Myhealthbeijing has reported that the first official particulate matter 2.5 micron readings from Beijing have been 72 to 93 micrograms per cubic meter. Converting micrograms per cubic meter of particulars in air into weight of particulates through lungs each year Do not let the air pollution units confuse you. I will convert the micrograms per …
University of York – An international team of scientists has demonstrated a revolutionary new way of magnetic recording which will allow information to be processed hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive technology. The researchers found they could record information using only heat – a previously unimaginable scenario. They believe this discovery will …
Pew Internet – The share of adults in the United States who own tablet computers nearly doubled from 10% to 19% between mid-December and early January and the same surge in growth also applied to e-book readers, which also jumped from 10% to 19% over the same time period. The number of Americans owning at …
A pocket-sized device checks blood sugar levels through the skin of people with diabetes — no pinprick or blood sample needed. This is an example of new medical imaging technology that’s giving doctors and scientists noninvasive views into the body to diagnose and study diseases. Strategies Unlimited projects that the optical molecular imaging market will …
Tau Zero founder Marc Millis has a future history with a focus on space development over the next forty years at Centauri Dreams Marc Millis also headed the NASA breakthrough physics program. By 2015: Virgin Galactic has flown dozens of tourists into low earth orbit. The Google Lunar X-Prize will have been won and a …
Glia cells also regulate learning and memory, new Tel Aviv University (TAU) research finds. Glia cells, named for the Greek word for “glue,” hold the brain’s neurons together and protect the cells that determine our thoughts and behaviors, but scientists have long puzzled over their prominence in the activities of the brain dedicated to learning …
In nanopore sequencing, an electric field pulls ions in the water and strands of DNA through a minuscule protein hole or a hole in a solid-state membrane. Because the pore is not much wider than the DNA strand, when a strand passes through the amount of ionic current is altered. Each of the four nucleic …
Induced Pluripotent stem cells are human cells that can become any kind of cell. During the past several decades, the technology for harvesting stem cells has increased to the point where several different functional human cell types can now be created using stem cells. Within the next decade, virtually every type of cell in the …
By using optical equipment in a totally unexpected way, MIT researchers have created an imaging system that makes light look slow. MIT researchers have created a new imaging system that can acquire visual data at a rate of one trillion exposures per second. That’s fast enough to produce a slow-motion video of a burst of …
Latest Lawrenceville Plasma Physics report. FF-1 has taken a long step toward demonstrating the level of repeatable firing needed for a fusion generator. On November 2, FF-1 fired five shots in a row, under the same conditions, with fusion yield varying by only plus or minus 2.6% from an average of 0.9×1011 neutrons. While dense …
Two new studies led by University of California, Berkeley, researchers spotlight the human health effects of exposure to smoke from open fires and dirty cookstoves, the primary source of cooking and heating for 43 percent, or some 3 billion members, of the world’s population. Women and young children in poverty are particularly vulnerable. Pneumonia is …