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Finger tap re-charges device
Post Date: 2011-06-22 03:08:16 by Tatarewicz
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The use of piezoelectrics means that portable devices with touch screens could be recharged through everyday activities like typing. A simple tap from your finger may be enough to charge your portable device, thanks to a discovery made at RMIT University and ANU. Dr Simon Ruffell from the ANU Research School of Physics and Engineering and Dr Madhu Bhaskaran and Dr Sharath Sriram from RMIT University have used nanotechnology to convert mechanical pressure into electricity. The breakthrough was made by combining piezoelectrics, materials capable of turning pressure into electricity, with thin film technology, the basis of microchip manufacturing. The use of piezoelectrics means that ...
Climate change because earth tilted its position
Post Date: 2011-06-21 23:54:55 by angK
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Poster Comment:The Inuit seem to know these things
Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough
Post Date: 2011-06-21 07:03:51 by Tatarewicz
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Human organs could be grown inside pigs for use in transplant operations following research using stem cells. Pig The researchers have already managed to produce pigs that were able to generate human blood by injecting blood stem cells from humans into pig foetuses Photo: Scientists have found they can create chimeric animals that have organs belonging to another species by injecting stem cells into the embryo of another species. The researchers injected stem cells from rats into the embryos of mice that had been genetically altered so they could not produce their own organs, creating mice that had rat organs. The researchers say the technique could allow pigs to grow human organs from ...
Colony of Flying Penquins Discovered
Post Date: 2011-06-21 02:11:41 by angK
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New tool predicts drought
Post Date: 2011-06-20 05:19:13 by Tatarewicz
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Knowing when to instigate water saving measures in dry times will be easier following a breakthrough in drought prediction by a Victoria University researcher. Water engineer Dr Shishutosh Barua has developed a way to predict droughts six months before they begin. The new model was part of his PhD study of Melbourne’s major water source, the Yarra River catchment. The tool he developed measures several water and climatic variables to assess dryness in an area and then uses past circumstances to predict future drought conditions. “The tool is capable of forecasting drought conditions six months in advance,” Dr Barua said. “This early detection of droughts will help ...
Sun's Output to Fall ... Leading to a Mini Ice Age?
Post Date: 2011-06-19 19:04:06 by Original_Intent
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Sun's Output to Fall ... Leading to a Mini Ice Age? The Register notes:What may be the science story of the century is breaking this evening, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity, which could mean that the Earth – far from facing a global warming problem – is actually headed into a mini Ice Age.*** The announcement made on 14 June (18:00 UK time) comes from scientists at the US National Solar Observatory (NSO) and US Air Force Research Laboratory. Three different analyses of the Sun's recent behaviour all indicate that a period of unusually low solar activity may be about to begin. *** This ...
Japan scientist synthesizes meat from human feces
Post Date: 2011-06-19 03:27:41 by Tatarewicz
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poop burger 1Somehow this feels like a Vonnegut plotline: population boom equals food shortage. Solution? Synthesize food from human waste matter. Absurd yes, but Japanese scientists have actually discovered a way to create edible steaks from human feces. Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher from the Okayama Laboratory, has developed steaks based on proteins from human excrement. Tokyo Sewage approached the scientist because of an overabundance of sewage mud. They asked him to explore the possible uses of the sewage and Ikeda found that the mud contained a great deal of protein because of all the bacteria. The researchers then extracted those proteins, combined them with a reaction enhancer and ...
The green killer: Scores of protected golden eagles dying after colliding with wind turbines
Post Date: 2011-06-19 00:44:43 by farmfriend
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The green killer: Scores of protected golden eagles dying after colliding with wind turbines By David Gardner Last updated at 11:11 PM on 6th June 2011 California's attempts to switch to green energy have inadvertently put the survival of the state’s golden eagles at risk. Scores of the protected birds have been dying each year after colliding with the blades of about 5,000 wind turbines. Now the drive for renewable power sources, such as wind and the sun, being promoted by President Obama and state Governor Jerry Brown has raised fears that the number of newborn golden eagles may not be able to keep pace with the number of turbine fatalities. The death count along the ...
Defkalion Announces Energy Catalyzer Press Conference (cold fusion tech)
Post Date: 2011-06-18 08:40:50 by gengis gandhi
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Defkalion Announces Energy Catalyzer Press Conference Defkalion Green Technologies, who has world rights (minus Americas and military) to sell, distribute, and license Andrea Rossi's E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer), recently sent out invitations to certain individuals to attend a press conference about the technology on June 23 in Greece. by Hank Mills By now, most people following exotic energy breakthroughs have read about Andrea Rossi's E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer) cold fusion technology. It utilizes nickel powder, hydrogen gas, an undisclosed catalyst, heat, and pressure to produce large amounts of energy. The technology is capable of producing over 4 kilowatts of thermal power ...
