“…Many human diseases are caused by defects in the DNA code, and researchers are only just beginning to unravel this link.

Beyond offering the general public an opportunity to get involved in this research, the game is also useful for teaching the next generation of genetics researchers about their field. “The precise genetic cause of most diseases is not known, but thanks to Phylo gamers, this research could be significantly improved,”…” Full Slice

and the game

“…Using the concentrated solutions of dissolved graphene, the scientists made transparent films that were electrically conductive. Such films could be useful in making touch screens that are less expensive than those used in today’s smart phones. In addition, the researchers also produced liquid crystals.

“If you can make liquid crystals, you can spin fibers,”…”In liquid crystals, the individual sheets align themselves into domains, and having some measure of alignment allows you to flow the material through narrow openings to create fibers.”

If the method proves useful for making graphene fibers in bulk, it could drive down the cost of the ultrastrong carbon composites used in the aerospace, automotive and construction industries.” Full Slice

“Scientists have developed the first cell controlled by a synthetic genome. They now hope to use this method to probe the basic machinery of life and to engineer bacteria specially designed to solve environmental or energy problems…”This is the first synthetic cell that’s been made, and we call it synthetic because the cell is totally derived from a synthetic chromosome, made with four bottles of chemicals on a chemical synthesizer, starting with information in a computer,”…” Full Slice and Another Slice

“The very latest laser technology combined with old fashioned pedal power is being used to provide a unique insight into the layout of Nottingham’s sandstone caves — where the city’s renowned medieval ale was brewed and, where legend has it, the country’s most famous outlaw Robin Hood was imprisoned…Below the grounds of Nottingham Castle and across the city there is a labyrinth of medieval tunnels, dungeons, maltings and cellars — people even carved primitive living quarters out of Nottingham’s sandstone cliffs….” Full Slice

“A team of researchers…has discovered an inexpensive metal catalyst that can effectively generate hydrogen gas from water at neutral pH or from sea water.

The new proton reduction catalyst is based on a molybdenum-oxo metal complex that is about 70 times cheaper than platinum…” Full Slice

“…By compressing the surface platinum atoms closer together, the process causes platinum atoms to bind a little more weakly to oxygen atoms and inch closer to the balance point between molecule dissociation and catalytic binding…The ultimate goal is to create a potential replacement not only for gasoline engines but also for the batteries found in small electronic devices…It is the first step to designer catalyists….” Full Slice

“…One way to improve the efficiency of solar cells is to allow light to bounce around inside them, increasing the chances that it will be absorbed. One way to do this is to roughen the surface of a silicon cell, so that photons that enter the material tend to be reflected inside it. But by how much does this light trapping improve performance?…nanophotonics dramatically changes the game….” Full Slice

“…The mountains were discovered by a Soviet team during the International Geophysical Year in 1957-8. Their detection was a complete surprise because the rock bed in the middle of the Antarctic continent was assumed to be relatively flat….” Full Slice

“…These findings foreshadow a new catalytic system available for applications both in academic laboratories and in industry, allowing stoichiometric reductions mediated by Fe or Na2S to be performed in a catalytic fashion and greatly reducing subsequent waste production. Moreover, the catalyst developed here could replace expensive precious metal catalysts, therefore offering the potential benefit of lowering cost and diminishing the environmental impact from heavy-metal pollutants….” Full Slice

“…The researchers’ spectroscopic study suggests that graphene grows in the form of tiny islands built of concentric rings of carbon atoms. The islands are strongly bonded to the iridium surface at their perimeters, but are not bonded to the iridium at their centers, which causes them to bulge upward in the middle to form minuscule geodesic domes. By adjusting the conditions as the carbon is deposited on the iridium, the researchers could vary the size of the carbon domes from a few nanometers to hundreds of nanometers across….” Full Slice

“The first demonstration of a renewable method for hydrogen production from wastewater using a microbial electrolysis system is underway…The refrigerator-sized hydrogen generator will take winery wastewater, and using bacteria and a small amount of electrical energy, convert the organic material into hydrogen…”This is a demonstration to prove we can continuously generate renewable hydrogen and to study the engineering factors affecting the system performance,”…”The hydrogen produced will be vented except for a small amount that will be used in a hydrogen fuel cell.”…” Full Slice

“New…research has literally and figuratively poked holes in single-band Hubbard physics–a model that has been used to predict and calculate the behavior of high-temperature superconductors for 20 years.

The findings are the first compelling evidence challenging the model under certain conditions, and could necessitate entirely new theoretical approaches to explaining superconductivity in cuprate materials, one of the outstanding mysteries in condensed-matter physics….” Full Slice

Yup, can’t deny it now.  Any organization can send a satellite to take pictures of the moon which will prove we were there.

Congratulations NASA!  Regardless of why you did it, you did it and everyone survived the trips.

this week 3 men from our planet traveled to our neighbor body which we have labeled Luna. They did this in peace for all mankind. Follow along as the time line is recreated. Full Slice

“…There is something cynical, and certainly calculating in a bottom-line way, about city governments that ask all of us to be more involved with one another, our garbage, our plot of dirt, our newly demolished, formerly blighted communities, and then turn a cold eye to us.

My city has just joined others in unleashing software-and-camera laden vehicles that will prowl the streets, taking pictures of license plates and tire position to catch those who dare try to get another 15 minutes out of a parking meter. This is City Hall without a face. Lovely Rita, Meter Maid – I miss you….” Full Slice