Massive floating generators, or ‘eco-rigs’, to provide power and food to Japan

Battered by soaring energy costs and aghast at dwindling fish stocks, Japanese scientists think they have found the answer: filling the seas with giant “eco-rigs” as powerful as nuclear power stations. The project, which could result in village-sized platforms peppering the Japanese coastline within a decade, reflects a growing panic in the country over how [...] continue reading the breaking news

Is Google Turning Into Big Brother?

The Debut of Chrome, Google’s New Browser, May Have Been Quiet for a ReasonWhile we’re transfixed by the presidential election, in the world of high tech another duel between two well-funded, take-no-quarter candidates has just emerged & and in the long run the impact on our daily lives may be nearly as great — and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Scientists get death threats over Large Hadron Collider

Scientists working on the world’s biggest machine are being besieged by phone calls and emails from people who fear the world will end next Wednesday, when the gigantic atom smasher starts up. The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, where particles will begin to circulate around its 17 mile circumference tunnel next week, will recreate energies [...] continue reading the breaking news

Large Hadron Collider Rap

Rappin’ about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider!Source: YouTubeImages came from:particlephysics.ac.uk, space.com, the Institute of Physics, NASA, Symmetry, and MarvelThe talented dancers doubled as camera people, with some work by Neil Dixon. Stock footage is CERN’s. continue reading the breaking news

Air-purifying Church Windows Were Early Nanotechnology

ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2008) - Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.Associate Professor Zhu Huai Yong, from QUT’s School of Physical and Chemical Sciences said that glaziers in medieval forges were the first nanotechnologists [...] continue reading the breaking news