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Sunday, May 13, 2012

ScienceDaily: Top News

Scientists 'read' ash from the Icelandic volcano two years after its eruption

Posted: 12 May 2012 11:41 AM PDT

In May 2010, the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull reached the Iberian Peninsula and brought airports to a halt all over Europe. At the time, scientists followed its paths using satellites, laser detectors, sun photometers and other instruments. Two years later they have now presented the results and models that will help to prevent the consequences of such natural phenomena.

Meteorite discovery spurs hunt for more pieces

Posted: 12 May 2012 07:10 AM PDT

Meteorite fragments were recently scattered around Sutter's Mill in California, the same region where the first nugget of gold was found that sparked the Gold Rush in 1848. Scientists believe the meteorites may hold answers to unsolved mysteries about our solar system and the origins of molecules necessary for life. When the Gold Rush began, people headed to California seeking their fortune. Now, with this meteorite hunt, people once again have flocked to this area to search for scientific treasures.

The Cynical Girl: Day Off

Day Off

Posted: 12 May 2012 03:45 AM PDT

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

Meteorite discovery spurs hunt for more pieces
Superbug killers: Magnetic-like coating attracts and kills bacteria without using traditional antibiotics
Hard drives: A bit of progress
Nanoparticle synthesis: Joined at the hip
Microfluidics: Creating chaos
Molecular container gives drug dropouts a second chance
Billard game in an atom

Meteorite discovery spurs hunt for more pieces

Posted: 12 May 2012 07:10 AM PDT

Superbug killers: Magnetic-like coating attracts and kills bacteria without using traditional antibiotics

Posted: 10 May 2012 06:59 AM PDT

The superbugs have met their match. It comes in the form of a coating which has a magnetic-like feature that attracts bacteria and kills them without the need for traditional antibiotics.

Hard drives: A bit of progress

Posted: 10 May 2012 06:56 AM PDT

A modified approach to fabrication of magnetic memory elements may lead to a new generation of stable, ultra-high-capacity hard drives.

Nanoparticle synthesis: Joined at the hip

Posted: 10 May 2012 06:56 AM PDT

Hybrid 'Janus' nanoparticles made from gold and titania have high catalytic activity and extraordinary durability.

Microfluidics: Creating chaos

Posted: 10 May 2012 06:56 AM PDT

A quiet revolution is taking place in the fields of biology and chemistry. Microfluidic devices, which allow fluid manipulation in micro-scale channels, are slowly but surely finding their place on the lab bench. A new microfluidic device can operate as a mixer or a valve, improving the efficiency of micro-scale laboratory apparatus.

Molecular container gives drug dropouts a second chance

Posted: 08 May 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Chemists have designed a molecular container that can hold drug molecules and increase their solubility, in one case up to nearly 3,000 times.

Billard game in an atom

Posted: 08 May 2012 06:43 AM PDT

Physicists have traced the double ionization of argon atoms on attosecond time scales. When an intense laser pulse interacts with an atom it generates agitation on the micro scale. The most likely outcome of this interaction is single ionization, where one electron is ejected from the atom. From time to time, however, two electrons can be removed from the atom, resulting in the more complex process of double ionization. The detailed course of this process on attosecond time scales (an attosecond is a billionth of a billionth of a second) has now been observed.

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Saturday, May 12, 2012

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12 May 2012

Best of the Moment

Can You Call A 9-Year-Old A Psychopath?

Jennifer Kahn | NYT | 11 May 2012

Nine year old Michael is unlike others. His parents took him to see psychologist Dan Waschbusch. Who diagnosed him as a psychopath. "Even if accurate, it’s a ruinous diagnosis. No one is sympathetic to the mother of a psychopath" Comments

Medvedev The Phony

Lilia Shevtsova & David Kramer | Foreign Policy | 7 May 2012

Outgoing Russian president was never the liberal reformer many hoped he was or would be. His presidency was a farce and will be a mere footnote in history. He leaves Russians demoralised, frustrated. And growing in anger Comments

Do The Eyes Have It?

Pat Shipman | American Scientist | 1 May 2012

Plenty of dogs save their owners—waking them during fires, fetching help after an accident. But that's not all. "They may have saved not only individuals but also our whole species, by 'domesticating' us while we domesticated them" Comments

Christianity And The Rise Of Western Science

Peter Harrison | ABC | 8 May 2012

Many presume that Christianity and science have always been at war. Little could be further from the truth. "The myth of a perennial conflict between science and religion is one to which no historian of science would subscribe" Comments

Investigation, Lawsuit Expose Barbaric Conditions At For-Profit Youth Prison

Booth Gunter | Southern Poverty Law Center | 3 May 2012

Anyone still think for-profit prisons are a good idea? Well, this should change your mind. Horrifying account of a children's prison out of control. Drugs, weapons, beatings, rapes commonplace. Often with prison staff complicit Comments

Operation Self-Deceit

Sven Böll et al | Spiegel | 8 May 2012

New documents confirm early history of euro project. Numerous shortcomings were apparent right from start. Politicians realised Italy was an economic basket case. But chose to ignore the facts. After all this was a political project Comments

FiveBooks Interview

Simon Johnson on Why Economic History Matters

History contains useful warnings and lessons. And, says the former IMF chief economist, today's economic policymakers would do well to heed them

Featured Special Report

London and the Olympics

The Games creep ever closer, though in London you'd hardly know it. Here's a sideways look at the event and its host city

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Book of the Day

The English Common Reader by Richard Altick

William St Clair says: It’s an astonishing book, published in 1957. Altick is so different from what came before because he wants to find out what was actually available to be read in the 19th century.