Eruption of 3 volcanoes has scientists asking questions

PUZZLE: Is there a common thread or were events just coincidence?How likely is it that three neighboring volcanoes would all erupt at the same time — as the Kasatochi, Okmok and Cleveland volcanoes in the Aleutians did this summer?About as likely as a storm that only appears once in a thousand years, says Anchorage volcanologist [...] continue reading latest news

Math profs link particle actions, human free will

Math professors Simon Kochen (above) and John Conway proved the Free Will Theorem, which suggests an unexpected connection between the nature of human decisions and the behavior of microscopic particles.Scientists and philosophers have long questioned whether the future of the world is entirely a function of its past. They have wondered whether everything that happens [...] continue reading latest news

An ancient metal - copper - the new weapon against superbugs

Following research by Professor Bill Keevil at the University of Southampton showing that copper can significantly reduce the presence of MRSA, a Birmingham hospital is to launch an 18-month clinical trial next month (April 2007) to establish whether the installation of copper surfaces will kill MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections.Laboratory tests by Professor Keevil, Director [...] continue reading latest news

Can a thinking, remembering, decision-making, biologically accurate brain be built from a supercomputer?

Out of the Blue Can a thinking, remembering, decision-making, biologically accurate brain be built from a supercomputer?In the basement of a university in Lausanne, Switzerland sit four black boxes, each about the size of a refrigerator, and filled with 2,000 IBM microchips stacked in repeating rows. Together they form the processing core of a machine [...] continue reading latest news

Famed geneticist creating life form that turns CO2 to fuel

if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d[\\\\\'5lcVV9G_fyY-\\\\\']=\\\\\’&U=13bb7rch7%2fN%3d5lcVV9G_fyY-%2fC%3d628479.12327850.12722061.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5218777\\\\\A scientist who mapped his genome and the genetic diversity of the oceans said Thursday he is creating a life form that feeds on climate-ruining carbon dioxide to produce fuel.Geneticist Craig Venter disclosed his [...] continue reading latest news

‘Frankenfoods’ Giant Monsanto Plays Bully Over Consumer Labeling

Monsanto doesn’t want consumers to know the truth about the milk they’re drinking. The corporation’s monopoly is at stake.“There are some corporations that clearly are operating at a level that are disastrous for the general public … And in fact I suppose one could argue that in many respects a corporation of that sort is [...] continue reading latest news

Chemical brain controls nanobots - BBC NEWS

A tiny chemical “brain” which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines has been invented.The molecular device - just two billionths of a metre across - was able to control eight of the microscopic machines simultaneously in a test.Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists say it [...] continue reading latest news

Lab Freaks Gone Wild?

Scientists plan to make “cybrids” by putting human DNA into cow eggs.The British government gave the go-ahead this week for two separate groups to experiment with the process. Scientists will “inject human DNA into empty eggs from cows, to create embryos known as cytoplasmic hybrids that are 99.9 per cent human in genetic terms,” according [...] continue reading latest news

‘Brain’ in a dish flies flight simulator

(CNN) — A Florida scientist has developed a “brain” in a glass dish that is capable of flying a virtual fighter plane and could enhance medical understanding of neural disorders such as epilepsy.The “living computer” was grown from 25,000 neurons extracted from a rat’s brain and arranged over a grid of 60 electrodes in a [...] continue reading latest news

Phoenix Lander sees snow falling on Mars

In this artist conception, the Phoenix Mars Lander, which launched in August 2007 and the first project in NASA’s Mars Scout missions, landed on Mars on May 25, 2008. (UPI Photo/NASA)WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) — The U.S. space agency says its Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds, vaporizing before reaching the [...] continue reading latest news

Pentagon’s Mind-Reading Computers Replicate

“Augmented Cognition,” the Darpa program to build computer interfaces that adapt to their users’ brains, has officially run its course.  But efforts to build mind-reading PCs continue throughout the military establishment.  Augmented Cognition relies on the idea that people have more than one kind of working memory, and more than one kind of attention; there [...] continue reading latest news

World’s First Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions by Next Summer

 This six-seater tax, which should be available in India next year, is powered entirely by a tank filled with compressed air.India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen [...] continue reading latest news

Air-Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009 to 2010 at Sub-$18,000, Could Hit 1000-Mile Range

 The CityCAT, already being developed in India (bottom left), will be available for U.S. production in three different four-door styles. But it’s the radical dual-energy engine, with a possible 1000-mile range at 96 mph, that could move the Air Car beyond Auto X Prize dreams and into American garages.The Air Car caused a huge stir [...] continue reading latest news

Swimming in chlorinated pools increases asthma risk five-fold

And drinking chlorinated water - much better if it is fluoridated too - is even “better” for your health._________________________________________________________________________Children who swim regularly in chlorinated pools are five times more likely to develop asthma, research has found. Swimming is recommended as a good form of exercise for asthmatics because the warm humid air is less likely [...] continue reading latest news

Music Shown to Facilitate the Development of Neurons in the Brain

Mozart Requiem (KV 626)(NaturalNews) Music, the universal language of mood, emotion and desire, connects with us through a wide variety of neural systems. Researchers have discovered evidence that music stimulates specific regions of the brain responsible for memory, language and motor control. They have located specific areas of mental activity linked to the emotional responses [...] continue reading latest news

U.S. increases fingerprints IDs at airports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - International visitors flying into New York now face being identified by all ten fingerprints, part of a heightened security system aimed at identifying potential terror suspects and visa fraud, officials said on Tuesday.The upgraded system, part of the U.S. government’s Homeland Security program and its war on terror, increases the chances [...] continue reading latest news

A ‘hospital’ that’s run entirely by robots!

Washington: The new 5 million dollars medical and surgical simulation training centre located at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center in East Baltimor, which opened in March, has some very unique new staff members - robots.The ’sim’ centre contains two fully operational ORs, two intensive care units (ICUs), high-fidelity computerized mannequins that mimic physiologic and behavioural [...] continue reading latest news

Homeland Security Detects Terrorist Threats by Reading Your Mind

Baggage searches are SOOOOOO early-21st century. Homeland Security is now testing the next generation of security screening - a body scanner that can read your mind.Most preventive screening looks for explosives or metals that pose a threat. But a new system called MALINTENT turns the old school approach on its head. This Orwellian-sounding machine detects [...] continue reading latest news

Who Killed The Electric Car?

