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Under certain conditions, private and commercial propeller planes and jet aircraft may induce odd-shaped holes or canals into clouds as they fly through them. These holes and canals have long fascinated the public and now new research shows they may affect precipitation in and around airports with frequent cloud cover in the wintertime. Here is how: Planes may produce ice particles by freezing cloud droplets that cool as they flow around the tips of propellers, over wings or over jet aircraft, and thereby unintentionally seed clouds. These seeding ice particles attract more moisture, becoming heavier, and then "snow out" or fall out of the cloud as snow along the path…

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New alloy converts heat directly into electricity By Ben Coxworth The heat given off by electronics, automobile engines, factories and other sources is a potentially huge source of energy, and various technologies are being developed in order to capture that heat, and then convert it into electricity. Thanks to an alloy that was recently developed at the University of Minnesota, however, a step in that process could be saved - the new material is able to convert heat directly into electricity. http://www.gizmag.com/alloy-converts-heat-into-electricity/19025/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8b45e8a4ee-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

Body Temperatures of Dinosaurs Measured for First Time: Some Dinosaurs Were as Warm as Most Modern Mammals Caltech geochemists Rob Eagle (left) and John Eiler adjust equipment used to analyze the isotopic concentrations in dinosaur teeth and reveal the body temperature of the extinct creatures. (Credit: Caltech / Lance Hayashida) ScienceDaily (June 23, 2011) Were dinosaurs slow and lumbering, or quick and agile? It depends largely on whether they were cold or warm blooded. When dinosaurs were first discovered in the mid-19th century, paleontologists thought they were plodding beasts that had to rely on their environments to keep warm, like modern-day reptiles. …

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A study from NIU discusses how a mother's perception influences a mentally ill person's recovery. Let me know what you think. Is this research even necessary? Plenty of movies have been around for years that have already stated the same thing! http://www.examiner.com/science-news-in-national/moms-play-big-role-mental-illness

Abstract Understanding cooperation and punishment in small-scale societies is crucial for explaining the origins of human cooperation. We studied warfare among the Turkana, a politically uncentralized, egalitarian, nomadic pastoral society in East Africa. Based on a representative sample of 88 recent raids, we show that the Turkana sustain costly cooperation in combat at a remarkably large scale, at least in part, through punishment of free-riders. Raiding parties comprised several hundred warriors and participants are not kin or day-to-day interactants. Warriors incur substantial risk of death and produce collective benefits. Cowardice and desertions occur, and are p…

A lot of media (BBC, Gizmodo (and a lot of others) report that a man was cured of HIV by a bone marrow transplant: It's wonderful scientists / doctors continuously keep getting closer to curing HIV. Obviously, there is a lot of work to be done... but I have to say that this seems the most promising bit of news in many years.

Can this really be true? According to this article the God particle has been found at last My link

I am doing nitric oxide measurement using aorta tissue.I had go through some articles that stated that the tissues were frozen with liquid nitrogen and stored at -80 degree Celsius, then homogenates and continue to assay. Anyone can tell me that if i use the fresh tissues, incubate with drugs, then can i directly homogenates it and continue to the assay instead of store it at -80 degree Celsius before the assay? Thank you very much.

The end of space is pure white. It's white EVERYWHERE! There is nothing but endless light!

The Casimir effect used to create photons! http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-researchers-create-light-from-almost.html

"A quantum take on certainty: Physicists show that in the iconic double-slit experiment, uncertainty can be eased." http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110602/full/news.2011.344.html and at SciAm "New 'Double Slit' Experiment Skirts Uncertainty Principle" http://www.scientifi...ainty-principle and "it is not necessary to interpret the uncertainty principle as rigidly as we are often taught to do" from the article itself and quoted in than the editorials Does anyone have access to the article? I rather thought that the HUP was a black and white thing with no grey areas. So can you relax the HUP - or interpret it less than rigidly? Surely σxσp≥h/4…

Scientists have figured out a way to possibly inhibit age-related macular degeneration. Two miRNAs have been isolated that when inhibited, will prevent extensive blood vessel growth. See article here. http://www.examiner.com/science-news-in-national/rna-molecules-may-help-treat-blindness-for-those-with-macular-degeneration

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Scientists have produced the world's most powerful optical microscope, which could help us to understand the causes of many diseases. Writing in the journal Nature Communications, the team have created a microscope which shatters the record for the smallest object the eye can see, beating the diffraction limit of light. Previously, the standard optical microscope could only see items around one micrometer -- 0.001 millimeters -- clearly. But now, by combining an optical microscope with a transparent microsphere, dubbed the 'microsphere nanoscope', the Manchester researchers can see 20 times smaller -- 50 nanometers ((5 x 10-8m) -- under normal light. This is beyond t…

Deep-Earth devil worms A newly identified species of nematode lives miles deep in the tight, hot crevices of the Earth's crust Halicephalobus mephisto Property of the University Ghent, Belgium - Gaetan Borgonie Scientists have identified a new species of microscopic worms living in the ground below South African mines, isolated from fracture water gushing up from miles below the Earth's surface. It is the first multicellular organism to be found at such depths. The discovery of the tiny nematode (named Halicephalobus mesphisto after Mephistopheles, a literary nickname for the Devil), published in this week's issue of Nature, challenges the assum…

So a German Mathematician, Gerhard Opfe, released a pre-print in which he claims to have prove the veracity of the Collatz Conjecture. The paper has not yet been accepted for publication, but it is getting some notice on the internet. "An Analytic Approach to the Collatz 3n+1 Problem"

Hydrocarbons Deep Within Earth: New Computational Study Reveals How A snapshot taken from a first-principles molecular dynamics simulation of liquid methane in contact with a hydrogen-terminated diamond surface at high temperature and pressure. The spontaneous formation of longer hydrocarbons are readily found during the simulations. (Credit: Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Lab) ScienceDaily (Apr. 17, 2011) — A new computational study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals how hydrocarbons may be formed from methane in deep Earth at extreme pressures and temperatures. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/…

A device helps a man paralyzed from the waist down make an 'unprecedented' recovery, taking steps on a treadmill and regaining other key functions. The treatment could potentially allow 10% to 15% of people with spinal cord injuries to regain some use of their legs. Read more here http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-spinal-cord-20110520,0,1799162.story

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http://www.dailytech.com/Richard+Branson+Announces+Virgin+Oceanic+Submarine+/article21307.htm The official website is here: http://www.virginoceanic.com/ It's worth noting that the Marianas Trench, the deepest part of the ocean, is only 36,000 feet deep; Branson's vessel (which has already been built) will be able to explore any part of the ocean floor. There has only ever been one manned vessel to reach the bottom of the Trench -- the Trieste. If Branson pulls this off, it will almost certainly be pretty awesome. Damn, I want to be fabulously rich so I can build myself a submarine.

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The study is the world's first investigation of how real-time functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) feedback from the brain region responsible for higher-order thoughts, including introspection, affects our ability to control these thoughts. The researchers find that real-time brain feedback significantly improves people's ability to control their thoughts and effectively 'train their brains.' "Just like athletes in training benefit from a coach's guidance, feedback from our brain can help us to be more aware of our thoughts," says co-author Prof. Kalina Christoff, UBC Dept. of Psychology. "Our findings suggest that the ability to control our thinking improves …