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Atmospheric aerosols are tiny particles containing nitrates, sulfates, carbon and other matter, and can influence the climate. Unlike other aerosols, black carbon absorbs sunlight, similar to greenhouse gases. (Science Daily)
Elena Cornaro Piscopia Feb 4, 2010
Yet not everyone knows about the women who made their mark or transcended the usual boundaries of women's world - or about their unusually supportive parents or spouses, for that matter. One such woman, practically forgotten by now, was Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (Venice, June 5, 1646 July 26, 1684), the pride of 17th century Venice. (Suite101.com)
Families share thrill of scientific discovery Feb 4, 2010
In the "pizzeria" section of the children's museum, strangers became business partners in a matter of seconds. First-graders Jazlyn Edwards and Natalie Kammerer were collaborative in their approach. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Scientists not always truthful Feb 3, 2010
Because they didn t have the technology to make these measurements, and the matter of global warming wasn t an issue at the time. However, today these erudite individuals claim we can extrapolate the temperature of past centuries based on things such as measuring the rings of trees. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Is Sentry Really Marvelman? Feb 3, 2010
So far, Marvel's editors have remained silent on the matter ... Let us know your thoughts on the matter by posting in the comments section below ... After the recent battle with Molecule Man in Dark Avengers, Sentry came to the conclusion that his true power is to manipulate matter. (IGN PC Games)
WR Garcon's old QB recalls glory days Feb 2, 2010
4 is the highest in the history of college football, no matter what division, from Mount Union to Alabama. "That's just the system," he said. (USA Today -- Sports)
Investigation: Not Enough Evidence Against A Wethersfield School Board Member Feb 2, 2010
The school board has met privately several times on the matter, including a four-hour session Tuesday. Those who have viewed the document say it concludes that there isn't enough evidence to prove that former school board Chairwoman Stacey Hodges, a Democrat who is still on the board, and Superintendent Michael Kohlhagen did anything wrong when the school system paid for Hodges' son to take an online summer class after he graduated in 2008. (FOX61, CT)
National Ignition Facility Achieves Unprecedented 1 Megajoule Laser Shot Feb 1, 2010
1, 2010) The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced that scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have successfully delivered an historic level of laser energy -- more than 1 megajoule -- to a target in a few billionths of a second and demonstrated the target drive conditions required to achieve fusion ignition. This is about 30 times the energy ever delivered by any other group of lasers in the world. (Science Daily)
A science book worth your time Feb 1, 2010
WMAP's ripples also seem to confirm a 1981 theory by physicist Alan Guth of the called "inflation." Inflation suggests that the Big Bang generated exotic matter with gravity-repulsing properties that stretched the early universe out and sent it on an expanding path. Inflation seems to answer the question of what set time a 'ticking, but Carroll says just stopping there doesn't answer the more fundamental question of why our universe started with a low-entropy kablam that allowed inflation and... (USA Today -- Tech)
Plasma Experiments Aboard International Space Station Yielding Better Picture of Liquids and Solids Feb 1, 2010
That matter exists in three states is widely known: as solid, liquid or gas. Our Universe, however, is dominated by a fourth state of matter: plasma ... A plasma is regarded as the most disorganised state of matter. (Science Daily)
Battlefield Bad Company 2We go hands on with the Port Valdez beta. Jan 31, 2010
In the first, the Russians drop in by air, which is pretty thrilling to see no matter which side of the battle you're on ... Of course, there are the usual Battlefield concessions, like rockets not really feeling lethal enough in enclosed spaces, and vehicles getting strangely hung up on the environments, and soldiers who haven't been trained to lie down, but all those issues don't seem to matter once the action begins to heat up. (IGN PC Games)
How Many Argon Atoms Can Fit on the Surface of a Carbon Nanotube? Jan 30, 2010
29, 2010) Phase transitions -- changes of matter from one state to another without altering its chemical makeup -- are an important part of life in our three-dimensional world ... "For example, matter can freeze in 3-D and in 2-D, but theoretically it should not freeze in 1-D," Cobden said. (Science Daily)
AGU Journal highlights Jan. 29, 2010 Jan 30, 2010
On the other hand, rising temperatures increase organic matter decomposition, making more nitrogen available for increased plant growth, which results in increased carbon storage. Using land surface model simulations, Zaehle et al. investigate the overall effect of nitrogen dynamics on carbon and climate. (EurekAlert!)
