Interesting Science Stuff Thread

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Animals from the assembly line?

I seem to recall that Dolly the sheep aged out starting with the age she was when the clone was created, and died right on time.  If clones are created from tissue sample of a certain age then the anti-agathic work may make it nonviable.

[Ocram's Razr 963]

Animals from the assembly line?

I seem to recall that Dolly the sheep aged out starting with the age she was when the clone was created, and died right on time.  If clones are created from tissue sample of a certain age then the anti-agathic work may make it nonviable.

I believe the problem of aging will be fixed within my generation's expected lifespan. First, it will benefit cloned meat, then it will benefit cloned organs, eventually it will allow for eternal youth (so that injury would become the main source of death).

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Fundamentals of the Universe Being Sought (again!)

"I taught I taw a graviton".  Someone said this at CERN before the last LHC upgrade but "it" disappeared "into another dimension very quickly".

Well, if there are gravity waves, there are likely to be gravity particles (gravitons).  Without these particles with wave-like characteristics, the Quantum Theory is in trouble.  Without the gravity waves, General Relativity is in trouble.  If GR has problems what about c being the speed limit?

Imagine what would happen if we figured out how to generate these things.  Would it open the door to understanding magnetism as well as gravity?  There are so many unanswered questions.

[Fantozzi 4,067]

Fundamentals of the Universe Being Sought (again!)

"I taught I taw a graviton".  Someone said this at CERN before the last LHC upgrade but "it" disappeared "into another dimension very quickly".

Well, if there are gravity waves, there are likely to be gravity particles (gravitons).  Without these particles with wave-like characteristics, the Quantum Theory is in trouble.  Without the gravity waves, General Relativity is in trouble.  If GR has problems what about c being the speed limit?

Imagine what would happen if we figured out how to generate these things.  Would it open the door to understanding magnetism as well as gravity?  There are so many unanswered questions.

If I understood it right, gravitons are like dark energy - they must be there or we have to rewrite the history of the universe. Quite fascinating. Most of the time physics were quite good. What they foresaw most of the time was discovered later. They didn't fail as often as me f. e. I forsaw I would become rich and I forsaw the third and fourth and fifth world war and so on.

Amongst the thinkers I am a ghost light.

And gravitons - they seem to be the Fantozzis of physics.

  Edited November 25, 2015 by fantozzi  

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

The only way they'll ever get enough energy to operate a warp drive or create a worm hole will be to get a handle on gravity and magnetism, which might turn out to be two colours of the same particle.  I think the (slightly damaged) standard model may be in for an overhaul.

Who knows?  Maybe the name for solidified graviton particles will be Dylithium.

[Ocram's Razr 963]

1. It would be better to utilize the expansive force in the universe than gravity because it is stronger/more abundant.

2. Li2 can exist. It has a bond angle of 1/2, which makes it unstable. If a way to stabilize the structure (possibly in a specialized crystalline form) is invented, Bilithium crystals could become powerful batteries.

[Fantozzi 4,067]

Were hobbits the first to sail - long before humans?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

^ We know that the days of Middle Earth perished long, long ago.  This kind of mystery is probably worth a few doctorates in paleontology.  These guys will discover more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.  Digging into the remote past is strictly an academic game.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Amateur Astronomy Alert

Five planets visible at once.  Is this the dawning of the Age of Aquarius?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

An intelligent species?

This kind of real research and study makes the Japanese "research" killing of whales rather more reprehensible than not.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Baby Steps into the Future.

Hydrogen fusion, but not quite yet.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

And now, the final proof that Einstein got it right.

All good theories make predictions that need to be proven.  Finding gravity waves is the final proof of general relativity.  Now science needs to get going on the Unified Field Theory that so eluded the great Albert.

This is the first real breakthrough on what gravity is all about.  Applications may be a few years off, but we know now that we have not gone as far as we could go.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Tour the LHC.

A BBC popular science video.  A little simplistic perhaps, but interesting.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Hyperloop.

The next point to point transportation system?  Good and obsolete by the time it gets through all the red tape.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

A first look at the James Webb Space Telescope.

