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20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. KJV: Philippians 3:20-21
20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. NASB: Philippians 3:20-21
20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. NIV: Philippians 3:20-21
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10And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. KJV: Matthew 9:10-13
10Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. 11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?" 12But when Jesus heard this, He said, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 13"But go and learn what this means: 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." NASB: Matthew 9:10-13
10While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with him and his disciples. 11When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" 12On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." NIV: Matthew 9:10-13
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42But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. 43But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: KJV: Mark 10:42-43
42Calling them to Himself, Jesus said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them. 43"But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; NASB: Mark 10:42-43
42Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, NIV: Mark 10:42-43
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As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. KJV: Psalms 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. NASB: Psalms 103:12
as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. NIV: Psalms 103:12
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- Precision M4500: Dell Unleashes the World's Most Powerful 15.6-inch Mobile Workstation (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:40:01 EST)
The Dell Precision M4500 is the world's most powerful 15.6" mobile workstation with Intel Core i7 Extreme edition processor and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M GFX graphics solution.
- Obesity and alcohol act together to increase the risk of liver disease (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:01 EST)
Two studies published in the British Medical Journal today show that obesity and alcohol act together to increase the risk of liver disease in both men and women.
- Effects of lifestyle and exposures are mirrored in blood gene expression (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:00:01 EST)
A study by Norwegian and French researchers hopes to provide new understanding of how blood cells adjust gene expression in response to various clinical, biochemical and pathological conditions. The Norwegian Woman and Cancer (NOWAC) postgenome study, published March 12 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, highlights numerous blood gene sets affected by one's physical condition, lifestyle factors and exposure variables.
- Enabling women to use home test kits could increase HPV detection (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:50:01 EST)
More high risk cases of human papilloma virus (HPV) could be detected by offering home testing kits to women who do not come forward for cervical screening, according to research published in the British Medical Journal today.
- Hubert's remnants still raining on southern Madagascar (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:40:01 EST)
Hubert may not be a tropical storm now that it has made landfall in southeastern Madagascar, but it's still a formidable and large storm system. NASA's Aqua satellite revealed that there are still some very high, strong thunderstorms in Hubert's remnants as it continues to bring rains and gusty winds to southeast and south-central Madagascar.
- RASICAM: The Little Infrared Camera that Could (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:30:01 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Perched on a peak high in the Chilean Andes, 2200 meters above sea level, the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory has an enviable view of the night sky. In 2011, the Dark Energy Survey collaboration will install the largest digital camera ever built inside the Cerro Tololo dome to gaze deep into the universe. And sitting nearby, gazing at something a little closer to earth, will be the SLAC-built Radiometric All Sky Infrared Camera, or RASICAM.
- Second only south Atlantic tropical storm: 90Q, moving away from Brazil (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:20:02 EST)
Tropical Storm 90Q is the second known tropical cyclone to form in the cooler South Atlantic Ocean, and two NASA satellites confirm it is now moving away from Brazil's coast. The first tropical cyclone ever seen in recorded history in the Southern Atlantic was called "Catarina" in 2004.
- Italy to host Europe's biggest solar plant: company (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:20:02 EST)
Europe's most powerful solar power plant is set to start operations in Italy later this year, the US company building the installation on an area as large as 120 football pitches said on Thursday.
- Chopper Crash Test a Smash Hit (w/ Video) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:20:01 EST)
The second crash test of a small lightweight helicopter at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., was a smashing success, literally -- just as engineers had predicted.
- Text message erasing application goes international (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:02 EST)
A California start-up on Thursday went international with a TigerText iPhone application that lets people kill embarrassing text messages after they have been sent out.
- Contraceptive pill not associated with increased long-term risk of death (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:01 EST)
Women in the UK who have ever used the oral contraceptive pill are less likely to die from any cause, including all cancers and heart disease, compared with never users, according to research published in the British Medical Journal today.
- Yellow fever strikes monkey populations in South America (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:50:01 EST)
A group of Argentine scientists, including health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society, have announced that yellow fever is the culprit in a 2007-2008 die-off of howler monkeys in northeastern Argentina, a finding that underscores the importance of paying attention to the health of wildlife and how the health of people and wild nature are so closely linked.
