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2013-06-17 21:48:54 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

Photo by Luciano Romano
#Architcture http://bit.ly/11KJa6L

2013-06-17 21:38:02 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Bye for now G+, time for me to go destroy a bunch of villains on Marvel Heroes...later..

2013-06-17 19:13:36 (8 comments, 11 reshares, 25 +1s)

Scientists reinforce the theory that our Universe is but a part of a larger Multiverse with some new findings

"Some top scientists are beginning to worry that a radical idea proposed in 1997 by three University of Delaware physicists may be right.

If it is, then it could debunk some of the discoveries physicists were hoping to make at the Large Hadron Collider, the huge, multi-billion-dollar particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland, at which researchers recently discovered the famous "Higgs boson."

It would also suggest that we might be living in a "multiverse"—a universe that is much bigger than was once thought and in which the laws of physics take different forms in different places.

An article, published by Simons Science News, explains some of this."

Read more at:h... more »

2013-06-17 19:00:12 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

"Mannitol, a sugar alcohol produced by fungi, bacteria, and algae, is a common component of sugar-free gum and candy. The sweetener is also used in the medical field—it's approved by the FDA as a diuretic to flush out excess fluids and used during surgery as a substance that opens the blood/brain barrier to ease the passage of other drugs.

Now Profs. Ehud Gazit and Daniel Segal of Tel Aviv University's Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology and the Sagol School of Neuroscience, along with their colleague Dr. Ronit Shaltiel-Karyo and PhD candidate Moran Frenkel-Pinter, have found that mannitol also prevents clumps of the protein α-synuclein from forming in the brain—a process that is characteristic of Parkinson's disease.

These results, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry and presented at the Drosophila Conference in Washington, DC inApri... more »

2013-06-17 18:59:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

"(Phys.org) —A team made up of researchers from both the physics and biology departments at the University of Pennsylvania has succeeded in building a Lyme disease detector using a carbon nanotube sensor. In their paper published in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics, the team describes the process they used to make the device and how it works."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-combined-team-physicists-biologists-lyme.html#jCp

2013-06-17 18:50:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"The deep-space telescope Herschel took its final bow on Monday, climaxing a successful four-year mission to observe the birth of stars and galaxies, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.

The largest and most powerful infrared telescope in space, Herschel made over 35,000 scientific observations and amassed more than 25,000 hours of science data, it said."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-curtain-europe-deep-space-telescope.html#jCp

2013-06-17 18:23:23 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Cochise, the commander of the Volm species in Falling Skies - great series!

http://fallingskies.wikia.com/wiki/Cochise

http://www.fallingskies.com/

2013-06-17 17:00:51 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

The new Astronaut class of 2013

Courtesy +NASA 

"The new astronaut candidates are: 

Josh A. Cassada, Ph. D., 39, is originally from White Bear Lake, Minn. Cassada is a former naval aviator who holds an undergraduate degree from Albion College, and advanced degrees from the University of Rochester, N.Y. Cassada is a physicist by training and currently is serving as co-founder and Chief Technology Officer for Quantum Opus. 

Victor J. Glover, 37, Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy, hails from Pomona, Calif., and Prosper, Texas. He is an F/A-18 pilot and graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Glover holds degrees from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Air University and Naval Postgraduate School. He currently is serving as a Navy Legislative Fellow in the U.S. Congress. 

Tyler N. Hague (Nick), 37, Lt. Colonel, U.S.Air... more »

2013-06-17 16:52:33 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Researchers study the possibility of 3-D printing artificial bone

"Researchers working to design new materials that are durable, lightweight and environmentally sustainable are increasingly looking to natural composites, such as bone, for inspiration: Bone is strong and tough because its two constituent materials, soft collagen protein and stiff hydroxyapatite mineral, are arranged in complex hierarchical patterns that change at every scale of the composite, from the micro up to the macro."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-d-artificial-bone.html#jCp

2013-06-17 13:55:23 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

We hope this proves to be an effective approach to stop the exploitation of children across the Google platforms. Better communication between agencies is definitely a step in the right  direction. I feel that additionally, there should be much easier methods for public users to report exploitation of children. it is easier to buy something online that  to report something online!  

