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- Underdogs Have More Motivation? Not So Fast, Study Says
  (PhysOrg.com) -- Members of a group or team will work harder when they're competing against a group with lower status than when pitted against a more highly ranked group, according to a new study. […]
- The Shoulders of Giants
  America`s ambition to explore space has not come without a human cost. The decisions being made today about our future in space depend on lessons learned from past tragedies. […]
- Spain's Telefonica considers charging Google
  (AP) -- Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use. […]
- The private sale of drugs in public hospitals
  Governments are under increasing pressure to provide access to expensive new drugs. Canadian patients who want access to drugs that are not publicly insured are seeking to pay for these drugs within public hospitals, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). […]
- New Magnetic Tuning Method Enhances Data Storage
  Researchers in Chicago and London have developed a method for controlling the properties of magnets that could be used to improve the storage capacity of next-generation computer hard drives. […]
- Hand-grip strength associated with poor survival
  Poor or declining handgrip strength in the oldest old is associated with poor survival and may be used as a tool to assess mortality, found an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The fastest growing segment of the elderly population is the group older than 85 years, classified as the oldest old. […]
- No mere pipe dream
  (PhysOrg.com) -- UCI engineers are working on robotic technology to rehabilitate the nation's aging water infrastructure. […]
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Video: Volvo helping to develop new material that could be both battery and bodywork
Published: February 7, 2010
Source: Autoblog Green
My Note: So in a few years we could be driving in some giant Volvo batteries? Great!
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Volvo Battery bodywork prototype material - Click above to watch video after the jump How much will a plug-in vehicle's battery weigh in 2020? How much will the same car's bodywork weigh? If a new prototype material developed by researchers in the Im...
Everywhere in a Flash: The Quantum Physics of Photosynthesis | Wired Science | Wired.com
Published: February 5, 2010
Source: www.wired.com
My Note: Great piece of news: photosynthesis at room temperature shows quantum coherence and, as a consequence, no energy loss when going from solar radiation to "cell-driving charges". Now how can we mimic this in real life?
By hitting single molecules with quadrillionth-of-a-second laser pulses, scientists have revealed the quantum physics underlying photosynthesis, the
Displax film could turn nearly any surface into touchscreen, make your keyboard irate
Published: February 3, 2010
Source: Engadget
My Note: Now that's the nanotech I've been expecting! Check it out...
Light Blue Optics already blew our minds up with its touchscreen-creating projector, but it looks like Displax will be the one to really turn the touchpanel into a modern day commodity. The Portugal-based company is trumpeting a new polymer film that can be stuck onto or just under glass, plastic...
Speculating about the Universe as a quantum fluid
Published: January 26, 2010
Source: Ars Technica
My Note: Have you ever wondered "why there is, in fact, a universe"? Hitoshi Murayama from the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe might have the answer...
The first thing that struck me about Hitoshi Murayama was that he certainly did not fit the stereotype of a Japanese presenter—hes relaxed, eloquent, and clearly very, very excited about his work. He is the head of a new research center in Japan called the Institute for the P...
Simple jet: easy to fly, long range, hyper-efficient
Published: January 25, 2010
Source: DVICE
My Note: Oh, boy! Can I also ride one? When?
That imaginative team at Smart Fish is at it again, this time ginning up a new design for a sleek personal aircraft that uses its unique aerodynamic shape for a new level of efficiency and simplicity. Designed for an unusually long range of 3100 miles and Mach 0.85 speed, this easy-to-fly jet looks...
The Cornucopia: MIT's 3D food printer patiently awaits 'the future'
Published: January 23, 2010
Source: Engadget
My Note: Am I the only one who remembers the food replicators from Star Trek?
The traditional fast food business model just never had a chance, now did it? Marcelo Coelho and Amit Zoran, a pair of whiz kids doing their thang over at MIT, have developed what very well may be the next major revolution in food preparation. It may also be the only machine that keeps you alive w...
Study shows that better gamers have bigger brains, are better learners too
Published: January 22, 2010
Source: Engadget
My Note: It's not about MRIs replacing aptitude tests, but about using Wiis and PlayStations instead of said tests. Who would ask for a .Net Developer with a solid record of NFS wins and a proven team player in Modern Warfare 2? How about a Sales Person able to finish God of War 3 in God mode?
While we can't say for sure that videogames, as your grandmother insists, do indeed rot your brain, thanks to research conducted at a variety of Universities around the States we know that better gamers tend to have more gray matter than others -- at least in certain areas. Kirk Erickson, Ann Gray...
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Dan Mihu 12:59 on 1 November 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply

World's fastest supercomputer models the unseen universe on Dvice http://bit.ly/3VGuhb #
O chestiune de scala… De la cafea la carbon, trecand prin virusul gripal: http://bit.ly/10fWQi #
O nebunie! Carl Sagan canta despre Cosmos (feat. Stephen Hawking) http://bit.ly/L4WZg #

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Dan Mihu 12:59 on 31 October 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
- They are back. Still looking for Higgs boson… Welcome! RT @CERN Particles are back in the LHC! http://bit.ly/OPoOm #
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- Romania tacuta: Locul I in Europa si 4 medalii pentru lotul Romaniei la Olimpiada de Astronomie si Astrofizica http://bit.ly/2np3bp #
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Dan Mihu 15:51 on 25 March 2008 | 0 Permalink | Reply

Scriam cu ani în urmă în revista Ştiinţă şi tehnică un dosar despre (pe atunci ipoteticele) “Organe de schimb”. Unul dintre subcapitole se referea la pielea artificială şi la cercetările despre regenerarea organelor. Eram excesiv de optimist, recunosc, dar realizările recente mi-au întrecut pînă şi mie aşteptările.
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Dan Mihu 14:47 on 20 March 2008 | 0 Permalink | Reply

SkySails este un concept fermecător ce readuce în atenţie multimilenara tehnologie a velelor. Unui ochi neavizat ar putea să i se pară o simplă joacă de-a zmeele, dar parapanta pe care o vedeţi este capabilă să reducă cu pînă la 30% consumul de combustibil al unui cargobot transatlantic. Şi nu doar pe hîrtie. (More …)
Dan Mihu 15:31 on 28 November 2007 | 2 Permalink | Reply

Vă mai amintiţi de Sigourney Weaver în Alien 2 şi de confruntarea cu mama tuturor alienilor? Nu a reuşit să învingă scîrboasa creatură decît graţie unui exoschelet greoi, pe care cei de pe navă îl foloseau la diverse operaţiuni solicitante de la bord.

Iată încă un exemplu despre realitatea care a depăşit fantezia. Americanii au pus la punct o versiune militară a unui astfel de exoschelet. E mult mai suplu şi mai agil. După cum o să vedeţi în filmuleţul următor, tipul care îl probează poate să meargă pe călcîie, să danseze şi cîte şi mai cîte. (More …)
- kosmin 14:20 on 18 December 2007 Permalink
  
  Nu ai link catre o imagine. Unde sunt imaginile?
  Hai ca sunt curios…
- Dan Mihu 14:54 on 18 December 2007 Permalink
  
  Îmi pare rău, WP-ul a distrus codul pentru inserarea filmuleţului de pe Live Leak. L-am refăcut acum.

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