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Is evidence of a new force carrying particle lurking inside the Earth? A new fundamental force is being explored this force the "long-range spin-spin interaction" could explain some of the processes inside our own planet. http://www.livescience.com/27324-earth-mantle-new-unparticle.html

NASA is studying a nuclear reaction that is reminiscent of cold fusion but different than it and backed up by at least some theory. http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-lenr-nuclear-reactor/26309/

http://phys.org/news/2013-02-heisenberg-uncertainty-principle-macro.html http://www.livescience.com/27137-uncertainty-principle-measured-macro-scale.html If you have access to the online version of Science Magazine: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6121/801.full Here is the abstract from the actual scientific paper: Here is the description for the illustration from the actual paper: (A) Canonical picture of continuous position measurement. RPSN (black), thermal motion (brown), and zero point motion (orange) combine to give the expected measurement result (blue). The dashed line represents the effective displacement noise from the shot noise–li…

February 19, 2013 ---> Curves in spacetime violate Heisenberg's uncertainty principle----> http://phys.org/news/2013-02-spacetime-violate-heisenberg-uncertainty-principle.html

Is this Dark Matter? The meteor that hit Russia yesterday appeared to explode sending out a massive arc of white light. It appeared to be lighting up the air around it progressively and in increasing phases until the air around it was completely white. Conversely, the colour of buildings appear almost unaltered. This suggests that extreme energy such as that witnessed yesterday from the meteor hitting our atmosphere could turn dark matter momentarily luminous or cause dark matter to react in a manner to make it visible. It certainly seemed that "everything" within this arc was lit up as with nuclear explosions. Could this mean that dark matter is free moving (water, a…

Are scientists on to something that we are all part of a computer simulation? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/24/universe-computer-simulation_n_2339109.html

CERN will make a two-year hiatus. Renovation and improvement of the LHC ---> http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2013/02/14/97001-20130214FILWWW00665-le-cern-fait-une-pause-de-deux-ans.php

I'm not sure there is an appropriate comment on this...

It seems the LHC is consistently narrowing the range in which SUSY particles might exist (apart from some frantic goal-post maneuvering) - and failing to find any of the decay pathways that the theory predicts. http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-20300100 http://www.math.colu...woit/wordpress/

Not sure how to take this one but it looks like human females have been cheating... http://news.yahoo.com/bigfoot-part-human-dna-study-claims-142909433.html

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/01/21/doubling-down-four-stranded-quadruple-helix-dna-discovered/ 60 years after scientists first described the “double helix” shape of human DNA, the chemical code of life, scientists have discovered the first quadruple helix -- and it may help them prevent the runaway cell proliferation at the root of cancer. "It's been sixty years since its structure was solved but work like this shows us that the story of DNA continues to twist and turn," said Julie Sharp, senior science information manager at Cancer Research UK. 'The story of DNA continues to twist and turn.' - Julie Sharp, senior science information manager a…

Researchers have achieved temperatures below absolute zero and may have opened up a new realm of possibilities in heat engines.. http://www.livescience.com/25959-atoms-colder-than-absolute-zero.html

Horizontal gene transfer between higher animals has been thought to be rare, i remember reading someplace many years ago about turtle and rabbit genes being mixed by gene transfer, the kicker was of course the tale of the race between the tortoise and the hare. This article would at least seem to indicate that such gene transfer is not quite as rare as first assumed. i thought the transfer between cow and snake genomes was particularly interesting since one of the tales i grew up with involved snakes milking cows. http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/33829/title/DNA-Jumps-Between-Vertebrates/

Hello all, This my first post on this forum. I'd like to alert you to something which I think is unfortunate in the UK and I'd like to see changed. Transport companies such as ferry operators and airlines have begun to refuse to transport animals for medical research. This is because they have been threatened with bad publicity by animal rights activists. Now no mainstream hauliers will bring animals for medical research into the UK (which is an island). This means they have to be taken by specialist companies on longer more arduous journeys. This ironically has actually meant things have become worse as far as animal welfare is concerned. This is obviou…

The Largest structure in the universe has been discovered, but the authors say it should not exist according to our present theories of how the universe began and formed. http://www.space.com/19220-universe-largest-structure-discovered.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/11/largest-structure-in-universe-large-quasar-group_n_2455552.html

Stumbled upon something quite interesting while browsing on my phone today. Anyway, I'm not here to explain it... Just to diffuse information, so here you go! Wired - Galactic Pile-Up May Point to Mysterious New Dark Force in the Universe (note: fully a "pop sci" layman article, not for everyone) Background info on Musket Ball Cluster and the related: Chandra Observatory (NASA) - Discovery of Musket Ball Cluster I've never felt "pop science" news to be a reliable source, but since this marks a potential (major) discovery in physics, I've decided to share this. Of course, this is beyond tetantive as of now, so we'll likely have to wait a while to see what comes…

NASA is considering towing a 500 ton asteroid into lunar orbit so it can be studied with out the cost of deep space missions. http://www.gizmag.com/asteroid-capture/25625

Here's the link to the official PR. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-crowdfunding-platform-scitechstarter-focuses-on-science-and-technology-innovators-179941301.html

I had to laugh when I read this. I just wanted to share it with you all. Fox News Viewers Know Less [about the news] Than People Who Don't Watch Any News: A Study

This one saw some site, i didn't know that what happening after that happens, anybody to tell that

If epigenetics deals with heritable traits from parent to child that are not a part of the standard DNA sequence, then can it not be said that evolution is actually not the accumulation of random chances that many are lead to believe? It certainly cannot be said that inherited changes are entirely due to the DNA of the parents. Random mutation will always occur, but they are most likely not the drivers of evolution if epigenetics are at work. If the environment in any way can cause an inherited trait to be passed on to a child, then the theory that evolution is driven by solely random mutation cannot be true any more. It would make very much sense when one considers how f…

The New York Times reports (published 9 December, 2012) "In Girl’s Last Hope, Altered Immune Cells Beat Leukemia" . Last Spring, the article reports, doctors at Children's Hospital of Philidelphia treating Emma Whitehead, (aged 6 at the time) for an advanced case of lymphoblastic lukemia which had not responded to any other treatment resorted to injecting a disabled form of the Human Immuno Virus in a never-before-attempted therapy. In Emma's case, the treatment appears to have been effective and she remains in complete remission at this point. "To perform the treatment, doctors remove millions of the patient’s T-cells — a type of white blood cell — and insert…

These organic semiconductor polymer strips could eventually replace fluorescent lighting. They have a much better quality of light, and are comparable in efficiency to current LEDs. They contain multi-walled carbon nanotubes and operate best on 80 kHz frequency current. http://www.gizmag.com/fipel-alternative-fluorescent-lights/25287/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566119912004831

Sir Patrick presented the monthly astronomy program on the BBC for over fifty years. He was a much loved figure in the UK bringing the breakthroughs of the field and the simple delights of stargazing to a lay audience. I had an opportunity to meet him about eight years ago and thank him for having kindled my interest in science as a ten year old. He will be sorely missed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939

Reports are out that the Mars Rover Curiosity team has "BIG news" to share from Mars. There is talk about really interesting data coming from the SAM chemistry device. What do you think it will be? How likely is it in your opinion that we just found the first ever evidence for life on another planet? http://www.npr.org/2012/11/20/165513016/big-news-from-mars-rover-scientists-mum-for-now