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Friday, September 9, 2011

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

New translator app makes sense of foreign-language food menus

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Researchers have created an application that enables cell phones and other portable devices to translate foreign-language food menus for English speakers and could be used for people who must follow restricted diets for medical reasons.

'Invisible' world discovered: Planet alternately runs late and early in its orbit, tugged by second hidden world

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Usually, running five minutes late is a bad thing since you might lose your dinner reservation or miss out on tickets to the latest show. But when a planet runs five minutes late, astronomers get excited because it suggests that another world is nearby. NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted a planet that alternately runs late and early in its orbit because a second, "invisible" world is tugging on it.

Powered by seaweed: Polymer from algae may improve battery performance

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 11:51 AM PDT

By looking to Mother Nature for solutions, researchers have identified a promising new binder material for lithium-ion battery electrodes that could not only boost energy storage, but also eliminate the use of toxic compounds now used in manufacturing the components. Known as alginate, the material is extracted from common, fast-growing brown algae.

Mantis shrimp: Ocean floor critters communicate in synchronized rumbles

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Mantis shrimp make noise with each individual seeming to have its own "voice" with which to communicate. The research team noted the "rumbles" were synchronized.
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