Microsoft Loses $290M in MS Office Patent Battle - MS Office Pulled from Microsoft Store, Downloads Halted
Post Date: 2011-06-16 11:57:18 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Microsoft Loses $290M in MS Office Patent Battle Microsoft has failed in a Supreme Court bid to overturn a $290 million patent violation ruling. Not only is it the largest such award ever upheld, but this final ruling has significant consequences for patent law. The case involves XML documents, an advanced version of the HTML webpage code that allows data to be tagged to designate its content rather than just the way it appears on screen. The code makes it much easier to organize document content (for example, in a database). Microsoft Office XML Support Began with Office 2003 Microsoft built support for reading XML documents into the 2003 and 2007 editions of Word, but was accused of ...
A Few Reasons an Evolutionary Origin of Life Is Impossible
Post Date: 2011-06-14 11:09:38 by Ada
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There were no human witnesses to the origin of life, and no physical geological evidence of its origin exists. Speaking of the origin of a hypothetical self-replicating molecule and its structure, Pross has recently admitted that "The simple answer is we do not know, and we may never know."1 Later, concerning the question of the origin of such a molecule, Pross said, ". . . one might facetiously rephrase the question as follows: given an effectively unknown reaction mixture, under effectively unknown reaction conditions, reacting to give unknown products by unknown mechanisms, could a particular product with a specific characteristic . . . have been included amongst the ...
Argintine lab clones cow to produce human-like milk
Post Date: 2011-06-14 00:20:27 by Tatarewicz
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BUENOS AIRES — An Argentine laboratory announced that it had created the world's first transgenic cow, using human genes that will allow the animal to produce the equivalent of mothers' milk. "The cloned cow, named Rosita ISA, is the first bovine born in the world that incorporates human genes that contain the proteins present in human milk," Argentina's National Institute of Agrobusiness Technology said in a statement on Thursday. Rosita ISA was born on April 6 by Ceasarian because she weighed more than 45 kilos (99 pounds), about twice the normal weight of Jersey cows, according to the statement. As an adult, "the cow will produce milk that is similar ...
Children's IQ boosting exercise
Post Date: 2011-06-14 00:13:13 by Tatarewicz
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Can we make ourselves smarter? In recent decades, scientists have accumulated increasing evidence that our intelligence, at least as measured by the IQ test, is sharply constrained by genetics. Although estimates vary, most studies place the heritability of intelligence at somewhere between 50% and 80%. It's an uncomfortable fact, but not all brains are created equal. Which is why there's so much buzz about a forthcoming study that complicates this assumption. Researchers at the University of Michigan found that it's possible to boost a core feature of human intelligence through a simple mental training exercise. In fact, when several dozen elementary- and middle-school kids ...
Laser is produced by a living cell
Post Date: 2011-06-13 07:03:46 by Tatarewicz
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A single living cell has been coaxed into producing laser light, researchers report in Nature Photonics. The technique starts by engineering a cell that can produce a light-emitting protein that was first obtained from glowing jellyfish. Flooding the resulting cells with weak blue light causes them to emit directed, green laser light. The work may have applications in improved microscope imaging and light-based therapies. Laser light differs from normal light in that it is of a narrow band of colours, with the light waves all oscillating together in synchrony. Most modern forms use carefully engineered solid materials to produce lasers in everything from supermarket scanners to DVD ...
"Chemical" recharge of batteries
Post Date: 2011-06-12 03:51:48 by Tatarewicz
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The entire market for batteries will hit $60 billion annually in the next few years as more mobile power is needed for everything from tablet computers to electric vehicles. And over the past few months, I've chronicled some of the best technologies and companies operating in the space. But there's always something new when you're dealing with billion-dollar profit implications in a technology market. The search is always on for something better, faster, and stronger. News this week out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says a “refuelable” battery is on the horizon...Liquid Flow Battery Not rechargeable, as in plug it in and wait; but refuelable, ...
The Neo-Fredwinian Synthesis - Trouble at the Mind-Matter Interface
Post Date: 2011-06-12 00:00:48 by Critter
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June 12, 2011 This will bore most people to the point of throwing themselves from a high bridge. I can't help it. The Devil made me do it.. The theory of evolution does not stand alone. It is part of a vast synthesis which fits all of existence into a coherent whole:The Big Bang, the formation of stars and planets, the chance appearance of life in primeval seas, the evolution of that life, the Pyramids, Space Shuttle, and Renoir. It is an imposing intellectual edifice, mechanistic, easily comprehended, self-assured, with only the details to be worked out. Or so we are told. This agglomeration of everything under one theoretical roof appeals powerfully to minds that need an ...
Many of us won’t be able to retire until our 80s You’ll probably have to work much longer than you anticipated
Post Date: 2011-06-11 10:48:59 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Many of us won’t be able to retire until our 80sYou’ll probably have to work much longer than you anticipated BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- We all think it’s a panacea. If you don’t have enough money saved for retirement, you’ve got a few ways to close the gap between what you have and what you need in your nest egg: Save more, invest more aggressively, and/or work longer. Well, it turns out that working longer is indeed an option, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute latest study. The only problem is that the latest research shows that you’ll have to work much longer than you anticipated. In fact, many Americans will have to keep on working well ...