Documentary about GM killing of the electric car. It has been here since ‘96 but they killed it off.The film features interviews with celebrities who drove the electric car, such as Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Alexandra Paul, Peter Horton, Ed Begley, Jr., a bi-partisan selection of prominent political figures including Ralph Nader, Frank Gaffney, Alan [...] continue reading latest news

Mobile phones ‘more dangerous than smoking’

Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumours and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation.Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone industry [...] continue reading latest news

Asking a Judge to Save the World, and Maybe a Whole Lot More

More fighting in Iraq. Somalia in chaos. People in this country can’t afford their mortgages and in some places now they can’t even afford rice.None of this nor the rest of the grimness on the front page today will matter a bit, though, if two men pursuing a lawsuit in federal court in Hawaii turn [...] continue reading latest news

25 Environmental Threats of the Future

 Forget genetically modified crops, the great environmental concerns of the future should be nanomaterials, manmade viruses and biomimetic robots.So say researchers, policymakers and environmental campaigners, who have identified 25 potential future threats to the environment in the UK, which they say researchers should focus on.In addition to well-publicised risks such as toxic nanomaterials, the acidification [...] continue reading latest news

Machine makes water good enough to drink

Victoria Fray with a glass of drinking water made with her new desalination machine. Photo / Greg BowkerAuckland engineer Victoria Fray has come up with a new variation on the age-old theme of teaching someone to fish so they can feed themselves forever.She has designed a mini-desalination plant that is small and robust enough to [...] continue reading latest news

The lightbulb of the future?

Luxim’s plasma lightbulbSilicon Valley’s Luxim has developed a lightbulb the size of a Tic Tac that gives off as much light as a streetlight. News.com’s Michael Kanellos talks to the company about its technology and its plans to expand into various markets.Watch it here: zdnet.com continue reading latest news

Neuromarketing could make mind reading the ad-man’s ultimate tool

Neuroscience and marketing had a love child a few years back. Its name - big surprise - is neuromarketing, and the ugly little fellow is growing up. Corporate pitchmen have always wanted to get inside our skulls. The more accurately they can predict how we’ll react to stimuli in the marketplace, from prices to packages [...] continue reading latest news

Top 8 Large Hadron Collider Videos

The Large Hadron Collider has become fodder for tons of viral videos. Some are hilarious, others are informative, and the best are somewhere in between. Here are our favorites:8. CERN Explained in 3 MinutesA great introduction to the whole European Center for Nuclear Research, not just its highest profile project.7. End of the World Safety [...] continue reading latest news

CNN Tech : North Carolina : Fabric Kills Virus

The internet could soon be made obsolete by a new “grid” system which is 10,000 times faster than broadband connections.Scientists in Switzerland have developed a lightning-fast replacement to the internet that would allow feature films and music catalogues to be downloaded within seconds.The invention could signal the end of the dreaded ‘frozen screen’, when computers [...] continue reading latest news

Large Hadron Collider to Be Stalled for 2 Months

The giant Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most expensive scientific experiment, will be shut down for at least two months, scientists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, or CERN, in Geneva said today.The shutdown casts into doubt the hopes of CERN physicists to achieve high-energy collisions of protons in the machine before [...] continue reading latest news

Superfast internet may replace world wide web

The internet could soon be made obsolete by a new “grid” system which is 10,000 times faster than broadband connections.Scientists in Switzerland have developed a lightning-fast replacement to the internet that would allow feature films and music catalogues to be downloaded within seconds.The invention could signal the end of the dreaded ‘frozen screen’, when computers [...] continue reading latest news

Enhanced Tracking Technology May Propel Adoption of RFID

A Los Angeles start-up says it has developed a way to dramatically expand the range of a popular wireless tracking technology, opening up many new applications for low-cost identification tags.Closely held Mojix Inc. says its enhancements to a technology known as RFID — for radio frequency identification — sharply reduce the cost of setting up [...] continue reading latest news

Vaccines and Medical Experiments on Children, Minorities, Woman and Inmates (1845 - 2007)

Think U.S. health authorities have never conducted outrageous medical experiments on children, women, minorities, homosexuals and inmates? Think again: This timeline, originally put together by Dani Veracity (a NaturalNews reporter), has been edited and updated with recent vaccination experimentation programs in Maryland and New Jersey. Here’s what’s really happening in the United States when it [...] continue reading latest news

Solar Cycle Heats Up and Threatens Satellites

SolarflareSolar radiation reaches an 11-year high again in 2011, making things interesting for those reliant on satellites — the U.S. military included.As Inside the Air Force notes this week, the solar cycle — “the frequency in which sun spots and solar flares occur” — waxes and wanes every 11 years. The last one reached [...] continue reading latest news

FDA Criticized Over Plastic Chemical

Groups Raise Questions About the Safety of Bisphenol AReviewed by Louise Chang, MDSept. 16, 2008 — Researchers and environmental groups attacked the FDA for concluding that a widely used plastic ingredient is safe for humans, saying the agency ignored critical studies showing potential ill health effects.The comments came at a hearing called by the FDA [...] continue reading latest news

FDA Criticized Over Plastic Chemical

Groups Raise Questions About the Safety of Bisphenol AReviewed by Louise Chang, MDSept. 16, 2008 — Researchers and environmental groups attacked the FDA for concluding that a widely used plastic ingredient is safe for humans, saying the agency ignored critical studies showing potential ill health effects.The comments came at a hearing called by the FDA [...] continue reading latest news

Lifestyle Changes Boost Enzyme Regulating Cell Aging

TUESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) — Major lifestyle changes can help improve levels of an enzyme called telomerase that controls cell aging, say California researchers.Telomerase repairs and lengthens telomeres, which are DNA-protein complexes at the end of chromosomes that directly affect how quickly cells age. As telomeres become shorter and their structural integrity weakens, cells [...] continue reading latest news

Lifestyle Changes Boost Enzyme Regulating Cell Aging

TUESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) — Major lifestyle changes can help improve levels of an enzyme called telomerase that controls cell aging, say California researchers.Telomerase repairs and lengthens telomeres, which are DNA-protein complexes at the end of chromosomes that directly affect how quickly cells age. As telomeres become shorter and their structural integrity weakens, cells [...] continue reading latest news

Holographic storage ships next month!