#seesomethingsaysomething  

2013-06-17 13:48:11 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Tianhe-2 Makes #1 in the Top500 List of Supercomputers

As announced at ISC'13 today:
http://www.top500.org/list/2013/06/

https://plus.google.com/u/0/102688195041538899839/posts/Vq77CYANkiu

http://www.isc-events.com/isc13/
http://www.top500.org/lists/
Prof. Jack Dongarra's report:
http://www.netlib.org/utk/people/JackDongarra/PAPERS/tianhe-2-dongarra-report.pdf

Power-efficient computational processing using the hardware acceleration of co-processors (in this case, or GPUs in the case of Titan, the new #2).

image credit: Jack Dongarra

2013-06-17 13:47:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

NASA has selected its newest explorers! After an extensive year-and-a-half search, eight candidates have been selected to be NASA’s newest astronaut trainees to help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in our solar system.
 
NASA will discuss the selections at 4 p.m. EDT Monday, June 17, in a Google+ Hangout. During the event, we'll be taking questions from NASA's social media followers. Submit questions on Twitter and Google+ in advance and during the event using the hashtag #askNASA. Before the hangout begins, a thread will be opened on NASA's Facebook page where questions may be posted. The Hangout can be viewed live on NASA's Google+ page or on NASA Television.
 
To introduce the new class of astronauts, we'll be joined by four NASA astronauts -  Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and Flight Crew OperationsDire... more »

2013-06-17 13:44:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-06-17 13:40:57 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

"Antiferromagnets are materials that lose their apparent magnetic properties when cooled down close to absolute zero temperature. Different to conventional magnets, which can be described with classical physics even at the atomic level, antiferromagnets such as copper sulfate are quantum systems where electrons behave in a complex cooperative manner. They belong to the field of quantum many-body physics, a branch of science that studies the collective behavior of vast assemblies of interacting particles. Thus far, only very few exact solutions to quantum many-body problems are known and even fewer have been realized experimentally.

In a recent publication in Nature Physics, scientists from EPFL's Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism (LQM) have together with collaborators from Institut Laue Langevin and the University of Amsterdam have measured the collective quantum-mechanical magnetism in... more »

2013-06-17 03:49:00 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

Confessions of a Google Fan Boy

I suffer from a massive curiosity disorder.

I want to learn, debate, and discuss a myriad number of subjects, which means that Google+ for me is like a drug. I feel that on this forum, I have moved in down the street next to all the worlds’ knowledge, and all I need do, is knock on the door of my virtual neighbor, and ask a question.

Google then records both question and answer, so that it might provide value to someone else over the Internet.

In short, what Google has done, is create a living, breathing Think-Tank, with all of our minds, thoughts and identities on call for the needs of others 24/7.  By first insisting, and later only encouraging each of us to use our true identities, we have been massaged into (most of the time) putting forth our best, most thoughtful, and responsible selves.

The resultingad... more »

2013-06-16 22:11:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

2013-06-16 21:38:15 (1 comments, 10 reshares, 26 +1s)

2013-06-16 20:59:32 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER KENDALL   (1962-2013)

With the greatest of sorrow I, +su ann lim , have to inform you that Jonathan Christopher Kendall, my fiancé and love of my life, died suddenly last night on 15 June 2013.  Despite the incredible efforts of our friends +Suzanne Jacob +Gaynal Brierley , paramedics and ambulance personnel he could not be revived.

Jonathan lived as he believed, telling it like it is, with wit and humour, enjoying life to the hilt, with honour, directness and compassion.  I was incredibly blessed to be the recipient of his immense love, and as each other's beloved, to share unbelievable happiness for too short a time.   Jonathan, I LOVE YOU with all my heart and miss you desperately.

One of the favourite activities in his life was to engage with all you here on Google Plus.  He thrived on the intellectual challenges, soaked up  avast amou... more »

2013-06-16 05:05:20 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Istanbul

Divan Hotel with teargas.

https://twitter.com/hickmeth/status/346052173924290560/photo/1
#occupygezi   #occupytaksim   #turkey   #turkishprotests  

2013-06-16 04:04:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

(Sat03) ESA's Cargo ship docks with the Space Station

ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, completed a flawless rendezvous with the International Space Station on 15 June when it docked smoothly with orbital outpost at 14:07 GMT (16:07 CEST).

The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is now connected to the Space Station.

“Bravo Europe, bravo ESA, bravo ATV. Thank you Member States, thank you industry, thank you CNES, thank you Russian partner,” commented Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of ESA.

