07/28/2008
Carl Wieman on science education
Carl Wieman is a scientist at the University of British Columbia. He shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work creating the first Bose-Einstein condensate (a state of matter that can be induced at extremely low temperatures). In recent years, he...
~ published: 07/28 at 23:42 ~ source: John Hawks Anthropology Weblog ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Still no mark to market
Mortgage-backed assets with face value of $30.6B were just sold by Merrill for $6.7B.1) obviously, this reflects huge losses and perhaps forward looking expectations of a very high default rate on the underlying mortgages (can't tell unless I know what CD...
~ published: 07/28 at 17:14 ~ source: Information Processing ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Hubble Instruments Slated for On-Orbit 'Surgery'
When astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope in October 2008 for its final servicing mission, they will be facing a task that has no precedence – performing on-orbit 'surgery' on two ailing science instruments that reside inside the telescope – th...
~ published: 07/28 at 14:47 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Hypnosis shown to reduce symptoms of dementia
A scientist at the University of Liverpool has found that hypnosis can slow down the impacts of dementia and improve quality of life for those living with the condition.read more...
~ published: 07/28 at 11:49 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
A new kind of mirror symmetry
Hep-th papers on MondayAmong the 17 papers that appeared on hep-th today, a majority is about stringy topics. Thank God, things are not getting crazy.Cvetic and Weigan design a a new "canonical" type of gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking with...
~ published: 07/28 at 11:11 ~ source: The Reference Frame ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Compound that helps rice grow reduces nerve damage
You may want to soak your brown rice. Researchers have found that a compound that helps rice seed grow, springs back into action when brown rice is placed in water overnight before cooking, significantly reducing the nerve and vascular damage that often r...
~ published: 07/28 at 11:02 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Monkey just discovered already endangered
Just three years after it was discovered, a new species of monkey is threatened with extinction according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which recently published the first-ever census of the endangered primate. Known as the "kipunji," the...
~ published: 07/28 at 10:00 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
86 Percent of Americans Could be Overweight or Obese by 2030
Most adults in the U.S. will be overweight or obese by 2030, with related health care spending projected to be as much as $956.9 billion, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research a...
~ published: 07/28 at 09:59 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
A scientist at work: Streetcorner surveying
The daily trials and tribulations of a man whose job it is to figure out what people think.read more...
~ published: 07/28 at 09:16 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Elimination and Extension Theorems
Last time we talked about Groebner bases and Buchberger’s algorithm, so today we’ll do an application of them. In fact, a few, because the Elimination Theorem and the Extension Theorem are extremely useful results, and we’ll talk a bit ...
~ published: 07/28 at 09:10 ~ source: Rigorous Trivialities ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Joint Attention and Social Compentence, or what a baby pointing at a toy says about well-behaved toddlers
One of the key components of "normal" child development is social competence. We expect kids to become gradually better at behaving respectfully towards peers, to comply with requests made by others, to understand the thoughts of others, to play...
~ published: 07/28 at 08:42 ~ source: Cognitive Daily ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Impressionist Spacecraft to View Solar System's Invisible Frontier
At the edge of our solar system in December 2004, the Voyager 1 spacecraft encountered something never before experienced during its then 26-year cruise through the solar system — an invisible shock formed as the solar wind piles up against the gas in i...
~ published: 07/28 at 07:35 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Lung inflammation from influenza could be turned off with new discovery
A new discovery could lead to treatments which turn off the inflammation in the lungs caused by influenza and other infections, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Immunology.read more...
~ published: 07/28 at 07:29 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Researchers map out America's deadliest roads
Would you be surprised to learn that nine people died last year on the highway you take to work everyday? Or would you be shocked to see that six teenagers died within five miles of your home in fatal car accidents? With the help of the interactive maps o...
~ published: 07/28 at 07:26 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
LHC: FAQ
Update: Physics World spreads a rumor about the first proton beams to be injected on August 9th into parts of the tunnel and on September 2nd-3rd to the whole ring.Original text from July 28th: Martin Coles at The (Montreal) Gazette wrote a couple of exce...
~ published: 07/28 at 03:45 ~ source: The Reference Frame ~ permalink ~ points: 0