The Grand Challenges Exercise…
Seven grand challenges in computing for the next twenty years are outlined by the British Computer Society. – In Vivo-in Silico (iViS): the virtual worm, weed and bug; – Science for … Read More
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Plate Tectonics of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake & Tsunami
The epicenter occured where the Indian Plate and the South-East Asian Plate are converging off the coast of Sumatra. Elasticity of tectonic plates and their tendancy to want to return … Read More
Tsunami Early Warning Systems for the Indian Ocean
Early warning systems for earthquakes and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean will be coming online soon and then the world will be a little safer. The technologies used for these … Read More
Home Computers of 2004
CAPTION: Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a “home computer” could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically … Read More
SpaceShipOne Captures X-Prize
On October 4, 2004, SpaceShipOne rocketed into history, becoming the first private manned spacecraft to exceed an altitude of 328,000 feet twice within the span of a 14 day period, … Read More
NIST Demonstrates ‘Teleportation’ of Atomic States for Quantum Computing
Physicists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated “teleportation” by transferring key properties of one atom to another atom without using any physical link, … Read More
Planet Found With Gravitational Microlensing
The first discovery of a planet around another star using gravitational microlensing was announced yesterday by two research teams: Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) and Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE). A … Read More
DNA Computer Detects, Treats Disease in Test Tube
LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have come a step closer to creating a minuscule DNA computer that may one day be able to spot diseases like cancer from inside the body … Read More
Palladium in Heavy Water… Revisiting Cold Fusion
NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) — The U.S. Department of Energy is planning to give cold fusion a warmer reception after many years of skepticism and even ridicule as the … Read More
Solar Storm May Disrupt Soap Operas
SpaceWeather.com writes: EXTREME SOLAR ACTIVITY: One of the most powerful solar flares in years erupted from giant sunspot 486 on Oct. 28th. The blast measured X17 on the Richter scale of … Read More