Breakthrough Heart Scanner Will Allow Earlier Diagnosis Jan 30, 2010
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between radiation and matter. In laser spectroscopy, pulsed lasers are used to excite the molecules contained in the matter, and this enables the interaction to be observed. (Science Daily)
Meet India's answering machines Jan 30, 2010
No matter how bizarre the question , Kaushal is ready with a plausible answer, dishing out ayurvedic remedies for problems ranging from gum disease and bladder infection to premature ejaculation. However , he admits that this has helped him solicit patients and persuade them to patronise his clinic. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Levitating magnet coaxes nuclear fusion Jan 29, 2010
A recent experiment with a giant levitating magnet was able to coax matter in the lab to extremely high densities a necessary step for. When the density is high enough, atomic nuclei the protons and neutrons of atoms literally fuse together, creating a heavier element. (MSNBC -- Technology)
How Five Scientists Will Use Stimulus Funds Jan 29, 2010
The goal, he says, is to "create a special kind of tweezer that can pick up and assemble tiny elements of matter into new materials" basically a "light-based nano-assembly line." He says the research could lead to highly efficient photothermal and photoelectric energy conversion devices. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Oregon State University. (BusinessWeek)
Cardinal Insider: No Regrets for Shiller Jan 29, 2010
It s just a matter of tweaking a few little things. It s there. (Gostanford.com)
PC Gaming 2010 PreviewWe look ahead to the year's best PC games. Jan 27, 2010
Why It's Hot: This game is pretty remarkable and, along with last year's Batman Arkham Asylum, proves that you can make great action games that don't skimp on combat or story and, best of all, still work for the PC. Whether Italy is more appealing than the Holy Land is largely a matter of taste, but the decision to focus more on action set pieces and less on repetitive mini-missions clearly makes the sequel the better game. Yes, you can sit on a bench here, but you don't have to. (IGN PC Games)
Galaxies unlock new secrets of dark matter Jan 27, 2010 Pitt scientist gets grant to study ’dark energy’ Jan 25, 2010 Our view: Merit and need Jan 24, 2010 Another Palo Alto train death at West Meadow Jan 24, 2010 Rita Arditti, at 75; was author, biologist, human rights activist Jan 24, 2010 Scientists propose new electroweak star Jan 23, 2010 Ransom Stephens and 'The God Patent' Jan 23, 2010 Bubble Physicist Counts Bubbles in Ocean to Answer Questions About Climate, Sound, Light Jan 23, 2010 Energy of Attacking Virus Revealed Jan 22, 2010 * Liberals become professors, not vice versa: study Jan 22, 2010 Cosmology: Weak Gravitational Lensing Improves Measurements of Distant Galaxies Jan 22, 2010 BLOG: Pluto's 80th Anniversary Jan 22, 2010 Letters for Thursday, January 21, 2010 Jan 21, 2010 How Do Free Electrons Originate? Jan 21, 2010 Running on brain power Jan 17, 2010 Science Center Underway Jan 17, 2010 Young Colo. scientists get stimulus grants Jan 16, 2010 Teachers, state workers face three more unpaid days Jan 16, 2010 How Galaxies Form: New Research Resolves Conflict in Theory Jan 14, 2010 As chaos defines us and their world (205) Jan 14, 2010 AP: Bomb kills Iran Nuclear Physicist Tied to Mousavi Jan 14, 2010 A light delay Jan 13, 2010 How Many Iranian Nuclear Physicists Are There? Jan 13, 2010 Researchers Trace HIV Mutations That Lead to Drug Resistance Jan 13, 2010 CERN looking for the 'God particle' with SOA messaging Jan 13, 2010 Across the multiverse: FSU physicist considers the big picture Jan 13, 2010 TOP 100 LIBERALS Jan 13, 2010 Chemistry? Some Convincing Required Jan 13, 2010 Dark Matter and Dark Energy Update Jan 12, 2010 Clinton seeks answer to sticky dispute with Japan Jan 12, 2010 Astronomers Get New Tools for Gravitational-Wave Detection Jan 10, 2010 Nature Physics Jan 10, 2010 Digita l'09 : Mysteries in Science Jan 10, 2010 authors & referees @ NPG Jan 10, 2010 Speakable and Unspeakable About the Copenhagen Climate Summit Jan 10, 2010 Neutrino data to flow in 2010; NOvA scientists tune design Jan 10, 2010 Big Theories> Jan 10, 2010 How to Leverage the Gravity of Your Intranet Jan 10, 2010 2009's films looked 'Up' (9) Jan 10, 2010 > read more Jan 10, 2010 EarthTalk Q&A: TV myth, sewage Jan 10, 2010
