Flouride drinking water test. A must see! And here's a DIY water distiller. I'm going to start construction of this device. http://www.greenoptimistic.com/homemade-water-distiller/#.V-GjotTD_mg Stay healthy.
New Drug Inspires Real Hope for Alzheimer’s Cure Sep 20, 2016 Scientists are showing cautious excitement for a new drug that has been shown to destroy the characteristic protein plaques that build up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. Experts are hesitant because the drug, aducanumab, is still in the early stages of development. However, a study published in Nature magazine has declared it safe and effective at significantly reducing memory decline. Larger studies are now under way to fully evaluate the drug’s effects. The study included 165 patients with early stages of the disease – after a year of treatment, it showed that the higher the dose, the stronger the effect on amyloid plaques. The researchers then carried out tests on memory and found “positive effects”. “No existing treatments for Alzheimer’s directly interfere with the disease process and so a drug that actually slows the progress of the disease by clearing amyloid would be a significant step,” says Dr. David Reynolds, chief scientific officer at Alzheimer’s Research UK. http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-drug-inspires-hope-alzheimers-cure/
The end of stealth? New Chinese radar capable of detecting ‘invisible’ targets 100km A top Chinese military technology company shocked physicists around the world this week when it announced it had developed a new form of radar able to detect stealth planes 100km away. The breakthrough relies on a ghostly phenomenon known as quantum entanglement, which Albert Einstein dubbed "spooky action at a distance"... more
˄˄ Highly interesting. If it’s really so, an awful lot of American tax payers’ money gone into the Stealth technology research and production will be wasted.
@Katzenfreund: In engineering, that's a common occurrence. You work on a concept, bring it to fruition, and it serves a purpose. Then, someone else makes a breakthrough and their breakthrough makes what you've done obsolete. So, you must retool and apply the new concepts. Look at digital TV, and how it's changed.
Usually what happens in war aircraft technology, when a side develops a new aircraft, the other side develops an anti-aircraft for it. Then the first side develops an anti-anti-aircraft to dodge the anti-aircraft of the other side. Then the other side develops an anti-anti-anti-aircraft…
Video to assist referees in soccer After all the controversial decisions by referees over the years and the ensuing serious disturbances among football fans, finally objective technology is starting to be involved in the decision process. It’s already happening in The Netherlands, on an experimental basis at first and only involving major referee decisions, like penalties, goals from off-side positions and serious fouls. As a result, a referee decision to caution a player for a foul was changed in seconds to him being sent off. But it seems, it’s now only a matter of short time till some order is put in haphazard referee decision-making. Indeed, there are good chances that video replays for referees could be given a trial in the FA Cup from next season, after the game’s law-making body decided to recommend large-scale live experiments. https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...first-player-sent-off-video-assistant-referee https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/07/video-trials-referees-fa-cup All I have to say is that it’s about effing time, long overdue in fact.
China listens for E.T. on world's largest radio telescope September 25, 2016 China on Sunday began using the world's largest radio telescope to survey the heavens and listen for signals of possible extraterrestrial life. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) measures 500 meters in diameter, dwarfing the 305-meter Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the previous record holder for largest telescope. The telescope, which took five years and $180 million to build, has 4,450 11-meter-long (36-foot) panels that reflect interplanetary radio waves to the massive 30-ton retina suspended in the middle. Astronomers will use the telescope to survey the Milky Way and other galaxies, detect faint pulsars and listen for signals from possible extraterrestrial civilizations. FAST's potential to discover an alien civilisation will be five to 10 times that of current equipment, as it can see farther and darker planets. https://www.cnet.com/news/china-worlds-largest-radio-telescope/
Unsafe at any clock speed: Linux kernel security needs a rethink The Linux kernel today faces an unprecedented safety crisis. Much like when Ralph Nader famously told the American public that their cars were "unsafe at any speed" back in 1965, numerous security developers told the 2016 Linux Security Summit in Toronto that the operating system needs a total rethink to keep it fit for purpose... more
Student discovers a way to destroy superbug bacteria without antibiotics A 25-year-old student has discovered a way to destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria without pummeling them with more antibiotics. Shu Lam successfully destroyed superbugs in lab tests using a star-shaped polymer that literally rips the cells to shreds. This breakthrough could signal a complete overhaul in how the medical community approaches these deadly bacteria... more
British Man May Be the First Person Cured of HIV A 44-year-old man in England is possibly the first person in history to be cured of HIV. Scientists working on an experimental new therapy say that the virus is now completely undetectable in his blood... more
And now, also... Samsung Washers Explode! September 28, 2016 Samsung acknowledged Wednesday that some of its top-loading washers “pose a risk of personal injury or property damage,” the latest safety issue to hit the South Korean manufacturer in recent weeks. Over a dozen consumer complaints about Samsung washers, some referring to “exploding” machines, prompted the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Wednesday, September 28, to issue a warning about certain top-loading machines made between March 2011 and April 2016. Only top-loaders are affected, not front-loading Samsung washers. http://www.consumerreports.org/wash...m_campaign=20161006_nsltr_whatsnew_newsletter Bets are on as to which of their products will be exploding next.
New Ethernet standard to speed up your wired connection without new cables 03 Oct 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved the new Ethernet standard proposed by the NBASE-T Alliance lead by Cisco and other industry leaders. The new standard improves the speed with current cables. The standard IEEE 802.3bz allows up to 2.5 and 5 gigabit traffic in what are now one gigabit networks using Cat 5e and Cat 6 cables. According to Cisco, in the past 15 years, Cat5e and Cat6 cables have been installed in excess of an estimated 70 billion meters – that's more than 40 million miles. The new standard allows networks to be upgraded without massive rewiring which brings obviously costs. As wireless connections have evolved to challenge the wired connections it is important to get wired connection a speed boost if they want to survive. Even though the new standard doesn't require new cables, the networking equipment has to replaced with a new one that supports 802.3bz. Source: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/artic...terENG&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20161005
One of the physicists behind the Higgs boson has made an algorithm to replace the pil One of the physicists who helped find the Higgs boson, Elina Berglund, has spent the past three years working on something completely different - a fertility app that tells women when they're fertile or not... more