Thursday, February 26, 2009
Google Ocean: Has Atlantis been found off Africa? - Telegraph
A "grid of streets" on the seabed at one of the proposed locations of the lost city of Atlantis has been spotted on Google Ocean.
Most Powerful Gamma-Ray Burst May Point to New Physics
Observations from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope hint that extremely high-energy gamma rays don't travel at the speed of light.
Materials Science Mystery Of 'Hidden Order' Solved: How A New Phase Arises And Why
A discovery that can be of great importance to our understanding of how new material properties occur, how they can be controlled and exploited in the future.
Alp-sized peaks found entombed in Antarctic ice
Jagged mountains the size of the Alps have been found entombed in Antarctica's ice, giving new clues about the vast ice sheet that will raise world sea levels if even a fraction of it melts
Mole rats may hold secret to long life
They may not be pretty, but naked mole rats can live nearly 30 years longer than other rodents - now scientists think they know why
Ancient sharks saw the deep sea in colour
A primitive deep-sea fish, the elephant shark, is the oldest vertebrate to share the colour vision system of rods and cones with humans
First pictures of endangered Saharan cheetah
Estimates put the numbers of the animal as low as 250, but this is little more than guesswork – the survey aims to produce a more reliable figure
Jordan's fossil water source has high radiation levels
Ancient groundwater being tapped by Jordan, one of the 10 most water-deprived nations in the world, has been found to contain 20 times the radiation considered safe for drinking water
Sunday, February 22, 2009
100-Foot 'Borneo Monster' Said Photographed
A legendary snake-like creature is thought to have come alive.
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: "Extinct" Bird Seen, Eaten
A rare quail from the Philippines was photographed for the first time before being sold at a poultry market, experts say.
Coulomb Technologies Announces California Smart Charging Infrastructure Installation in Service Stations
New Imaging Technique Reveals Atomic Structure Of Nanocrystals
A new imaging technique overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution of less than one angstrom
Sophisticated Nano-structures Assembled With Magnets
Researchers have created a unique set of conditions in which tiny particles within a solution will consistently assemble themselves into complex shapes.
Huge Pressures Melt Diamonds On Neptune
The enormous pressures needed to melt diamond to slush and then to a completely liquid state have been determined 10 times more accurately than ever before.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
New Foot-long Tapeworms Identified
A major group of tapeworms, parasitic flatworms that live on host nutrients, has been discovered.
Medication may help erase bad memories
A widely available blood pressure pill could one day help people erase bad memories, according to a Dutch study published on Sunday.
IBM Files Patent for Bullet Dodging Bionic Body Armor
IBM has filed a patent (US 7484451) for Bionic Body Armor, that could essentially allow us to dodge bullets like Neo in The Matrix.
Scientists Celebrate Dawn of Barack Obama's Age of Reason
Could missing Wal-Mart signs wind up as dirty bomb?
Satellite wreckage falls on Kentucky, Texas, New Mexico
New caterpillar plague hits Liberia, spreads to Ivory Coast
Liberia has been hit by an invasion of so far unidentified caterpillars while another species, which has attacked crops in several areas, has now crossed over into neighbouring Ivory Coast.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
First Rough Draft Of Neandertal Genome Released
Neandertal genome may reveal secrets of human evolution
Computing Evolution
Scientists sift through genetic data sets to better map twisting branches in the tree of life
Printer emissions: taming the toxic office
ABC News: Brain Pacemaker Helps Parkinson's, but With Risks
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
We are becoming a new species, we are becoming Homo Evolutis
Keep an eye on the TV - with the TV in your contact lens
It sounds like science fiction - contact lenses that transmit TV shows and tattoos that let us feel the emotions of the actors on screen.
2 big satellites collide 500 miles over Siberia
Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of two intact spacecraft in orbit
Study: Paying smokers to quit boosts success rate
Dangling enough dollars in front of smokers who want to quit helps many more succeed, an experiment with hundreds of General Electric Co. workers indicates.
Why are There 60 Minutes in an Hour?
We are all familiar with dividing our days into 24 hours and our hours into 60 minutes. But why do we use these particular units for measuring time?
New Refrigeration System Based On Magnetics
An exotic metal alloy may be the key to a new quieter, more economical class of home and commercial refrigeration systems based on magnetics
New Shock Absorber Harvests Energy From Bumps
Undergraduate students have invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smooths the ride
Code Of The Common Cold Cracked
Scientists have begun to solve some of the mysteries of the common cold by putting together the pieces of the genetic codes for all the known strains of the human rhinovirus.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
USC study finds that green tea blocks benefits of cancer drug
researchers have found that the widely used supplement renders a cancer drug used to treat multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma completely ineffective
Bold Action by Department of Interior Halts Leasing of Utah Wilderness
Obama Orders Sharp Tightening of Auto Fuel Efficiency Standards
This morning, as expected, President Obama told the Transportation Department to draft implementing rules, pursuant to 2007 legislation, calling for a 40 percent improvement in automotive fuel efficiency by 2020
Electric Vehicles Can Cut Power Plant Pollution
Shifting to soot-free power sources will reduce mortality in cities, we noted, while increased use of variable wind power could jack up emissions NOx
Fossils Push Animal Life Back Millions of Years
Animal life first appeared on Earth tens of millions of years earlier than thought
Carbon-Nanotube Memory that Really Competes
Researchers in Finland have created a form of carbon-nanotube based information storage that is comparable in speed to a type of memory commonly used
Simplicity is crucial to design optimization at nanoscale
MIT researchers have discovered that the particular arrangement of proteins that produces the sturdiest product is not the arrangement with the most built-in redundancy
Scientists discover ground-breaking material: Graphane
Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced a ground-breaking new material, graphane, which has been derived from graphene.