Even since astronaut Dave Bowman disconnected the HAL 9000’s holographic memory in 2001: A Space Odyssey techies have been wondering when we could buy real holographic storage. Now we know: May, 2008.Promising super-high density and excellent media flaw resistance, holographic storage has been an ever-receeding technology for years. You can buy nifty 3D skull and [...] continue reading latest news

Biologists join the race to create synthetic life

Researchers will gather in London this week to outline plans to promote one of the most audacious, and controversial, scientific ideas of the 21st century - synthetic biology.The new discipline, established by scientists such as human genome pioneer Craig Venter, involves stripping microbes down to their basic genetic constituents so they can be reassembled and [...] continue reading latest news

New Study: Plastic Chemical Tied to Heart Disease and Diabetes

Bisphenol A previously associated with developmental problems in fetusesTUESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) — Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in plastics that include baby bottles and packaging for food and beverages, may put people at risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes, a new study concludes.Adding to the controversy surrounding this ubiquitous chemical, [...] continue reading latest news

New Study: Plastic Chemical Tied to Heart Disease and Diabetes

Bisphenol A previously associated with developmental problems in fetusesTUESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) — Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in plastics that include baby bottles and packaging for food and beverages, may put people at risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes, a new study concludes.Adding to the controversy surrounding this ubiquitous chemical, [...] continue reading latest news

Earth’s Hum Sounds More Mysterious Than Ever

Earth gives off a relentless hum of countless notes completely imperceptible to the human ear, like a giant, exceptionally quiet symphony, but the origin of this sound remains a mystery.Now unexpected powerful tunes have been discovered in this hum. These new findings could shed light on the source of this enigma.The planet emanates a constant [...] continue reading latest news

The Army’s Totally Serious Mind-Control Project

Army scientists want to cram this array of brain-wave reading sensors into a helmet.Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That’s why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing “thought helmets” that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes [...] continue reading latest news

The Army’s Totally Serious Mind-Control Project

Army scientists want to cram this array of brain-wave reading sensors into a helmet.Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That’s why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing “thought helmets” that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes [...] continue reading latest news

Govt. Report Says Fluoride Added to Water Supply May Harm Population

(NaturalNews) A government-sponsored report has concluded that levels of fluoride that people are regularly exposed to in drinking water can cause serious malfunctioning of the thyroid gland, leading to even more serious health problems.“A low level of thyroid hormone can increase the risk of cardiac disease, high cholesterol, depression, and, in pregnant woman, decreased intelligence [...] continue reading latest news

Govt. Report Says Fluoride Added to Water Supply May Harm Population

(NaturalNews) A government-sponsored report has concluded that levels of fluoride that people are regularly exposed to in drinking water can cause serious malfunctioning of the thyroid gland, leading to even more serious health problems.“A low level of thyroid hormone can increase the risk of cardiac disease, high cholesterol, depression, and, in pregnant woman, decreased intelligence [...] continue reading latest news

L.A. County sees an upward trend in West Nile infections

The year is shaping up to be the worst in Southern California since 2004.Jack Austin doesn’t remember a mosquito biting him. The 72-year-old Duarte resident also doesn’t remember the nine days he spent in the hospital in July or much of the 20 days he spent in rehab in August, recovering from West Nile neuroinvasive [...] continue reading latest news

Aspartame Study: 67% of Female Rats Developed Visible Tumors

(PDF): Aspartame Study: 67% of Female Rats Developed Visible TumorsDuring My Study, 2/3 of My Female Rats on Aspartame Developed TumorsThe following movies, show photos of the tumors on the females and males in the aspartame group.Females on aspartame with tumorsThe movie shows 20 females on aspartame with tumors, organized by color. Most appeared [...] continue reading latest news

Aspartame Study: 67% of Female Rats Developed Visible Tumors

(PDF): Aspartame Study: 67% of Female Rats Developed Visible TumorsDuring My Study, 2/3 of My Female Rats on Aspartame Developed TumorsThe following movies, show photos of the tumors on the females and males in the aspartame group.Females on aspartame with tumorsThe movie shows 20 females on aspartame with tumors, organized by color. Most appeared [...] continue reading latest news

L.A. County sees an upward trend in West Nile infections

The year is shaping up to be the worst in Southern California since 2004.Jack Austin doesn’t remember a mosquito biting him. The 72-year-old Duarte resident also doesn’t remember the nine days he spent in the hospital in July or much of the 20 days he spent in rehab in August, recovering from West Nile neuroinvasive [...] continue reading latest news

Holographic storage ships next month!

Even since astronaut Dave Bowman disconnected the HAL 9000’s holographic memory in 2001: A Space Odyssey techies have been wondering when we could buy real holographic storage. Now we know: May, 2008.Promising super-high density and excellent media flaw resistance, holographic storage has been an ever-receeding technology for years. You can buy nifty 3D skull and [...] continue reading latest news

Lasers used to make female flies act like males

Scientists have used a laser to control a female fly’s mind and make it sing “love songs” which are only ever sung by males. The ground-breaking research, which suggests the difference between the sexes may be much subtler than thought, was conducted using radical new technology which allows scientists to turn individual brain cells on [...] continue reading latest news

Hackers claim there’s a black hole in the atom smashers’ computer network

From The TimesSeptember 13, 2008Hackers have broken into one of the computer networks of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).A group calling itself the Greek Security Team left a rogue webpage describing the technicians responsible for computer security at the giant atom smasher as “schoolkids” - but reassuring scientists that they did not want to disrupt [...] continue reading latest news

Hackers claim there’s a black hole in the atom smashers’ computer network

From The TimesSeptember 13, 2008Hackers have broken into one of the computer networks of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).A group calling itself the Greek Security Team left a rogue webpage describing the technicians responsible for computer security at the giant atom smasher as “schoolkids” - but reassuring scientists that they did not want to disrupt [...] continue reading latest news

