10> Catwoman
T-Shirts for sale.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Monday, May 29, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
It's a man's world!
Drinking every day chases heart disease away in men only: study from PhysOrg.com
Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease among men but women who indulge less frequently enjoy the same benefits, according to a study published Friday in the British Medical Journal.
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nanotech
Nano World: Invisibility through nano from PhysOrg.com
Invisibility cloaks that bend light might develop using nanotechnology, experts tell UPI's Nano World.
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New Tools for a Nanotechnology Workshop from PhysOrg.com
Until recently, nanoscale devices could only be crafted through chemical reactions or by pushing components together on a smooth surface. Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark have developed and demonstrated practical tools allowing the precise manipulation and assembly of complex, three-dimensional nanomachines.
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Growing Glowing Nanowires to Light Up the Nanoworld from PhysOrg.com
The nano world is getting brighter. Nanowires made of semiconductor materials are being used to make prototype lasers and light-emitting diodes with emission apertures roughly 100 nm in diameter—about 50 times narrower than conventional counterparts. Nanolight sources may have many applications, including “lab on a chip” devices for identifying chemicals and biological agents, scanning-probe microscope tips for imaging objects smaller than is currently possible, or ultra-precise tools for laser surgery and electronics manufacturing.
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Thursday, May 25, 2006
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
cool random stuff
a musical realization of the motion graphics of john whitney as described in his book "digital harmony"
animation and music by jim bumgardner of krazydad.com and coverpop.com
animation and music by jim bumgardner of krazydad.com and coverpop.com
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Environment
Researchers use bacteria to reduce uranium to safe levels from PhysOrg.com
While the Cold War ended decades ago, its legacy will live for centuries in toxic waste. In remote corners of the country from Tennessee to the Pacific Northwest, dozens of federal laboratories struggle to clean up contaminants left from 50 years of weapons programs. New results show a promising technique for cleaning up uranium from some of the most severely contaminated areas by harnessing the powers of microbes already in the soil.
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Music Video
Gnarls Barkley's Crazy
If only there were a television or basic cable channel which showed videos so I didn't have to troll the interweb for this stuff. Anyhoo, here is a very interesting video.
nanotech
'Cloaked' carbon nanotubes become non-toxic
A way to cloak carbon nanotubes, making them both non-toxic and highly customisable, has been revealed. It marks a step towards using nanotubes in biological research and medicine.
Nanotubes are rolled up sheets of linked carbon atoms and are as little as 10 atoms wide. In the future they could act as tiny molecular sensors, detecting individual enzymes inside living cells, or could enable new medical treatments for diseases such as cancer (...)
A way to cloak carbon nanotubes, making them both non-toxic and highly customisable, has been revealed. It marks a step towards using nanotubes in biological research and medicine.
Nanotubes are rolled up sheets of linked carbon atoms and are as little as 10 atoms wide. In the future they could act as tiny molecular sensors, detecting individual enzymes inside living cells, or could enable new medical treatments for diseases such as cancer (...)
nanotech
Nano World: Blood-compatible nanomaterial from PhysOrg.com
Artificial kidneys and other medical devices could soon employ carbon nanotubes and other structures only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide made highly blood compatible via anticoagulants, experts told UPI's Nano World.
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nanotech
Carbon fullerenes now have metallic cousins, 'hollow golden cages' from PhysOrg.com
Scientists have uncovered a class of gold atom clusters that are the first known metallic hollow equivalents of the famous hollow carbon fullerenes known as buckyballs. The evidence for what their discoverers call "hollow golden cages" appeared today in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Friday, May 12, 2006
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Physics
Light's Most Exotic Trick Yet: So Fast it Goes ... Backwards? from PhysOrg.com
In the past few years, scientists have found ways to make light go both faster and slower than its usual speed limit, but now researchers at the University of Rochester have published a paper today in Science on how they've gone one step further: pushing light into reverse. As if to defy common sense, the backward-moving pulse of light travels faster than light. Confused? You're not alone.
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Robert Boyd, professor of optics
"Muh, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Fuel Cells
Scientist Revs Up Power of Microbial Fuel Cells in Unexpected Ways from PhysOrg.com
Scientists have boosted the power output of microbial fuel cells more than 10-fold by letting the bacteria congregate into a slimy matrix known as a biofilm. The research, led by microbiologist Derek Lovley of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, suggests that efficient technologies for generating electricity with microbes are much closer than anticipated. Lovley presented the results Wednesday in a plenary talk at the meeting of the Electrochemical Society in Denver.
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Crazy Cosmos
Earth is safe from gamma-ray bursts, Hubble finds from PhysOrg.com
A gamma-ray burst (GRB) occurring in our own galaxy could decimate life on Earth, destroying the ozone layer, triggering climate change and drastically altering life’s evolution. However, the good news is that results published online today in the journal Nature show that the likelihood of a natural disaster due to a GRB is much lower than previously thought.
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O.K. so no...
But are we safe from...
Beta Ray Bill!
nanotech
Nano World: $30 billion in nano goods from PhysOrg.com
Emerging nanotechnology made its way into more than $30 billion in manufactured goods in 2005, more than double the year before, experts tell UPI's Nano World.