To weigh the universe, scientists use two kinds of cosmic scales: one to measure all the regular matter out there, and another to deduce how much invisible dark matter remains hidden underneath ... The project found that these faraway galactic clusters have roughly the same proportion of dark matter to regular matter as the closer galaxy groups do ... The findings could help astronomers understand more about dark matter, as well as its even stranger sibling dark energy. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Gecko's lessons transfer well Jan 26, 2010
It defies gravity as it sticks to the surface no matter how smooth it appears to be ... Rice graduate student Cary Pint has come up with a way to transfer forests of strongly aligned, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) from one surface to another any surface in a matter of minutes. (EurekAlert!)
Pitt scientist gets grant to study dark energy - Somerset - Daily American. Jeffrey Newman, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, was among 69 researchers nationwide to get the grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Gov. Parnell would award Alaska students, no matter what their financial means, scholarships based on their performance during a rigorous course load in high school. Students would have to take four years of math, four of languages, four of science and three years of social studies. (Anchorage Daily News)
Our children bring tears to our eyes no matter who they are or how old they are or what hideous things happen to them ... Editor, please correct, since Gunn needs all the help it can get in this matter ... It is quite obvious someone can step out in front of train from a seemingly normal and safe position within a matter of seconds. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
My mom was a fiercely independent and self-reliant woman - a true outsider - whose mission and values mattered more than other more material things, said Dr. Arditti s son, filmmaker Federico Muchnik of Watertown ... It doesn t matter if you are young, old, or super-intelligent. (Boston Globe)
Unfortunately for observers, much of that energy would be in the form of , which are very light neutral particles that can pass through ordinary matter without interacting, making them very difficult to detect. A small fraction of an electroweak star's output would be in the form of light, though, which is where astronomers could concentrate their efforts to observe them. (MSNBC -- Technology)
"I was intent on obtaining my goal ... no matter what it took. And it worked.". UT is where Ransom found himself a member of a team that in 1995 would detect the top quark, one of the most fundamental building blocks of matter. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
"These bubbles supply sulfur to the atmosphere, which acts as a seed for cloud droplets to form. "Climate is made up of a whole bunch of little things, including bubbles, and these little things matter because there are lots of them," Czerski said. Czerski began studying bubbles after earning a Ph.D. in a field she described as "blowing things up," which included becoming expert at high-speed photography. She then looked for disciplines in which she could apply this knowledge. "I've always been... (Science Daily)
Or, for that matter, pressure that is ten times more powerful than in an unopened bottle of champagne. This pressure functions as the virus's weapon when it attacks. (Science Daily)
In The Politically Correct University: Problems, Scope and Reforms, a collection of essays published by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative research group, Daniel Klein, an economist at George Mason University in Virginia, and Charlotta Stern, a sociologist at Stockholm University, argue that when it comes to hiring, the majority will tend to support candidates like them in the matter of fundamental beliefs, values and commitments. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
21, 2010) Weak gravitational lensing is a uniquely promising way to learn how much dark matter there is in the Universe and how its distribution has evolved since the distant past ... Their total mass includes both ordinary, visible matter like stars and dust -- what astronomers call "baryonic" matter -- plus the much more massive invisible concentrations of dark matter that form groups and clusters by pulling galaxies together ... Astronomers were able to establish an important scaling... (Science Daily)
No matter what you call it, Pluto is one interesting body, which is why NASA has a spaceship called zooming toward it and its companions even now. New Horizons, by the by, launched four years ago this past Tuesday, and is slated to arrive at Pluto in 2014. (National Geographic)
