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Scientists are building computers that can give us artificial brain boosts
Post Date: 2016-01-01 01:07:24 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Scientists are working on computers with the ability to boost our brain function when they notice us getting tired, and the technology could eventually be used to tailor our user experience depending on how stressed or how worn-out we're feeling. It works via a technique called functional near infrared spectroscopy, or fNIRS. Two sensors on the scalp beam a harmless red light into the skull. This red light analyses the amount of blood vessels in the brain, and from this it can determine the levels of oxygen present at any given moment. High oxygen levels mean the brain is working hard, and low levels mean it's basically cruising along on autopilot. The system has ...
NASA Rover Spots Claw Of ‘Living Alien’ On Mars
Post Date: 2015-12-31 12:53:25 by BTP Holdings
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NASA Rover Spots Claw Of ‘Living Alien’ On Mars feed_manager_auto_publish_494--autopubtest_WPTUMBLR_485 7 hours ago Could this be the ‘smoking gun’ that UFO fans are waiting for? A NASA Rover has captured the claw of an actual, living alien on the surface of Mars - and the space agency made a botched attempt to cover it up. At least, that’s the opinion of the tireless UFO hunter Scott C Waring of UFO Sightings Daily - behind sightings such as a baby polar bear, a ‘dark lady’, and a weird space crab on Mars. If Waring is right, the Red Planet must be a very busy place indeed. Waring says, ‘On the hand that is visible on the far left of the ...
Chinese Scientists Invent Chip Similar To A Human Brain
Post Date: 2015-12-31 04:24:09 by Tatarewicz
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The Science Times Chinese scientists have invented an advanced chip that is allegedly similar to that of a human brain. The so-called "Darwin" is a joint creation of researchers from both Hangzhou Dianzi University and Zhejiang University. The human-brain like chip, otherwise called Darwin Neural Processing Unit, is launched earlier this week after a yearlong of hardwork and research. "It can perform intelligent computer tasks by simulating a human brain's neural networks, in which neurons connect with another via synapses," Dr. Ma De of Hangzhou Dianzi University said. The new technology that can carry out sophisticated tasks and decode ambiguous information is ...
Missing Electrons in the Atmosphere Possibly Found
Post Date: 2015-12-30 23:34:51 by Tatarewicz
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[LiveScience.com]Yahoo... The layers of Earth's atmosphere. A mysterious decline in the concentration of free electrons occurs in the D-region of the ionosphere, a phenomenon known as the D-region ledge. Now, researchers suggest the ledge can be explained by the burn up Scientists may have finally found the cause of a mysterious disappearance of electrons dozens of miles above Earth. It turns out that a layer of invisible meteor dust falling to Earth every day may be sucking up electrons coming from higher in the atmosphere, creating the so-called "D-region ledge," where the concentration of electrons suddenly plunges, Earle Williams, an atmospheric electrician at the ...
Floating anti-plastic waste dam to be tested in North Sea
Post Date: 2015-12-30 12:40:00 by Horse
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The Hague (AFP) - A revolutionary floating dam that traps plastic bags, bottles and other waste choking the world's oceans will be tested at sea for the first time in 2016, the Ocean Cleanup foundation said. "It will be the first time our barrier design will be put to the test in openwaters," the foundation said of the 100 metre-long (62 miles) barrier segment that will be deployed 23 kilometres off the coast of The Netherlands in the second quarter of the year. Most ocean waste collection programmes use boats to scour the surf for the plastic flotsam and jetsam in which dolphins, seals and other sea creatures become entangled. Ocean Cleanup's barrier uses currents to ...
Astronomers look to high-mass stars for clues to the origins of life
Post Date: 2015-12-30 02:28:14 by Tatarewicz
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"High mass stars play an important role in the evolution of galaxies and ultimately hold the secrets of the origins of life on Earth," explained researcher Takeshi Sakai. Researchers believe 70 percent of all stars are born in clusters. Astrophysicists are looking to high-mass stars in faraway clusters for clues to the origins of life. TOKYO, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- New research out of Japan promises to bolster the search for the origins of life in the distant cosmos. The chemical building blocks of biological life were born in the fiery formations of stars. But which stars, and where and how? Astrophysicist Takeshi Sakai believes large stars born in the stellar clusters 10,000 ...