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Monday, May 08, 2006
nanotech
Breakthrough: Scientists used nanotubes to send signals to nerve cells from PhysOrg.com
Texas scientists have added one more trick to the amazing repertoire of carbon nanotubes -- the ability to carry electrical signals to nerve cells.
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nanotech
- Not much new
Nanotube Sandwiches Could Lead To Better Composite Materials from PhysOrg.com
By stacking layers of ceramic cloth with interlocking nanotubes in between, a team of researchers has created new composites with significantly improved properties compared to traditional materials. The “nanotube sandwiches,” which are described in the May 7 online edition of the journal Nature Materials, could find use in a wide array of structural applications.
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Sunday, May 07, 2006
Friday, May 05, 2006
Justin is a Jerk
For lending me five Volumes of Death Note!
I forced myself to read through the first two, which I hated outright! Being a glutton for punishment I began reading volume 3 and somewhere half-way through I began to enjoy it. I began to enjoy the ridiculousness of it all.
I still have problems with it,
the designs are too close to Yasushi Nirasawa reworking of Go Naga's Devilman..
the message is to Pro-Death penalty for me...
the characters speak and act in a phony way, till the pop star is added and she's just so over the top it's hyper-real...
it's a bit too jokey at times...
But
by the fourth volume I started to care about characters I was sure I would never care about!!!
you need hypercubes to diagram the characters thought process!!!
shinigami, who doesn't love shinigami (though my favorite are still from bleach.)
Aizawa quits the team, man tears, pure man tears!!!
I forced myself to read through the first two, which I hated outright! Being a glutton for punishment I began reading volume 3 and somewhere half-way through I began to enjoy it. I began to enjoy the ridiculousness of it all.
I still have problems with it,
the designs are too close to Yasushi Nirasawa reworking of Go Naga's Devilman..
the message is to Pro-Death penalty for me...
the characters speak and act in a phony way, till the pop star is added and she's just so over the top it's hyper-real...
it's a bit too jokey at times...
But
by the fourth volume I started to care about characters I was sure I would never care about!!!
you need hypercubes to diagram the characters thought process!!!
shinigami, who doesn't love shinigami (though my favorite are still from bleach.)
Aizawa quits the team, man tears, pure man tears!!!
molecular self-organization
Scientists demonstrate a breakthrough in fabricating molecular electronics from PhysOrg.com
Scientists from Philips Research and the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) have for the first time fabricated arrays of molecular diodes on standard substrates with high yields. The molecular diodes are as thin as one molecule (1.5 nm), and suitable for integration into standard plastic electronics circuits. Based on construction principles known as molecular self-organization, molecular electronics is a promising new approach for manufacturing electronics circuits in addition to today’s conventional semiconductor processing. Details of the technology are presented in the 4 May 2006 issue of Nature.
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I so want this!
Product Description
Urdu Digital Holy Quran RS-3000LUS - Recitation by Imam Sudaiss and Imam Shuraim of Mecca. - Compact Size and Perfect Design (4.2 x2.5x0.5 inches). - Large LCD display in Arabic, English and URDU. - Hearing and reading the Holy Quran at the same time. - Easy Search for Surahs and Verses. - Book-marking of Surahs and Verses that will be saved even after shutdown. - Weighs only 3.7 ounces (including the batteries). - Holy Quran Text in Uthmanic fonts licensed by Harf Information Technologies. - Built-in Speakers and Headphone jack. - Built-in DC Adapter Jack NEW - Back-Light usable at night NEW - Speed Control key(3 Step Recitation Speed Fast-Normal - Slow)NEW - Comes with carrying case. - One Year Limited Warranty. - More Features Added. Please call for More information Specifications: - Size : 108 X 68 X 16mm - Weight : 105g(including batteries) - Earphone : 5mW(frequency : 20Hz ~ 20KHz) - Battery : 2 X AAA size
nanotech
Engineers announce breakthrough in nanoscale semiconductor spin wave research from PhysOrg.com
Engineers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science are announcing a critical new breakthrough in semiconductor spin-wave research.
UCLA Engineering adjunct professor Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner, researcher Alexander Khitun and professor Kang Wang have created three novel nanoscale computational architectures using a technology they pioneered called "spin-wave buses" as the mechanism for interconnection. The three nanoscale architectures are not only power efficient, but also possess a high degree of interconnectivity.
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006
nanotech
Scientist warns of nanotechnology dangers
LONDON, May 3 (UPI) -- A British scientist is warning that hundreds of nanotechnology products are about to go on sale despite a lack of biological safety testing.
Nanotechnology products -- containing materials that are 10,000 times smaller than the width of a hair -- are already being used in numerous products, from medical bandages to golf clubs and paints...
LONDON, May 3 (UPI) -- A British scientist is warning that hundreds of nanotechnology products are about to go on sale despite a lack of biological safety testing.
Nanotechnology products -- containing materials that are 10,000 times smaller than the width of a hair -- are already being used in numerous products, from medical bandages to golf clubs and paints...
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