interesting wrote on Jan 20, 2010 5:17 PM:" its pretty easy: do you go with brad parsons, random pedestrian with a background in _______ (nothing relevant?), or james hansen -- a guy with a background in atmospheric physics who has been studying the climates of various planets (including earth) for 40 yrs or so?a thinking person should at least be cautious in battling an expert having credentials that essentially make that person's existence a relative non-event, let alone that person's... (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
When ionising radiation impinges on matter, large quantities of slow electrons are released. It was previously assumed that these electrons are ejected by the high-energy radiation from the electron sheath of the particle hit -- say, a water molecule. (Science Daily)
We urge comment writers to treat this as a public forum where manners matter. We encourage a collegial, non-insulting tone. (L Observateur, LA)
Made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the funds were awarded to support the founding of the Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, a research program to be built within the science center. The grant will be allocated toward the construction of the entire 155,000 square-foot facility, which is slated to open in fall 2012. (The Hoya, Washington DC)
Michael Hermele, , New States of Matter and Quantum Simulation with Ultracold Alkaline Earth Fermions. Arthi Jayaraman, University of Colorado, Theory and Simulation of Tailored Assembly in Rod-Coil Polymer Nanocomposite. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
So, it doesn t matter how much you make, they get you ... The brain drain from the teaching profession is no laughing matter, and it is ignorant attitudes that will allow it to continue ... Doesn t matter what grade level you teach. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
14, 2010) For more than two decades, the cold dark matter theory has been used by cosmologists to explain how the smooth universe born in the big bang more than 13 billion years ago evolved into the filamentary, galaxy-rich cosmic web that we see today ... There's been just one problem: the theory suggested most galaxies should have far more stars and dark matter at their cores than they actually do ... With so much mass suddenly removed from the center of the galaxy, the pull of gravity on the... (Science Daily)
Or is chaos a reference to the physical matter that comprises the cosmos. Or does it refer to visual clutter and disorganization. (Boerne Star, TX)
A U.S. intelligence official said the CIA played no role in the bombing death, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Israel's Foreign Ministry had no comment. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Physicists study matter, energy and motion ... Hau and her team instead used a material called a Bose-Einstein condensate, or BEC. This material is unusual because it does not represent any of matter s usual states: solid, liquid or gas ... It s not even a plasma, the fourth state of matter found in high-energy experiments and on the sun. (Science News for Kids)
The 50 or so who really matter are more likely to be engineers than physicists like Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, since the difficulties Iran faces in achieving nuclear capability are probably design-related (as opposed to deficiencies in theoretical understanding). The engineers might be working on pressing matters like how to make a bomb compact enough to sit on a ballistic missile. (Slate)
To better understand which mutations matter for drug resistance, the researchers compared sequences of HIV taken from patients treated with specific drugs to those from untreated patients. Using a novel statistical method, they identified clusters of mutations that seemed to be working together to help the virus escape treatment. (Science Daily)
The Higgs Boson is a hypothetical particle believed by physicists to generate mass, and thus account for the presence of visible matter in the universe. Because of its theorized importance and as-yet elusiveness, the Higgs Boson is sometimes called the "God particle." It is the only particle in the Standard Model of particle physics that has not been viewed experimentally. (Search Webservices)
"For example, if the fundamental forces that shape matter in our universe were altered even slightly, it's conceivable that atoms never would have formed, or that the element carbon, which is considered a basic building block of life as we know it, wouldn't exist. So how is it that such a perfect balance exists? Some would attribute it to God, but of course, that is outside the realm of physics." ... "Some of these results are easy to predict; for example, if there was no electromagnetic force,... (EurekAlert!)
