By Dick Pelletier In the last two decades, advances in computing technology, from processing speed to network capacity and the Internet, have revolutionized...
Engineers plan vertical nanoelectronics WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. engineers say they've developed a technique to grow individual carbon...
If you have not seen the movie, I would recommend it. It is not a dry documentary but surprisingly entertaining. It was sad, though, to see a bloomingly...
Why not LAS VEGAS? Senators Harry Reed and John Ensign could help. We have DOE facilities. U.S. to create bioenergy centers CHANNAHON, Ill., Aug. 2 (UPI) --...
I think this in an ingenious way to convert radiant heat (from the sun) to wind power. -Gilda How Australia got hot for solar power Down under, they're all...
A new meaning for the term "sea power"? ... August 3, 2006 Energy From the Restless Sea By HEATHER TIMMONS NEWCASTLE, England — There is more riding the...
Read this before you buy that gift for your girlfriend or wife. -Gilda Plasma television set now a girl's best friend Friday August 4, 2006 NEW YORK - Diamonds...
Creation of a physics nozzle hailed EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists are using a newly devised nozzle with a pinhole capillary to distribute...
No not a minor league baseball team but a discussion of angels and venture capitalist. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/371/ MIT world video #317 Talk to an...
Scripps Research Scientists Test Anti-obesity Vaccine In what may be the first published breakthrough of its kind in the global battle against obesity,...
Japan is about to take back the world speed record for computing. The MDGrape-3 at Riken (formerly known as the Institute of Physical & Chemical Research) in...
Maybe an 'anti-stupidity' approach does more than a pro-smart pill. We most likely know more about what is stupid than what is smart. Eric BERLIN (Reuters) -...
The Neutrino Frontier At fermilab, particle smashing yields to flavor changing By Mark Alpert Since 1983 researchers at the Fermi National Accelerator...
Walking upright separates humans from most other creatures. Our bipedal gait is a wonder of balance but it remains unclear exactly how our brains manage to ...
By Dick Pelletier Whether you fear it, welcome it, don't understand it, or think it's too crazy to be true, molecular nanotech (MNT) is about to revolutionize...
... I got to see this (or at least something similar) at siggraph. Via a joystick the controller could make the subject veer (almost like a wind was pushing ...
Today's technologies are unfolding at exponential speeds and will not be stopped through efforts of any government or groups. Humanity's merge with its...
Psychologists at the University of Leicester are to investigate texting language to provide new tools for criminal investigation. The forensic linguistic study...
Outline of topics for Las Vegas Future Salon Friday Meeting 08/11/06 I Molecular nanotech – the promise and perils II Home replicators and their affect on...
Our May 2006 special meeting topic functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is in the news. Eric Exploring exactly why some individuals' memory skills are...
Great narrative on classification of variations. Eric Emory Scientists Develop New Map Of Genetic Variation In Human Genome Emory University scientists have...
Here is a scientific project that seems to be on the ball. New Mobile Robot Balances, Moves On Ball Instead Of Wheels Or Legs Carnegie Mellon University...
Nine people attended this fun discussion night including many regulars, some new people, and a visitor from Germany. We talked in depth about molecular...
This article, written by a friend, offers at least tangential interest to this group. David August 12, 2006 Critic’s Notebook At the Exploratorium and the...
With Few Factors, Adult Cells Take On Character Of Embryonic Stem Cells With the introduction of just four factors, researchers have successfully induced...
The information below is a short extract from a paid service (Science News) I subscribe to. Anyone interested in memory improvement through drug treatment may...
The "golden age of biotech" 2010-2020 will produce many health miracles. Ability to re-grow organs, muscles and bones will begin to surface during this time...
By Dick Pelletier Author William McGaughey interprets world history as five civilizations appearing in succession over the last 5,000 years, each introduced by...
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