NASA Hubble Ultra Deep Field 3D * It wraps it's head around this *
Post Date: 2011-06-11 03:29:00 by wudidiz
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Parallel world hidden inside Earth
Post Date: 2011-06-11 02:57:43 by wudidiz
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Parallel world hidden inside Earth 06.06.2011 It seems that scientists find more and more evidence to prove the existence of parallel worlds. Physicists at Stanford University managed to calculate the hypothetical number of universes that were formed as a result of the Big Bang. According to them, the Big Bang created 101016 universes. It is quite possible, though, that they may exist inside one another, including our planet. Therefore, there is probably another Earth hidden inside planet Earth. The hollow Earth theory can be traced back to ancient periods of the history of human civilization. Ancient wise men believed that there was a whole underground world with its underground ...
GM expands Chevrolet Volt orders to all 50 states, lowers price
Post Date: 2011-06-10 19:38:31 by Dakmar
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General Motors opened up orders for the Chevrolet Volt to all 50 states today, lowering the base price for the 2012 model by about $1,000 and adding four option packages. The 2012 Volt will start at $39,995, including delivery, and customers may be eligible for a $7,500 federal tax credit. GM was able to lower the base price because the car has more optional content now that it's available nationally, the automaker said today in a statement. The 2011 Volt had been available in eight states and Washington, D.C., and only had three option packages. GM is expanding Volt ordering as it prepares to add two shifts worth 2,500 jobs to the Detroit-Hamtramck plant that builds the car. Volt ...
Fukushima: Blatant Coverup of Radiation
Post Date: 2011-06-10 15:41:35 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Fukushima: Blatant Coverup of Radiation Watch the TBS feed AND the TEPCO Webcam simulcast http://lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/lucaswebcamwatch.htmlWith blatant disrespect for human health Tokyo Electric Power Company has failed to provide accurate information regarding the amount of radiation that has been released to date, and the full spectrum of isotopes that were emitted. Reactor 3 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant was operating on MOX fuel which exploded, sending highly radioactive Plutonium into the atmosphere.This is the story that TEPCO will do anything to keep you from talking about. They have admitted through tight lips that yes, Plutonium was discharged, and yes, it has ...
Stephen Jay Gould mismeasured [or falsified] skulls in racial records dispute
Post Date: 2011-06-10 14:40:28 by Prefrontal Vortex
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Stephen Jay Gould mismeasured skulls in racial records dispute The late scientific [sic] icon, Stephen Jay Gould, botched and perhaps faked his critique of a racist 19th-Century scientist's skull collection, suggests a second look at his efforts. In a 1978 Science paper, Gould (1941 - 2002) , reported that the Samuel George Morton (1799-1851), "a prominent Philadelphia physician," had mis-measured the cranial capacities of his 1,000-skull "American Golgotha" collection gathered from around the world, to suit his racist beliefs. The finding led to one of Gould's best-known books, The Mismeasure of Man, a critique of scientific racism. "Morton is now viewed ...
The Gas Is Greener
Post Date: 2011-06-09 11:40:00 by farmfriend
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The Gas Is Greener By ROBERT BRYCE Published: June 7, 2011 IN April, Gov. Jerry Brown made headlines by signing into law an ambitious mandate that requires California to obtain one-third of its electricity from renewable energy sources like sunlight and wind by 2020. Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia now have renewable electricity mandates. President Obama and several members of Congress have supported one at the federal level. Polls routinely show strong support among voters for renewable energy projects — as long as they don’t cost too much. But there’s the rub: while energy sources like sunlight and wind are free and naturally replenished, converting them ...
Calling for ‘Achievable’ Target, Christie Plans Cut in State’s Renewable Energy Goals
Post Date: 2011-06-09 11:32:13 by farmfriend
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Calling for ‘Achievable’ Target, Christie Plans Cut in State’s Renewable Energy Goals By MIREYA NAVARRO Published: June 7, 2011 Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that he planned to scale back New Jersey’s goals for renewable energy as he looked for an “achievable” approach to generating electricity in the state. His change is part of an overhaul of the state’s 10-year energy master plan, which had been expected since last year, when he asked the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to evaluate renewable energy targets he found too aggressive. But after his decision last month to withdraw from a multistate trading system, the Regional Greenhouse Gas ...
Tamarind seed extract helps regrow nerves
Post Date: 2011-06-09 06:54:25 by Tatarewicz
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A Monash University researcher has developed a new biomaterial that encourages damaged nerves in the brain and spinal chord to regrow. The work could revolutionise treatment of nerve-based injuries and diseases, such as Parkinson’s. PhD student Andrew Rodda was part of a Monash Materials Engineering team investigating xyloglucan, a plant-based compound derived from the seeds of the tamarind tree. Within plants, xyloglucan plays an important role in linking cells together and Mr Rodda has been studying its effects in animals with damaged nerve cells. The compound developed by Mr Rodda can be injected into an injury site as a liquid, before becoming a gel as it reaches body ...
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