May 05, 2004

No apocalyptic asteriod impact in fall 2004 by 4179 Toutatis

But the Asteroid 4179 Toutatis will come so close that it will be visible with smal telescopes. Read more:
City-Sized Asteroid to Pass Earth This Fall

Have fun and find out what effects an asteriod impact would have: Catastrophe Calculator: Estimate Asteroid Impact Effects Online

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May 04, 2004

How to protect against the Sasser Virus

All you need is Security Update 835732 allready released by MS some weeks ago on Security Bulletin MS04-011.
Get it Here:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011: Security Update for Microsoft Windows (835732)

Sasser Types and descriptions:
W32/Sasser-A
W32/Sasser-B
W32/Sasser-D

How to get rid of Sasser when allready infeceted:
W32/Sasser disinfection instructions

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Life on Venus ?

Scientits think that Venus Bugs on the former wet and warm venus could have survived high up in the clouds:
Molecular rings could shelter Venus bugs
Everything to know about Venus


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Forever young with longer Telomeres ?

Are the Telomeres the fountain of youth ? It seems so, for a smal worm named Caenorhabditis elegans:
Long lifespan in worms with long telomeric DNA - Nature Genetics
What are Telomeres ?
What is Caenorhabditis eleans ?

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How to preserve your old records best

But I thik its a bit expensive:
Old records saved by particle physics: Scanner could help music archives preserve sounds of yesteryear.

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3D Computer Chips

Scientists to burn 3 dimensonal circuts into a block of glass:
Faster circuits go for gold: Lasers could build three-dimensional computer chips.

Maybe the future chip design ?

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Sounds never heard before

Deep Sea microphones took strange samples:
Deep-sea fish croaks for love: Navy biologist detects first call from the abyss.

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Cosmic microwave Background may contain more information about the Dark Age then expected

Scientists found out that in the Dark Age, when the universe was impermable to light, the hydrogen must still have absorbed its resonant waveleght and therefore it should be possible to find out how cosmic matter was distributed in the early universe. Read more:
[astro-ph/0312134] Measuring the Small-Scale Power Spectrum of Cosmic Density Fluctuations Through 21 cm Tomography Prior to the Epoch of Structure Formation
The HI 21 cm Line
Cosmic Microwave Background
What is the Inflation Theory

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Why Presidents look on internet dating

Be carefull when dating on the internet, big brother is whatching you to find out how to make their propaganda more efficient:

Internet dating analysed: Study of online relations may reveal winning tactics.

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May 03, 2004

Fire and Ice: Fantastic new picture of planetary nebula NGC 6302

Hubble shot a new fantastic image of this nebula:
Watch the Image
Find this and other Images of Hubble here:
The European Homepage For The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope - Image Archive

Scientists wonder about the fact that there seams to be water ice and other strange minerals usually found in watery conditions in the planetary nebula of the dying star.
Read a detailed analysis of the nebula

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Dangerous super bacteria is multiresistent and does not get detectet.

Doctors are worried about dangerous bacteria infections they can't heal:
Superbug dodges lab tests: Drug-resistant bacteria may gain foothold if detection fails.

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My Doctor is a Nanorobot and lives in my body :-)

A tiny DNA Nanomachine could be the future doctor and inteligent drug in one "person". Sci Fi ? It allready works and could get the magic drug keeping you healthy:
Could nanomachines be tomorrow's doctors?: DNA computer diagnoses disease and dispenses drug.

But it is still many years from comercial use.
So try to stay healthy so long :-)

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Conveyor for Nano factory

Scientists where able to control the movement of meterial along a nanotube.
Article about material transport
Article about nano motor
Pictures and Movies of nano experiments

What is a Nanotube ? What are Nanotubes ?
What means Nano ? and other answers :
The Nanotube Site
What means Nano

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Fahrrad mit Brennstoffzelle

Brennstoffzellenfahrrad vorgestellt !
Ist ja superalternativ. Nicht nur Fahrrad statt Auto, nein auch noch eins mit Brennstoffzelle:
Initiative Brennstoffzelle - Masterflex stellt Brennstoffzellenfahrrad vor

Cool ist es trotzdem :-)

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How to get a famous scientist

In a study about how famous scientists are it turned out that this is directly relateted to the number of publications and how often they are found by google.
How Famous is a Scientist? -- Famous to Those Who Know Us
Complete article in PDF

So better try to get linked !

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