Saturday, January 26, 2008
Scientists break speed of light
Scientists have finally exceeded the speed of light, causing a light pulse to travel hundreds of times faster than normal. It raced so fast the pulse exited a specially-prepared chamber before it even finished entering it. The experiment is the first-ever evidence of faster-than-light motion.
Anti-Stress Video Game
A simple video game has been shown to reduce stress. As this ScienCentral News video explains, researchers at McGill University also found that playing the game resulted in increased productivity.
Sleep on it, decision-makers told
When it comes to making tough decisions - don't sweat it, sleep on it - or so a team of scientists recommends.
James Cameron Actually Doesn't Debunk Jesus as God
Many scholars again disprove that the two ossuaries are not related to Mary Magdalene. Instead, they may be Mary and Martha. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59910
Artifical Life Created.. NOT. Scientist get press anyway
All the experiment did was manipulate existing life, in this case a bacteria that causes venereal disease. But the life existed before Ventner's team "created" it.
Rejection of a doctoral thesis- A Finnish shame
The thesis of Israel-Jakob Schur, a doctoral candidate of Jewish origin, was rejected on questionable grounds at the University of Helsinki in 1937. The University of Helsinki rector Ilkka Niiniluoto set up an expert committee on Tuesday to ascertain whether the principles of good scientific practice were violated. Now I am ashemed to be Finnish!
Master Scholarships in Economics and Finance, CEMFI, Madrid
The basic graduate offering at CEMFI consists of its Master in Economics and Finance and its PhD program in Economics. Unlike many Master programs in the US and elsewhere, ours is self-contained and offers a well respected qualification
Top 10 Quotes from Stephen Hawking
I have recently been reading up a bit on the life and work of British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. In my reading, I have run across a number of his famous quotes that are both funny and insightful. He is widely considered to be among the most intelligent people living today. Here is what he has to say…
Antonov 12 Goes Congo Bongo on a Boeing 727
Brazzaville - The pilot and copilot of an Antonov 12 were badly hurt on Friday when the brakes failed on their cargo plane at Congo's Pointe-Noire airport and it rammed a Boeing 727, an airport official said.
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Report on the State and Future of Plasma Physics in the US
The National Research Council's report on plasma physics in the United States. It outlines lots of future possibilities for progress and makes suggestions that the government expand its research program. Also has a great overview including recent results from many different groups worldwide. You can read it online for free.
Man-made ArmageddonBrings About New Epoch In Earth's History
Geologists from the University of Leicester say humankind has so altered the Earth it has brought about an end to Earth's history and marked the start of a new epoch, one that David Sunstroke Kagan says that he will swear "it is not our last". But what must We do do to help Kagan in his fight to save the World? We will Fight on! We will prevail!
Computer vision may not be as good as thought
For years, scientists have been trying to teach computers how to see like humans, and recent research has seemed to show computers making progress in recognizing visual objects. A new MIT study, however, cautions that this apparent success may be misleading because the tests being used are inadvertently stacked in favor of computers.
International Scholarship ONSEN Hiroto
This program is based on the Agreement of International Academic Exchange and Memorandum of Students Exchange between Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University (TMPU) and Peking University Health Science Center (PUHSC) signed in 1998. In this program, the ONSEN Hiroto fund is used for supporting the students and researchers from PUHSC...
New Element Discovered
A New element has been added to the periodic table, which appears to be the most volatile element know to man.
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