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Gummy vitamins for adults? Some generation younger than mine is coming of age - and being advertised to. Gummy vitamins? You can't swallow a chalky pill?
Post Date:02/04/2010 19:24:06
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Penn State inquiry finds no evidence for allegations against Michael Mann - "Hockey Stick" scientist An academic inquiry into the so-called “climategate” email scandal has concluded that a well-known U.S. scientist did not directly or indirectly falsify data in his research. The review, by a panel of senior administrators at Pennsylvania State University, found no evidence that climatologist Michael Mann had manipulated research that indicates humans are causing global warming. This finding is a big setback for the anti-science crowd, who have been going after Mann full throttle, trying to find imaginary whistleblowers to accuse him and others at Penn State of fraud (see “Anti-science disinformers step up efforts to intimidate and harass climate scientists.” The anti-scientists hate Mann, one of the country?s leading climatologists, for his role in creating the Hockey Stick graph, which they still maintain is fraudulent, when in fact it was essentially vindicated in a thorough examination by a panel of the National Academy of Sciences (see NAS Report and here)
Post Date:02/04/2010 11:18:07
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New Hearing Aid Uses Your Tooth To Transmit Sound Sonitus Medical has developed a new device, SoundBite, that uses the natural conduction of teeth and bone to transmit sound to the inner ear even after the outer and middle ear are damaged. [...] There are other hearing aid devices that utilize bone conduction. Most, however, use a titanium pin drilled into the jaw bone (or skull) to transmit sound to the cochlea. SoundBite seems to be the first non-surgical, non-invasive, easily removable device. While they are likely years from retail production, Sonitus Medical plans on having SoundBite ITMs fitted to each individual?s upper back teeth and fabricated fairly quickly (1 to 2 weeks). A complete system is planned to include two ITMs, 1 BTE, and a charger. In the wider world of cochlear implants, SoundBite may only be fit for relatively specialized use. Still, the ability to easily upgrade or replace individual components makes the device competitive. New Hearing Aid Uses Your Tooth To Transmit Sound (Thanks Trevor!) Related posts:Cy
Post Date:02/03/2010 17:00:05
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Tough, Lightweight Synthetic Honeybee Silk Could Revolutionize Textiles, Composites Good news for those of us that are into biomimicry. UAVs modeled after maple seeds, bone glue modeled after sea worms, shoes that let humans walk up walls like spiders -- our long wait for artificial insect silk could be nearing the end. Australian researchers have managed to pull threads of honeybee silk from a stew of transgenically-produced silk proteins, meaning cheaper, stronger lightweight textiles and composites with myriad uses could be around the corner. The threads the researchers produced were as strong as threads of honeybee silk pulled straight form the insects themselves, threads which though thin are remarkably sturdy. Unlike silks that come from moths or spiders, honeybee silks consist of coiled coils -- a protein structure where multiple helices wrap around multiple helices. The result is a high-strength thread that can be further woven together to make all kinds of durable materials. Researchers have been studying the genetics behind silk production in nature for yea
Post Date:02/03/2010 15:29:52
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Did Sudden Drop in Water Vapor Slow the Rate of Warming? New research from NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Colorado indicates that there was a sudden, unexplained drop in the amount of high atmospheric water vapor almost a decade ago (late 2000 and early 2001). Water vapor is a powerful, widespread greenhouse gas. A water vapor image from GOES satellite, courtesy of NOAA The researchers claim that this drop has substantially slowed the rate of warming at the earth's surface in recent years, according to the US News article. The research team's modeling suggests that the rate of increase in the average global surface temperature from 2000 to 2009 was about 25 percent lower than it otherwise would have been, the researchers report. The team?s analysis using a climate model suggest that average global surface temperatures rose only 0.1 degrees Celsius (0.18 F) during that period, rather than the 0.14 degree C (0.25 F) increase expected because of increases in other greenhouse gases, according to US News. One possible cause is t
Post Date:02/03/2010 13:46:17
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The Desktop Manufacturing Revolution James Cascio has a piece in Fast Company introducing the basic concepts and present status of desktop manufacturing: This doesn’t mean that Wal-Mart will go away any time soon, but it does mean a pretty big shift in the relationship between individuals and their material world. Most notably, it would open up the possibility that the kinds of personalized products now available to those with the right money and know-how may soon be available to everyday people. Thinking of this simply as traditional manufacturing moved from the factory to the neighborhood (or the home office) misses the larger revolution. This isn’t just desktop production (figuratively or literally), it’s democratized production. It will have its own intrinsic dilemmas, from liability to spam, but it will pose a powerful challenge to the status quo. Comment from Dominic Muren: I think you can (and should) take it one step further. Not only are objects print-outs of some design, but there is no reason
Post Date:02/03/2010 10:57:21
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Dodgy Citations Climate Quotes is keeping up a list of questionable or outright odd citations in the IPCC AR4 and AR3
Post Date:02/03/2010 10:15:38
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Climate scientists shut out sceptics
Post Date:02/03/2010 08:11:10
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Post Date:02/03/2010 02:48:00
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"Improving Access to Research"
Post Date:02/02/2010 10:29:00