Earth’s Hum Sounds More Mysterious Than Ever

Earth gives off a relentless hum of countless notes completely imperceptible to the human ear, like a giant, exceptionally quiet symphony, but the origin of this sound remains a mystery.Now unexpected powerful tunes have been discovered in this hum. These new findings could shed light on the source of this enigma.The planet emanates a constant [...] continue reading latest news

Surgeons give hope to blind with successful bionic eye operations

Surgeons have carried out the first operations in Britain using a pioneering “bionic eye” that could in future help to restore the sight of the blind.Two successful operations to implant the artificial electronic device into the eyes of two blind patients were conducted last week at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, it emerged today. The [...] continue reading latest news

Lasers used to make female flies act like males

Scientists have used a laser to control a female fly’s mind and make it sing “love songs” which are only ever sung by males. The ground-breaking research, which suggests the difference between the sexes may be much subtler than thought, was conducted using radical new technology which allows scientists to turn individual brain cells on [...] continue reading latest news

Scientists to capture DNA of trees worldwide for database

The New York Botanical Garden may be best known for its orchid shows and colorful blossoms, but its researchers are about to lead a global effort to capture DNA from thousands of tree species from around the world.The Bronx garden is hosting a meeting this week where participants from various countries will lay the groundwork [...] continue reading latest news

Sept. 11, 1822: Church Admits It’s Not All About Us

Galileo Galilei, Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist, was condemned for heresy by the the Roman Inquisition in 1633. He spent the last eight years of his life under house arrest.Painting: Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797-1890)/Bettmann Corbis1822: The College of Cardinals finally caves in to the hard facts of science, saying that the “publication of works treating [...] continue reading latest news

Cord blood bank ‘will save lives’

Eva was saved by a donation of cord blood like that donated by baby DarceyA scheme to store blood taken from the umbilical cords of newborns and use it to save lives has been launched.Cord blood, like bone marrow, can help patients survive deadly diseases such as leukaemia.For now, the Anthony Nolan Trust Cord [...] continue reading latest news

Cord blood bank ‘will save lives’

Eva was saved by a donation of cord blood like that donated by baby DarceyA scheme to store blood taken from the umbilical cords of newborns and use it to save lives has been launched.Cord blood, like bone marrow, can help patients survive deadly diseases such as leukaemia.For now, the Anthony Nolan Trust Cord [...] continue reading latest news

Sept. 11, 1822: Church Admits It’s Not All About Us

Galileo Galilei, Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist, was condemned for heresy by the the Roman Inquisition in 1633. He spent the last eight years of his life under house arrest.Painting: Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797-1890)/Bettmann Corbis1822: The College of Cardinals finally caves in to the hard facts of science, saying that the “publication of works treating [...] continue reading latest news

Air-purifying Church Windows Were Early Nanotechnology

ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2008) - Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.Associate Professor Zhu Huai Yong, from QUT’s School of Physical and Chemical Sciences said that glaziers in medieval forges were the first nanotechnologists [...] continue reading latest news

Air-purifying Church Windows Were Early Nanotechnology

ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2008) - Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.Associate Professor Zhu Huai Yong, from QUT’s School of Physical and Chemical Sciences said that glaziers in medieval forges were the first nanotechnologists [...] continue reading latest news

Scientists launch huge particle-smasher experiment

GENEVA (Reuters) - International scientists celebrated the successful start of a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday which aims to simulate the conditions of the “Big Bang” that created the universe.Experiments using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the biggest and most complex machine ever made, could revamp modern physics and unlock secrets about the universe and [...] continue reading latest news

Scientists launch huge particle-smasher experiment

GENEVA (Reuters) - International scientists celebrated the successful start of a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday which aims to simulate the conditions of the “Big Bang” that created the universe.Experiments using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the biggest and most complex machine ever made, could revamp modern physics and unlock secrets about the universe and [...] continue reading latest news

Shoppers to use fingerprints or eye scans to pay for goods

Barclaycard has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology Photo: Getty ImagesThe futuristic systems, like those used by Tom Cruise in the science fiction film Minority Report, are being developed by scientists for Barclaycard.The company has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology.This allows customers to [...] continue reading latest news

Pigs to be bred for transplants

LORD Winston, the fertility expert and Labour peer, is to begin breeding genetically modified pigs in the hope of providing organs for transplant to humans, it was reported yesterday.Scientists in London and California have begun experiments to find a solution to record waits for organ transplants. In Britain around 8,000 patients are on waiting lists.“People [...] continue reading latest news

Pigs to be bred for transplants

LORD Winston, the fertility expert and Labour peer, is to begin breeding genetically modified pigs in the hope of providing organs for transplant to humans, it was reported yesterday.Scientists in London and California have begun experiments to find a solution to record waits for organ transplants. In Britain around 8,000 patients are on waiting lists.“People [...] continue reading latest news

Shoppers to use fingerprints or eye scans to pay for goods

Barclaycard has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology Photo: Getty ImagesThe futuristic systems, like those used by Tom Cruise in the science fiction film Minority Report, are being developed by scientists for Barclaycard.The company has announced it is investing a seven-figure sum in “contactless payment” technology.This allows customers to [...] continue reading latest news

Surgeons give hope to blind with successful bionic eye operations

Surgeons have carried out the first operations in Britain using a pioneering “bionic eye” that could in future help to restore the sight of the blind.Two successful operations to implant the artificial electronic device into the eyes of two blind patients were conducted last week at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, it emerged today. The [...] continue reading latest news

Large Hadron Collider Rap

Rappin’ about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider!Source: YouTubeImages came from:particlephysics.ac.uk, space.com, the Institute of Physics, NASA, Symmetry, and MarvelThe talented dancers doubled as camera people, with some work by Neil Dixon. Stock footage is CERN’s. continue reading latest news

Large Hadron Collider Rap

Rappin’ about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider!Source: YouTubeImages came from:particlephysics.ac.uk, space.com, the Institute of Physics, NASA, Symmetry, and MarvelThe talented dancers doubled as camera people, with some work by Neil Dixon. Stock footage is CERN’s. continue reading latest news

Foreign criminals work at airports unchecked

Thousands of foreigners are being allowed to work in high security parts of Britain’s airports without passing proper criminal record checks, it was disclosed last night.Despite warnings that terrorists would try to recruit people working “airside” in terminals – with direct access to aircraft and baggage – no attempt has [...] continue reading latest news