“With the fourth ATV now ready to support and supply the Space Station with essential supplies and scientific experiments, ESA again proves itself to be a reliable partner in the international station upon which the future can be developed.”

more info- http://... more »

2013-06-16 00:06:54 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Nicole Gugliucci is hanging out in a live Hangout On Air. #hangoutsonair

2013-06-15 16:22:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Nicole Gugliucci is hanging out in a live Hangout On Air. #hangoutsonair

2013-06-15 15:17:35 (4 comments, 7 reshares, 26 +1s)

94 year old and still going strong | a man with a brilliant mind

"LIVERMORE -- At 94, Dick Post is the oldest scientist Lawrence Livermore Laboratory has ever had. And he may be the most fascinating.

Post has visited the Swiss Alps nearly 50 times, regularly flies remote-controlled helicopters with his two sons, plays online Scrabble on his iPad with his daughter, actress Markie Post (TV's "Night Court"), and in the past six months began piano lessons."

Read more --> http://goo.gl/DYtpl

Image: Dick Post, 94-year-old Lawrence Livermore Laboratory chief scientist, shows the components for his invention, the flywheel battery, in the lab workshop May 9, 2013. He is still going strong. A prolific inventor, he has dozens of patents to his name. He has worked a the the lab since 1952. (Jim Stevens/Staff)

2013-06-15 15:11:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

"Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as they rose into the blue winter skies above Lake Tekapo, passing the first big test of a lofty goal to get the entire planet online. It was the culmination of 18 months' work on what Google calls Project Loon, in recognition of how wacky the idea may sound. Developed in the secretive X lab that came up with a driverless car and web-surfing eyeglasses, the flimsy helium-filled inflatables beam the Internet down to earth as they sail past on the wind."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-google-internet-beaming-balloons.html#jCp

2013-06-15 15:04:46 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

"A lost medieval city that thrived on a mist-shrouded Cambodian mountain 1,200 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists using revolutionary airborne laser technology, a report said."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-lost-medieval-city-cambodia.html#jCp

2013-06-15 15:03:48 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama poses with a wax figure of himself from Madam Tussauds on display at the Sydney Entertainment Center, venue for his three days of teachings in Sydney, Australia, on June 14, 2013. Photo/Rusty Stewart/DLIA 2013

2013-06-15 03:12:46 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

https://vimeo.com/64643705

2013-06-15 02:13:25 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Space Fan News #100

Lots of cool stuff happening this week: strange dust rings, new kind of variable star discovered, and  the smallest galaxy in the known universe.

That last story prompted a hangout from the authors of the paper and +Alberto Conti and I will be hosting a Space Fan Hangout about their work on June 25th at 4pm EDT, so stay tuned for the event.

##spacefannews

2013-06-15 02:07:40 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Downloadable Star Trek TNG silhouettes..

http://www.startrek.com/downloads

2013-06-15 02:08:40 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 36 +1s)

Some folks are posting Google Glass selfies.

Since I don't have Google Glass I will post my own version of Ciro's Glass selfie. :-)

Happy weekend!

#notglass  

2013-06-15 00:32:57 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

On this #FlagDay remember the farthest U.S. flag in existence: this one, riding on Voyager 1, 11.5 billion miles (18.5 billion km) away: 

2013-06-14 22:20:20 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Work it out Astronaut Style! Come to a #NASASocial July 17 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and learn about astronaut health, fitness & rehabilitation. To learn more and  register: http://go.nasa.gov/154TZBu 

2013-06-14 22:09:59 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

Chandra Flashback of the Day: Cygnus X-1 – NASA's Chandra Adds to Black Hole Birth Announcement 
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cygx1/

2013-06-14 21:57:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Drosophila (or, Sophophora ) pseudoobscura is an important model organism in population genetics. Here's a shot from yesterday. Surprisingly, few decent photos exist of this species.

2013-06-14 21:53:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-06-14 21:51:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-06-14 21:37:33 (0 comments, 12 reshares, 16 +1s)

Amazing, flare star WX UMa located about 15.6 light years away from us, gets 15 times brighter in less than 3 minutes!

"Astrophysicists at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and the Byurakan Observatory (Armenia) have detected a star of low luminosity which within a matter of moments gave off a flare so strong that it became almost 15 times brighter. The star in question is the flare star WX UMa.

"We recorded a strong flare of the star WX UMa, which became almost 15 times brighter in a matter of 160 seconds," explains to SINC the astrophysicist Vakhtang Tamazian, professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela. The finding has been published in the 'Astrophysics' journal."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-flare-star-wx-uma-brighter.html#jCp

Image: A flare star. Credit: Casey Reed/NASA

2013-06-14 21:01:45 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

"Google has added a new Recent Activity dashboard to its Accounts page, so you can see lots of detail" http://feedly.com/k/198IWva

2013-06-14 21:00:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Join the 32-Hour Hangout-A-Thon for Space Education and Outreach

On June 15-16, +Pamela Gay  and +Nicole Gugliucci  are hosting a 32-hour Google Hangout on Air – a Hangout-a-thon for +CosmoQuest  to raise money to support public engagement in science.

Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/102947/join-the-32-hour-hangout-a-thon-for-space-education-and-outreach/#ixzz2WDw3Y2wm

Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/102947/join-the-32-hour-hangout-a-thon-for-space-education-and-outreach/


Here's the Cosmoquest Hangout-A-Thon Event page: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c8rajp1n5otp24trt90hsakntmc?cfem=1

2013-06-14 20:03:46 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 13 +1s)

James Webb Telescope's last backbone component completed

"(Phys.org) —Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame, a fixture that will be used to connect all the pieces of the telescope together.

The backplane support frame will bring together Webb's center section and wings, secondary mirror support structure, aft optics system and integrated science instrument module. ATK of Magna, Utah, finished fabrication under the direction of the observatory's builder, Northrop Grumman Corp."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-james-webb-telescope-backbone-component.html#jCp

Image: Artist's concept of the James Webb Space Telescope in orbit. Credit: NASA

2013-06-14 18:53:28 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Unfortunate and clumsy attempt at fixing my reading glasses result.

Glasses=mangled

Go ahead and laugh, I did too; they were cheap anyway...

2013-06-14 18:41:14 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

Neil Armstrong to be honored by NASA

Story and image Courtesy +NASA 

"HOUSTON — NASA will honor the life and historic achievements of astronaut Neil Armstrong during a memorial service at 10 a.m. CDT Thursday, June 20, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, when he became the first person to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 11. "

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2013/M13-096.html

2013-06-14 18:03:45 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

The "ordinary" presence and location of our entire Milky Way galaxy even within the local Universe are truly mind boggling.  We are unimaginably small specs of nothingness...yet our minds can perceive this very, recursive paradox of our dimension vs the large and personal significance of this perception of our dimension...

If you have the patience to watch all or at least most of this video, you will see what I mean.

http://irfu.cea.fr/cosmography

2013-06-14 16:55:13 (0 comments, 10 reshares, 13 +1s)

Scientists reveal new key findings on the nature of stellar black holes

"(Phys.org) —A new study by astronomers at NASA, Johns Hopkins University and Rochester Institute of Technology confirms long-held suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.

"We're accurately representing the real object and calculating the light an astronomer would actually see," says Scott Noble, associate research scientist in RIT's Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation. "This is a first-of-a-kind calculation where we actually carry out all the pieces together. We start with the equations we expect the system to follow, and we solve those full equations on a supercomputer. That gives us the data with which we can then make the predictions of the X-ray spectrum.""

Read more at:h... more »

2013-06-14 13:19:14 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

Remember Pong?  There is a Chrome experiment game that resembles Pong in 3-D...very simple and addictive.  Give it a try.

cubeslam.com

2013-06-13 21:51:00 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

The end of 3-D TV?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/tech/gaming-gadgets/3d-tv-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_c4

2013-06-13 21:36:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I’m happy to report that in May NASA transferred ownership of one of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to Space Center Houston, Johnson Space Center’s visitor center, for permanent display. NASA 905, one of two modified Boeing 747 aircraft used for approach and landing tests early in the Space Shuttle Program and later to ferry operational orbiters, will carry on a special educational mission and provide an exciting, unique attraction for the Houston area.

2013-06-13 21:35:37 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 3 +1s)

Menopause is men's fault: Researchers determine that the evolutionary cause for Women's Menopause is Males

"After decades of laboring under other theories that never seemed to add up, a team led by biologist Rama Singh has concluded that what causes menopause in women is men.

Singh, an evolutionary geneticist, backed by computer models developed by colleagues Jonathan Stone and Richard Morton, has determined that menopause is actually an unintended outcome of natural selection – the result of its effects having become relaxed in older women."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-menopause-iswait-itmen.html#jCp

Image: Stock - © Paradoxfx | Dreamstime.com

2013-06-13 21:17:06 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

The zombies are coming! On July 18, PopCap, a division of Electronic Arts is releasing Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time!

Details: http://on.mash.to/16goG9S 

A play on words, the time reference in the name of the game is a gentle jab at how long it’s taken the studio to create the game, as well a reference to time travel, which plays a huge role in its storyline.

Who's excited for Plants vs. Zombies 2?

2013-06-13 21:02:58 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Vladimir Fedotko