Thursday, October 29, 2009

Muscle-Bound Computer Interface

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Photo: Air guitar: Software interprets signals sent from electromyography sensors attached to a forearm, enabling the user to control compu...

Universe's Quantum 'Speed Bumps' No Obstacle For Light

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Different wavelengths of light from a distant gamma-ray burst travel at the same speed, down to quantum scales (Illustration: NASA/SkyWorks ...

Robot Army Could Explore Space, Researchers Say

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From Discover Magazine: Instead of spending time and money planning a manned mission to Mars, why not send an army of robots into space to d...

How California's New Water Laws Inform the Coming National Crisis

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An old tire lies on a dry stretch of the San Joaquin River below Gravelly Ford, near Mendota in Fresno County. (Photograph by Michael Macor/...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Globalization: Diseases Spreading From Humans To Animals, Study Finds

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Staphylococcus aureus. (Credit: Agricultural Research Service / United States Department of Agriculture) From Science Daily: Science Daily ...

Why Halloween Terrifies Some Kids

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About one out of every 100 kids suffers from phobia of costumed characters. Typically, the fear is rooted in a sense that some harm or dange...

Fastest Supercomputer in the World Models Dark Matter, HIV Family Tree Simultaneously

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Los Alamos' Road Runner Super Computer Meep meep. courtesy of the Department of Energy From Popular Science: Petaflop power in action...

Detecting Life-Friendly Moons

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The astronaut Buzz Aldrin inhabiting the moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission. Credit: NASA From Astrobiology Magazine: Forty...

Astronomical Artifact: Most Distant Object Yet Detected Carries Clues From Early Universe

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A false-color image from the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii shows the afterglow of GRB 090423 [circled], the most distant astronomical eve...

High-Energy Batteries Coming To Market

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Photo: Battery unpacked: This graphic illustrates the multilayered structure of a ReVolt rechargeable zinc-air battery. From top to bottom:...

Swine Flu: Eight Myths That Could Endanger Your Life

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(Image: Chung Sung-Jun / Getty) From New Scientist: The second wave of the swine flu pandemic is now under way in the northern hemisphere. C...

Cosmic Rays Speed Up Tree Growth

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The researchers studied the growth of Sitka spruce forests in Scotland. Credit: iStockphoto From Cosmos: SYDNEY: Cosmic rays, which constant...

Daylight Savings Time 2009: When And Why We Fall Back

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From National Geographic: When is the big daylight saving time (often called daylight savings time) switchover in autumn 2009? Why do we fal...

Rooting for NASA's Ares I Rockets: Analysis

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From Popular Mechanics: A week of spaceflight tests, large and small, reminds us why NASA’s much maligned launch vehicle is important. If it...

The Ares Lift-Off: Learning From Space Shuttle Mistakes

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From Time Magazine: With the future of the space agency up in the air, NASA can certainly use the good P.R. that will flow from Wednesday...

Junk DNA Mechanism That Prevents Two Species From Reproducing Discovered

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When two populations of a species become geographically isolated from each other, their genes diverge from one another over time. Eventually...

Volcanic Eruptions Caused Ancient Warming And Cooling

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Photo courtesy of US Geological Survey ; Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, August 10, 2002 From Live Science:...

In Germany, A Better Vaccine For Politicians?

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Andreas Rentz / Getty From Time Magazine: Critics are calling it a two-tier health system — one for the politically well connected, another ...

Liftoff For NASA's Ares I-X

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Ares Test 1 From Popular Science: Ares I-X roared off its launch pad at 11:30 EST at Cape Canaveral. This marks success for NASA's secon...

Grandmothers: Good For Girls, Bad For Boys

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From The Independent: The importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren is underlined in a study published today. But the r...