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Submission + - Swedish physicists confirm LENR (nyteknik.se) 2

Submitted by spirito on Sunday April 10, 2011 @11:06AM

spirito writes: Two Swedish physicists recently supervised a new test on the E-cat, a device capable of producing energy using nickel powder, water vapor and "secret" catalysts. In the report they write: “Any chemical process should be ruled out for producing 25 kWh from whatever is in a 50 cubic centimeter container. The only alternative explanation is that there is some kind of a nuclear process that gives rise to the measured energy production.” In the used powder 10% copper was found.

Submission + - 18000 x norm radiation in San Francisco tap wate (alexanderhiggins.com) 2

Submitted by M4n on Sunday April 03, 2011 @06:26PM

M4n writes: Despite countless reassurances that no harmful levels of radiation from the Japan nuclear fallout would hit the US from the EPA, the University of Berkeley in California is now reporting that rainwater in San Francisco water has now been detected at levels 18,100% above federal drinking water standards.

Iodine-131 was measured in a rainwater sample taken on the roof of Etcheverry Hall on UC Berkeley campus, March 23, 2011 from 9:06-18:00 PDT. The 3 Liters of rainwater collected contained 134 Becquerels of Iodine for an average of 20.1 Becquerel per liter, which equates to 543 Picocuries per litre.

The federal drinking water limit for Iodine-131 is 3 Picocuries per liter, putting the rainwater sample at 18,100% above the federal drinking water limit.

Submission + - New Dinosaur Species Found In China (telegraph.co.uk) 1

Submitted by

jones_supa

on Sunday April 03, 2011 @10:44AM

jones_supa writes: "A previously unknown dinosaur has been identified from fossils dug up in China and has been nicknamed as "T-Rex's cousin". The gigantic creature roamed North America and east Asia between about 65 million and 99 million years ago. Named in honour of Zhucheng as Zhuchentyrannus magnus, this animal was about 11 metres long, 4 metres tall and it weighed about 6 tonnes. The research team was led by Dr. David Hone, from University College Dublin school of biology and environmental science."

Submission + - New quantum record: 14 bits! (nanowerk.com)

Submitted by Tx-0 on Sunday April 03, 2011 @04:33AM

Tx-0 writes: Quantum physicists from the University of Innsbruck have set another world record: They have achieved controlled entanglement of 14 quantum bits (qubits) and, thus, realized the largest quantum register that has ever been produced. With this experiment the scientists have not only come closer to the realization of a quantum computer but they also show surprising results for the quantum mechanical phenomenon of entanglement.
By now the Innsbruck experimental physicists have succeeded in confining up to 64 particles in an ion trap. "We are not able to entangle this high number of ions yet," says Thomas Monz. "However, our current findings provide us with a better understanding about the behavior of many entangled particles." And this knowledge may soon enable them to entangle even more atoms.

Submission + - Dutch Radio Geek Tracking Libyan Airstrikes (itworld.com)

Submitted by

jfruhlinger

on Monday March 21, 2011 @12:36PM

jfruhlinger writes: "The days when citizens could only learn about a distant war from the government or the institutional press are long over. An ex-Dutch military geek exemplifies the new way information comes out, tracking attack flights on Libya, and even tweeting messages to the US command responsible for the strikes."

Submission + - U.K. Military Developing Solar-Powered Uniforms (ecouterre.com) 1

Submitted by

greenerd

on Sunday March 20, 2011 @10:16AM

greenerd writes: "Scientists across the United Kingdom are working on a solar-powered energy kit that could lighten the load of soldiers—and, more important, increase their mobility—by up to 50 percent."

Comment Re:Secret op? (Score 1) 217

by chielk on Friday March 18, 2011 @08:51AM (#35528482) Attached to: US Military Commissions Sock Puppet Program

But sure they they are wery concerned with our safety.
For what orther reason would they want to build a military basis in our country than to protect us?
It seems that you hate your own people and want us to be unprepared when an evil dictator tries to take over our country.
Do you really want to sacrifice your own? We need the protection of the United States! We've always been allies with the United States!

Comment Gaddaf (Score 1) 1

by chielk on Thursday March 17, 2011 @08:13PM (#35524512) Attached to: UN backs action against Colonel Gaddaf

I seem to have lost an "i". Either that or it signifies the territory he lost in the east.

Submission + - UN Authorizes Military Strikes Over Libya (wsj.com) 3

Submitted by cosm on Thursday March 17, 2011 @08:09PM

cosm writes: Ten members of the UN Security Council have agreed to a resolution authorizing military strikes against Col. Gadhafi. With the intervention of western countries, do you think this resolution will influence further revolutions across the globe, fueled by the hope that the UN will come to the rescue if the targets of revolt become aggressors similar to Gadhafi?

Submission + - UN backs action against Colonel Gaddaf (bbc.co.uk) 1

Submitted by chielk on Thursday March 17, 2011 @07:20PM

chielk writes: The UN Security Council has backed a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" short of an invasion "to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas".

The UK, France and Lebanon proposed the council resolution, with US support.

Submission + - RSA Security Breached- SecureID Affected (rsa.com)

Submitted by

rmogull

on Thursday March 17, 2011 @07:01PM

rmogull writes: "RSA, the security division of EMC, announced they've been hacked and material related to the widely-used SecureID authentication tokens was stolen. They state it was an "APT" style attack. With all the hype that's sure the explode over this one, we decided to do a quick write up to separate fact from speculation at http://securosis.com/blog/rsa-breached-secureid-affected."

Submission + - Graphics-enabled CPUs to take off in 2011 (techworld.com.au)

Submitted by

angry tapir

on Thursday March 17, 2011 @06:10PM

angry tapir writes: "Half the notebook computers and a growing number of desktops shipped in 2011 will run on graphics-enabled microprocessors as designers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) increase competition for the units that raise multimedia speeds without add-ons. The processors with built-in graphics capabilities will be installed this year on 115 million notebooks, half of total shipments, and 63 million desktop PCs, or 45 percent of the total, according to analysts."

Submission + - Judge Lets Sony Access GeoHot's PayPal Account (techspot.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 17, 2011 @05:28PM

An anonymous reader writes: Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero has awarded Sony a subpoena that grants the company access to the PayPal account of PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, for the last two years.
Emil: Spero ruled that the Japanese console maker may acquire "documents sufficient to identify the source of funds in California that went into any PayPal account associated with geohot@gmail.com for the period of January 1, 2009, to February 1, 2011."

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