Scientists have invented a new glass coating for omnidirectional solar panels
Post Date: 2015-12-30 02:10:53 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... One of the limitations of current solar panel technology is the panels need to be facing in a certain direction to make the most of the Sun's rays, otherwise the amount of energy they can absorb drops off dramatically. A newly invented material could make the direction of solar panels much less of a concern in the future. The material has been produced by electrical engineers at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia and Taiwan's National Central University. Not only does the glass coating they've come up with soak up sunlight from multiple angles more effectively, it's also able to keep itself clean - the newly ...
4 things you should buy to save money and enrage your cable company
Post Date: 2015-12-30 00:14:41 by Tatarewicz
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[BGR News] Think about how much money you’ve paid to your Internet and cable service provider over the years. Each and every month you cough up $50, $75, $100, $150 or even more for your home Internet, television and phone service, but a big portion of your bill isn’t even for those services. You pay extra for equipment, and what cable companies don’t tell you is that you don’t always have to. And while the services themselves are necessities for some people, cutting the cable TV cord and going with Internet service only can save you even more cash. Best of all, the more money you save each month, the the more money your cable company will lose and the angrier ...
Russia’s 'Terminator' Chopper to Become Immune to Missiles, Radars
Post Date: 2015-12-29 23:52:07 by Tatarewicz
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Sputnik...Russia’s Mi-8AMTSh “Terminator” armored assault helicopters are being fitted with radio-electronic warfare technology, making them immune to enemy missiles, an Eastern Military District spokesman told reporters on Monday. “The Vitebsk onboard electronic jammer ensures protection against enemy missiles and radar by generating optical and radio-electronic interference. It can also sidetrack heat-seeking missiles by creating an “electronic dome” around the helicopter and blinding oncoming missiles with a laser beam,” Alexander Gordeyev said. Mi-8 AMTSh helicopters © Sputnik/ Vitaliy Ankov Crews of Russian Mi-8 'Terminator' Helicopters ...
Ancient Irish Genome Sequenced By Scientists, Reveals Massive Migration
Post Date: 2015-12-29 08:47:16 by Ada
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Genetic analysis of a neolithic woman from near Belfast, Ireland, shows that she had black hair and brown eyes. Pictured: The reconstructed skull of the neolithic woman. A team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin and Queen’s University Belfast has sequenced the first genomes from ancient Irish people, providing insights into questions about the origins and culture of the region. Results of the study were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. The researchers sequenced the genome of an early farmer woman, who lived near Belfast some 5,200 years ago, and those of three men from a later period, around 4,000 years ...
Now's your last chance to see Comet Catalina in your lifetime
Post Date: 2015-12-29 00:57:24 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Over the next few weeks, one of the most beautiful comets we’ve ever discovered, Comet Catalina, will pass by Earth in what’s expected to be its first and only visit to the inner Solar System. And while its closest flyby for those in the Northern Hemisphere will be on 17 January 2016, you might want to stash some binoculars in your bag on New Year’s Day - on 1 January, Comet Catalina is expected to move within 0.4 degrees (less than the apparent width of the Moon) of Arcturus - one of the brightest stars in the sky. If ever there were a ridiculous space photography moment, this is it.
Do you share more genes with your mother or your father?
Post Date: 2015-12-28 04:24:26 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Many of your relatives probably have an answer to the question of whether you are more your mother or your father’s child. But the correct answer to the question is not as simple as it might seem. Genetically, you actually carry more of your mother’s genes than your father’s. That’s because of little organelles that live within your cells, the mitochondria, which you only receive from your mother. Mitochondria are the energy-producing factories of the cell; without them, a cell would not be able to generate energy from food. Mitochondria have an interesting history, as about 1.5-billion to 2-billion years ago they were free-living organisms. The ...
