September 2011
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Is Printing A Gun The Same As Buying A Gun?
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August 2011
5 posts
UCLA engineers create fully stretchable OLED
Engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have created the first fully stretchable organic light-emitting diode (OLED). via physorg.com
When it comes to pursuing your goals, let you...
A new University of Alberta study says when it comes to goal setting, your unconscious mind can be a great motivator. via eurekalert.org
How Cold Is a Y Dwarf Star? Even You Are Warmer
Scientists have discovered the coldest type of star-like bodies known, which at times can be cooler than the human body via scientificamerican.com
A planet made of diamond
A once-massive star that’s been transformed into a small planet made of diamond: that is what University of Manchester astronomers think they’ve found in the Milky Way. via physorg.com
Could new drug cure nearly any viral infection?...
Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including influenza, the common cold, and deadly hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola. via sciencedaily.com
June 2011
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U.S. funding for future promises lags by trillions http://post.ly/2Aikr
U.S. funding for future promises lags by trillions
The $61.6 trillion in unfunded obligations amounts to $527,000 per household. That’s more than five times what Americans have borrowed for everything else — mortgages, car loans and other debt. It reflects the challenge as the number of retirees soars over the next 20 years and seniors try to collect on those spending promises. via usatoday.com
U.S. funding for future promises lags by trillions
The federal government’s financial condition deteriorated rapidly last year, far beyond the $1.5 trillion in new debt taken on to finance the budget deficit, a USA TODAY analysis shows. via usatoday.com
CERN Scientists Trap Antimatter for Almost 17...
CERN scientists have now been able to isolate unstable antimatter for a grand total of nearly 17 minutes. That’s a far cry from experiments performed last fall, when scientists were only able to record the presence of antimatter for fractions of seconds. The increased longevity should now give researchers the time they need to perform studies on antiatoms related to change-parity-time...
DNA can discern between two quantum states,...
Do the principles of quantum mechanics apply to biological systems? Until now, says Prof. Ron Naaman of the Institute’s Chemical Physics Department (Faculty of Chemistry), both biologists and physicists have considered quantum systems and biological molecules to be like apples and oranges. But research he conducted together with scientists in Germany, which appeared recently in Science,...
“The Human Species Will One Day Migrate to a Parallel Universe” —Michio Kaku http://post.ly/28S7r
"The Human Species Will One Day Migrate to a...
One of the most fascinating discoveries of our new century may be imminent if the Large Hadron Collider outside Geneva produces nano-blackholes when it goes live again. According to the best current physics, such nano blackholes could not be produced with the energy levels the LHC can generate, but could only come into being if a parallel universe were providing extra gravitational input....
May 2011
14 posts
Pending Home Sales: Pending Home Sales Dive 11.6% in April http://post.ly/26qIA
Pending Home Sales: Pending Home Sales Dive 11.6%...
Pending sales of existing U.S. homes dropped far more than expected in April to touch a seven-month low, a trade group said on Friday, dealing a blow to hopes of a recovery in the housing market. via cnbc.com
What Are the Mysterious Markings Found In the Great Pyramid’s Hidden Chamber of Secrets? http://post.ly/26gIp
What Are the Mysterious Markings Found In the...
A robot has taken photos of a hidden secret chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, which was supposedly built by the fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu. It’s been the first time anyone accessed the secret chamber in 4500 years. via gizmodo.com
Vote on Patriot Act extension delayed as Rand Paul pushes for amendment on gun rights http://post.ly/26L3q
Vote on Patriot Act extension delayed as Rand Paul...
Paul, a conservative freshman who has been among the most vociferous opponents of the counterterrorism surveillance law, had been pushing for eight amendments to the four-year Patriot Act extension that Congress is considering this week. The measure currently extending the Act is set to expire Friday. via washingtonpost.com
Space Archeologists Discover a Thousand Egyptian...
Dr Sarah Parcak thinks that “excavating a pyramid is the dream of every archaeologist” but that Indiana Jones is “old school”. Well, she must know. After all, she has discovered two pyramids and 1000 tombs. From space. via gizmodo.com
Watching Power Lines Explode Is a Little Bit Like...
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There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says
You may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it’s worse than you’ve heard. via wired.com
Is it possible we've found the first white hole?
White holes are the opposite of black holes, objects into which nothing can enter but are constantly spewing out matter. They were thought to be completely hypothetical, more a mathematical oddity than a real thing…but we may have seen one. via io9.com
Paraplegic Walks After Three Days Of Epidural...
After a hit-and-run in 2006, Rob Summers lost the use of his hips, legs, feet, and toes. Five years later, Mr. Summers took a step with the help an electrical stimulator connected to his spine. A team of researchers in Louisville led by Susan Harkema (and in collaboration with UCLA and California Institute of Technology) have been working to create a way to mimic the signals the brain sends to...
Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery
via guardian.co.uk Close allies of Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been accused of using supernatural powers to further his policies amid an increasingly bitter power struggle between him and the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Capturing bin Laden 'would unleash hell'
The mastermind of the 9/11 attacks warned that al-Qaeda has hidden a nuclear bomb in Europe which will unleash a “nuclear hellstorm” if Osama bin Laden is captured, leaked files revealed. via news.ninemsn.com.au
Doc holiday
The doctor is not in. The United States already faces a growing physician shortage. As our population ages, we require more and more intensive health care. At the same time, enrollment in medical schools has been essentially flat, meaning we are not producing new physicians at anywhere near the rate we need to. In fact, according to the American Association of Medical Colleges, we face a...