Scientists to capture DNA of trees worldwide for database

The New York Botanical Garden may be best known for its orchid shows and colorful blossoms, but its researchers are about to lead a global effort to capture DNA from thousands of tree species from around the world.The Bronx garden is hosting a meeting this week where participants from various countries will lay the groundwork [...] continue reading latest news

The REAL brain drain: Modern technology - including violent video games - is changing the way our brains work, says neuroscientist

Human identity, the idea that defines each and every one of us, could be facing an unprecedented crisis.It is a crisis that would threaten long-held notions of who we are, what we do and how we behave. It goes right to the heart - or the head - of us all.This crisis could reshape how [...] continue reading latest news

Foreign criminals work at airports unchecked

Thousands of foreigners are being allowed to work in high security parts of Britain’s airports without passing proper criminal record checks, it was disclosed last night.Despite warnings that terrorists would try to recruit people working “airside” in terminals – with direct access to aircraft and baggage – no attempt has [...] continue reading latest news

Scientist team creates first GM human embryo

Scientists have created what is believed to be the first genetically modified (GM) human embryo.A team from Cornell University in New York produced the GM embryo to study how early cells and diseases develop. It was destroyed after five days.The British regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), has warned that such controversial experiments [...] continue reading latest news

The REAL brain drain: Modern technology - including violent video games - is changing the way our brains work, says neuroscientist

Human identity, the idea that defines each and every one of us, could be facing an unprecedented crisis.It is a crisis that would threaten long-held notions of who we are, what we do and how we behave. It goes right to the heart - or the head - of us all.This crisis could reshape how [...] continue reading latest news

WCI student isolates microbe that lunches on plastic bags

Getting ordinary plastic bags to rot away like banana peels would be an environmental dream come true.After all, we produce 500 billion a year worldwide and they take up to 1,000 years to decompose. They take up space in landfills, litter our streets and parks, pollute the oceans and kill the animals that eat them.Now [...] continue reading latest news

Scientist team creates first GM human embryo

Scientists have created what is believed to be the first genetically modified (GM) human embryo.A team from Cornell University in New York produced the GM embryo to study how early cells and diseases develop. It was destroyed after five days.The British regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), has warned that such controversial experiments [...] continue reading latest news

Atom-smashing lab says experiment to start end-June

European particle physics laboratory CERN is set to launch its gigantic experiment which hopes to throw light on the origins of the universe within a month, the laboratory’s head said Tuesday.If things go according to plan, the greatest experiment in the history of particle physics could unveil a sub-atomic component, the Higgs Boson, known as [...] continue reading latest news

WCI student isolates microbe that lunches on plastic bags

Getting ordinary plastic bags to rot away like banana peels would be an environmental dream come true.After all, we produce 500 billion a year worldwide and they take up to 1,000 years to decompose. They take up space in landfills, litter our streets and parks, pollute the oceans and kill the animals that eat them.Now [...] continue reading latest news

Computer trained to “read” mind images of words

The predicted fMRI images for celery and airplane show significant similarities with the observed images for each word. Red indicates areas of high activity, blue indicates low activity. A computer has been trained to “read” people’s minds by looking at scans of their brains as they thought about specific words, researchers said on Thursday.REUTERS/Carnegie Mellon [...] continue reading latest news

Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider

Scientists working on the world’s biggest machine are being besieged by phone calls and emails from people who fear the world will end next Wednesday, when the gigantic atom smasher starts up. The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, where particles will begin to circulate around its 17 mile circumference tunnel next week, will recreate energies [...] continue reading latest news

Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider

Scientists working on the world’s biggest machine are being besieged by phone calls and emails from people who fear the world will end next Wednesday, when the gigantic atom smasher starts up. The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, where particles will begin to circulate around its 17 mile circumference tunnel next week, will recreate energies [...] continue reading latest news

Atom-smashing lab says experiment to start end-June

European particle physics laboratory CERN is set to launch its gigantic experiment which hopes to throw light on the origins of the universe within a month, the laboratory’s head said Tuesday.If things go according to plan, the greatest experiment in the history of particle physics could unveil a sub-atomic component, the Higgs Boson, known as [...] continue reading latest news

Newest McCain official: President has “near dictatorial powers”

McCain reaches into the most deceptive propaganda organ in America to staff the highest level of his communications apparatus.Bill Kristol today proudly announces that one of his Weekly Standard staff members, Michael Goldfarb, was just named the Deputy Communications Director of the McCain campaign. Last April, this newest McCain official participated in a conference call [...] continue reading latest news

Tiny Cellular Antennae Trigger Neural Stem Cells

Tiny thread like cilia on brain cells act as sort of an antennae that directs signals telling stem cells to create new neurons. (Credit: Image courtesy of Yale University)ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2008) - Yale University scientists today reported evidence suggesting that the tiny cilia found on brain cells of mammals, thought to be vestiges of [...] continue reading latest news

Massive floating generators, or ‘eco-rigs’, to provide power and food to Japan

Battered by soaring energy costs and aghast at dwindling fish stocks, Japanese scientists think they have found the answer: filling the seas with giant “eco-rigs” as powerful as nuclear power stations. The project, which could result in village-sized platforms peppering the Japanese coastline within a decade, reflects a growing panic in the country over how [...] continue reading latest news

Massive floating generators, or ‘eco-rigs’, to provide power and food to Japan

Battered by soaring energy costs and aghast at dwindling fish stocks, Japanese scientists think they have found the answer: filling the seas with giant “eco-rigs” as powerful as nuclear power stations. The project, which could result in village-sized platforms peppering the Japanese coastline within a decade, reflects a growing panic in the country over how [...] continue reading latest news

Tiny Cellular Antennae Trigger Neural Stem Cells

Tiny thread like cilia on brain cells act as sort of an antennae that directs signals telling stem cells to create new neurons. (Credit: Image courtesy of Yale University)ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2008) - Yale University scientists today reported evidence suggesting that the tiny cilia found on brain cells of mammals, thought to be vestiges of [...] continue reading latest news

