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Banana-based plastics for cars
Post Date: 2011-04-03 01:35:13 by Tatarewicz
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Brazilian scientists have developed a way of using fibers from bananas, pineapples and other plants to create plastic that is stronger and lighter than the petroleum-based stuff. So-called nanocellulose fibers rival Kevlar in strength but are renewable, and the researchers believe they could be widely used within a couple of years. “The properties of these plastics are incredible,” Alcides Leão, a researcher at Sao Paulo State University, said in a statement. “They are light, but very strong — 30 percent lighter and three to four times stronger.” That could reduce the weight of new vehicles, which would increase fuel economy. Several automakers are cutting ...
Paleoclimatologist- Prepare for new Ice Age
Post Date: 2011-04-02 22:43:57 by Armadillo
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Geologic records show that Ice Ages are the norm, punctuated by brief periods of warming. Now one of the most highly respected paleoclimatologists has weighed in and is warning everyone to prepare for a new Ice Age. ... George Kukla, 77, retired professor of paleoclimatology at Columbia University and researcher at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory responds, "The only thing to worry about global warming is the damage that can be done by worrying. Why are some scientists worried? Perhaps because they feel that to stop worrying may mean to stop being paid." The "Earth has experienced an ongoing cycle of ice ages dating back millions of years. Cold, glacial periods affecting ...
Antarctic ice breakup makes ocean absorb more CO2
Post Date: 2011-04-02 14:46:22 by Original_Intent
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Some cheerful news on the climate change front today, as US government boffins report that ice breaking off the Antarctic shelves and melting in the sea causes carbon dioxide to be removed from the environment. This powerful, previously unknown “negative feedback” would seem likely to revise forecasts of future global warming significantly downwards. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) which funded the iceberg study, describes the results as having “global implications for climate research”. “These new findings… confirm that icebergs contribute yet another, previously unsuspected, dimension of physical and biological complexity to polar ecosystems,” ...
Einstein exposed as a phony by 12-year-old? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-04-02 03:57:40 by Tatarewicz
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Home : News : 12-year-old genius takes aim as disproving Einstein's Theory of Relativity HAMILTON COUNTY, Ind. - What were you doing when you were 12 years old? Playing video games? Dreaming of winning a Heisman Trophy? Maybe starting to show a little interest in a significant other? It’s probably safe to say you weren’t taking on Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Well, that’s what 12-year-old Jake Barnet, of Hamilton County, Indiana, is proposing. Jake has become somewhat of an Internet star thanks to YouTube videos of his ideas about mathematics and physics, which his mom shoots and posts online. In one of the most recent videos, Jake discusses ...
Secret Presidential Chemtrail Budget Uncovered – Congress Exceeds Billions To Spray Populous Like Roaches
Post Date: 2011-03-30 14:06:41 by gengis gandhi
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Secret Presidential Chemtrail Budget Uncovered – Congress Exceeds Billions To Spray Populous Like Roaches -->5 Comments The Budget Obama Didn’t Want You To Know About The Intel Hub Shepard Ambellas & Avalon March 30, 2011 © 2011 All Rights Reserved Geoengineering has now been defined as: “the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change.” – The Royal Society 2009 Recently, the question has been asked, What In the World Are They Spraying? The documentary with the same name answers many of those questions. The question the world is now asking is “Who in the World Is Spraying Us?” ...
China may be tops in scientific research in two years
Post Date: 2011-03-29 05:52:56 by Tatarewicz
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China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 - far earlier than expected. That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK's national science academy. The country that invented the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing is set for a globally important comeback. An analysis of published research - one of the key measures of scientific effort - reveals an "especially striking" rise by Chinese science. The study, Knowledge, Networks and Nations, charts the challenge to the traditional dominance of the United States, Europe and Japan. The figures are based on the papers published in recognised international ...
Kodak Sues Everybody, Could Win Big
Post Date: 2011-03-28 04:02:08 by Tatarewicz
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Kodak shares (NYSE:EK) surged 9.2% in trading Friday, as of 1:45 EST. Investors are excited about the next step in the company's mega patent-lawsuits. CEO Antonio Perez from slapping a cash value on the settlement that might result if it does. $1 billion. "This is a lot of money, big money," Perez told Bloomberg, adding that his company "deserves to win." Problem is, it lost once already. An ITC judge ruled in January that Apple and RIM didn’t violate the patent at issue here and declared the patent invalid because it’s an obvious variation of an earlier invention. Now, it’s certainly possible that the commission could overturn that ruling. And, ...