- Barrier in mosquito midgut protects invading pathogens (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:50:01 EST)
Scientists studying the Anopheles gambiae mosquito - the main vector of malaria - have found that when the mosquito takes a blood meal, that act triggers two enzymes to form a network of crisscrossing proteins around the ingested blood. The formation of this protein barrier, the researchers found, is part of the normal digestive process that allows so-called "healthy" or commensal gut bacteria to grow without activating mosquito immune responses. But there is a downside: The barrier also prevents the mosquito's immune defense system from clearing any disease-causing agents that may have slipped into the blood meal, such as the Plasmodium malaria parasite, which in turn can be passed on to humans.
- VeriSign to spend more than $300M on tech upgrades (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:43 EST)
VeriSign Inc. -- whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites -- says it plans to pour more than $300 million over the next decade into upgrading its infrastructure.
- Minnesota researchers discover how electricity moves through cells (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:33:53 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a molecular image of a system that moves electrons between proteins in cells. The achievement is a breakthrough for biology and could provide insights to minimize energy loss in other systems, from nanoscale devices to moving electricity around the country.
- Rethinking guidelines for treating high blood pressure: Variability is a risk factor too (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:01 EST)
Hypertension is the most prevalent treatable risk factor for stroke. One in two adults are affected by it, and the risk of being hypertensive during a lifetime is about 90%. Despite this, the underlying mechanisms by which raised blood pressure can cause cardiovascular disease are poorly understood. Clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension focus heavily on mean systolic blood pressure.
- Children with chronic respiratory illness are vulnerable to critical H1N1 (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:27:00 EST)
As critical care professionals develop a better understanding of the progression of H1N1, they are becoming better prepared to treat children with severe cases, according to a new study that will be published in the March issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM).
- Researchers characterize stem cell function (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:25:32 EST)
The promise of stem cells lies in their unique ability to differentiate into a multitude of different types of cells. But in order to determine how to use stem cells for new therapeutics, scientists and engineers need to answer a fundamental question: if a stem cell changes to look like a certain type of cell, how do we know if it will behave like a certain type of cell?
- Tropical Storm Tomas calls for alerts in south Pacific (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:25:00 EST)
System 97P was looking pretty impressive on NASA satellite imagery early today, March 11, and by 10 a.m. ET, it strengthened into Tropical Storm Tomas.
- New study debunks myths about Amazon rain forests (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:34 EST)
A new NASA-funded study has concluded that Amazon rain forests were remarkably unaffected in the face of once-in-a-century drought in 2005, neither dying nor thriving, contrary to a previously published report and claims by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
- New charging method could greatly reduce battery recharge time (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:22:58 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Part of the headache of having to constantly recharge batteries is not just how often they need to be charged, but also the time it takes to charge them. In a new study, researchers have proposed a charging method that could greatly reduce the charging time of lithium-ion batteries, which are used in everything from electronic devices to electric vehicles. The new method uses an additional oscillating electric field (besides the charging field) that should be capable of charging a lithium-ion battery in a fraction of the time compared with traditional methods.
- Signal proteins for plant stem cells discovered (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:44:03 EST)
Wageningen University (The Netherlands) biochemist Dolf Weijers and his German colleagues have discovered how stem cells in a plant embryo are formed. The cells communicate with one another via the transportation of a protein, reports Weijers this week in Nature.
- Three FASTSAT Instruments Pass Tests (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:30:01 EST)
The outer layers of Earth's atmosphere hold many secrets yet to be uncovered and three scientific instruments will fly soon on the FASTSAT-HSV01 satellite and seek to uncover them to benefit us here on Earth. Known as MINI-ME, PISA and TTI, these instruments recently passed a series of important final tests to prove their readiness for spaceflight.
- Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis? (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:21:50 EST)
Pictures of widespread devastation leave no doubt: Last month's 8.8 magnitude earthquake in coastal Chile was extremely strong. Indeed, say NASA scientists, it might have shifted the axis of Earth itself.
- Highlight: Nanopatterning of Graphene (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:01 EST)
Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at Argonne National Laboratory users from Politecnico di Milano in Italy, working collaboratively with researchers in the Electronic & Magnetic Materials & Devices Group, have demonstrated the reversible and local modification of the electronic properties of graphene by hydrogen passivation and subsequent electron-stimulated hydrogen desorption with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip.