Cells switch identity in biological breakthrough

Scientists transform one type of cell into another in living miceTalk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.The cell identity switch turned ordinary pancreas cells into the rarer type that [...] continue reading latest news

Cells switch identity in biological breakthrough

Scientists transform one type of cell into another in living miceTalk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.The cell identity switch turned ordinary pancreas cells into the rarer type that [...] continue reading latest news

Women warned not to wear perfume during pregnancy

PREGNANT women have been advised to avoid using perfumes or scented body creams after research suggested the products can cause unborn boys to suffer infertility or cancer in later life.Research on rats carried out by Professor Richard Sharpe has found that the reproductive system of male foetuses can be damaged as early as at eight [...] continue reading latest news

Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century

The record-setting surface of the sun. A full month has gone by without a single spot (Source: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO))Drop in solar activity has potential effect for climate on earth.The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being [...] continue reading latest news

Mobile Phone Radiation to Unleash Epidemic of Brain Tumors

(NaturalNews) A new review of more than 100 studies on the safety of mobile phones has concluded that cellular devices are poised to cause an epidemic of brain tumors that will kill more people than smoking or asbestos.The review was conducted by neurosurgeon Vini Khurana, who has received more than 14 awards in the past [...] continue reading latest news

Mobile Phone Radiation to Unleash Epidemic of Brain Tumors

(NaturalNews) A new review of more than 100 studies on the safety of mobile phones has concluded that cellular devices are poised to cause an epidemic of brain tumors that will kill more people than smoking or asbestos.The review was conducted by neurosurgeon Vini Khurana, who has received more than 14 awards in the past [...] continue reading latest news

Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century

The record-setting surface of the sun. A full month has gone by without a single spot (Source: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO))Drop in solar activity has potential effect for climate on earth.The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being [...] continue reading latest news

Women warned not to wear perfume during pregnancy

PREGNANT women have been advised to avoid using perfumes or scented body creams after research suggested the products can cause unborn boys to suffer infertility or cancer in later life.Research on rats carried out by Professor Richard Sharpe has found that the reproductive system of male foetuses can be damaged as early as at eight [...] continue reading latest news

Legal bid to stop CERN atom smasher from ‘destroying the world’

The world’s biggest and most expensive scientific experiment has been hit by a last minute legal challenge, amid claims that the research could bring about the end of the world. Opponents fear the machine may create a mini-black hole that could tear the earth apart Photo: PACritics of the Large Hadron Collider - a [...] continue reading latest news

Legal bid to stop CERN atom smasher from ‘destroying the world’

The world’s biggest and most expensive scientific experiment has been hit by a last minute legal challenge, amid claims that the research could bring about the end of the world. Opponents fear the machine may create a mini-black hole that could tear the earth apart Photo: PACritics of the Large Hadron Collider - a [...] continue reading latest news

Computer trained to “read” mind images of words

The predicted fMRI images for celery and airplane show significant similarities with the observed images for each word. Red indicates areas of high activity, blue indicates low activity. A computer has been trained to “read” people’s minds by looking at scans of their brains as they thought about specific words, researchers said on Thursday.REUTERS/Carnegie Mellon [...] continue reading latest news

Tissue of dead humans to be cloned

Scientists are to be permitted to use tissue from dead people to create cloned human stem cells for research, under a legal change put forward by the government.Health ministers have proposed that laboratories should be allowed to use stored human tissue to create cloned embryonic stem cells without the explicit consent of the tissue donor. [...] continue reading latest news

Newest McCain official: President has “near dictatorial powers”

McCain reaches into the most deceptive propaganda organ in America to staff the highest level of his communications apparatus.Bill Kristol today proudly announces that one of his Weekly Standard staff members, Michael Goldfarb, was just named the Deputy Communications Director of the McCain campaign. Last April, this newest McCain official participated in a conference call [...] continue reading latest news

Study secretly tracks cell phone users outside US

Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.The first-of-its-kind study by Northeastern University raises privacy and ethical questions for its monitoring methods, which would be illegal in the United States.It also yielded [...] continue reading latest news

Tissue of dead humans to be cloned

Scientists are to be permitted to use tissue from dead people to create cloned human stem cells for research, under a legal change put forward by the government.Health ministers have proposed that laboratories should be allowed to use stored human tissue to create cloned embryonic stem cells without the explicit consent of the tissue donor. [...] continue reading latest news

Physicists have ’solved’ mystery of levitation

In theory the discovery could be used to levitate a personLevitation has been elevated from being pure science fiction to science fact, according to a study reported today by physicists.In earlier work the same team of theoretical physicists showed that invisibility cloaks are feasible.Now, in another report that sounds like it comes out of the [...] continue reading latest news

Study secretly tracks cell phone users outside US

Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.The first-of-its-kind study by Northeastern University raises privacy and ethical questions for its monitoring methods, which would be illegal in the United States.It also yielded [...] continue reading latest news

Cure for deafness now within reach

Deaf people could one day have their hearing restored through a groundbreaking gene therapy technique, a new study suggests.The transfer of a specific gene is shown today by a milestone experiment to trigger the growth of new hair cells in the inner ear - the usually irreplaceable sensory cells that pick up sound vibrations and [...] continue reading latest news

Cure for deafness now within reach

Deaf people could one day have their hearing restored through a groundbreaking gene therapy technique, a new study suggests.The transfer of a specific gene is shown today by a milestone experiment to trigger the growth of new hair cells in the inner ear - the usually irreplaceable sensory cells that pick up sound vibrations and [...] continue reading latest news

Stem cells apparently cure boy’s fatal disease

The treatment uses umbilical and marrow cells to help develop normal skin. Doctors say it may move his genetic disorder, recessive epidermolysis bullosa, ‘off the incurable list’ for other patients.Using stem cells from umbilical cord blood and bone marrow, researchers have apparently cured a fatal genetic disease in a 2-year-old Minneapolis boy, which could open [...] continue reading latest news

Physicists have ’solved’ mystery of levitation

In theory the discovery could be used to levitate a personLevitation has been elevated from being pure science fiction to science fact, according to a study reported today by physicists.In earlier work the same team of theoretical physicists showed that invisibility cloaks are feasible.Now, in another report that sounds like it comes out of the [...] continue reading latest news