Scientists plan to drill all the way down to the Earth's mantle
Post Date: 2011-03-28 03:04:49 by Tatarewicz
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In what can only be described as a mammoth undertaking, scientists, led by British co-chiefs, Dr Damon Teagle of the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England and Dr Benoit Ildefonse from Montpellier University in France, have announced jointly in an article in Nature that they intend to drill a hole through the Earth’s crust and into the mantle; a feat never before accomplished, much less seriously attempted. Ads by Google Oil Jobs in Alberta - Competitive salaries, benefits Priority on safety - Apply here - NaborsCanada.com The Earth’s mantle is the part of the planet that lies between the crust and the iron ball at its center, and to reach it, ...
Japan is doomed so is USA
Post Date: 2011-03-27 21:52:56 by Itistoolate
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Japan is doomed so is USA
Harmless? Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million People
Post Date: 2011-03-26 05:11:58 by Original_Intent
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Harmless? Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million People ENS Newswire Thursday, March 17, 2011 (FLASHBACK) NEW YORK, New York, – Nearly one million people around the world died from exposure to radiation released by the 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl reactor, finds a new book from the New York Academy of Sciences published today on the 24th anniversary of the meltdown at the Soviet facility. The book, “Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment,” was compiled by authors Alexey Yablokov of the Center for Russian Environmental Policy in Moscow, and Vassily Nesterenko and Alexey Nesterenko of the Institute of Radiation Safety, in ...
Steve McIntyre uncovers another hockey stick trick – where are the academic cops?
Post Date: 2011-03-25 20:45:09 by Original_Intent
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Steve McIntyre uncovers another hockey stick trick – where are the academic cops? Posted on March 24, 2011 by John A NOTE: since this is clearly an important finding with far reaching implications, this will be a “top post” at WUWT for the next couple of days. I urge other bloggers to spread the word. – Anthony Just when you think the bottom of the Hockey Stick rabbit hole has been reached, Steve McIntyre finds yet more evidence of misconduct by the Team. The research was from Briffa and Osborn (1999) published in Science magazine and purported to show the consistency of the reconstruction of past climate using tree rings with other reconstructions ...
Nickel-hydrogen cold fusion power production
Post Date: 2011-03-24 06:53:28 by Tatarewicz
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Eng. Andrea A. Rossi and Professor Sergio Focardi of the University of Bologna (one of the oldest universities in the world), have announced to the world that they have a cold fusion device capable of producing more than 10 kilowatts of heat power, while only consuming a fraction of that. On January 14, 2011, they gave the Worlds' first public demonstration of a nickel-hydrogen fusion reactor capable of producing a few kilowatts of thermal energy. At its peak, it is capable of generating 15,000 watts with just 400 watts input required. In a following test the same output was achieved but with only 80 watts of continual input. They don't always use the term "cold fusion" ...
Quantum computing device hints at powerful future
Post Date: 2011-03-23 06:23:38 by Tatarewicz
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One of the most complex efforts toward a quantum computer has been shown off at the American Physical Society meeting in Dallas in the US. It uses the strange "quantum states" of matter to perform calculations in a way that, if scaled up, could vastly outperform conventional computers. The 6cm-by-6cm chip holds nine quantum devices, among them four "quantum bits" that do the calculations. The team said further scaling up to 10 qubits should be possible this year. Rather than the ones and zeroes of digital computing, quantum computers deal in what are known as superpositions - states of matter that can be thought of as both one and zero at once. In a sense, quantum ...
"Radiation is good for you! It's like a cancer vaccine!
Post Date: 2011-03-22 16:00:21 by Esso
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Mass Media & Environmental Conflict -- Radium Girls [Excerpt, Chapter 8] "Dust samples collected in the workroom from various locations and from chairs not used by the workers were all luminous in the dark room. Their hair, faces, hands, arms, necks, the dresses, the underclothes, even the corsets of the dial painters were luminous. One of the girls showed luminous spots on her legs and thighs. The back of another was luminous almost to the waist...."9 This casual attitude toward the green radium powder was not matched in other parts of the factory, especially the laboratory, where chemists typically used lead screens, masks and tongs. Yet the company management "in ...
Physicist Michio Kaku Demands Entombment Of Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Post Date: 2011-03-22 14:39:25 by wudidiz
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First West Coast radiation detection
Post Date: 2011-03-20 18:55:24 by Original_Intent
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First West Coast radiation detection Mar 19, 2011 4:22 PM RICHLAND, Wash. - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland detected trace amounts of the radioisotope Xenon-133 from the nuclear incident at Fukushima.This occurred Wednesday, March 16, and was the first detection in the continental United States. Subsequent measurements here at PNNL were a bit higher but again significantly below levels that would impact public health. On Friday, March 18, sensors here also showed the presence of iodine isotopes, but at even lower levels than the xenon isotopes.PNNL has this ultra-sensitive monitoring capability that allows them to detect very low levels of nuclear ...