Unlike the Hubble, this baby has to be dead on the first time.  It is going to be in L2 (Lagrange point 2) which is beyond the reach of any current manned vehicle.

For non-astronomy buffs, the Lagrange points are spots where the pull of gravity between celestial bodies is exactly in balance, so anything put there stays they without corrections.  L5, for example, would be a great spot for the ISS if we could only service it there.

[Sabretooth78 808]

So for just a little more than this year's budget of the TSA (and ignoring that fact that it's not just the US paying for this thing), we could put one of these things up into all 5 lagrangian points where surely at least one would unfold properly.  Far better use for the money if you ask me.  Shoot, let's put some around Mars, too - farther out, smaller planet, no significant moons, better view.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Getting funds for pure research operations out of a set of politicians is like finding teeth in a hen house.  Most of the pols are not scientifically oriented at all since most of them are lawyers, and will split hairs and nit pick over anything that doesn't please them without regard to the common good.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Spring storm in Mexico may have wiped out half the Monarch butterfly population.

We need to find a new name for the El Niño phenomenon.  Perhaps El Diablo would be better.

[Ocram's Razr 963]

http://news.mit.edu/2016/new-concept-turns-battery-technology-upside-down-0525

 

MIT Researchers invent a "a liquid battery, using a passive, gravity-fed arrangement similar to an old-fashioned hourglass," which will make energy storage better.

[Fantozzi 4,067]

The antartic ozon layer recovers

[Easy Bakes 253]

New temples/buildings found at Angkor Wat

 

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lasers-unveil-secrets-and-mysteries-angkor-wat

 

[Fantozzi 4,067]

BMW presents the 'crash free' motorcycle Vision Next 100

 

One of the many futuristic features, the self balancing technology is not all new, in this demonstration you'll see the C1 by lit motors (San Francisco):

 

 

 

[raynev1 1,886]

@Fantozzi  That is so cool , I've always thought BMW was ahead of the game . And that proved it to me . 

[Fantozzi 4,067]

ESA live stream from mars will start today, estimated 17:30 (CEST).

HERE

 

[EDIT]

On top of the webpage is a countdown timer.

Aim of the ExoMars mission (Europe/Russia) is to search for lifeforms on the red planet.

[Fantozzi 4,067]

Sorry for making false promises. Seems the landing module didn't make it.

[Sabretooth78 808]

That stinks.  Nothing else you can do I suppose besides figuring out what went wrong and taking another shot.

[Fantozzi 4,067]

The remains of Lonesome George, wo died in 2012, return to Galapagos on friday.

Lonesome George was the last exemplar of chelonoidis abingdoni, a giant tortoise species. Natural scientist introduced female tortoises of other species to him in the hope he would have descendants. But for decades he refused any closer relationship with any other tortoise. So the name fits - he was a really lonely guy.

[Fantozzi 4,067]

A recently published study claimes that a human species lived 130.000 ago in south america.

The oldest remains of a homo sapiens outside of africa found so far, were excavated in Israel and are 110.000 years old. So if this study is right, most probably the 'out of africa theory' can't be right.

Oldest Neandertaler remains in Europe are ~130.000 years old. So human races would have appeared almost the same time on different continents!

[Fantozzi 4,067]

Breakthrough in research of high-temperature superconductors?

[Fantozzi 4,067]

Simtropolis makes people happy.

A study publicated by the University Stuttgart-Hohenheim this monday asked people how often they take part in communication in social networks and in RL. Also they asked how they feel about their life. Result: people taking part in social networks more often are also less alone in RL, meet more often with friends and feel on the whole (slightly) more happy about their life. In this study scientist didn't watch how much time people spent reading online but how often they did post, chat etc..

Dr. Tobias Dienlin, psychologist, stated: "we couldn't find any negative effect digital media has on participation in real life.  Instead if people actively participate in social networks they also will shape their [real life] relationships." 

The scientists asked twice in a period of half a year and asked how often people were active in social media. What they surprised most - "there seems to be a direct relationship between the frequency of communication and the happyness people feel (Dr. Dienlin)." Comparing the results from first and second survey - the more often test persons had posted or twittered etc. the more they stated to feel good.  

(Link only in german, sorry)