Using the bacteria, waste uranium can be bound to phosphate molecules on the bacterial cells which can then be harvested. This can be used to clean nuclear waste as well as to recycle it. The costs are way lower than the selling price of uranium, which means not only is it green, it’s also profitable. Read more about E.Coli Cleans and Recovers Waste Uranium[…]
Bill Moorier had an MRI scan of his head done, took the data and put in into an online interactive browser. So if you feel like taking a tour through his brain – http://abstractnonsense.com/mri/ .
Between the planets and moons are gravitational corridors, tubes that intersect at lagrange points, which can be used to travel between celestial bodies using hardly any fuel, only for course correctional purposes. These corridors can be likened to ocean currents. The trade-off is now between speed and fuel consumption: you can use almost zero fuel Read more about Mapping gravitational corridors[…]
The odds of a coin coming down heads or tails are not 50/50: they’re actually 51/49! A great precis of an article explaining why, and how to leverage it. The Coin Flip: A Fundamentally Unfair Proposition? – Coding the Wheel.
There are certain things that just don’t fit into our current theories about how things work. Others that are just beyond what we have workable theories about. This is an interesting list of a few of those things… 13 more things that don’t make sense – New Scientist.
A neat little trick! Basically, all you need to do to estimate a distance using this classic method is hold your arm out and stare at your thumb with an eye closed. Silly, yes, but it makes sense, because you’ll switch which eye you look through and sort out how far the object appears to Read more about Estimate Distances with Your Arm Your Thumb[…]
Marijuana smokers who binge drink seem to have less brain damage than binge drinkers who don’t smoke the grass. Pot May Protect Brain From Booze – Health News Story – KTVU San Francisco.
It turns out that you can easily pland DNA at a crime scene – any biology undergraduate could do this: it’s easier than planting a fingerprint. One method requires you to have a sample of the actual DNA, the other requires you have access to the DNA information in a police database. Centralised DNA databases Read more about 2 Ways To Fabricate DNA Evidence[…]
So, together with the nano lasers, we now have two new technologies for future growth in computer chip capacity. IBM’s technology makes strands of DNA self-assemble into shapes such as triangles or squares on top of silicon. This assembly acts as scaffolding for semi conducting nanotubes which become a nano circuit board. IBM scientists build Read more about IBM scientists build computer chips from DNA[…]
This is very very tiny – it’s by far the smallest information carrying line we can create now. Computer chipmakers are running into walls trying to cram more information lines (wires) into a chip, but they can’t make them small enough to fit. This could change all that, if they can build lenses with switching Read more about 44 nm Nanolaser[…]
The battery breakthrough comes from a Salt Lake company called Ceramatec, the R&D arm of CoorsTek, a world leader in advanced materials and electrochemical devices. It promises to reduce dependence on the dinosaur by hooking up with the latest generation of personalized power plants that draw from the sun. … Inside Ceramatec’s wonder battery is Read more about New battery could change world, one house at a time[…]
This comes back a lot – we know people are basically not honest, that lying is taught to us by our parents from an early age. Robert Feldman’s latest study shows that even when we don’t have an agenda, we lie around 12 times per 10 minutes – and these are just the lies we Read more about We lie a lot.[…]
Utah scientists have developed a liquid that turns semi solid in the presence of semen, trapping the AIDS virus. If a woman uses the liquid before sex, sperm gets trapped in a gel like structure. By the time the gel melts into liquid, the AIDS virus has died. So it’s not a sure fire contraceptive, Read more about Molecular condom vs AIDS[…]
Turns out if you spend much much more money on organic food for health benefits, you can save yourself the cash. Organic food ‘no healthier’ blow | News.
A new ultrasound device, used in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), allows neurosurgeons to precisely burn out small pieces of malfunctioning brain tissue without cutting the skin or opening the skull. A preliminary study from Switzerland involving nine patients with chronic pain shows that the technology can be used safely in humans. The researchers Read more about rain Surgery Using Sound Waves[…]
The process that led up to the medical innovation dates back to 2003, when Professor Gudkov came up with the idea of using protein produced in bacteria found in the intestine to protect cells from radiation. via Cure for radiation sickness found? – Israel News, Ynetnews.
Rapamycin is a bacterial product found in soil samples on remote Easter Island in the South Pacific. Apparently it adds around 14% extra life to rats in labs..
“One of the many curious properties of Bose Einstein Condensates (BECs) is that the flow of sound through them is governed by the same equations that describe how light is bent by a gravitational field. Now, a group of Israeli physicists have exploited this idea to create an acoustic black hole in a BEC. The Read more about First Acoustic Black Hole Created[…]
It turns out that eating certain foods combined is much better than eating them seperately. * Tomatoes & Avocadoes * Oatmeal & Orange Juice * Broccoli & Tomatoes * Blueberries & Grapes * Apples & Chocolate * Lemon & Kale * Soy & Salmon * Peanuts & Whole Wheat * Red Meat & Rosemary * Read more about Healthy Food Combinations[…]
Basically by shooting atoms through a nanoscale pinhole on a mask at a substrate on the other side, researchers have found that they will create a smaller version of the reflected structure – a cheap and easy way to make a nanostructure. What’s more, it’s scaleable: they can make loads of pinholes and shoot atoms Read more about Atom Pinhole Camera Acts as a Shrinking Copy Machine[…]
Are Stem cells the new snake oil? The University of New South Wales in Sydney claims they have used contact lensens made from the stem cells of the working eye to cure corneal blindness in 3 people.
Chemists have found a way to convert things that grow (glucose and fructose) into HMF, which in turn can be easily turned into biofuels and plastics.
In the 10 days before the actual ovulation, women go nuts – because they need to offset the negative feelings and because they want to look at their best when they’re able to make babies. So, the week before they go – take away their credit cards!
Specifically, they improve contrast sensitivity. The effects last quite some time after having played the games.
It turns out that people who doodle – a light cognitive load – can recall information better than people who don’t. Presumably because they daydream, which is a heavy cognitive load.