New Technology in Gold Mining Sector Could Be a “Game Changer”
Post Date: 2015-12-27 19:33:21 by BTP Holdings
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New Technology in Gold Mining Sector Could Be a “Game Changer” As promised, we have a very special report for you. There is something going on in the Junior Gold Space that you need to know about. In fact… it could Revolutionize the Mining Industry. There is a new technology created by an innovative mining company that is about to be rolled out – and it could be a GAME CHANGER. David Morgan, Editor of the renowned newsletter known as The Morgan Report, will reveal ALL THE DETAILS on this breakthrough. In order to get this special report just follow the arrow. You need to enter in your first name, your primary email address and click the “Get Special ...
What Is "The Internet of Things"? We Traveled 9,000 Miles to Find Out
Post Date: 2015-12-27 14:08:40 by BTP Holdings
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What Is "The Internet of Things"? We Traveled 9,000 Miles to Find Out With Apple and Google both pushing to become major players in the Internet of Things, the Fool goes on a 9,000 mile journey to explore the trend. "Industrial Internet could add a sizable $10 [trillion]-$15 trillion to global GDP -- the size of today's U.S. economy." -- General Electric "We estimate the potential economic impact of the Internet of Things to be $2.7 trillion to $6.2 trillion per year by 2025." -- McKinsey & Company The numbers surrounding the "Internet of Things" are astonishing, and with each passing week more and more companies are planting their own ...
Astronomers Warn of Looming Giant Comets
Post Date: 2015-12-27 06:00:57 by Tatarewicz
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Despite our best efforts to identify potential asteroid strikes that could wreak havoc on Earth, astronomers are now warning that debris from giant comets could pose an even more dangerous threat to the planet. In an article in the Royal Astronomical Society journal, researchers explained that hundreds of massive comets have been observed in our distant solar system over the last two decades. On rare occasions when these comets enter the gravitational field of other planets, they could be deflected in the direction of Earth and, in turn, crumble into a huge field of debris due to the sun. Should such an event occur, they warn, the onslaught of debris on the planet would be devastating. ...
Comcast has just started rolling out its gigabit internet service
Post Date: 2015-12-27 04:07:14 by Tatarewicz
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[The Verge] When you think about gigabit internet connections for consumers, Google is certainly one of the first names that comes to mind. Now, over three years after Google Fiber launched in Kansas City, Comcast is moving forward with its own gigabit service. The company says that its first customer using the service has been set up in Philadelphia. To get 1000 Mbps down and up to the home, Comcast is taking a different approach than Google. Instead of laying new fiber connections to houses, it's using the new DOCSIS 3.1 standard which works over the existent "hybrid fiber coaxial" networks. That means it's a lot less expensive to roll out, and once Comcast gets ...
How I Powered My Entire Home For The Past 3 Years... With Nothing Aside From A Few Bags of Grass Clippings
Post Date: 2015-12-26 16:48:16 by BTP Holdings
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How I Powered My Entire Home For The Past 3 Years... With Nothing Aside From A Few Bags of Grass Clippings Hi, my name is Rich Lubbok. And today you’re going to see how a simple invention from the 1800s… Which American settlers used to heat their homes… and to cook warm meals during the long, harsh winters… Can allow you to generate enough electricity to slash your monthly power bill by 70%... 80%... or even 100% starting tomorrow… While keeping even a 4 bedroom home heated to a balmy 77 degrees… regardless of if it’s below zero outside. Now I can already hearing your B.S. radar going off… And I’m sure you’re already thinking ...
MIT researchers have figured out how to make solar cells with old car batteries
Post Date: 2015-12-25 00:01:47 by Tatarewicz
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[BGR News] Here’s a clever technological breakthrough that could help the environment in two ways. MIT announced this week that some of its researchers have figured out a way to make solar cells using parts from discarded car batteries that would otherwise have simply gone to waste. Essentially, the researchers have figured out how to extract lead from old car batteries and use it as a component in solar cells that they say are just as efficient as solar cells produced with “high-purity, commercially available starting materials.” Solar technology researchers right now are putting a lot of effort into using perovskites as the basis for high-efficiency solar cells. However, ...
