:18:04 by BTP Holdings
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New police radars can 'see' inside homes Brad Heath, USA TODAY 1:27 p.m. EST January 20, 2015 At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies quietly deployed radars that let them effectively see inside homes, with little notice to the courts or the public. WASHINGTON — At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have secretly equipped their officers with radar devices that allow them to effectively peer through the walls of houses to see whether anyone is inside, a practice raising new concerns about the extent of government surveillance. Those agencies, including the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service, began deploying the radar systems more than two years ago with little notice ...
People can be convinced they committed a non-existant crime in just 3 hours
Post Date: 2015-01-18 09:21:24 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Innocent people can be questioned by police in such a way that they end up convincing themselves that they’ve committed a crime. And this belief can be so strong, they can sometimes follow that belief up with a false confession. Early last year, a team of lawyers and statisticians published a paper stating that 4.1 percent of criminal defendants who are sentenced to death in the US are falsely convicted. To investigate this phenomenon, a study led by psychological scientist Julia Shaw from the University of Bedfordshire in the UK investigated the possible cause, and found that, if questioned in the right way, innocent people can fabricate stories in their minds with ...
US Navy Set to Unveil Electromagnetic Weapon Technology
Post Date: 2015-01-18 05:32:13 by Tatarewicz
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NEW YORK, JANUARY 13 (Sputnik) – The US Navy is set to unveil a new electromagnetic weapon that uses magnetic fields to launch projectiles at high speeds, rather than using traditional chemical propellants and explosives to destroy targets. Ghost Swimmer © East News/ The Virginian-Pilot US Navy Tests Shark-Like Underwater Drone Created for Surveillance Purposes "The Electromagnetic Railgun is among several disruptive capabilities that the Naval Research Enterprise is championing to ensure a dominant, capable and relevant naval force for the future," chief of naval research Rear Adm. Mat Winter said in a statement on Tuesday. The weapon will be presented before the ...
SCIENTISTS BALK AT ‘HOTTEST YEAR’ CLAIMS: IGNORES SATELLITES SHOWING 18 YEAR ‘PAUSE’
Post Date: 2015-01-16 12:36:30 by Ada
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Global warming is a hoax promoted by power-hungry politicians The global warming establishment and the media are crowing about 2010 being in a tie for the “hottest year” ever. The UK Guardian headline sums up the media’s promotion: UK Guardian: ‘Hottest Year’ Claim: 2014 officially the ‘hottest year’ on record US government scientists say - ‘Nasa and Noaa scientists report 2014 was 0.07F (0.04C) higher than previous records…The global average temperatures over land and sea surface for the year was 1.24F (0.69C) above the 20th century average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) and Nasa reported. The scientists said 2014 ...
Al Gore, wrong again – Polar ice continues to thrive
Post Date: 2015-01-16 08:05:49 by Ada
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In his 2007 Noble Prize acceptance speech, former Vice President Al Gore warned that the “Arctic ice could be gone in as little as seven years.” Last week, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reported: “The North and South Poles are not melting.” In that report, oceanographer Ted Maksym noted that polar ice “is much more stable than climate scientists once predicted and could even be much thicker than previously thought.” That Woods Hole study was confirmed by today’s NOAA Arctic radar map which shows the Arctic Ice Cap at more than 4,000,000 square miles, larger than on any December 28 in the past five years. Reaching the North Pole requires ...
Watch Live Cyber-attacks
Post Date: 2015-01-12 09:34:06 by Lod
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Amazing - heard on The Power Hour just now.
Scientists develop prototype quantum data storage system
Post Date: 2015-01-11 09:14:59 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Scientists have developed a prototype quantum “hard drive” with the capability of storing data for up to an unprecedented six hours. The record storage time was achieved by researchers at the Australian National University (ANU). “We believe it will soon be possible to distribute quantum information between any two points on the globe,” said the study’s lead author Manjin Zhong, of the ANU's Research School of Physics and Engineering (RSPE). Information was stored by directly writing the quantum state on the nuclear spin of a substance using laser light. The ANU scientists, assisted by a team from the Otago University, used solid europium crystal ...
Here's the "Worst Case Shale Scenario"
Post Date: 2015-01-10 12:39:52 by BTP Holdings
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"Everybody has one," a reader writes, cleaning up an old saying, "but that doesn't mean they are worth listening to. I hope you don't clutter your pages with endless snarky reader arguments back and forth on the question of shale being a fad or techno breakthrough. "As Jim Rickards said in today's piece, it will be difficult enough to ascertain where the risks may be hiding in the derivative shuffle without introducing baseless opinions. I am certain, however, that some readers, or your industry contacts, must be involved at ground zero, either in the shale patch directly or on the finance side." "I work in the industry," another writes as if ...
12% of Americans Off Grid by 2035
Post Date: 2015-01-10 12:23:43 by BTP Holdings
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According to consulting company Accenture, 12% of American households and 11% of European households will be off-grid by 2035. Find out why you may want to join them right here. According to the study, electricity is going to keep getting more and more expensive, and less and less reliable. And this can have dire consequences for you if you are not prepared. Steady growth of distributed energy resources and energy efficiency measures could cause significant “demand disruption” and drive down utilities’ revenues by up to $48 billion a year in the United States and 61 billion EURO a year in Europe by 2025, according to Accenture’s Digitally Enabled Grid research. Why ...
Scientist Confesses: Global Warming is a $22 Billion Scam
Post Date: 2015-01-10 12:16:09 by BTP Holdings
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Imagine, for a moment, sitting at a prestigious steakhouse in Palm Beach, Florida, a hot spot for some of the most wealthy and famous — Donald Trump, Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey, James Patterson, Rush Limbaugh, and hundreds more. And, imagine dining with a handful of men you’ve only read about. Some of them are worth millions, others published best-selling books, and some have held prominent positions at the White House. In essence, you’re sitting at a five-person table of VIPs. You’re about to take a bite of your New York strip when one of the men, a top U.S. intelligence agent, slams a 164-page document in the middle of the table. This document, you soon find out, ...
The Tiny Company Powering Apple's Biggest Hits
Post Date: 2015-01-10 11:53:55 by BTP Holdings
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The Tiny Company Powering Apple's Biggest Hits Advertorial | By Mark Brooks Dear Opportunistic Investor, I want you to go back in time with me for a minute. I'm going to tell you a story about one of the best performing companies and stocks of the last 50 years, and why we may be on the cusp of history repeating itself.. Just think back to the spring of 1977... Computers were rapidly becoming smaller; a machine that once barely squeezed into a warehouse could now fit onto a desk! And the undisputed king of the mountain was IBM. But your best investment at the time was a company that didn't even sell computers. You know this company as Intel. And of course you ...
We Might Avert Climate Catastrophe With This One Radical Choice
Post Date: 2015-01-10 09:49:22 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... We have about a 50 percent chance of keeping global temperatures from rising dangerously higher than those of preindustrial times. That is, if we leave most of the world’s remaining supply of oil, gas, and coal unearthed and unburned between now and 2050, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature. Globally, about one-third of oil deposits must enter the no-burning zone, along with 88 percent of known and mineable coal supplies and about half the world’s unused natural gas. It adds up to about $6 trillion worth of fossil fuels, suggesting a revolutionary shake-up of the global financial and energy economies. Among them: About $3 trillion in global ...
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