Toxic Gases Caused World's Worst Extinction
When a supervolcano rained down on Earth, part of what may have killed 90 percent of all life was toxic amounts of carbon.
2011 Smart Car Electric
Read about 2011 Smart Electric – 2009 Detroit Auto Show pictures, news and information. Check out the latest concept cars, future cars and new cars.
First US face transplant patient leaves hospital
She can eat pizza. And hamburgers. She can smell perfume, drink coffee from a cup, and purse her lips as if to blow a kiss.
Science Friday Archives: A Year of Darwin
AIDS gels may work, but weakness found in cocktails
Gels to protect women from infection with the AIDS virus have shown hints that they may work, researchers said on Monday.
New Device Reads Minds Pretty Well | LiveScience
Researchers say they can glean simple preferences from a person's brain by shining near-infrared light into the noggin.
Treehouse by Tham & Videgard Hansson is Almost Invisible
It is an old architectural trick used since the invention of mirrored glass: covering buildings with the reflective material and declaring that they blend in with the surroundings.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
“Immortal” Jellyfish Discovers Fountain of Youth
What sounds like the plot of D-list sci-fi horror flick starring Samuel L. Jackson could soon be a reality as a species of jellyfish have stumbled on a magical fountain of youth that allows them to revert to a younger age an indefinite number of times. The Turritopsis Nutricula can go back to a juvenile form after mating through the cell development process of transdifferentiation. Ok, that’s kind of a mouthful; think of it as “Benjamin Button” meets “The Little Mermaid.” While most types of jellyfish kick the bucket after propagating, the Turritopsis nutricula somehow not only stay alive, but essentially return to a more youthful self. Somewhere rich women are harvesting the sea creatures in hopes of capturing the age-defying power.
Many New Species Discovered In Hidden Mozambique Oasis
Scientists who recently discovered a hidden forest in Mozambique show the uncharted can still be under our noses.
NASA And Google Launch Virtual Exploration Of Mars
New Mars mode in Google Earth brings to everyone's desktop a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of the Red Planet.
IBM unveils Sequoia, the world's fastest supercomputer
Sequoia, built for the US department of energy, is almost 20 times more powerful than the previous record holder
Animal-human clones don't work, U.S. company finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers who tried to use mouse, cow and rabbit eggs to make human clones said on Monday the effort failed to produce workable embryos
Find may revolutionize computers
Scientists at Edmonton's National Institute for Nanotechnology have made a significant breakthrough
Ancient Whales Gave Birth on Land
Skeletal remains of a mother whale with her fetus inside were discovered.
The Pseudoscience of 'The Secret'
The Secret franchise has made piles of money, but questions remain about its validity.
The Problem with Evolution Surveys
The confluence of evolution and religion is a very trick topic for pollsters to get at.
Researchers Disprove 15-year-old Theory about the Nervous System
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning
The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000 when the last-known animal of its kind was found dead in northern Spain. Shortly before its death, scientists preserved skin samples of the goat, a subspecies of the Spanish ibex that live in mountain ranges across the country, in liquid nitrogen.
Using DNA taken from these skin samples, the scientists were able to replace the genetic material in eggs from domestic goats, to clone a female Pyrenean ibex, or bucardo as they are known. It is the first time an extinct animal has been cloned.
More HERE.
Solar power lights up Africa - Africa, World
Xavery Gombifenga is the most popular man in the Tanzanian village of
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Sewage yields more gold than top mines
Resource-poor Japan just discovered a new source of mineral wealth - sewage.
The PlayPump System
Kids play. Water Pumps.
Worm gene offers clues to nerve cell repair: study
Researchers believe they have found a potential way to regenerate nerves by stimulating a gene
Thermal computing is heating up
A major obstacle in the development of thermal memory devices that store data with heat has been overcome - in theory
Devastated forests could be replanted from the air
A technology that fires projectiles containing tree saplings from a helicopter could rapidly replant devastated tropical forests
To Protect Public Land, Eco Protesters Get Creative
A Bureau of Land Management auction is derailed by a new tactic: chutzpah
Ten new amphibian species discovered in Colombia
Ten new species of amphibians -- including three kinds of poisonous frogs and three transparent-skinned glass frogs
Baby Chimps Given Human Love Ace IQ Tests
Orphaned infant chimpanzees that received attentive, nurturing care from human surrogate mothers were found to be more intellectually advanced than the average human baby
Iran Says It Has Launched Satellite
The launch came at a time when the United States and other powers are concerned about Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
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