The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least

Before we get to Ray Kurzweil’s plan for upgrading the “suboptimal software” in your brain, let me pass on some of the cheery news he brought to the World Science Festival last week in New York.Do you have trouble sticking to a diet? Have patience. Within 10 years, Dr. Kurzweil explained, there will be a [...] continue reading latest news

Stem cells apparently cure boy’s fatal disease

The treatment uses umbilical and marrow cells to help develop normal skin. Doctors say it may move his genetic disorder, recessive epidermolysis bullosa, ‘off the incurable list’ for other patients.Using stem cells from umbilical cord blood and bone marrow, researchers have apparently cured a fatal genetic disease in a 2-year-old Minneapolis boy, which could open [...] continue reading latest news

Weapons lab develops world’s fastest computer dubbed Roadrunner

WASHINGTON - Scientists unveiled the world’s fastest supercomputer on Monday, a $100 million machine that for the first time has performed 1,000 trillion calculations per second in a sustained exercise.The technology breakthrough was accomplished by engineers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the IBM Corp. on a computer to be used primarily on nuclear [...] continue reading latest news

The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least

Before we get to Ray Kurzweil’s plan for upgrading the “suboptimal software” in your brain, let me pass on some of the cheery news he brought to the World Science Festival last week in New York.Do you have trouble sticking to a diet? Have patience. Within 10 years, Dr. Kurzweil explained, there will be a [...] continue reading latest news

Wildflower Extracts Easily Kill MRSA Superbug

(NaturalNews) Extracts from two Eurasian wildflowers are highly effective at killing the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a study conducted by researchers at the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) in Ireland.Researchers found that extracts from Inula helenium (commonly known as elecampane, horse-heal or marchalan) eliminated 100 percent of MRSA colonies upon exposure.I. helenium [...] continue reading latest news

Weapons lab develops world’s fastest computer dubbed Roadrunner

WASHINGTON - Scientists unveiled the world’s fastest supercomputer on Monday, a $100 million machine that for the first time has performed 1,000 trillion calculations per second in a sustained exercise.The technology breakthrough was accomplished by engineers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the IBM Corp. on a computer to be used primarily on nuclear [...] continue reading latest news

No Signs of Intelligent life on Earth, Says Stephen Hawking

An icy, unknown world might lurk in the distant reaches of our solar system beyond the orbit of Pluto, according to a new computer model.The hidden world — thought to be much bigger than Pluto based on the model — could explain unusual features of the Kuiper Belt, a region of space beyond Neptune littered [...] continue reading latest news

Wildflower Extracts Easily Kill MRSA Superbug

(NaturalNews) Extracts from two Eurasian wildflowers are highly effective at killing the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a study conducted by researchers at the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) in Ireland.Researchers found that extracts from Inula helenium (commonly known as elecampane, horse-heal or marchalan) eliminated 100 percent of MRSA colonies upon exposure.I. helenium [...] continue reading latest news

Large ‘Planet X’ May Lurk Beyond Pluto

An icy, unknown world might lurk in the distant reaches of our solar system beyond the orbit of Pluto, according to a new computer model.The hidden world — thought to be much bigger than Pluto based on the model — could explain unusual features of the Kuiper Belt, a region of space beyond Neptune littered [...] continue reading latest news

No Signs of Intelligent life on Earth, Says Stephen Hawking

An icy, unknown world might lurk in the distant reaches of our solar system beyond the orbit of Pluto, according to a new computer model.The hidden world — thought to be much bigger than Pluto based on the model — could explain unusual features of the Kuiper Belt, a region of space beyond Neptune littered [...] continue reading latest news

The Sunspot Enigma: The Sun is “Dead”—What Does it Mean for Earth?

Dark spots, some as large as 50,000 miles in diameter, typically move across the surface of the sun, contracting and expanding as they go. These strange and powerful phenomena are known as sunspots, but now they are all gone. Not even solar physicists know why it’s happening and what this odd solar silence might be [...] continue reading latest news

Large ‘Planet X’ May Lurk Beyond Pluto

An icy, unknown world might lurk in the distant reaches of our solar system beyond the orbit of Pluto, according to a new computer model.The hidden world — thought to be much bigger than Pluto based on the model — could explain unusual features of the Kuiper Belt, a region of space beyond Neptune littered [...] continue reading latest news

The Sunspot Enigma: The Sun is “Dead”—What Does it Mean for Earth?

Dark spots, some as large as 50,000 miles in diameter, typically move across the surface of the sun, contracting and expanding as they go. These strange and powerful phenomena are known as sunspots, but now they are all gone. Not even solar physicists know why it’s happening and what this odd solar silence might be [...] continue reading latest news

2 Billion may suffer from Mobile Cancer by 2020: Study

NEW DELHI: The studies and survey conducted by Australian Health Research Institute indicates that due to billions of times more in volume electromagnetic radiation emitted by billions of mobile phones, internet, intranet and wireless communication data transmission will make almost one-third of world population (about two billions) patient of ear, eye and brain cancer beside [...] continue reading latest news

2 Billion may suffer from Mobile Cancer by 2020: Study

NEW DELHI: The studies and survey conducted by Australian Health Research Institute indicates that due to billions of times more in volume electromagnetic radiation emitted by billions of mobile phones, internet, intranet and wireless communication data transmission will make almost one-third of world population (about two billions) patient of ear, eye and brain cancer beside [...] continue reading latest news

Pentagon Cannot Account For 2,3 TRILLION Dollars

(This is still important to know. - The Infinite Unknown) Source: You Tube continue reading latest news

Earth’s Core, Magnetic Field Changing Fast, Study Says

Rapid changes in the churning movement of Earth’s liquid outer core are weakening the magnetic field in some regions of the planet’s surface, a new study says.“What is so surprising is that rapid, almost sudden, changes take place in the Earth’s magnetic field,” said study co-author Nils Olsen, a geophysicist at the Danish National Space [...] continue reading latest news

The chemistry flops: Pupils baffled by O-level exams from the Sixties

Chemistry pupils have flunked O-level questions from 50 years ago, deepening fears that the subject is being dumbed down.The teenagers were unable to answer questions from the 1960s and 1970s set by the Royal Society of Chemistry.The average mark for the 1960s questions was just 16 per cent.Focused: A 1960 chemistry classYesterday, the society warned [...] continue reading latest news