- Proposed Mission Would Return Sample from Asteroid 'Time Capsule' (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:16:57 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Meet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. It also might hit us someday.
- Slick, slim rail design to unclog city routes (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:10:56 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A driverless, electric-powered light rail system designed to whisk commuters more efficiently around central Auckland (New Zealand) and across the harbour bridge could appeal to people who snub existing public transport, says its creator.
- Report finds online censorship more sophisticated (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:54:26 EST)
Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday.
- Getting WISE About Nemesis (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:30 EST)
Is our Sun part of a binary star system? An unseen companion star, nicknamed 'Nemesis,' may be sending comets towards Earth. If Nemesis exists, NASA's new WISE telescope should be able to spot it.
- Scientists Find New Way to Get Physical in the Fight Against Cancer (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:39:09 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Berkeley Lab researchers have shown that the biochemical activity of a key player in cancer metastasis can be altered by the application of a direct physical force. This new way in which cells can sense and respond to physical forces presents a new road for future cancer therapies.
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- New charging method could greatly reduce battery recharge time (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:22:58 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Part of the headache of having to constantly recharge batteries is not just how often they need to be charged, but also the time it takes to charge them. In a new study, researchers have proposed a charging method that could greatly reduce the charging time of lithium-ion batteries, which are used in everything from electronic devices to electric vehicles. The new method uses an additional oscillating electric field (besides the charging field) that should be capable of charging a lithium-ion battery in a fraction of the time compared with traditional methods.
- Can we detect quantum behaviour in viruses? (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:21 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The weird world of quantum mechanics describes the strange, often contradictory, behaviour of small inanimate objects such as atoms. Researchers have now started looking for ways to detect quantum properties in more complex and larger entities, possibly even living organisms.
- Using quantum smoothing for optical phase estimation (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:02:45 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- "There are many situations where we need to measure the classical properties of a quantum system," Elanor Huntington tells PhysOrg.com. "Optical phase estimation is one of these techniques, and it is central to applications where quantum beams of light are used, such as for gravitational wave detectors, quantum computing and quantum key distribution. Greater precision in measurements is important in this area, and that is what we have been working on."
- Study validates general relativity on cosmic scale, existence of dark matter (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:05 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- An analysis of more than 70,000 galaxies by University of California, Berkeley, University of Zurich and Princeton University physicists demonstrates that the universe - at least up to a distance of 3.5 billion light years from Earth - plays by the rules set out 95 years ago by Albert Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity.
- Large Hadron Collider set for high speed bash by early April: CERN (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:22:27 EST)
The world's most powerful atom smasher will be brought up to unprecedented power by early April, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said on Wednesday.
- Cryogenic electron emission phenomenon has no known physics explanation (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:30:02 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- At very cold temperatures, in the absence of light, a photomultiplier will spontaneously emit single electrons. The phenomenon, which is called "cryogenic electron emission," was first observed nearly 50 years ago. Although scientists know of a few causes for electron emission without light (also called the dark rate) - including heat, an electric field, and ionizing radiation - none of these can account for cryogenic emission. Usually, physicists consider these dark electron events undesirable, since the purpose of a photomultiplier is to detect photons by producing respective electrons as a result of the photoelectric effect.
- Hydrocarbon superconductor created (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:01 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Okayama University in Japan have discovered that the hydrocarbon picene can be made to superconduct when potassium atoms are interspersed with the picene crystals and the doped picene is cooled.
- Quantum Walk in Laboratory (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:46:56 EST)
A team of physicists headed by Christian Roos and Rainer Blatt from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences realize a quantum walk in a quantum system with up to 23 steps. It is the first time that this quantum process using trapped ions is demonstrated in detail.
- Quantum cryptography protocol doesn`t require shared reference frames (Update) (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:22:55 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum cryptography, which enables two parties to communicate with each other with unconditional security, has begun to be implemented by some governments, banks, and other corporations with high-security requirements. However, certain applications of quantum cryptography, such as satellite links, have proved to be challenging, partly due to a key requirement of quantum key distribution: that the two parties must have a shared reference frame.
