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Moon Methone meets Cassini->

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MistrX writes ""NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn's tiny moon Methone as part of a trajectory that will take it on a close flyby of another of Saturn's moons, Titan. The Titan flyby will put the spacecraft in an orbit around Saturn that is inclined, or tilted, relative to the plane of the planet's equator. The flyby of Methone took place on May 20 at a distance of about 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers). It was Cassini's closest flyby of the 2-mile-wide (3-kilometer-wide) moon. The best previous Cassini images were taken on June 8, 2005, at a distance of about 140,000 miles (225,000 kilometers), and they barely resolved this object.""
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Science

Chemical reaction eating CO2, producing energy->

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MistrX writes ""While there are plenty of ways to make carbon-based products from CO2, these methods usually require a lot of energy because the CO2 molecules are so stable. If the energy comes from the burning of fossil fuels, then the net result will be more CO2 entering the atmosphere. Now a material scientist at Michigan Technological University has discovered a chemical reaction that not only soaks up CO2, but also produces useful chemicals along with significant amounts of energy."

http://www.gizmag.com/co2-li3n-reaction/22620/"
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Transportation

First testflights with flying car succesful.->

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MistrX writes "The Dutch company PAL-V completed it's first series of testflights with it's flying car, the PAL-V One, successfully. The PAL-V One flies like a gyrocopter, with a minimal runway length of 165 meters, and drives around like a trike on the road. Furthermore it offers 2 passengers at a maximum speed of 180km/h on both on land and in the air.

The company aims with the PAL-V One on usage within the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, because private flying is more commonplace."
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Comment: No shit Sherlock (Score 2) 862

by MistrX (#37609668) Attached to: Microsoft Killed the Start Menu Because No One Uses It

When they changed the way Start works since Vista, it sucks bigtime. Having lot's of programs installed makes that list too long and the hassle of finding your program becomes too great to bother with it. The way XP works was better to me: Expand it all over your desktop. Nice a grid of all your installed apps in one sight.
Switching to classic isn't an option, it removes the shortcuts aswell. It really goes into primitive mode, 98 style.

Now I use 3rd party tools to get my OS to do what I want with it. How absurd is that?

Microsoft! Stop telling me on how to use my pc please! And bring some legacy options back that WILL enhance usability.

Comment: String theory test (Score 2) 1088

by MistrX (#37488900) Attached to: CERN Experiment Indicates Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos

In looking for possible explanations, isn't it possible that this could be a nice twist towards String Theory? If we assume extra dimensions curled up inside the 3 spatial dimensions of our own + time, isn't it then possible for a neutrino to pass trough a curled up dimension and 'tunnel' it's way to the end point e.g. kind of wormhole?

Also, what was the mass of the neutrino when it went past light speed? Should have been infinitely big.

Space

Buildingblocks of DNA confirmed in Meteorites->

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MistrX writes "Researchers announce that the components of DNA have now been confirmed to exist in extraterrestrial meteorites. A different team of scientists also discovered a number of molecules linked with a vital ancient biological process, adding weight to the idea that the earliest forms of life on Earth may have been made up in part from materials delivered to Earth the planet by from space.

Past research had revealed a range of building blocks of life in meteorites, such as the amino acids that make up proteins. Space rocks just like these may have been a vital source of the organic compounds that gave rise to life on Earth."
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Breakthrough in cure to EHEC bacteria-> 1

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MistrX writes "Researchers from TNO have made a world wide breakthrough in the battle against lethal bacteria such as EHEC. Food scientists from TNO were able to find natural ingredients that effectively cut bacteria short that had become resistent to antibiotics. The discovery has been tested using the ESBL-bacterium, but is also applicable against the EHEC-bacterium. The finding comes at a time when the bacteria has made more than 20 lethal victims in Germany and has infected thousands."
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