A new experimental microscopic tungsten lattice can increase the efficiency of an incandescent electric bulb from 5% to greater than 60%. This is done by converting waste heat into visible light
Nanotechnology is getting closer with genetically engineered viruses grabbing zinc sulphide and arranging themselves into highly organised structures
Archaeologists have stumbled on a 4,500-year-old pyramid in Egypt containing the tomb of a queen whose identity remains a mystery. The latest discovery was made by a Swiss team excavating the tomb of the 4th dynasty pharaoh Redjedef, son and successor of Cheops who was also known as Khufu
Woradech Kaimart, a Thai inventor, has come up with throwable fire extinguisher balls. You just toss them into the fire, or place them in high risk areas, and they explode from the heat and spew various fire-retardants all over the place. According to the article, they will soon be on sale in Thailand’s 7-Eleven stores and are being considered by US-based fire and safety supply company Tyco — via Slashdot
Dirk Broer’s Dutch team has developed spray-on liquid crystal paint
which changes colour at the touch of a button. The new design could be used to make giant TV screens, digital billboards and walls which change colour
Waste from sewage plants could be transformed into clean hydrogen fuel with high efficiency using new processing technology devised in Europe
According to the National Science Foundation‘s biennial report on the state of science understanding in the US, sixty percent of those surveyed believe in ESP, psychic power, and alien abduction. Americans… scientifically proven to be dumber than the average bear — via Slashdot
And if you don’t show an interest in science and technology, you miss out on learning about RatBots. By implanting electrodes in rats’ brains, scientists have created remote-controlled rodents they can command to turn left or right, climb trees and navigate piles of rubble — and maybe someday, with the rats outfitted with tiny video cameras, use to search for disaster survivors
NASA scientists have developed a computer model that can detect where rain or snow originates. By tracing where water evaporates from and where it falls, the model demonstrates how water vapour moves through the atmosphere
SETI@Home, the largest distributed computing project in the world, is on the verge of receiving its 500 millionth result. This is a major milestone for both the project and distributed computing as a whole. And if you still need some added incentive to get involved, there’s a $500 reward for the user who returns the milestone result
Dr Nikki Sullivan, a lecturer in the Department of Critical and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, is interested in bodies that disturb us and why they disturb us. Her PhD thesis on tattooed bodies has recently been turned into a book titled Tattooed Bodies: Subjectivity, Textuality, Ethics and Pleasure
An examination of detailed records held by manufacturers of the lead used to make ammunition shows it is impossible to prove that any two bullets come from the same batch. There are now fears that the chemical signature technique may have directly or indirectly led to numerous miscarriages of justice
The Royal Society of Chemistry decided to investigate after a member of the public asked for an explanation of the science behind the James Bond cocktail. They are researching why martinis which are shaken not stirred are colder and have a different taste
European environment ministers are expressing outrage at the US rejection of the Kyoto Protocol. They have been criticising the retarded monkey boy‘s stance on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, at G8 talks in Canada. Some accused the US of political manoeuvres to preserve the energy-burning American lifestyle
In A Case of Musicogenic Epilepsy Induced by Listening to an American Pop Music
, the
authors report: A 23-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to the musicogenic epilepsy. She had four generalised tonic clonic seizures at 18 and 19 years old. Since 19, she had had complex partial seizures lasting for about 20 seconds which was easily evoked by listening to an American pops particularly Dreamlover
song by Mariah Carey
Capable of surviving airdrops, rough handling and extreme climates, and just about anything except a GIs jaws, the new indestructible sandwich is designed to stay fresh
for up to three years at 26°C, or for six months at 38°C
A Japanese telescope designed to find asteroids that might threaten Earth apparently detected a previously unknown and unregistered satellite circling Earth
A coalition of governments, businesses and public interest groups last week launched a global campaign to encourage companies to issue public reports on their impact on society and the environment. The Global Reporting Initiative is aimed at elevating such non-financial reporting
to the same level as the reports that public companies around the world periodically issue on their financial health
Brian McConnell is releasing a new distributed computer program — World Wide Lexicon — which works like programs such as SETI@home. However, while most distributed computer projects make use of spare computer power to perform complex computational tasks, in this case people will be asked to provide short translations themselves
Gravity, not technology, is being proposed for the ultimate safety shutdown at the proposed Replacement Research Reactor slated for South Sydney’s Lucas Heights
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