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Car makers lag EU’s CO2 vision, Japan worst:study
An Inconvenient Blog | August 26th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Car makers are not doing enough to meet the European Union’s proposed targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions, with several Japanese car brands facing the biggest challenge to make the grade, a report said on Tuesday. Overall, car makers w read more
Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system
Blogging the Singularity | August 21st 2008 by Chris Williamson
Thu Aug 21, 5:31 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets. Intel chief technology officer Justin read more
How catching cold mountain air could save Europe’s glaciers
An Inconvenient Blog | August 21st 2008 by Wayne Roden
The Rhône glacier in the Swiss Alps is melting fast as a direct result of global warming A German geography professor has developed a controversial system of mountain “wind-catching” screens which he claims could slow or even halt the dr read more
BREAKING NEWS: ROBOT CONTROLLED BY BIOLOGICAL BRAIN
Blogging the Singularity | August 17th 2008 by Chris Williamson
CLICK ON THIS SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN LINK TO WATCH THE VIDEO: http://www.sciam.com/video.cfm?id=AE158F95D6F734922F2394D69B2B59AB read more
Being a Fly on the Wall is Almost Possible
Consistently Inconsistent | August 11th 2008 by Ingrid
This is exciting: scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have finally been able to “cloak” three-dimensional objects so that they basically appear invisible. A report on Yahoo! News explains that “people can see obj read more
New imaging technologies reveal the intricate architecture of the…
Blogging the Singularity | August 7th 2008 by Chris Williamson
To generate diffusion images, scientists scan the brain, much as they would with a patient undergoing a medical MRI. The data collected during the scan is then analyzed using specialized algorithms to produce an image like this one, which shows the b read more
Human/Animal Hybrids
R.W Ridley | July 23rd 2008 by R.W. Ridley
I’m going through one of those phases where I am endlessly fascinated by a particular topic. This time it is cloning and embryonic stem cell research. In particular, I’m interested in the creation of human/animal hybrid embryonic cells. read more
Vocal Cats
The RAB Experience | July 17th 2008 by Rob Baiton
Another little factoid for the file.Did you know that cats have over one hundred vocal sounds?Well, now you do!Once again I do not know who sat down to measure this and why. I also do not know why anyone might want to fund such research. Perhaps it i read more
Interesting Areas of Scientific Research
The Alien Next Door | June 27th 2008 by Nina Munteanu
Recently, I was asked by JP Frantz at SF Signal to respond to an interesting question on their forum, “MIND MELD: Interesting Areas of Scientific Research”. The editors said,“For many of us, one of the main interests of science fiction is it's read more
Executive Privilege, Again
The SideTrack | June 21st 2008 by The SideTrack
Everything is a national security issue now. WaPo: The confrontation is the latest showdown between Congress and the administration over executive privilege, under which presidents can prohibit executive branch officials from testifying or can with read more
Thought For Food
My Super Amazing Blog of Everything! | May 29th 2008 by Trilby
Yeah, yeah, we’ve all heard that phrase “food for thought” and possibly even taken note of what came before it. Case in point: Corn is being used to produce ethanol and worldwide hunger is increasing; now that’s food for thought. Still, how read more
The Calm Before the Storm
Blogging the Singularity | May 23rd 2008 by Chris Williamson
Yes, Nanotechnology is coming. It’s the most complicated science ever attempted. At this time we must wait patiently for the explosion. Something this big doesn’t happen all at once but if past trends in technology are any indication, th read more
The Winning Speech
Sarah先生 Answers | May 20th 2008 by Hazel Sarah Federico
A few days ago, I told you about the 16-year-old Filipino who won the International Public Speaking Contest in London. This has been the Philippines' second win. Back in 2004, the champion was a fellow student in the University of the Philippines.Wel read more
Manipulatives Bad for Teaching Math?