“GLOBAL WARMING:” -51°F TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN COLORADO
Post Date: 2015-12-23 07:41:02 by Ada
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Other areas of the globe are also experiencing extreme cold A Colorado weather station observed a record low of -51°F only weeks after politicians met in Paris to combat “global warming.” The Antero Reservoir station, located about 100 miles southwest of Denver, said the temperature was the third lowest the station has recorded in over 50 years. “It was verified with another thermometer, both of which have been inspected and approved by the National Weather Service,” said spokesperson Travis Thompson, Sr. The last time the temperature was as low was on Feb. 8, 1989. Although the Antero Reservoir has been described as a “extreme microclimate” due to the ...
Italian scientists under investigation after olive-tree deaths
Post Date: 2015-12-23 03:42:43 by Tatarewicz
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Nature | News Prosecutors accuse researchers of spreading disease and order a halt to the culling of infected trees. Olive trees infected by Xylella in Italy; the disease is sweeping across one of the nation's most famous olive regions. Nine scientists are being investigated for a possible role in enabling an outbreak of a disease that is ravaging olive groves in Puglia, Italy. The public official in charge of containing the epidemic is also under investigation. Public prosecutors announced the formal investigation at a press conference in Lecce in southern Italy on 18 December. At the same time, they ordered an immediate halt to measures put in place to contain the spread of the ...
This simple shaking technique can remove dangerous impurities from water
Post Date: 2015-12-22 05:39:57 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Nanomaterials have been crucial in many recent scientific advancements, but the miniature size of these objects makes it difficult to clear them up when they end up in places they shouldn't, like our oceans and waterways. Fortunately, researchers in the US have come up with a method that could see these nanomaterials filtered from contaminated water. "Look at plastic," explains one of the team, Yoke Khin Yap from Michigan Technological University. "These materials changed the world over the past decades - but can we clean up all the plastic in the ocean? We struggle to clean up metre-scale plastics, so what happens when we need to clean on the ...
Climate change shock: Burning fossil fuels 'COOLS planet', says NASA
Post Date: 2015-12-21 20:34:58 by Ada
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BURNING fossil fuels and cutting down trees causes global COOLING, a shock new NASA study has found. Fossil fuel burning gives of aerosols which reflect sunlight Major theories about what causes temperatures to rise have been thrown into doubt after NASA found the Earth has cooled in areas of heavy industrialisation where more trees have been lost and more fossil fuel burning takes place. Environmentalists have long argued the burning of fossil fuels in power stations and for other uses is responsible for global warming and predicted temperature increases because of the high levels of carbon dioxide produced - which causes the global greenhouse effect. While the findings did not dispute ...
Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel
Post Date: 2015-12-21 07:19:48 by BTP Holdings
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Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel Published Mon, Dec 21, 2015 | Tim Maverick, Senior Correspondent New Tech Pulls Carbon Dioxide From Thin Air to Make Fuel The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris is over, but scientists are still studying the effects of so much hot air concentrated in a single location. All joking aside, it’s time to determine whether any real efforts are being made by real companies and people to address climate change. On one front, at least, the answer is “yes.” The idea seems straight out of science fiction, but it’s very real. Several start-ups are working on sucking carbon dioxide right out of the air and turning it into ...
China launches probe to hunt for dark matter
Post Date: 2015-12-19 07:00:55 by Tatarewicz
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SHANGHAI, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- China is joining the hunt for dark matter. On Friday, the nation announced it had successfully launched its Dark Matter Particle Explorer into orbit. The probe blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch site in the Gansu province of northwest China. It was carried into low Earth orbit by a Chinese Long March 2D rocket. In China, the probe has been dubbed Wukong, or "Monkey King." The probe's dark matter detector was designed by engineers at the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites. "DAMPE satellite will observe the direction, energy and electric charge of high-energy particles in space in search of dark matter," Chang Jin, ...
Study: Evolution may be smarter than previously thought
Post Date: 2015-12-19 06:10:23 by Tatarewicz
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"Learning theory enables us to formalize how evolution changes its own processes over evolutionary time," researcher Richard Watson said. SOUTHAMPTON, England, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- New analysis suggests evolution is more sophisticated, intelligent and capable than previously thought. Researchers at the University of Southampton, in England, say their latest work shows the process of evolution is able to learn from previous experience -- allowing natural selection to better anticipate future benefits and produce intelligent designs. The new understanding is made possible by a unique approach to theoretical analysis, whereby two seemingly disparate systems or theories are bridged. ...
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