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Month: September 2013

NASA launching 3D printer into space.

30 September 2013 grant 0

ABC (the American network) asks why send a toolbox into orbit when you can send one tool that makes all the other ones?:

In NASA labs, engineers are 3-D printing small satellites that could

… Read the rest “NASA launching 3D printer into space.”

Science Art: Sangüesa, S. Maria La Real, Portal, Queens on West Side, by Georgiana Goddard King, 1915.

29 September 2013 grant 0

Sanguesa

A plate from the American Journal of Archaeology, Volume 19, “French Figure Sculpture on Some Early Spanish Churches.”

Photographed from below a deep basement. That’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Sangüesa, S. Maria La Real, Portal, Queens on West Side, by Georgiana Goddard King, 1915.”

Curiosity found water on Mars. Like, a lot.

27 September 2013 grant 0

Space.com has more on the Wet Red Planet:

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has found that surface soil on the Red Planet contains about 2 percent water by weight. That means astronaut pioneers

… Read the rest “Curiosity found water on Mars. Like, a lot.”

Jaws. (As in what you eat with.) This fish had ’em first.

26 September 2013 grant 0

ABC (the Australian one) reveals a whale of a prehistoric puzzle piece – or at least a missing link that paleontologists have finally reeled in:

A team of scientists, including an

… Read the rest “Jaws. (As in what you eat with.) This fish had ’em first.”

Catch a snooze, take a whiff and conquer fear.

25 September 2013 grant 0

Washington Post rousingly reports on a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and, um, aromatic approach to deep-seated anxiety – with a psychological trick to beat fear with smells while … Read the rest “Catch a snooze, take a whiff and conquer fear.”

SONG: “Better Man”

23 September 2013 grant 0

SONG: “Better Man” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Just thinking about science triggers moral behavior,”… Read the rest “SONG: “Better Man””

Science Art: Beetle (ASIC) by Sven Loechner

22 September 2013 grant 0

Beetle_ASIC

The Beetle (ASIC) is a chip designed for the Large Hadron Collider, the giant particle accelerator designed to recreate the Big Bang.

It’s part of the quark-detection equipment … Read the rest “Science Art: Beetle (ASIC) by Sven Loechner”

Stay in bed for 70 days, get paid $18,000, help the cause of space exploration. Hat trick!

21 September 2013 grant 0

Outside has an enticing offer for the world’s fittest couch potatoes and La-Z-Boy astronauts. A new NASA project wants YOU to lie in bed for 70 days:

According to NASA news chief Kelly

… Read the rest “Stay in bed for 70 days, get paid $18,000, help the cause of space exploration. Hat trick!”

Music sharpens your brain responses.

20 September 2013 grant 0

Laboratory Equipment investigates the connection between musical training and quick brain responses:

Scientists have long known that moving to a steady beat requires synchronization

… Read the rest “Music sharpens your brain responses.”

When robots get 21-gun salutes.

19 September 2013 grant 0

PBS is holding a conversation with Reddit about anthropomorphism and what happens when soldiers start treating their machines like comrades – tools with personalities:

“They

… Read the rest “When robots get 21-gun salutes.”

Green cement is strong cement. Sweet, strong cement.

18 September 2013 grant 0

Laboratory Equipment reports on byproduct of the sugar industry that happens to make a more effective, environmentally friendly cement:

New research from the Niels Bohr Institute shows

… Read the rest “Green cement is strong cement. Sweet, strong cement.”

The scientific secrets of whale earwax.

17 September 2013 grant 0

You want to learn about the hidden history of the ocean? Look within, Nature says… within the earwax of a mighty blue whale:

The team, led by Sascha Usenko, a environmental scientist

… Read the rest “The scientific secrets of whale earwax.”

3D smartphone display, no glasses required.

16 September 2013 grant 0

We’re getting closer to having hologram projectors in our pockets, as befits people living in the future. PhysOrg reports on the latest step – a system that converts mobile-device… Read the rest “3D smartphone display, no glasses required.”

Science Art: Saturn V S-II (Stage Two), NASA illustration.

15 September 2013 grant 0

793px-Saturn_V_second_stage

This is the second stage of the Saturn V rocket – where liquid hydrogen and smoked salmon liquid oxygen were combined to make fuel and deliver 1,000,000 pounds-force of thrust to the… Read the rest “Science Art: Saturn V S-II (Stage Two), NASA illustration.”

Living gears found in little bug’s legs.

13 September 2013 grant 0

This was all over Reddit and ScienceDaily today, because it’s cool. Biologists have found the first example of machine-like gears in a living organism, a critter called an adolescent… Read the rest “Living gears found in little bug’s legs.”

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