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The LHCb team stated yesterday that it "is charmed to announce observation of a new particle with two heavy quarks". The paper describing the discovery can be found here: https://press.cern/sites/press.web.cern.ch/files/file/press/2017/07/lhcb_paper_2017.07.06.pdf

Cashmere is known for its rarity, hence the hefty price tag on your cashmere sweater. But there’s a chance that it could even become rarer than it is now. There’s a threat in the cashmere industry and yet there might also be a solution that could cure all… The rarity of cashmere wool comes from the fact that it is created from the wool on a goat’s undercoat that only grows in winter. One goat produces as much as four ounces annually, resulting in not nearly as much production as the other fabrics that we can get. Its rarity is what makes cashmere ever so luxurious. If it’s that hard to get more production, since it takes 2 goats to create one cashmere sweater, th…

I'm betting the Orcas are getting high! https://www.livescience.com/59056-orcas-may-be-killing-great-white-sharks.html

I came across this article...... http://newatlas.com/wiper-elephant-collar/49962/ Sensor sounds alert when elephants are shot at Ben Coxworth June 8, 2017 A radio-collared elephant in India (Credit: Narotham.r) Many wild elephants already wear GPS-equipped collars, which let wildlife officials track their whereabouts via radio signals. A hardware upgrade to those collars, however, could soon allow those officials to instantly know when poachers are shooting at the elephants, along with the location where it's occurring. Known as WIPER, the technology was developed in a collaboration between Vanderbilt University and Colorado State University. It consists of…

https://brightside.me/wonder-curiosities/scientists-may-have-finally-cracked-the-greatest-mystery-behind-the-bermuda-triangle-254460/?utm_source=fb_r69f33&utm_campaign=1ced3c682779&utm_medium=cpm Amazing.

According to this article in the journal Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, ​researchers have discovered that our brain forms "cliques" of neuron into as many as 11 geometric dimensions. Although I'm still digesting this discovery and it's implication, I've provided this post and link as it does indeed appear to be on the frontier of neuroscience. Enjoy!

Penn State University scientists have discovered a way to build a flow battery that converts carbon dioxide into usable energy While this technology might not be commercially available for a long time, it could eventually help to drastically decrease carbon emissions as we move away from fossil fuels Here’s how this inexpensive flow battery works. Flow batteries normally contain two channels of liquid divided by a membrane that prevents them from mixing. In this recent discovery, the scientists placed a sodium bicarbonate and water solution with air on one side, and dissolved CO2 in between manganese oxide electrons on the other. This resulted in a higher concentr…

June 1, 2017: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory has made a third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, demonstrating that a new window in astronomy has been firmly opened. As was the case with the first two detections, the waves were generated when two black holes collided to form a larger black hole. Source

According to this Time article, which contains a link to a UT SW Medical Center announcement, researchers have determined that a KROX20 protein is responsible for hair growth and that the deletion of a stem cell factor gene it affects causes graying. Enjoy!

http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-space-probes-have-detected-a-human-made-barrier-shrouding-earth According to this NASA research, we have built up a shield surrounding earth which alters the properties of space surrounding earth - one of the features being we are shielded from some forms of radiation. This would, in theory, make it possible for someone else to detect artificial changes to space, indicating life.

Hi, I back again Apple Company has been filled a patent in 2016 for new technology to prevent recording videos or capturing images for special events by using I-Phone mobile in Concerts Venues, in Cinemas or Theatres. It can prevent recording events in specific direction only, so if we turn our phone 90 degree (toward our friends), it will start recording in that event. But, one of disadvantages of that technology, that someone talent expert may dismantled the smart phone & then put IR absorber material on sensor & then camera will work anywhere. Also you may use another easy trick without previous risk method. Any kind of camera or phone except I…

A suggestion that tiny fluctuations of expansion and contraction can average out to reduce the effect of vacuum energy. https://www.universetoday.com/135570/new-explanation-dark-energy-tiny-fluctuations-time-space/ https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.103504 https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.00543

Recently students and teachers from Harvard University has successfully created Metal Hydrogen which they claim had never existed before. What are its likely applications and potential? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qitm5fteL0

CocaCola sponsoring research on soda as part of your diet The Sugar Industry blaming fats not sugar Big tobacco says tobacco is good for your health Any more examples? Turns out people are far more skeptical about research sponsored by corporations. https://www.quarkish.com/2017/05/08/people-dont-trust-research-sponsored-by-corporations/ Link Study done by Michigan State

Turns out we can use autonomous cars to sort of "guide" traffic and improve overall traffic flow. Would be interesting to see this in action! Link Study by the University of Illinois

"The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur, including bones, soft tissue, and even feathers, has been found preserved in amber, according to a report published today in the journal Current Biology." That was from a National Geographic article published December 8, 2016. How did I miss this incredible find? Enjoy!

According to The Guardian, investigators are organizing a new search for the elusive Queensland (Australia) thylacine after reported sightings of the believed extinct animal by reliable sources. The sad history of this last marsupial predator includes being hunted to extinction because of it's ferocious appearance rather than any potential threat to livestock or humans. Before recent sightings of at least 4 individuals, the last living specimen of thylacinus is believed to have died in a Hobart zoo in 1936. If found, I welcome its rediscovery and encourage its protection from those apex predators (humans) responsible for its extinctions elsewhere.

Different methods to reduce the fuel consumption of Rocket (Aerospace Science) Note: You must have LinkedIn account to read it. Commercial website link removed by moderator Enjoy Reading in Your Leisure Time

The 4th Episode of "Sea Level Rise Solutions" Series Some ideas to improve PV Industry: Wordpress Link (Full): Link to commercial site removed by moderator Enjoy Reading & Have Fun

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39642992 "Physicists have created a fluid with "negative mass", which accelerates backwards when pushed." Seems like it might be a big science story. Is it? Anyone care to comment?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39518580 This seems to be a highly significant breakthrough, if verified. Further references welcome.

They weren't homo sapiens; who were they? This info opens a lot of questions, for example did these people get here by boat?