- How to see through opaque materials (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:10:02 EST)
New experiments show that it's possible to focus light through opaque materials and detect objects hidden behind them, provided you know enough about the material.
- All may look smooth, but there are 'bumps' along the way: Scientists describe how friction works (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:24:52 EST)
Friction in human relations is all too obvious and prevalent, but friction in physics has had a "secret life" of its own that has now been revealed by scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- Geneva atom smasher seeks dark matter discoveries (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:46:33 EST)
(AP) -- The world's largest atom smasher could generate its first scientific breakthrough later this year when operators hope to make discoveries into the elusive nature of dark matter, the director of the European Organization for Nuclear Research said Monday.
- Single photon solid-state memory for telecommunications (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:20:01 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the issues associated with quantum information schemes revolves around the ability to develop quantum memories that allow for the retrieval of information on demand. Overcoming this issue is especially important for the advancement of long distance telecommunications. In order to use quantum means to send information over long distance, it is necessary to implement quantum repeaters so that data is not destroyed due to the absorption loss in optical fibers.
- Einstein's theory of relativity on display for first time (Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:46:08 EST)
In a darkened room in Jerusalem, the world was given a rare glimpse Sunday into the mind of Albert Einstein as he worked to unlock the secrets of the universe.
- Physicists unlock the mysteries of crack formation (Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:50:01 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In research published in the March 4 issue of the journal Nature, Northeastern University physicists have pioneered the development of large-scale computer simulations to assess how cracks form and proliferate in materials ranging from steel and glass to nanostructures and human bones.
- From two-trillion-degree heat, researchers create new matter -- and new questions (Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:00:05 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A worldwide team of researchers have for the first time created a particle that is believed to have been in existence immediately after the creation of the universe - the so-called "Big Bang" - and it could lead to new questions and answers about some of the basic laws of physics because in essence, it creates a new form of matter.
- IBM Scientists Create Ultra-Fast Device Which Uses Light for Communication between Computer Chips (Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:39:01 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists today unveiled a significant step towards replacing electrical signals that communicate via copper wires between computer chips with tiny silicon circuits that communicate using pulses of light. As reported in the recent issue of the scientific journal Nature, this is an important advancement in changing the way computer chips talk to each other.
- Detecting proton collisions at unprecedented levels of energy (Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:48:34 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- CERN has been able to take the first measurements of collisions between the highest-energy particles ever generated. These collisions were performed at CERN's new LHC accelerator and recorded with the CMS Experiment, which involved a key component (the barrel pixel detector) contributed by the Paul Scherrer Institute in collaboration with Swiss Universities. The first LHC operation in Dezember 2009 has now resulted in a first particle physics publications of the CMS experiment. This is after a remarkable short time , given the compexity and the size of this gigantic experiment with over 3000 physicists and engineers from close to 40 countries.
- 'Microrings' could nix wires for communications in homes, offices (Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:23:32 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers have developed a miniature device capable of converting ultrafast laser pulses into bursts of radio-frequency signals, a step toward making wires obsolete for communications in the homes and offices of the future.
- Measuring material hotter than the sun (Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:40:02 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Three Vanderbilt physicists are members of the scientific team that have reported creating an exotic state of matter with a temperature of four trillion degrees Celsius. It's the hottest temperature ever achieved in a laboratory and 250,000 times hotter than the heart of the sun.
- New device for ultrafast optical communications (Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:57:57 EST)
A new device invented by engineers at UC Davis could make it much faster to convert pulses of light into electronic signals and back again. The technology could be applied to ultrafast, high-capacity communications, imaging of the Earth's surface and for encrypting secure messages.
- Physicist writes a better formula to predict baseball success (Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:50:06 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Kerry Whisnant, Iowa State University physicist, studies the mysteries of the neutrino, the elementary particle that usually passes right through ordinary matter such as baseballs and home-run sluggers.
- Antifreeze proteins can stop ice melt, new study finds (Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:13 EST)
The same antifreeze proteins that keep organisms from freezing in cold environments also can prevent ice from melting at warmer temperatures, according to a new Ohio University and Queen's University study published today in the Early Edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Template engineering demonstrates possibilities of new superconducting material (Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:40:02 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A breakthrough approach by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and their collaborators in fabricating thin films of a new superconducting material has yielded promising results: The material has a current-carrying potential 500 times that of previous experiments, making it significant for a variety of practical applications.
