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Intel turns wine into electricity to power mobile devices

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“Demonstrating what is probably the perfect solution for energy conscious winos out there, an Intel Labs researcher talked through the project on stage alongside Bell, showing off a low-power processor and an accelerometer that were powered by a glass of wine. The researcher – we didn’t catch his full name – boasted that the computing solutions being worked on in Intel Labs are so low in power that in the future we’ll be able to ‘power them by the heat of our skin, or the ambilight in the room’, or ‘something a little more entertaining’, he added, pointing at the wine glass hooked up to the accelerometer.”

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2294476/intel-turns-wine-into-electricity-to-power-mobile-devices

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NASA: Voyager 1 becomes first spacecraft to leave our solar system

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“NASA’s Voyager 1 probe has now left the solar system and is wandering the galaxy, US scientists said Thursday. The spacecraft was launched in 1977 on a mission to explore the outer planets of our solar system and to possibly journey into the unknown depths of outer space.  US space agency scientists now agree that Voyager is officially outside the protective bubble known as the heliosphere that extends at least eight billion miles  beyond all the planets in our solar system, and has entered a cold, dark region known as interstellar space.  Voyager’s instruments will have to shut down permanently in 2025, Science reported. NASA spends $5 million per year to operate the twin spacecraft.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/12/nasas-voyager-1-becomes-first-spacecraft-to-leave-our-solar-system/

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Johns Hopkins researchers reverse Down syndrome in mice

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“U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have found a way to reverse Down syndrome in newborn lab mice by injecting an experimental compound that causes the brain to grow normally.  The team at Johns Hopkins University used lab mice that were genetically engineered to have extra copies of about half the genes found on human chromosome 21, leading to Down syndrome-like conditions such as smaller brains and difficulty learning to navigate a maze.  ‘It worked beautifully,’ said lead author Roger Reeves of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  ‘We were able to completely normalize growth of the cerebellum through adulthood with that single injection.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/04/johns-hopkins-researchers-reverse-down-syndrome-in-mice/

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Did You Know That Viruses Are Saving Your Life Right Now?

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“Phages are an excellent way to combat antibacterial resistance because they adapt to morphing bacteria, whereas antibiotics don’t. Phage therapy has been used successfully to treat acne, and even MRSA. If phages can be controlled, they may become the ultimate antibacterial weapons against the latest deadly superbugs, such as CRE.The Journal of Infection reported impressive success rates with phage therapy in humans, in the range of 80 to 95 percent. The good news is, you already have this wonderful army living in your body, right where nature put it—it’s built-in!”

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/08/26/mucus-phages.aspx

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Scientists Take Graphene to the Next Level

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“Graphene! Graphene! Miracle of miracles! Savior of technology! At least, that’s been the chatter for the last nine or so years, ever since scientists isolated the single-atom-thick carbon derivative.  According to a post today in MIT Technology Review, a group of really smart people appear to have solved a major problem with using graphene in transistors by making it act like a switch. There used to be a lot of hand-wringing that we were running up against the upper limits of Moore’s Law when it came to processing power. If we’re talking about silicon, that may be true. But if this graphene stuff is legit, tomorrow’s processors will make today’s look as they were made by Fisher-Price.”

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-20/scientists-take-graphene-to-the-next-level

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Man gets drunk randomly because his own body brews beer from carbs

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“A Texas man who was struggling with episodes of sudden and unexplained drunkenness was found to have alcohol-producing microbes in his gut, which were busily making beer.  Health care workers were baffled. Initially they assumed that the man was being dishonest and was drinking on the sly. They checked the patient in to a hospital room for 24 hours and made absolutely sure that he had not smuggled in any alcohol. They fed him foods rich in carbohydrates. Sure enough, his blood alcohol content began to spike on its own.  The man, who was an avid home brewer, had an abundance of brewer’s yeast in his gut, making his intestines act as their own small brewery.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/18/man-takes-home-brewing-to-extremes-by-brewing-beer-inside-his-own-body/

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Pot And Pregnancy: It’s Harmless, So Why Are Moms Still Prosecuted?

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Pot And Pregnancy: It’s Harmless, So Why Are Moms Still Prosecuted?

“Weighing decades of research, it’s fairly safe to say that marijuana during pregnancy has very little to no effect on the developing fetus.  Unfortunately, child welfare laws in many states do not agree. Some states equate smoking marijuana while pregnant — whether to alleviate nausea, vomiting, stress or depression — with felony child neglect or abuse. Given that marijuana is the most widely used drug by women of child-bearing age, and the potential for women to use marijuana without knowing they’re pregnant, this is a women’s rights issue. Why should a woman surrender autonomy over her body, her children and her approach to motherhood to civil authorities, whether she uses cannabis or not?”

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/drug-law/pot-and-pregnancy-it-s-harmless-so-why-are-moms-still-prosecuted-video

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Toshiba’s quantum cryptography network that even the NSA can’t hack

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“A quantum network uses specially polarized photons to encode an encryption key—a very long series of numbers and letters that can unlock a digital file. The photons are then sent down a fiber optic cable until they reach their destination, a photon detector, which counts them, and delivers the key to the intended recipient. If the photons are interfered with, the individual packets of information are forever altered and the recipient can see the telltale signs of tampering.  The next step toward mainstreaming quantum crypto is increasing the distance that photons can travel before they degrade—currently the record is 200 km (124 miles) using a dedicated fiber optic cable.”

http://qz.com/121143/toshiba-has-invented-a-quantum-cryptography-network-that-even-the-nsa-cant-hack/

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Global warming is ‘no longer a planetary emergency’

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“The World Federation of Scientists, at its annual seminars on planetary emergencies, has been advised by its own climate monitoring panel that global warming is no longer a planetary emergency.  Professor Essex called for ‘free and open debate on all aspects of climate science, even where hypotheses are put forward for examination that openly contradict the official positions of political entities.’ He said the panel found persuasive indications that climate models systematically understated natural climate variability and significantly exaggerated the impact of CO2 emissions. Accordingly, past, present and proposed policy measures could be shown not to provide net benefits to society.”

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/08/28/global-warming-is-no-longer-a-planetary-emergency/

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Scientists insist global warming ‘hiatus’ will be brief

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“Grasping one of the thorniest issues in climate politics, the researchers said the recent slowdown lies in a natural but temporary cooling in the tropical Pacific Ocean.  Contrary to earlier predictions, warming of Earth’s surface in recent years has not occurred in lock-step with rising levels of heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere.  Over the last 50 years, temperatures have risen by an average of 0.12 degrees Celsius (0.21 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade. But over the last 15 years, the increase has slowed to a rate of 0.05 C (0.09 F) per decade, even though fossil-fuel carbon emissions continue to break new records.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/28/scientists-say-global-warming-hiatus-will-be-brief/

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