Posted in: Featured, Science by Sergiu Vidican | April 27th 2011 | no comments
The Fukushima Daiichi situation has improved a lot since the tsunami which took place on March 11. However, traces of radiation can still be detected in the area, and the people who go in its proximity will suffer from radiation.
According to an article in livescience.com, radioactive iodine-131 has been released into the water supply from the damaged nuclear power plant. However, the emitted radiation [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 27th 2011 | no comments
According to an article in sciencedaily.com, the Brown University researchers have discovered that the genetic variations of each individual influence the way in which people believe the advice they are given, even when their experience tells them something else.
The researchers have discovered that there is a huge difference between two opposite areas of the brain regarding the way [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 21st 2011 | no comments
According to the website sciencedaily.com, there are certain scientists who believe that when the Universe got formed, it had only one dimension. The theory was created by Dejan Stojkovic and his colleagues from the University at Buffalo.
The physicists believe that when the Universe was first formed, it was very small. It was similar to a line, and thus it had a single dimension. In [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 21st 2011 | no comments
You might have seen in the news that a 16-year old teenage girl survived a fall of more than 200 feet from the Golden Gate Bridge.
In March, a 17-year old boy jumped from the same height, as he wanted to have fun. Usually the people who jump from the bridge, die. The Golden Gate Bridge is considered to be the most popular suicide spot in the world. It is said that one person commits [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 19th 2011 | no comments
According to a poll conducted at the Yale University, only 25 percent of the students have received a passing grade at the climate change awareness and understanding.
Less than 50 percent of them believe that the climate change is occurring, and the majority of those people do not [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 19th 2011 | one comment
The scientists analyze lots of things, some of them which are pretty normal for the domain, and some of them which are kind of surprising.
According to an article in nytimes.com, certain scientists are currently trying to find out more about the effects of music, and the influences [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 19th 2011 | no comments
According to the website sciencedaily.com drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus were found in numerous meat and poultry from U.S. grocery stores.
The Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria which causes a large number of illnesses in humans. The Translational Genomics Research Institute said that these bacteria were found in a very large number of samples taken from various [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 18th 2011 | no comments
It seems that we are getting closer to the feats which can be seen in the science fiction movies.
According to the website livescience.com, the scientists have managed to teleport a certain type of light from one place to the other. Sure, it might take a while before teleportation like in the movies might be possible, if we will ever manage to achieve such a feat, but the start is [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 18th 2011 | no comments
According to the website nytimes.com, the Tokyo Electric Power Company has released the plan which it intends to use in order to bring the reactors from the Fukushima power plant to cold shutdown, which is the stable state of the reactors.
They have predicted that the entire operation will take at least 9 months to be finalized, period during which they want to reduce the radiation [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 16th 2011 | 2 comments
According to the website livescience.com, the Drug Enforcement Agency has recently banned five substances which are used in the creation of the so called fake weed, which is also known as “spice”, or K2.
Thanks to this change, anyone who will be caught with spice, or who will be [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 16th 2011 | no comments
You might have read, heard, or seen news about the Long Island serial killer who dumps human remains on the beaches from Long Island.
According to the website [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 15th 2011 | no comments
According to nytimes.com, a researcher who analyzed the sounds of the language which are spoken here on our planet has reached to the conclusion that all of them contain an ancient signal which can be traced back to South Africa.
His theory makes sense if you think about it, as the first humans came from Africa. However, there are many linguists who do not agree with the theory, as [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 15th 2011 | no comments
According to the website yahoo.com, the workers from the Fukushima power plant have been advised by the experts to store blood cells, in the case that they might need them in the future.
The workers are in an area filled with radiation, and their attempts at stopping the radiation from leaking are futile. The radiation levels are very high in certain areas from the power plant, and [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 15th 2011 | no comments
The researchers have managed to obtain some information about a neurological basis of embarrassment with the aid of various patients with neurodegenerative diseases.
According to an article from the website science20.com, it seems that the reason why we get embarrassed is because of a portion from the right hemisphere of the front part of the brain which is called the pregenual [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 14th 2011 | no comments
According to an article in livescience.com, the Marine Corps have recently requested 27,500 pairs of "ballistic undergarments” which are meant to protect their groin.
The bulletproof underwear is extremely important, as the groin is one area of the body which is very vulnerable to bullets and to explosions. The new type of underwear would protect the soldiers from the low angle [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 14th 2011 | no comments
If you did not know, the biggest dinosaur which roamed the earth was the Argentinosaurus. The dinosaur which was a member of the group called sauropods was characterized by its long neck.
The Argentinosaurus was 43 meters long, and had a weight of 82 metric tons. Of course, the incredible size raises some questions: why were they so big, and how did they get so big? Having such a [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 13th 2011 | no comments
The NASA space shuttles which were active for more than 30 years finally received their final destination.
The announcements were made on Tuesday, according to nytimes.com. One of the space shuttles will go [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 12th 2011 | no comments
You might have seen, heard, or read in the news about the FBI memo which apparently proves that the Roswell incident was real, and that aliens were really found at the crash site.
According to an article in livescience.com the memo dates back to 1950 and it was found in the FBI archives. Numerous tabloids and news outlets believe that the memo indicates the fact, that aliens are real, [...]
By Sergiu Vidican | April 11th 2011 | no comments
An intense work takes place along Savannah River in South Carolina, as the workers have to complete a special task.
According to an article in nytimes.com, they construct what will be one of the biggest nuclear power plants from the United States of America. It will contain more than 43 tons of plutonium which will be mixed into fuel, in order to be used with a greater efficiency. The [...]
