“The mystery surrounding the electrical fault last week at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has taken a new twist today. Last week, a piece of baguette was found to be lying on an electrical connection in one of the eight above-ground cryoplants – used to cool the LHC to 1.9 K – that [...]
The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break. First, a coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then LHC officials postponed the restart of the machine to add additional safety features. Now, a bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of [...]
Imagine all the uses for this stuff! It can be manipulated like a putty but has the resistance of a metal…
If zombies actually existed, an attack by them would lead to the collapse of civilisation unless dealt with quickly and aggressively. That is the conclusion of a mathematical exercise carried out by researchers in Canada. They say only frequent counter-attacks with increasing force would eradicate the fictional creatures. The scientific paper is published in a [...]
If Bill Gates has his way, the intensity of natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina can be lessened or thwarted entirel—and he’s already filed a patent in this endeavor to control the weather. According to Gizmodo, Bill Gates’ patent to control the weather calls for a giant fleet of vessels, which can be deployed in a [...]
The design of efficient systems for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, driven by sunlight is among the most important challenges facing science today, underpinning the long term potential of hydrogen as a clean, sustainable fuel.
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No one knows exactly what a “fifth force” might be, but studies have shown that, if a long-range fifth force does exist, it could have surprising effects on the universe’s structure formation. A fifth force could reduce discrepancies between theory and observation in several areas of cosmology.
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Considering how the fear of global warming is inspiring the world’s politicians to put forward the most costly and economically damaging package of measures ever imposed on mankind, it is obviously important that we can trust the basis on which all this is being proposed. Last week two international conferences addressed this issue.
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Old age is often blamed for causing us to misplace car keys, forget a word or lose our train of thought. But new research shows that many well-known effects of ageing may start decades before our twilight years. According to scientists, our mental abilities begin to decline from the age of 27 after reaching a [...]
It’s official! The US House of Representatives has recognised 14 March as Pi Day. Get it? 3/14. The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is roughly 3.14…That Pi Day. My first thought was, “Sweet, another day off from work,” until I realised that Pi Day falls on a Saturday this year. [...]
A technique thought to be a promising cancer treatment is also being investigated as the basis for a Taser-like weapon that stuns for longer, New Scientist has learned. The technology involves short, nanosecond-long pulses of extreme voltage. Microsecond pulses have been used for years to punch temporary holes in cell membranes, to shove genes or [...]
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