- Greener memory from random motion (Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:14:53 EST)
Random thermal fluctuations in magnetic memory can be harnessed to reduce the energy required to store information, according to an experiment reported in the current issue of Physical Review Letters. The development could lead to computer memory that operates at significantly lower power than conventional devices. Markus Münzenberg of Universität Göttingen and Jagadeesh Moodera of MIT describe the potential route to greener magnetic memory in a Viewpoint in the latest issue of APS Physics.
- NPL makes light work of home grooming (Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:01:40 EST)
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the University of Dundee recently assessed the light emitted by a home-use intense-pulsed light (IPL) hair reduction system and confirmed that it is safe. This confirmation is important, as IPL devices must meet the necessary safety guidelines, to ensure users are protected in the case of accidental exposure to the human eye.
- Long-distance quantum communication gets closer as physicists increase light storage efficiency by an order of magnitude (Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:10:01 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new demonstration of reversible light storage, physicists have achieved storage efficiencies of more than a magnitude greater than those offered by previous techniques. The new method could be useful for designing quantum repeaters, which are necessary for achieving long-distance quantum communication.
- World's most powerful atom smasher restarts: CERN (Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:14:14 EST)
Scientists have restarted the world's most powerful atom-smasher overnight, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Sunday, as they launch a new bid to uncover the secrets of the universe.
- Researchers Rediscover the Structure of Water (Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:45:58 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource has found the molecular structure of water to be more complex than recently thought, suggesting that molecular models that went out of fashion decades ago may be in fact more accurate than recent ones.
- Quantum measurement precision approaches Heisenberg limit (Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:00:01 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the classical world, scientists can make measurements with a degree of accuracy that is restricted only by technical limitations. At the fundamental level, however, measurement precision is limited by Heisenberg`s uncertainty principle. But even reaching a precision close to the Heisenberg limit is far beyond existing technology due to source and detector limitations.
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- Hubert's remnants still raining on southern Madagascar (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:40:01 EST)
Hubert may not be a tropical storm now that it has made landfall in southeastern Madagascar, but it's still a formidable and large storm system. NASA's Aqua satellite revealed that there are still some very high, strong thunderstorms in Hubert's remnants as it continues to bring rains and gusty winds to southeast and south-central Madagascar.
- RASICAM: The Little Infrared Camera that Could (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:30:01 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Perched on a peak high in the Chilean Andes, 2200 meters above sea level, the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory has an enviable view of the night sky. In 2011, the Dark Energy Survey collaboration will install the largest digital camera ever built inside the Cerro Tololo dome to gaze deep into the universe. And sitting nearby, gazing at something a little closer to earth, will be the SLAC-built Radiometric All Sky Infrared Camera, or RASICAM.
- Second only south Atlantic tropical storm: 90Q, moving away from Brazil (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:20:02 EST)
Tropical Storm 90Q is the second known tropical cyclone to form in the cooler South Atlantic Ocean, and two NASA satellites confirm it is now moving away from Brazil's coast. The first tropical cyclone ever seen in recorded history in the Southern Atlantic was called "Catarina" in 2004.
- Chopper Crash Test a Smash Hit (w/ Video) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:20:01 EST)
The second crash test of a small lightweight helicopter at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., was a smashing success, literally -- just as engineers had predicted.
- Tropical Storm Tomas calls for alerts in south Pacific (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:25:00 EST)
System 97P was looking pretty impressive on NASA satellite imagery early today, March 11, and by 10 a.m. ET, it strengthened into Tropical Storm Tomas.
- New study debunks myths about Amazon rain forests (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:34 EST)
A new NASA-funded study has concluded that Amazon rain forests were remarkably unaffected in the face of once-in-a-century drought in 2005, neither dying nor thriving, contrary to a previously published report and claims by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
- Three FASTSAT Instruments Pass Tests (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:30:01 EST)
The outer layers of Earth's atmosphere hold many secrets yet to be uncovered and three scientific instruments will fly soon on the FASTSAT-HSV01 satellite and seek to uncover them to benefit us here on Earth. Known as MINI-ME, PISA and TTI, these instruments recently passed a series of important final tests to prove their readiness for spaceflight.
- Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis? (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:21:50 EST)
Pictures of widespread devastation leave no doubt: Last month's 8.8 magnitude earthquake in coastal Chile was extremely strong. Indeed, say NASA scientists, it might have shifted the axis of Earth itself.
- Proposed Mission Would Return Sample from Asteroid 'Time Capsule' (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:16:57 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Meet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. It also might hit us someday.
- Getting WISE About Nemesis (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:30 EST)
Is our Sun part of a binary star system? An unseen companion star, nicknamed 'Nemesis,' may be sending comets towards Earth. If Nemesis exists, NASA's new WISE telescope should be able to spot it.
- Cassini Data Show Ice and Rock Mixture Inside Titan (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:52:19 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- By precisely tracking NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its low swoops over Saturn's moon Titan, scientists have determined the distribution of materials in the moon's interior. The subtle gravitational tugs they measured suggest the interior has been too cold and sluggish to split completely into separate layers of ice and rock.
- Space station could operate until 2028, says consortium (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:04:10 EST)
The consortium of agencies building the International Space Station (ISS) wants to see if the orbital outpost can operate until 2028, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday.
- Aquatic 'dead zones' contributing to climate change (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:07 EST)
The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived "dead zones" along the world's coasts can negatively impact environmental conditions in far more than just local waters. In the March 12 edition of the journal Science, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science oceanographer Dr. Lou Codispoti explains that the increased amount of nitrous oxide (N2O) produced in low-oxygen (hypoxic) waters can elevate concentrations in the atmosphere, further exacerbating the impacts of global warming and contributing to ozone "holes" that cause an increase in our exposure to harmful UV radiation.
- Survey shows lack of confidence in national hurricane response planning (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:45:40 EST)
According to a study recently completed by an LSU group charged with conducting studies on improving hurricane crisis communication in coastal communities, many families have a well-developed hurricane response plan of their own but have little faith in the preparation developed at higher government levels.
- Shocking recipe for making killer electrons (w/ Video) (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:02:12 EST)
Take a bunch of fast-moving electrons, place them in orbit and then hit them with the shock waves from a solar storm. What do you get? Killer electrons. That's the shocking recipe revealed by ESA's Cluster mission.
- Deforestation conference to turn plans to action (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:00:01 EST)
(AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change.
- More maize ethanol may boost greenhouse gas emissions (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:53:53 EST)
In the March issue of BioScience, researchers present a sophisticated new analysis of the effects of boosting use of maize-derived ethanol on greenhouse gas emissions. The study, conducted by Thomas W. Hertel of Purdue University and five co-authors, focuses on how mandated increases in production of the biofuel in the United States will trigger land-use changes domestically and elsewhere. In response to the increased demand for maize, farmers convert additional land to crops, and this conversion can boost carbon dioxide emissions.
- Dutch capital to be put on trial over ICoast waste dump (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:10:01 EST)
The city of Amsterdam is to be prosecuted over the dumping of toxic waste by a ship in Ivory Coast in 2006, the Supreme Court has ruled in a decision made available Wednesday.
- Low strengthens into Hubert, making landfall in Madagascar (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:40:20 EST)
The low that forecasters were watching for development yesterday, March 9, strengthened into Tropical Storm Hubert, and is already making landfall in eastern Madagascar.
- 90Q: A curious short-lived 'tropical' cyclone in the southern Atlantic (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:20:01 EST)
Tropical cyclones typically don't form in the Southern Atlantic because the waters are usually too cool. However, forecasters at the Naval Research Laboratory noted that a low pressure system off the coast of Brazil appeared to have tropical storm-force winds yesterday.
- Prehistoric response to global warming informs human planning today (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:01:30 EST)
Since 2004, University at Buffalo anthropologist Ezra Zubrow has worked intensively with teams of scientists in the Arctic regions of St. James Bay, Quebec, northern Finland and Kamchatka to understand how humans living 4,000 to 6,000 years ago reacted to climate changes.
- Mysterious Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Tracked Deeper into Universe (w/ Video) (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:43:34 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Distant galaxy clusters mysteriously stream at a million miles per hour along a path roughly centered on the southern constellations Centaurus and Hydra. A new study led by Alexander Kashlinsky at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., tracks this collective motion -- dubbed the "dark flow" -- to twice the distance originally reported.
- Alternative Energy Crops in Space (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:24:27 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- What if space held the key to producing alternative energy crops on Earth? That's what researchers are hoping to find in a new experiment on the International Space Station.
- NoMix toilets get thumbs-up in 7 European countries (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:20:01 EST)
People in seven European countries have positive attitudes toward a new eco-friendly toilet that could substantially reduce pollution problems and conserve water and nutrients, scientists in Switzerland are reporting. Their article, which calls on authorities to give wider support for the innovative toilet technology, is in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology.
- New study shows how farms can lower emissions (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:50:01 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint report from the law schools at UC Berkeley and UCLA recommends ways that farmers and ranchers can mitigate the impact of climate change. "Room to Grow" identifies barriers to lowering emissions and proposes concrete steps to overcome them.
- World crude oil production may peak a decade earlier than some predict (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:40:01 EST)
In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil and intensify the search for alternative fuel sources, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014 - almost a decade earlier than some other predictions. Their study is in ACS' Energy & Fuels.
- The smell of salt air, a mile high and 900 miles inland (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:03 EST)
The smell of sea salt in the air is a romanticized feature of life along a seacoast. Wind and waves kick up spray, and bits of sodium chloride - common table salt - can permeate the air.
- Study shows 'plausible' connection between DFW quakes, saltwater injection well (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:56:32 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of seismic activity near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport by researchers from Southern Methodist University and UT-Austin reveals that the operation of a saltwater injection disposal well in the area was a "plausible cause" for the series of small earthquakes that occurred in the area between Oct. 30, 2008, and May 16, 2009.
- Explained: Radiative forcing (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:37:17 EST)
When people talk about global warming or the greenhouse effect, the main underlying scientific concept that describes the process is radiative forcing. And despite all the recent controversy over leaked emails and charges of poorly sourced references in the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the basic concept of radiative forcing is one on which scientists -- whatever their views on global warming or the IPCC -- all seem to agree. Disagreements come into play in determining the actual value of that number.
- Historic Deep Space Network Antenna Starts Major Surgery (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:01 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The rigorous engineering plans call for lifting about 4 million kilograms (9 million pounds) of finely tuned scientific instruments a height of about 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) so workers can replace the steel runner, walls and supporting grout. This is the first time the runner has been replaced on the Mars antenna.
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- Italy to host Europe's biggest solar plant: company (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:20:02 EST)
Europe's most powerful solar power plant is set to start operations in Italy later this year, the US company building the installation on an area as large as 120 football pitches said on Thursday.
- Text message erasing application goes international (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:02 EST)
A California start-up on Thursday went international with a TigerText iPhone application that lets people kill embarrassing text messages after they have been sent out.
- VeriSign to spend more than $300M on tech upgrades (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:43 EST)
VeriSign Inc. -- whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites -- says it plans to pour more than $300 million over the next decade into upgrading its infrastructure.
- Slick, slim rail design to unclog city routes (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:10:56 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A driverless, electric-powered light rail system designed to whisk commuters more efficiently around central Auckland (New Zealand) and across the harbour bridge could appeal to people who snub existing public transport, says its creator.
- Report finds online censorship more sophisticated (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:54:26 EST)
Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday.
- Blog follows restoration of Van Gogh artwork (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:40:01 EST)
A new blog will allow art lovers to follow the restoration, step by step, of Dutch post impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh's famous "The Bedroom", the Van Gogh Museum said Thursday.
- Recognition Technology to Transform Mobile Devices (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:20:02 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- UT Dallas researchers are working with Texas Instruments Inc. and GetFugu Inc. to enable next-generation human-device interaction (HDI) technologies that merge a physical, real-world environment with virtual, computer-generated imagery on mobile devices.
- Feds pledge tough review of Comcast-NBC deal (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:03:28 EST)
(AP) -- Federal regulators are pledging a rigorous review of the proposed combination of Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal.
- Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:01 EST)
(AP) -- Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled.
