| Antimatter detector to catch last shuttle to space By FRANK JORDANS 2010-08-25T20:48:49ZGENEVA (AP) -- A $2 billion machine that will jump-start the search for antimatter and other phenomena was loaded onto a massive U.S. Air Force plane Wednesday for the final leg of its journey on Earth before it catches the last scheduled shuttle flight into space.... hosted.ap.org |
Rare kiwi hatches from quake-rattled egg An endangered New Zealand kiwi that survived a buffeting in its egg during this month's 7.0-magnitude earthquake has hatched safely. abc.net.au |
Fire detection technology goes high-tech Fire detection technology originally developed for the NASA mission to Mars has been successfully trialled in the Tumut area. abc.net.au |
On Our Radar: More Safety Violations for Massey Coal Among other missteps, a federal agency found that a Massey mine in West Virginia was cutting too deeply into the coal seam and skipping some mandatory tests for explosive gases. feeds.nytimes.com |
Biological particle accelerators Biological accelerations of 36,000 times the acceleration due to gravity in this month's CERN Courier.Ok, so in a good mood, watching the sun and snow on the Jura and reading the CERN courier, and this made me smile. Peat moss that shoots stuff out with really rather high accelerations (36,000g apparently).And for its next trick, it will flavour your single malt whisky. Plants eh? Unfortunately I don't think it is a practical solution for the next linear collider.If I made a joke about Stirling Moss here, it would not so much show my age as be a testament to the fact that I have a complete set of Giles Annuals back to 1945, which seem to feature him quite a lot.__PS See also this (abstrusegoose - thanks @marktibbetts)Jon Butterworthguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |