Science X Newsletter Friday, Jun 27
Dear buntheun keun,
Here is your customized Phys.org Newsletter for June 27, 2014:
************************************************
Spotlight Stories Headlines
************************************************
UPFRONT AND PERSONAL: SCIENTISTS MODEL HUMAN REASONING IN THE BRAIN'S PREFRONTAL CORTEX
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-upfront-personal-scientists-human-brain.html#nwlt
WATCHING NANOSCALE FLUIDS FLOW
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-nanoscale-fluids.html#nwlt
MESOSCALE EDDIES FOUND TO MOVE FAR MORE OCEAN WATER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-mesoscale-eddies-ocean-previously-thought.html#nwlt
SMALL-SCALE DEMO, LARGE-SCALE PROMISE OF NOVEL BROMINE BATTERY
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-small-scale-demo-large-scale-bromine-battery.html#nwlt
SUPERCONDUCTING AND FERROELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF PEROVSKITE
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-superconducting-ferroelectric-properties-perovskite.html#nwlt
CAMBRIDGE TEAM BREAKS SUPERCONDUCTOR WORLD RECORD
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-cambridge-team-superconductor-world.html#nwlt
GOOGLE OFFERS CARDBOARD PATH TO VIRTUAL REALITY
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-google-cardboard-path-virtual-reality.html#nwlt
'COMPRESSIVE SENSING' PROVIDES NEW APPROACH TO MEASURING A QUANTUM SYSTEM
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-compressive-approach-quantum.html#nwlt
RUSSIA ABRUPTLY ABORTS LAUNCH OF NEW-GENERATION ROCKET (UPDATE)
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-russia-postpones-new-generation-rocket.html#nwlt
SCIENTISTS ESTABLISH PROOF-OF-CONCEPT FOR HOST-DIRECTED TUBERCULOSIS THERAPY
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-scientists-proof-of-concept-host-directed-tuberculosis-therapy.html#nwlt
RESEARCHERS FIND A METASTABLE PHASE EXISTS THROUGHOUT TRANSITION STATE OF LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-metastable-phase-transition-state-lithium.html#nwlt
DIAMOND PLATES CREATE NANOSTRUCTURES THROUGH PRESSURE, NOT CHEMISTRY
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-diamond-plates-nanostructures-pressure-chemistry.html#nwlt
NEW FORM OF BRAIN SIGNALING AFFECTS ADDICTION-RELATED BEHAVIOR
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-brain-affects-addiction-related-behavior.html#nwlt
MONKEYS ALSO BELIEVE IN WINNING STREAKS, STUDY SHOWS
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-monkeys-streaks.html#nwlt
EARLY LIFE STRESS CAN LEAVE LASTING IMPACTS ON THE BRAIN
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-early-life-stress-impacts-brain.html#nwlt
************************************************
Latest News On TECHNOLOGY:
************************************************
US SEEKS RESUMPTION OF CYBER TALKS WITH CHINA
The U.S. next month will urge China to resume discussions on cybersecurity suspended after the U.S. charged five Chinese military officers with hacking into U.S. companies to steal trade secrets.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-resumption-cyber-china.html#nwlt
NEW MODEL HELPS REDUCE COST OF FLOODING ON RAILWAYS
Flooding is a major contributor to rail delays with huge cost implications. 2012/13 was the second wettest year in the UK national record and resulted in significant disruption to rail services and infrastructure. Some £136 million in compensation was paid to train operators in consideration of unplanned delays and cancellations in that year.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-railways.html#nwlt
FILIPINOS TO RECEIVE DISASTER ALERTS ON CELLPHONES (UPDATE)
The Philippines has passed a law that requires mobile phone companies to send early warnings to millions of people in the path of deadly typhoons, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes in an effort to reduce high number of fatalities that occur almost every year.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-filipinos-disaster-cellphones.html#nwlt
CLOUD COMPUTING: FACILITATING CUTTING EDGE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
Cloud computing - where storage facilities are provided on demand over the internet from shared data centres - enables effective research collaboration to blossom. Rather than having to purchase a cluster of computers or struggle to find space at the lab, researchers can outsource their computing storage needs to remote facilities in the cloud and make this data accessible to colleagues.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-cloud-edge-collaborative.html#nwlt
CLIMATE CONTROL FOR THE BURNS UNIT
Individualized climate control for burns victims in hospitals might not only improve comfort for such patients, but improve working conditions for those taking care of them. In addition, it could cut energy requirements by three quarters where cooling is needed and by up to a quarter where heating is used. Details of this low-exergy, LowEx, system are described in the latest issue of the International Journal of Exergy.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-climate.html#nwlt
SAN FRANCISCO PARKING APP REFUSES SHUT DOWN ORDER
The company behind an app that allows drivers to get paid for public parking spaces in San Francisco is rejecting an order from the city attorney to stop its operations.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-san-francisco-app.html#nwlt
GET TOUGHER ON TEXTING WHILE DRIVING, AMERICANS SAY
