Science News by Timothy Paustian

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:20:50 GMT

Physicist Says Market Crashes Predictable; Major Decline Due in 2003. Science Blog Dec 16 2002 0:19AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] Leave it to a physicist to predict the market.

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:14:04 GMT

Scientists Use South Pole Telescope To Produce The Most Detailed Images Of The Early Universe. Science Daily Dec 16 2002 12:51PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] The findings support the idea that 90% of the universe is either dark matter or dark energy. I find this amazing. We know so little about these materials (if you can call them that). What are they? What are their properties? When we learn more about this substance I wonder how it will change the world and if there will be any applications.

Everythings dark

Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:04:47 GMT

New Evidence that Dark Energy Rules the Universe. Space.com Nov 12 2002 11:30AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] For anyone who thinks we have space all figured out, read this article. Much of the universe is composed of dark energy and dark matter, things we know very little about. It is very possible that these ideas are wrong also. Everything is in flux since scientists discovered that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.

Tue, 05 Nov 2002 18:30:29 GMT

Electronic devices based on single molecules. PhysicsWeb Nov 1 2002 12:39PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] This experiment measures the conductance of a single hydrogen atom. Very cool. It would be interesting to take the anti-hydrogen atom that CERN has produced and measure it's properties in such a devise.

Tue, 05 Nov 2002 18:19:45 GMT

Clic Linux for clustered environments. Groupe France [The Register] There is a place for open source projects. The above project creates a super computer using available cheap PCs. A quote near the end of the article is something the BigCo's should worry about.

Clearly, nobody is expecting that this particular Linux development is going to weave a magic wand and get Linux into more enterprises, because it isn't and it doesn't need to. Linux is doing that job for itself very nicely. This project enables people to tackle a problem they previously couldn't have tackled and, because it's open source, they can do it for free.

Linux is gaining ground. It will overtake other operating systems and the big loser will be proprietary systems. Lock-in is over.

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:28:33 GMT

Researchers 'look inside' antimatter. BBC Oct 30 2002 9:10AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] Cool thoughts about antimatter and matter. Where did all the antimatter go after the big bang?

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:24:39 GMT

Ancient Star Sheds Light on Chemical Composition of Early Universe. Scientific American Oct 31 2002 5:07AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] The star is 14 to 15 billion years old and lends support to the idea of how the universe formed.

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:21:32 GMT

Antimatter Power: Reaching for Deep Space. Space.com Oct 31 2002 2:18AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] A proposal to use antimatter to drive a small space ship very fast.

Critical mass

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 18:25:51 GMT

China ponders joining fusion project. Nature Oct 9 2002 3:57PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] It looks like the fusion project is achieving critical mass. [pun intended]

Cell Structure

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 18:23:55 GMT

Monster molecule techniques win Chemistry Nobel. New Scientist Oct 9 2002 7:36PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] Their work involved developing techniques that allow the discovery of the structures of DNA and proteins. Scientists are now using these techniques to rapidly determine the structures of thousands of molecules. Eventually we will know the shape of most things in the cell and can put all the tinker toys together. Amazing!

Nuclear reactors have problems

Mon, 07 Oct 2002 17:57:46 GMT

Japan's nuclear safety 'dangerously weak'. New Scientist Oct 6 2002 7:33AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] This is why nuclear fission reactors are just not a good idea. The last paragraph describing a nuclear accident in Japan in 1999 is the kind of nightmare you can get from these plants.

Bugs in space

Fri, 04 Oct 2002 17:50:23 GMT

Life on Venus?. Scientists have reason to believe there may be life on Venus after all. [Beyond 2000 - Daily Science News] Certain specific microbes on this planet could certainly survive in the upper atmosphere of Venus. The question then becomes are they there? It's possible, but by no means proven.