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GAMING COMPUTER SCIENCE DISSERTATION WRITING Usually when we chat about computer science dissertation we chat about wireless technology, local area networks, internet, database application, ERP or Computer programming and artificial applications. But when we have a discussion about gaming computer science dissertations, we wrap up all of the vistas of computer sciences into one subject.THE HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMING:The earliest known interactive electronic game was by Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann on a cathode ray tube. The patent was filed on January 25, 1947 and issued on December 14, 1948. The game was a missile simulator inspired by radar displays from World War II. It used analog circuitry, not digital, to control the CRT beam and position a dot on the screen. Screen overlays were used for targets since graphics could not be drawn at the time. (According to Wikipedia)ONLINE GAMING DEVELOPMENT:In your gaming computer science dissertation you shall converse in relation to online gaming precisely. There are many onli
Post Date:02/01/2010 22:10:00
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The Nanotechnology Education Act The Nanotechnology Education Act (H.R. 4502), was introduced early last week by Rep. David Wu (D-1st-OR) and co-sponsored by Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-3rd-Ill). The bill has as it's purpose the establishment of a grant program aimed at helping secondary schools, colleges and universities to established and improve nanotechnology education programs and facilities. The bill notes that nanotechnology "is generating scientific and technological breakthroughs that will benefit society by improving the way many things are produced" and that Nanotechnology is likely to have a significant, positive impact on the security, economic well-being, and health of Americans as fields related to nanotechnology expand. the bill announces its formidable goal: In order to maximize the benefits of nanotechnology to individuals in the United States, the United States must maintain world leadership in the field, including nanoscience and microtechnology, in the face of determined competition from
Post Date:02/01/2010 12:34:40
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Learn Science Practically, Visually Much Easily with Yenka Yenka is a powerful piece of software for schools, which lets you use – and edit – an ever-growing library of free lessons for mathematics, science, technology and computing. [...] Continue Reading : Learn Science Practically, Visually Much Easily with Yenka.
Post Date:01/30/2010 20:30:00
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Solar-powered sea slug harnesses stolen plant genes It’s the ultimate form of solar power: eat a plant, become photosynthetic. Now researchers have found how one animal does just that. Elysia chlorotica is a lurid green sea slug, with a gelatinous leaf-shaped body, that lives along the Atlantic seaboard of the US. What sets it apart from most other sea slugs is its ability to run on solar power. Mary Rumpho of the University of Maine, is an expert on E. chlorotica and has now discovered how the sea slug gets this ability: it photosynthesises with genes “stolen” from the algae it eats. New Scientist: Solar-powered sea slug harnesses stolen plant genes (via WTF Nature) Related posts:Massive solar thermal installation system being built – enough to power San Francisco? UFO shaped, solar powered water purifiers in Japan New carnivorous plant big enough to eat rats
Post Date:01/30/2010 12:58:59
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More on a New Ozone NAAQS: EPA's Clean Air Science Advisory Committee Endorses EPA's Proposed Range As we noted a few weeks ago, EPA has proposed lowering the NAAQS to a range of from 0.060 ppm – 0.070 ppm. Earlier this week, EPA’s Clean Air Science Advisory Committee, or CASAC, met and endorsed EPA’s proposed range. Some CASAC members did express concern about EPA’s proposed secondary seasonal standard, intended to protect crops and forests. However, overall, the CASAC seal of approval is pretty much the end of this argument. It is important to recall how we got here. CASAC already endorsed the 0.060 ppm – 0.070 range several years ago, before EPA’s last ozone standard was issued. It was EPA’s refusal to follow the CASAC recommendations, and instead propose a 0.075 ppm standard, which led to litigation challenging the standard and the current controversy.  It is difficult to overstate the weight given the CASAC’s views. Indeed, EPA’s fine particulate standard was vacated in significant part beca
Post Date:01/29/2010 08:09:55
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uniform    Coat, shirt, jeans and shoes I could wear every day. From Arts & Science, found via +.
Post Date:01/29/2010 05:21:00
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Picasso Damaged Today, a Google "News" search for "Picasso" returns over 600 reports on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's recently torn work, "The Actor." Contrastingly, a search related to the recent French art thefts returns only about 300-400 reports. Certainly, the case highlights how a minor accident involving a major museum, a rare work, and a high-profile artist can generate tremendous amounts of publicity. Already, both The New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor have run engrossing articles on the conservation processes that will repair the torn Picasso. The accident, which has been described by the press as the "
Post Date:01/26/2010 08:38:00
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irregular processes in deterministic systems From here.
Post Date:01/25/2010 05:09:00
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Fake Looking Bomb Detecting Device Is Shockingly Fake What do you get when you throw together some plastic and a metal rod?
Post Date:01/24/2010 12:37:08
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Mars Ain?t The Kind of Place to Raise Your Kids, In Fact it?s Cold as Hell. I came upon this picture over at the Discover Magazine site. It’s of a Martian dune field captured by the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. It doesn’t have much to do with cool music, but it’s pretty amazing regardless. The explanation is as follows: “There is a vast region of sand dunes at high northern latitudes on Mars. In the winter, a layer of carbon dioxide ice covers the dunes, and in the spring as the sun warms the ice it evaporates. This is a very active process, and sand dislodged from the crests of the dunes cascades down, forming dark streaks.” To view the original high res image, go here.
Post Date:01/13/2010 01:06:36
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