April 2011
58 posts
Amazon tablet in the works: report http://post.ly/1vvRF
Amazon tablet in the works: report
via csmonitor.com An Amazon tablet is in the works –– and it will likely run a version of the Android operating system. That’s the word from Gdgt’s Peter Rojas, who says the Amazon tablet is “something of an open secret” in the tech industry, and claims he is “99 percent certain [Amazon is] having Samsung build one for them.” Rojas did not mention a...
Georgia nuclear reactor shuts down; investigation...
A nuclear reactor at Georgia’s Vogtle Electric Generating Plant has been taken off line indefinitely until investigators determine the cause of an automatic shutdown earlier this week, according to a statement released Friday by Southern Company, which supplies power to much of the state. via cnn.com
US banks facing $1.4tn crisis over commercial property loans | Business | guardian.co.uk http://post.ly/1v6Ze
AP IMPACT: 3,200 Gulf wells unplugged, unprotected http://post.ly/1vKlE
AP IMPACT: 3,200 Gulf wells unplugged, unprotected
via news.yahoo.com More than 3,200 oil and gas wells classified as active lie abandoned beneath the Gulf of Mexico, with no cement plugging to help prevent leaks that could threaten the same waters fouled by last year’s BP spill, The Associated Press has learned.
The Terminators: drone strikes prompt MoD to...
The report warns of the dangers of an “incremental and involuntary journey towards a Terminator-like reality”, referring to James Cameron’s 1984 movie, in which humans are hunted by robotic killing machines. It says the pace of technological development is accelerating at such a rate that Britain must quickly establish a policy on what will constitute “acceptable machine...
Michigan: Police Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops http://post.ly/1vDQ2
Michigan: Police Search Cell Phones During Traffic...
The Michigan State Police have a high-tech mobile forensics device that can be used to extract information from cell phones belonging to motorists stopped for minor traffic violations. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan last Wednesday demanded that state officials stop stonewalling freedom of information requests for information on the program. via thenewspaper.com
Gold Tops $1,500 on Outlook for Escalating U.S....
via bloomberg.com Gold futures rose to a record $1,500.50 an ounce as U.S. debt concerns weighed on the dollar, boosting demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment.
US banks facing $1.4tn crisis over commercial...
America’s fragile high street banks are bracing themselves for a fresh financial crunch as a wave of commercial property mortgages go sour on offices, shops and factories, causing losses of up to $300bn (£192bn) hitting nearly 3,000 small- and medium-sized financial institutions. via guardian.co.uk
The JFK-UFO Connection: Bogus Documents or...
Do you like a good UFO detective story? Well, here’s one for you. And it’s ongoing, so we don’t yet know the ending. It involves President John F. Kennedy’s interest in UFOs shortly before his death and an allegation that he may have angered officials in his administration when he asked for information on the subject. via aolnews.com
Plasmonic resonances in quantum dots allow for...
It should also be possible to create microscope lenses that can resolve nanoscale objects with visible light, a new generation of highly efficient light-emitting diodes, and supersensitive chemical and biological detectors, as well as solar photovoltaics and artificial photosynthesis. There is even evidence that plasmonic materials can be used to bend light around an object, thereby rendering...
Researchers create super-small transistor,...
via physorg.com A University of Pittsburgh-led team has created a single-electron transistor that provides a building block for new, more powerful computer memories, advanced electronic materials, and the basic components of quantum computers.
Light’s magnetic field could make solar power without solar cells http://post.ly/1ua5v
Light's magnetic field could make solar power...
Physicists at the University of Michigan think they’ve discovered a new way of sourcing solar energy, that doesn’t need expensive semiconductors and solar cells. In the process, they’ve inadvertently overturned a century-old principle of physics. via wired.co.uk
Texas University Takes Cue From Kyle Bass to Hold $1 Billion in Gold BarsWhen http://post.ly/1uTaV
Texas University Takes Cue From Kyle Bass to Hold...
The University of Texas Investment Management Co., the second-largest U.S. academic endowment, took delivery of almost $1 billion in gold bullion and is storing the bars in a New York vault, according to the fund’s board. via bloomberg.com When Universities start taking their holdings in gold bars, you KNOW something is afoot.
Fatal Tornadoes Rip Through North Carolina
The Weather Channel reported Saturday’s tornado tracked across a 50-mile stretch beginning in southwest North Carolina. Dr. Greg Forbes reported that all of the tornado activity reported on Saturday, nearly three dozen reports, was within the state of North Caroliina. More than 200 tornadoes have been reported during the three-day storm. via weather.com
Brazilian police to use ‘Robocop-style’ glasses at World Cup http://post.ly/1u5bV
Brazilian police to use 'Robocop-style' glasses at...
via telegraph.co.uk A small camera fitted to the glasses can capture 400 facial images per second and send them to a central computer database storing up to 13 million faces. The system can compare biometric data at 46,000 points on a face and will immediately signal any matches to known criminals or people wanted by police.
Lockheed Martin developing ninja robots
Stay calm — there may be a robot right behind you. Or under your desk. Or around the corner. Lockheed Martin, the company that first developed stealth technology for planes, has transferred that technology to the ground with a robot that can avoid human detection. via csmonitor.com
Why We Are Totally Finished
Capitalism Fixes Problems & Preserves Democracy: Capitalism is what we should be relying on to fix our problems. Capitalism has it’s own ecosystem, just like biology’s ecosystem. An economic ecosystem that weeds out the weak, has parasites that eat the failures and new bacteria that evolves and grows replacements for that which failed. A system that keeps everything in balance. ...