I know nothing about this beyond the press release below, and it’s too far away for me to get to, but it sounds interesting. If you happen to be in the Vancouver area, check it out! ********* Hold onto your seats, get ready to jump into the quantum world on the Space-Time Ship Lollipop with …
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Quantum computing now only years away?
That’s what the leading authority on the subject, David Deutsch, now says, and the implications, spelled out nicely by Mike Treder at the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology blog, are mind-boggling. Singularity, anyone?
Giant plume of water from Saturnian moon
Four fissures in the south pole of Enceladus, one of the moons of Saturn, are spewing out a plume of water hundreds of kilometre high at a rate of half a tonne a second–a plume that is probably keeping Saturn’s E-ring topped up. ‘Tis a wondrous solar system we live in. We should open it …
Fuel cells for cell phones?
That’s what chemical engineers at Purdue Univesity in West Lafayette, Indiana, have come up with. The days of slowly charging small electronic devices’ fast-dying batteries may be numbered.
A farewell to fogging?
Those of you who don’t wear glasses don’t know how lucky you are. I’ve been a contact-wearer now for many years, but from the time I was about five until I was almost thirty I wore glasses, and I the most annoying thing about them was their inclination to fog up the minute you came …
It’s official!
Tom Cruise is nuts.
Anti-fogging nanoparticles
Those of you who don’t wear glasses don’t know how lucky you are. I’ve been a contact-wearer now for many years, but from the time I was about five until I was almost thirty I wore glasses, and I the most annoying thing about them was their inclination to fog up the minute you came …
Couldn’t happen to a nicer dead guy
George Gershwin tops the list of the richest composers of all time.
What’s 50 percent of 50 percent?
According to a new study, there’s a less than 50 percent chance that the results of any randomly chosen scientific paper are true. But that means there is a less than 50 percent chance that the new study that says there’s a less than 50 percent chance that the results of any randomly chosen scentific …
Regeneration medicine on the way?
Here’s something really exciting: scientists at the Wistar Institute in the U.S. have created mice that can regenerate missing limbs or damaged vital organs–and they think the genes comparable to those that control the ability in mice almost certainly exist in humans, too. (Via Instapundit.)
Major breakthrough in the treatment of cancers and infectious diseases
That’s what the headline on this press release says. A team led by Dr. André Veillette, a researcher at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, has identified a molecule, EAT-2, that suppresses the killer function of NK (“natural killer”) cells, which are central to the immune system. If medication that inhibits EAT-2 can be …
Coffee: good for you!
I knew there was some reason I’ve recently found myself drinking more coffee, a drink I used to avoid: Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet, according to a study released Sunday. Of course, …
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