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Tag Archives: Science
New tech shows Einstein wrong: we can watch Brownian motion
The seemingly random movement of Brownian motion just got a little
more classical. Scientists have been able to image the ultrafast
motions of a
trapped particle, revealing the underlining trajectories causing Brownian
motion. T… Continue reading
Stingray X-ray
This is an x-ray of a newly discovered species of stingray, native to the Amazon. You can't tell from this shot of its innards, but the Heliotrygon gomesi actually resembles a "pancake with a nose"—big, round, flat, and beige. Read mo… Continue reading
Electrode lets lithium batteries charge in just two minutes
Batteries are an essential part of most modern gadgets, and their role is expected to expand as they’re incorporated into vehicles and the electric grid itself. But batteries can’t move charge as quickly as some competing devi… Continue reading
First-person account from surgeon who removed his own appendix
From The Atlantic’s archives, a harrowing 1961 account of a Soviet surgeon on a primitive Antarctic base who had to remove his own appendix, stopping frequently as he battled vertigo and blood loss:
I worked without gloves. It was hard to see. T… Continue reading
Japan: US carrier crew exposed to radiation; helicopters near reactors coated with radiation particulate
William Broad reports in the New York Times that crew members on the US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, sailing in the Pacific, “passed through a radioactive cloud from stricken nuclear reactors in Japan.” Crew members got a month’s worth of radiation … Continue reading
Posted in fukushima, International, japanquake, News, tsunami, ZOMGWEREALLGONNADIERUNHIDE
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$30 GPS Jammer Can Wreak Havok
An anonymous reader writes "A simple $30 GPS jammer made in China can ruin your day. It doesn't just affect your car's navigation — ATM machines, cell phone towers, plane, boat, train navigation systems all depend upon GPS signals that a… Continue reading
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Put Graphene On Your Windshield, Say Goodbye To Your Windshield Wipers
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Graphene, “one of the hottest new materials in the field of nanotechnology,” has just made your car’s windshield wipers obsolete. Researchers at Vanderbilt University have devised a way to re-jigger graphene so that it sticks to smooth… Continue reading
China may have copied US stealth jet
China may have bought parts of US F-117 Nighthawk shot down over Serbia in 1999, say expertsA Chinese stealth fighter jet that could pose a significant threat to American air superiority may borrow from US technology, it has been claimed.Balkan militar… Continue reading
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Vertical take-off!
Hed: “British defense chiefs unimpressed by proposed Harrier replacement.”
YouTube via Roger Ebert.
New material blocks light from exhibiting diffraction
I admit this failing: I am an optics geek, and all things light-related tend to get me… um… excited. But a recent paper in Nature Photonics presented a result that most people will find very startling: researchers have cre… Continue reading