British scientists have created human kidneys from stem cells in a breakthrough which could result in transplant patients growing their own organs. The artificial organs were created in a laboratory using human amniotic fluid and animal foetal cells. They are currently half a centimetre in length – the same size as kidneys found in an …
There is an article that compares Tiger Woods to Mike Tyson, that says that the era of Tiger Woods golf dominance is over. I know that many who hate Tiger are hoping that this happens. The statistics do not indicate that this is the case. I think it is clear that he has his retooled …
Officials wearing clothing to protect against radiation work in a center to scan residents who have been within 20 kilometers of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant damaged by Friday’s earthquake Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japa 50 workers are staying at the Fukushima nuclear palnt, risking their lives, to try to save …
The America Invents Act, originally titled the Patent Reform Act, cleared the Senate by a vote of 95 to five The America Invents Act transitions the United States to a first-inventor-to-file system. This will simplify the application system and bring it in line with the nation’s trading partners. It will reduce costs and improve the …
Scott Adams, the writer of the Dilbert cartoons, has a hilarious article about Sweden, Julian Assange and wikileaks Julian Assange simply wanted to release some embarrassing information, have hot sex with a Swedish babe then have hot sex with an acquaintance of that same babe one day later. That’s just one example of why the …
Jeremy Keith, one of the instigators of the first Science Hack Day, spent the weekend thinking about the space elevators, a beloved piece of not-yet-existing technology. His hack, Spacelift is an interactive table that compares the costs of getting spacecraft payloads into geosynchronous orbit using a space elevator instead of a traditional rocket. He writes, …
Spacex has launched the Falcon 9 and a Dragon cargo capsule MSNBC and other report a perfect launch into orbit. Musk has said the really “risky bit” is still to come, when the Dragon is due to descend after making two or three orbits at an altitude of 186 miles (300 kilometers). Splashdown could come …
Nanoletters – Interconnecting Gold Islands with DNA Origami Nanotubes Scaffolded DNA origami has recently emerged as a versatile, programmable method to fold DNA into arbitrarily shaped nanostructures that are spatially addressable, with sub-10-nm resolution. Toward functional DNA nanotechnology, one of the key challenges is to integrate the bottom-up self-assembly of DNA origami with the top-down …
James Cameron will direct Avatar 2 for 2014 and Avatar 3 for 2015 (shot back to back and in 3D of course) The first Avatar grossed $2.8 billion, so the new movies will be the top priority for 20th Century Fox. The third Chris Nolan Batman movie will be called the Dark Knight Rises. It …
by Christina Wong Five negotiation strategies were examined in a study: accommodating, avoiding, collaborating, competing and compromising. Individuals who negotiated using the collaborating and competing strategies —openly discussing issues and perspectives — had the best results. In contrast, those who used the avoiding, accommodating and compromising approaches were less successful in negotiating higher salaries. According …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software The worldwide mobile operating system (OS) market will be dominated by Symbian and Android, as the two OSs will account for 59.8 percent of mobile OS sales by 2014, according to Gartner, Inc. Forecast: Mobile Communications Device Open OS Sales to End Users by OS (Thousands …