- Back to the future for computers: A return to the 1980s? (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:01 EST)
A presentation at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) in San Diego on March 24 will examine the technologies that will emerge in the next three to four years to power warehouse-scale computing data centers, upon which companies such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, and many more are increasingly relying.
- Google translation app could break language barriers via phone (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:20:05 EST)
Whether it's C-3PO, the fastidious Star Wars droid fluent in 6 million languages, or Star Trek's invisible but convenient "universal translator," the miracle interpreter has been a favorite device of science fiction.
- Google's stated list of competitors grows from two to 10 (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:10:01 EST)
Google sees an Internet far more crowded with competitors than just a year ago. At least, that's what the company is telling government regulators.
- New phish twist directs Craigslist users to fake eBay site (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:01 EST)
A new phishing scam is using the classified advertising Web site Craigslist to lure potential buyers to a fake version of the online auction site eBay.
- Google's library project forces important media decisions (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:01 EST)
Sometime in the near future, a federal judge will decide whether Google can proceed with its plan to create a digital library and bookstore out of millions of old books scanned from libraries around the world.
- New social network is like Twitter with a twist (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:41:17 EST)
If you're just getting comfortable with Facebook and Twitter, you might want to brace yourself: Foursquare, the hottest among a rising new class of social networks, is gaining ground.
- Media need multiple platforms, revenue streams to thrive (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:04:11 EST)
Multiple platforms and revenue streams are going to be key for media industry players hoping to survive and thrive in the fast-changing digital landscape, top media executives said here Wednesday.
- US military developing geolocation system for underground (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:53:34 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The US military is studying the feasibility of a system that could allow them to accurately navigate in enemy underground tunnels, an environment in which GPS does not work.
- Huge 'botnet' amputated, but criminals reconnect (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:20:01 EST)
(AP) -- The sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially millions of personal computers under their control.
- New platforms open door to innovation in video gaming (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:50:01 EST)
After struggling in recent years to adjust to its last revolution, the video game industry is now being shaken by another one.
- MySpace upping ante in online social games (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:30:01 EST)
MySpace on Wednesday began courting videogame developers as it moved to capitalize on the booming popularity of playing games online at social networks.
- Bing gains US search market share for ninth straight month (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:30:15 EST)
Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing slightly increased its share of the US search market in February, the ninth straight month of modest gains, online tracking firm comScore said Wednesday.
- Cable, sat TV firms ask gov't to stop TV blackouts (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:10:02 EST)
(AP) --The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards. About 15 minutes into the show, a scrolling announcement told viewers that a tentative agreement had been reached.
- Conquering the chaos in modern, multiprocessor computers (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:11:12 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computers should not play dice. That, to paraphrase Einstein, is the feeling of a University of Washington computer scientist with a simple manifesto: If you enter the same computer command, you should get back the same result. Unfortunately, that is far from the case with many of today's machines. Beneath their smooth exteriors, modern computers behave in wildly unpredictable ways, said Luis Ceze, a UW assistant professor of computer science and engineering.
- Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:50:03 EST)
(AP) -- Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.
- Global agency reconsiders '.xxx' for porn sites (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:16:08 EST)
(AP) -- A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.
- New Sensor to Drastically Cut Water Usage During Chip Making Process (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:10:01 EST)
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), University of Arizona and Arizona State University researchers have shown a new, exclusive way to dramatically conserve the amount of water needed to manufacture semiconductors. Using a unique device called Electro-Chemical Residue Sensor (ECRS), it allows for clean, rinse and dry process optimization that helps make semiconductor facilities more efficient, sustainable and cost-effective.
- BBC Science Team Builds Coffee Fueled Car... The Carpuccino (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:06:50 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Think you need a lot of coffee to get going in the morning? How about 56 espressos? That`s the kind of power the experimental car, the "Carpuccino," needs just to travel one mile!
- Machine-learning revolutionises software development (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:01:38 EST)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Automation technology has revolutionised the fine-tuning needed to maximise software performance on devices such as mobile phones.
- OnLive game streaming service to start in June (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:50:02 EST)
(AP) -- In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular games over the Internet in June, similar to checking Web-based e-mail or listening to music online.
- Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: report (Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:08:02 EST)
The United States could source 10 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2030, a report said Tuesday, winning support from a US lawmaker who wants to boost the number of US solar panels.
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