Fuel Amounts at Fukushima
Post Date: 2011-03-19 02:36:50 by Original_Intent
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Fuel Amounts at Fukushima | by David Wright | nuclear power | nuclear power safety | Japan nuclear | This post was revised 11:45pm Thursday. Based on Japanese press stories, we have compiled a table of the amount of fuel in the cores of the reactors and the spent-fuel pools in the 6 reactors at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear facility. While BWR fuel comes in various sizes, the last column assumes 170 kg per assembly. Each fuel assembly consists of roughly 60 fuel rods. Thanks to readers for confirming that the fuel rods in Unit 4 had been moved from the core to the spent fuel pool during maintenance. Units 5 and 6 were reported to be producing power in January, but are ...
Major Quake for West Coast?
Post Date: 2011-03-18 09:07:35 by Lod
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Remember climategate's "hide the decline"?
Post Date: 2011-03-17 22:33:01 by farmfriend
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Here is what they did explained really well by a guy who believes in global warming but as a scientist is disgusted by what they did. Very good explanation!
The Intel Hub To Monitor West Coast Radiation Readings
Post Date: 2011-03-16 14:41:32 by Original_Intent
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The Intel Hub To Monitor West Coast Radiation Readings The Intel Hub Shepard Ambellas March 16, 2011 By this coming Monday March 21, 2011 The Intel Hub will be posting regular updated radiation readings (accumulative) from the west coast of the U.S. mainland. I have purchased a state of the art dosimeter and will me monitoring mR/hr exposure in Oregon. Radiation Readings You Can Trust If anyone else has radiation detection/monitoring equipment and wants to participate for the greater good of mankind please contact me at shepard@theintelhub.com or Twitter me at: http://www.twitter.com/NotForSale2NWO Let’s set up a detection grid that we can trust.
Important Data on Rense Now
Post Date: 2011-03-14 23:31:29 by Original_Intent
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Rense is having some people on tonight who know what they are talking about tonight: First Hour: Jim Berkland Geologist and Earthquake specialist. Replay at 10 PM PDT Hours Two and Three Bob Nichols, Leuren Moret, and a Nuke Power Plant Inspector Kei Suboata. Bob Nichols on now - Leuren Moret next hour. Link To Live Stream - 7 to 10 PM Pacific
Bypassing the Rapture to immortality
Post Date: 2011-03-14 05:34:00 by Tatarewicz
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On Feb. 15, 1965, a diffident but self-possessed high school student named Raymond Kurzweil appeared as a guest on a game show called I've Got a Secret. He was introduced by the host, Steve Allen, then he played a short musical composition on a piano. The idea was that Kurzweil was hiding an unusual fact and the panelists — they included a comedian and a former Miss America — had to guess what it was. On the show (see the clip on YouTube), the beauty queen did a good job of grilling Kurzweil, but the comedian got the win: the music was composed by a computer. Kurzweil got $200. (See TIME's photo-essay "Cyberdyne's Real Robot.") Kurzweil then demonstrated ...
Top 10 Things I Learned This Week
Post Date: 2011-03-13 19:31:48 by Original_Intent
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Top 10 Things I Learned This Week Posted on March 13, 2011 by stevengoddard Quebec is part of the ArcticJapan is part of the ArcticCO2 drives plate tectonicsSlowing sea level rise is acceleratingEvents which happen almost every year are the worst in history each time they happenSending an E-mail is different from sending an E-mailCooling temperatures are an indication of warming temperaturesSnow in the deep south is due to record warmth.The Arctic is melting at -30CNuclear war would make the planet safer
Expanding Earth Theory
Post Date: 2011-03-13 05:36:00 by wudidiz
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Home 2012 – Doom - the rest of the story. Skeptics: don’t waste your time fighting with me about the views expressed herein. Instead go to YouTube, and search for the video's produced by Neal Adams. Watch a few of these and then debate the issue with your own lying eyes before getting raspy with me. Postulate: That the Expando Planet cycle is dualistic in nature, showing both steady, continuous growth, and periodic pulses of very rapid (and from the inhabitant's view point, violent) growth. The idea is that the Sun, operating on the Precessional cycle clock would send out giant waves of energy for perhaps a hundred years or more (this would ...
A Super Solar Flare
Post Date: 2011-03-12 23:03:47 by CadetD
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May 6, 2008: At 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, 33-year-old Richard Carrington—widely acknowledged to be one of England's foremost solar astronomers—was in his well-appointed private observatory. Just as usual on every sunny day, his telescope was projecting an 11-inch-wide image of the sun on a screen, and Carrington skillfully drew the sunspots he saw. On that morning, he was capturing the likeness of an enormous group of sunspots. Suddenly, before his eyes, two brilliant beads of blinding white light appeared over the sunspots, intensified rapidly, and became kidney-shaped. Realizing that he was witnessing something unprecedented and ...
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