(HealthDay)—Many Americans want stricter enforcement of texting-while-driving laws and stiffer penalties for violators, according to a new survey.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-tougher-texting-americans.html#nwlt
GOPRO SHARES SOAR ON FIRST DAY OF TRADING
Shares in the company behind GoPro cameras, used to capture sports action from players' perspectives, jumped more than 30 percent on their first day of trading.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-gopro-soar-day.html#nwlt
POWERFUL BODY THAT RUNS INTERNET BACKBONE MULLS FUTURE
Some came in suits, some came in stilettos, and some came in sci-fi t-shirts, but together they could shape the future of the Internet.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-powerful-body-internet-backbone-mulls.html#nwlt
GERMAN MPS ADOPT CUTS FOR GREEN ENERGY SUBSIDIES
German lawmakers adopted a law on Friday to reduce renewable energy subsidies as the government seeks to keep its green "energy transformation" on track, curb rising prices and fight nagging criticism.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-german-mps-green-energy-subsidies.html#nwlt
RESEARCHERS DEVELOPING HIGH-FLYING JET CAR
It's dark and late. You're speeding through the streets of a downtown metropolis. You're being chased and the pursuers are quickly gaining ground. With a knowing smile, you simply press the 'launch' button of your jet car and take off into the night sky. The grounded villains are left staring into the air at your jet steam... It may sound like a typical superhero scenario but the reality (minus the drama!) could be a lot closer than you think.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-high-flying-jet-car.html#nwlt
AFTER VERIZON, GERMANY MULLS AXING FOREIGN TECH
First Verizon got the boot, now the German government is considering pulling the plug on foreign companies that provide hardware for official communication networks.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-verizon-germany-mulls-axing-foreign.html#nwlt
LINUX IS THE QUIET REVOLUTION THAT WILL LEAVE MICROSOFT EATING DUST
Linux, the most widely used open source operating system in the world, has scored a major publicity coup in the revelation that it is used on 94% of the world's top 500 supercomputers.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-linux-quiet-revolution-microsoft.html#nwlt
ANDROID L MAKES SENSE, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T SET THE WORLD ALIGHT
Google has unveiled a host of new directions at its annual developers conference this week.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-android-doesnt-world.html#nwlt
REVIEW: EQUALIZER APPS WORK BETTER THAN CLARI-FI
Bring back the equalizers! That's my conclusion after trying out Clari-Fi, a new technology from audio equipment maker Harman Kardon. Clari-Fi aims to restore some of the audio signal that is lost because of digital compression in today's download and streaming formats.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-equalizer-apps-clari-fi.html#nwlt
US BEGINS 'UNPRECEDENTED' AUCTION OF SILK ROAD BITCOINS
The bitcoin world kicked into high gear Friday as the US government began auctioning some of the virtual currency seized in an FBI investigation of dark Web bazaar Silk Road.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-unprecedented-auction-silk-road-bitcoins.html#nwlt
FORECASTING FUTURE MAY ONE DAY BECOME AS PRACTICAL AS PREDICTING WEATHER, THANKS TO BIG DATA ADVANCES
(Phys.org) —It was standing room only in a crowd of computer engineers, artificial intelligence experts, philosophers, and virtual reality gurus—all gathered around to hear how forecasting the future may one day be as commonplace as forecasting the weather, thanks to advances in the field of Big Data.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-future-day-weather-big-advances.html#nwlt
SOFTWARE RENDERS EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IN 3-D SPLENDOR
As an atmospheric scientist, Martin Jucker found it frustrating that the Earth's atmosphere typically appears as a consistent, two-dimensional plane when scientists visualize atmospheric data. Horizontal and vertical data are often modeled separately, resulting in both "a very high and a very short box," said Jucker, an associate research scholar in Princeton University's Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-software-earth-atmosphere-d-splendor.html#nwlt
GOOGLE OFFERS CARDBOARD PATH TO VIRTUAL REALITY
With some DIY spirit and appreciation of virtual reality immersion, you can have the VR experience. You need little more than cardboard and some items that you can pick up at your local hardware store. Google has its own egalitarian virtual reality solution, announced this week at I/O 2014. Its launch is a delightful outcome of Google's creatives. A team from something called the Cardboard project has figured out how to bring virtual reality on your smartphone using inexpensive, accessible, everyday objects for a headset. The headset ingredients include cardboard, lenses, magnets, Velcro, a rubber band and, if you like, an near-field communications (NFC) tag. Got cardboard? Google's project team asks. Then download Cardboard (the app).
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-06-google-cardboard-path-virtual-reality.html#nwlt
*****************************************************************************
This email is a free service of Phys.org
You received this email because you subscribed to our list.
If you no longer want to receive this email use the link below to unsubscribe.
https://sciencex.com/profile/nwletter/
You are subscribed as buntheun.dany@blogger.com