Bending the Twigs | April 25th 2008 by Crimson Wife
Which math problem would you rather solve?A. One train leaves Station A at 6 p.m. traveling at 40 miles per hour toward Station B. A second train leaves Station B at 7 p.m. traveling on parallel tracks at 50 m.p.h. toward Station A. The stations are read more
EMF and Ghosts
Buck's Ghosts & Hauntings | April 23rd 2008 by Buck
High EMF levels can cause skin irritation, nausea, paranoia, feelings of being watched and even hallucinations."How many times have we heard that? How many times have we said that to clients or interested people?I know I've repeated it many times. Bu read more
Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest
Blogging the Singularity | April 17th 2008 by Chris Williamson
WASHINGTON - The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency — a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people. Using aut read more
News, Open Access, Scholarly Publications: Journal Impact Factors…
EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC | April 9th 2008 by creaky
Monday April 7 2008 was the official first day that the Open Access Policy set by National Institutes of Health came into effect. The policy requires that individual scientists who receive NIH grant monies to conduct research which then gets publishe read more
63-year-old solves riddle from 1970
Blogging the Singularity | March 21st 2008 by Chris Williamson
By Aron Heller updated 5:06 p.m. CT, Thurs., March. 20, 2008 JERUSALEM - A mathematical puzzle that baffled the top minds in the esoteric field of symbolic dynamics for nearly four decades has been cracked — by a 63-year-old immigrant who once had read more
Minty Fresh or Bad Breath?
Collections 2.0 | March 6th 2008 by Steven Harris
I generally support any kind of open access project I come across. My library has supported SPARC, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, BioOne (not really open access, but a publishing alternative), Public Library of Science, and more. There is read more
From 2-D pictures to 3 dimensions
Blogging the Singularity | March 3rd 2008 by Chris Williamson
An award-winning 3D reconstruction algorithm designed by a team of computer science researchers from UC San Diego brings this dream within the grasp of reality. This research gets at the heart of “autocalibration,” a well-studied, fundamental p read more
Penn researchers engineer first system of human nerve-cell tissue
Blogging the Singularity | February 27th 2008 by Chris Williamson
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated that living human nerve cells can be engineered into a network that could one day be used for transplants to repair damaged to the nervous system. They report their fi read more
Scientific data is not always straightforward
Shiatsu Weblog | February 27th 2008
As reported on Tracy’s Shiatsu blog and on the Stone Lantern Shiatsu Blog the BBC has removed complementary therapies from its excellent Health section. This is apparently in response to lobbying by the scientific community - the “QuackB read more
Did Board Room Ties Help ManTech Win Homeland Security Contract?
NewsVisual | February 20th 2008 by NewsVisual
(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace) -- In an after-the-bell press release on Thursday, ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq: MANT) announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded the former’s wholly-owned subsidiary ManTec read more
Creationists Eat Your Heart Out: Worlds oldest animal aged to 400…
Blogging the Singularity | February 19th 2008 by Chris Williamson
Texas A&M University researcher Brendan Roark announced last week at American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that age and growth studies of deep-sea gold corals (Geradia sp.) and black corals (Leiopathes glaberrima, pictured l read more
Wow, The Singularity really IS near! DUCK!
Blogging the Singularity | January 15th 2008 by Chris Williamson
This is an awesome article so be sure to check it out: Mind Controlled Bionic Limbs read more
Quantum leap in technology to unravel ‘cosmic web’ of univers…
Blogging the Singularity | January 4th 2008 by Chris Williamson
CHICAGO (AFP) - Scientists believe that a quantum leap in computing power and the development of powerful new telescopes will soon unravel the “cosmic web,” a theory by which the universe is bound by invisible threads of “dark matte read more
Evolution education is a ‘must’ says coalition of scientific…
Blogging the Singularity | January 4th 2008 by Chris Williamson
A coalition of 17 organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Institute of Physics, and the National Science Teachers Association, is calling on the scientific community to become more involved in the promotion of science read more
The Top 10 New Organisms of 2007
Blogging the Singularity | December 27th 2007 by Chris Williamson
By Alexis Madrigal 12.26.07 Genetic engineering isn’t just for scientists in ivory towers or corporate R&D labs anymore. Researchers are still creating new mice and crops every week, but the tools and knowledge necessary to create organis read more
Cognitive Enhancers in Academic Doping
Blogging the Singularity | December 21st 2007 by Chris Williamson
Posted on: December 19, 2007 1:00 PM, by Shelley Batts A commentary today in Nature, by Sahakian and Morein-Zamir, poses the question: if you could take a pill which enhanced attention and cognition with few or no side effects, would you? But I ask, read more
Can Researchers Read Your Mind?
Bust A Change | December 10th 2007 by Jerad Kaliher
Armed with a headset that can sense breathing patterns, heart rate, blink rate, temperature and motion, San Fransisco based Emsense says it has your thoughts down to a science. Their technology centers around an electroencephalography sensor (EEG) on read more
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