Chimpanzees Beat Humans in Memory Test

(NaturalNews) Juvenile chimpanzees beat adult humans in two different short-term memory tests, according to a study conducted by researchers at Kyoto University in Japan and published in the journal Current Biology.The research was carried out on three five-year-old chimpanzees that had been taught the order of the Arabic numerals 1 through 9, and 12 human [...] continue reading latest news

The Double Slit Experiment

Related articles: - Physicists have ’solved’ mystery of levitation- Math profs link particle actions, human free will- No Signs of Intelligent life on Earth, Says Stephen HawkingQuantum Physics is amazing!December 22, 2006Source: YouTube continue reading latest news

G. W. Bush and Adolf Hitler signed a Directive 51

A BBC story aired on July 23rd, 2007, documenting President George W. Bush’s grandfather’s involvement in a 1933 plot to overthrow the U.S. government and install a fascist dictatorship.Source: Bush Fulfills His Grandfather’s DreamPlot to overthrow FDR - Smetley Butler. Prescott BushSource: Google VideoHow on earth is it possible then, that G. W. Bush and [...] continue reading latest news

Nanotechnology In Food And Packaging Accepted By Consumers

ScienceDaily (July 20, 2008) - Consumers accept nanotechnology in nutrition for packaging and, to a lesser extent, even the food itself. This is according to a study from ETH Zurich’s Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED).In recent years, nanotechnology has joined gene and information technology in becoming a pinnacle of hope for research and industry. The [...] continue reading latest news

PTSD leaves physical footprints on the brain

At a recent conference for some of the area’s leading neurologists, San Francisco physicist Norbert Schuff captured his colleagues’ attention when he presented colorful brain images of U.S. soldiers who had returned from Iraq and Afghanistan and were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.The yellow areas, Schuff explained during his presentation at the city’s Veterans Affairs [...] continue reading latest news

White House Briefed On Potential For Mars Life

The White House has been alerted by NASA about plans to make an announcement soon on major new Phoenix lander discoveries concerning the “potential for life” on Mars, scientists tell Aviation Week & Space Technology.Sources say the new data do not indicate the discovery of existing or past life on Mars. Rather the data relate [...] continue reading latest news

One Nation Under Siege - Full Theatrical Release

From documentary filmmaker William Lewis comes a bone chilling documentary on the spying, tracking and control of the American public.Source: Google Video continue reading latest news

Scientists stop the ageing process

There is more to life. The human body was not designed to “fall apart”.Nobel Prize winner Dr. Alexis Carrel was able to keep cells from a chicken heart alive and replicating new cells for 28 years, far outliving the life of a chicken which is 7 to 12 years. The cells did not die of [...] continue reading latest news

Teen finds MSG slows brain cell growth

Test by high school student working with researchers reveals food additive’s direct effect on neuronal abilityCALGARY - A Calgary researcher is getting ready to publish a groundbreaking study that links a popular food additive to reduced growth in the brain cells of snails — work that could have major implications for children’s health.Not bad for [...] continue reading latest news

The man with the answer to life, the universe and (nearly) everything

British scientist Peter Higgs dreamt up a theory explaining the tiny particles that make up everything, including you, decades ago. At last he’s set to be proved right.Peter Higgs remembers the day everything suddenly began to make sense. “It was July 16, 1964, when some new research papers arrived. I looked at one, realised what [...] continue reading latest news

Bruce Lipton - The New Biology - Where Mind and Matter Meet

The Biology of Belief is a groundbreaking work in the field of New Biology. Author Dr. Bruce Lipton is a former medical school professor and research scientist. His experiments, and that of other leading edge scientists, have examined in great detail the processes by which cells receive information. The implications of this research radically change [...] continue reading latest news

Baking soda does speed you up, say scientists

Baking soda can cut seconds off speedScientists have proven what athletes have been claiming for years - that Granny’s old cure-all, bicarbonate of soda, can enhance performance.‘Soda-doping’, as it is known amongst professional sportsmen, can have a significant effect on endurance and speed.Baking soda appears to work best to enhance speed. A study at Loughborough [...] continue reading latest news

Music can boost your immune system

Listening to music can give your immune system a boost and may help fight off disease, researchers have discovered.Elvis Presley impersonators at a street party in Baker Street, central London Photo: EPAScientists found that after listening to just 50 minutes of uplifting dance music, the levels of antibodies in volunteers’ bodies [...] continue reading latest news

Berkeley Scientists: Mass Extinction of Species

Scientists: Humans To BlameDevastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just the deaths of frogs and salamanders, University of California, Berkeley scientists said Tuesday.Researchers said substantial die-offs of amphibians and other plant and animal species add up to a new mass extinction facing the planet, [...] continue reading latest news

Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light that hits it into electricity. This is the highest confirmed efficiency of any photovoltaic device to date.The inverted metamorphic triple-junction solar cell was [...] continue reading latest news

A ‘Frankenrobot’ with a biological brain

PARIS (AFP) - Meet Gordon, probably the world’s first robot controlled exclusively by living brain tissue.Stitched together from cultured rat neurons, Gordon’s primitive grey matter was designed at the University of Reading by scientists who unveiled the neuron-powered machine on Wednesday.Related article: ‘Brain’ in a dish flies flight simulatorTheir groundbreaking experiments explore the vanishing boundary [...] continue reading latest news

Uncle Sam Wants Your Brain

Drugs that make soldiers want to fight. Robots linked directly to their controllers’ brains. Lie-detecting scans administered to terrorist suspects as they cross U.S. borders.These are just a few of the military uses imagined for cognitive science — and if it’s not yet certain whether the technologies will work, the military is certainly taking them [...] continue reading latest news

Coastal Water Study: ‘Dead Zones’ Multiplying Fast

A global map of “dead zones”—where coastal waters contain too little oxygen to sustain life—shows (as black dots) a concentration in the Northern Hemisphere, where human activity has had the most effect.As of August 2008, there were more than 400 known “dead zones,” scientists said, up from just over 300 in the 1990s. Image courtesy [...] continue reading latest news