Juha Haataja: Universe of ScienceMathematics, Biosciences, Chemistry, Popular Science, and Science Writing.(Untitled)- November 21, 2006 MIT develops model for wireless power: "There have been several attempts to develop a system that would allow consumer electronics to be powered wirelessly, but researchers at MIT have come up with a new, more efficient model to power devices in the home without cords." Ars Technicahttp://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/science/2006/11/21.html#a4750 Mini-sized killer robots- November 17, 2006 Israel developing anti-militant "bionic hornet": "Israel is using nanotechnology to try to create a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph and kill its targets, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday."http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/science/2006/11/17.html#a4746 One again, faster supercomputers- November 16, 2006 IBM holds lead on Top 500 Supercomputers List: "IBM holds a 47.8 percent share of the biannual Top 500 Supercomputers list to be released Tuesday at Supercomputing 2006, an industry convention in Tampa, Florida. Second-place Hewlett-Packard Co. holds a 31.2 percent share of systems on the list." IDG InfoWorld Finland has now one supercomputer on the list, the HP cluster at CSC in position 80. The Cray XT4 system will be installed in early 2007 and thus in not yet on the list.http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/science/2006/11/16.html#a4745 Crackpotting string theory- November 6, 2006 String Theory and the Crackpot Index: "Recently two books, by Peter Woit and by Lee Smolin, have been published questioning whether the enormous theoretical effort applied to the problems of string theory has been fruitful. ... One response was published several days ago by Briane Greene on the Op-Ed page of the New York Times (also here). A famously grouchy observer called the editorial a...http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/science/2006/11/06.html#a4738 (Untitled)- November 6, 2006 Scientists Discover Bacterial 'Switch Gene' That Regulates Oceans' Sulfur Emissions: "...a bacterial "switch gene" ... helps determine whether certain marine bacterioplankton convert a sulfur compound to one that rises into the atmosphere and affects the earth's temperature or remains climatically inactive in the seas."http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/science/2006/11/06.html#a4737 (Untitled)- November 6, 2006 If only gay sex caused global warming: "...we worry more about anthrax (with an annual death toll of roughly zero) than influenza (with an annual death toll of a quarter-million to a half-million people). Influenza is a natural accident, anthrax is an intentional action, and the smallest action captures our attention in a way that the largest accident doesn't. If two airplanes had been hit by lightning and crashed into a New York skyscraper, few of us would be able to name the date on which it..http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/categories/science/2006/11/06.html#a4736 |