As Ana Marie Cox twittered: No matter what happens in the Obama transition, 1 thing is for sure: Jon Favreau will still get laid as often as he wants ... No dog has influence, no matter how famous the owner, for the mere fact he/she cannot communicate policy. (The Drudge Report)
He didn t force the matter or even out right say that he was interested in a relationship with me ... Luvbug, it s not matter of trying to convince, it s just a matter of being convincing ... Raqi its just a matter of being convincing. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
One of the greatest surprises in the history of astronomy was the discovery that all the things we see in space amount to less than 1% of the universes total matter and energy. Add the hard-to-detect thin gas between galaxies, and all other forms of ordinary matter, and the total still comes to only about 4 ... A much larger 26% or so is "non-baryonic dark matter," consisting of some kind of exotic, invisible particles that don't form atoms. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
The findings are due out this month, and U.S. officials said prior to Clinton's arrival in Honolulu that they expect Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada to raise the matter in their talks Tuesday. In remarks to reporters traveling with her from Washington on Monday, Clinton played down the friction over Futenma, stressing the many other areas of long-standing cooperation between the two countries. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
9, 2007) Albert Einstein theorized that moving matter would warp the fabric of four-dimensional space-time, sending out ripples of gravity called gravitational waves. No one has observed such a phenomenon so. (Science Daily)
During galaxy formation, the condensing matter can swirl into a new star or feed a central black hole ... It may be that there exist two critical surface densities of the matter cloud: a lower limit above which star formation occurs, and a higher threshold above which black holes form ... A structure that allows neutrons to be trapped in long-lived 'whispering gallery' states provides scientists with a potentially useful tool to study the interaction of neutrons with matter. (Nature News Service)
It seems that no matter how many breakthroughs there are in modern science, life in our universe and on planet Earth is still full of mystery. Questions abound and new fields of science like biomimicry, astrophysics, nanoscience, neurobiology, biomedicine, systems science, and others are birthed to find answers. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Coverage extends from research into the fundamental properties of light and how it interacts with matter through to the latest designs of optoelectronic device and emerging applications that exploit photons. Nature Physics. (Nature News Service)
I can mention though that in recent years I have taken part in an intensive and protracted exchange of ideas on environmental topics in the forum EnergyPulse (), which specializes in matters related to the supply of and demand for electric power ... A partial explanation of this unfortunate state of affairs is that many articulate and/or influential consumers and producers believe that they have a rich choice of technological and economic means for optimizing their satisfaction in energy and... (Energy Pulse, CO)
But it could take years before the nation's largest "neutrino" detector answers the profound questions that matter to scientists ... The project may ultimately aid understanding of matter and dark matter, how the universe formed and evolved, and current astrophysical events. (EurekAlert!)
- Articles on Big Theories - maths, physics, reality, relativity, quantum. Big Theories 10 Jan 2010. (FirstScience.com)
If you look at the path of the earth, for instance, it's not one long ellipse (or circle for that matter) around the sun. The pull of the moon -- which is swinging around the earth at a relatively fast clip -- is causing small variations in the earth's distance to the sun. (IntranetJournal)
The story may be derivative but in Cameron's hands it doesn't matter; it's simply an excuse to introduce audiences to this new world and dazzle them for three hours with the most awesome and entertaining big screen spectacle since "Lord of the Rings." In an age where the Internet and television continue to fight for our attention, Cameron reinvigorated the event movie and, by pushing special-effects technology to its limit, reassured us that nothing is impossible in movies anymore ... But given... (Shelby Twp Advisor & Source, MI)
com - Homepage News - Dark Matter and Dark Energy: New Results ... Dark Matter and Dark Energy: New Results ... One of the greatest surprises in the history of astronomy was the discovery that all the things we see in space amount to less than 1% of the universes total matter and energy. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Returns to the Columbia River, the regions biggest salmon producer, were on the increase," reports Dennis Hull, an Oregon-based fishing guide and a contributor to Oregon Fishing News. Coho returns in Oregon and points north were also on the upswing, allowing some commercial and recreational fishing off the coasts of Oregon and Washington. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that 2009s Columbia River Coho salmon run, numbering some 700,000 fish, was the biggest since... (MSNBC -- Environment)
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