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Playing with future of British armed forces

By Guest PostNovember 23, 2013Politics, Weaponsafghanistan, armed forces, barbie, best selling, body armour, british homes, british troops, conflict, cultures, geopolitical climates, help for heroes, her majesty, hmaf dolls, licensed by, london, military action figure, ministry of defence, professor klaus dodds, royal holloway university, sean carter, social scientists, tara woodyer, toy range, university of exeter, university of portsmouth, war, withdrawal

Social scientists are to examine whether action figure dolls help form children’s opinions on war and have a role to play in shaping the future of our armed forces.

It is the first time research has examined the role of toys in the making of young citizens. The £492,508 project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.

The researchers, Dr Sean Carter, from Geography at the University of Exeter, Dr Tara Woodyer, of the University of Portsmouth and Professor Klaus Dodds, of Royal Holloway University of London, have expertise in human geography, children’s play, childhood studies, geopolitics and the culture of war. (more…)

Bacteria may allow animals to send quick, voluminous messages

By Guest PostNovember 23, 2013Naturebacteria in pastes, hyenas, sour smelling signals, striped hyenas, symbiotic bacteria

Twitter clips human thoughts to a mere 140 characters. Animals’ scent posts may be equally as short, relatively speaking, yet they convey an encyclopedia of information about the animals that left them. (more…)

Drei Lügen gegen Ökostrom und was man tun kann

By Guest PostNovember 23, 2013Environment, Politicsakw in betrieb, ard journalist, armut, atom, atomkraft, China, deutschland, drei luegen, eeg, energiepolitik, erfolgsmodell, erneuerbare energien gesetz, europas, finnland, frankreich, fukushima, grossbritannien, kohle, oekostrom, oekostrom umlage, oelpreise, russland, solar, sozialpolitik, strompreis, suedkorea, windstrom

Eine Kampagne strickt ein raffiniertes Lügengeflecht und behauptet, der subventionierte Solar- und Windstrom sei der Preistreiber

upg. In Deutschland blasen Lobbys zum Angriff auf das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz EEG. Solar- und Windstrom seien schuld daran, dass der Strompreis ab 2014 bereits wieder um einen Cent pro Kilowattstunde teurer wird. Doch die erneuerbare Energie sei nicht die Hauptschuldige an den steigenden Strompreisen, erklärt Franz Alt, der frühere ARD-Journalist und Verfechter alternativer Energien. Er wehrt sich gegen ein «raffiniertes Lügengeflecht». Die deutsche Zeitung «Welt» gibt ihm recht: «Der erneute Anstieg der Ökostrom-Umlage ist nur zu einem geringen Teil auf den Bau neuer Solar- und Windparks zurück zu führen. Die wahren Kosten der Energiewende verstecken sich woanders.»

Die drei Lügen

Erste Lüge: Die erneuerbaren Energien sind die Preistreiber. (more…)

Diamond Imperfections Pave the Way to Technology Gold

By Guest PostNovember 23, 2013Scienceadvanced technology, berkeley lab, combination of theory, creation of qubits, data, dephasing, detection, diamond defects, Diamond Imperfections, diamond impurities, dmitry budker, electronic dynamic, electronic spectroscopy, electronic state phenomena, graham fleming, magnetic field, magnetometry, nanophotonics, nanoscale, nitrogen vacancy, non radiative relaxation, NV center, quantum information, quantum information processing, quantum mechanical effects, quantum spin, relaxation, spectroscopic signals, spin addressing, Technology Gold, Thomas Oliver, timescale, vanessa huxter, Vibrational, vibrational coherences

Berkeley Study Provides Unprecedented Details on Ultrafast Processes in Diamond Nitrogen Vacancy Centers

From supersensitive detections of magnetic fields to quantum information processing, the key to a number of highly promising advanced technologies may lie in one of the most common defects in diamonds. Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have taken an important step towards unlocking this key with the first ever detailed look at critical ultrafast processes in these diamond defects. (more…)

Carbon hotspots: Rivers and streams leak more CO2 than thought

By Guest PostNovember 22, 2013EnvironmentAmazon, annual rainfall, atmosphere, carbon budget, carbon dioxide, carbon hotspots, central america, CO2, co2 evasion rate, concentration of co2, david butman, ecosystem, field data, flux of co2, global carbon cycle, global dataset, global resource, human activity, hydrochemical database, jens hartmann, percentage of emission, peter a raymond, southeast asia, university of hamburg

The amount of carbon dioxide escaping from rivers and streams into the atmosphere is much larger than previously thought, according to a new study that maps for the first time the flux of CO₂ from inland waters worldwide. Published in the journal Nature, the research reveals the major role these waterways play in the global carbon cycle, the authors said.

“This study solidifies the significance of inland waters as conduits of exchange and provides a framework for inclusion of this exchange in regional and global studies,” said lead author Peter A. Raymond, a professor of ecosystem ecology at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES). “Understanding how ecosystems exchange carbon is important, as they currently offset a significant percentage of emissions caused by human activity.” (more…)

Society for Neuroscience 2013: How sleep aids visual task learning

By Guest PostNovember 22, 2013Health, Sciencebrainwaves, brown university, david orenstein, decline of function, due to aging, electronic encephalography, ji won bang, magnetic resonance imaging, measure the brainwaves, neural mechanism, neural oscillations, playing the piano, polysomnography, psychological sciences, san diego, sigma brainwave, sigma frequency, sleep, sleeping brain, society for neuroscience, supplementary motor area, Takeo Watanabe, visual cortical area, visual task learning, yuka sasaki

At the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego Nov. 10, 2013, Brown University scientists presented research showing what happens in the brain during sleep to lock in learning of a visually oriented “Where’s Waldo”-like task.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — As any indignant teacher would scold, students must be awake to learn. But what science is showing with increasing sophistication is how the brain uses sleep for learning as well. At the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego Nov. 10, 2013, Brown University researchers discussed new research describing the neural mechanism by which the sleeping brain locks in learning of a visual task. (more…)

Leonardo DiCaprio spendet drei Millionen US-Dollar für WWF Tigerschutz

By Guest PostNovember 22, 2013Naturealain compost, carter roberts, dicaprio stiftung, hollywood star, klimaschutz, leonardo dicaprio, st. petersburg, stiftung, sumatratiger, terai gebiet, tierarten in nepal, tiger gipfels, tiger in nepal, wwf tigerschutz

WWF wird Tigerschutz in Nepal massiv ausbauen

Zum dritten Jahrestag des historischen Tiger-Gipfels in St. Petersburg spendet der Hollywood-Star Leonardo DiCaprio über seine Stiftung drei Millionen US-Dollar an den WWF. Ziel ist es, mit dem Geld die Zahl der wild lebenden Tiger in Nepal zu verdoppeln. DiCaprio unterstützt so die Arbeit des WWF mit der nepalesischen Regierung und der Bevölkerung im Terai-Gebiet. Jetzt können der Schutz der Kerngebiete, in denen die Tiger leben, verbessert und Patrouillen gegen Wilderei verstärkt werden. Außerdem sollen die Wanderkorridore für die Tiere zwischen den Gebieten ausgebaut und die Tigerpopulationen besser überwacht werden. (more…)

comScore MMX Ranks Top 50 U.S. Desktop Web Properties for October 2013

By Guest PostNovember 22, 2013Technologyamericans, Comscore, comscore mmx, data, debt ceiling deadline, desktop web properties, Google, local us market, Microsoft, online buying power, political news sites, Twitter, US, Yahoo

Halloween and October Festivities See Six Retail Subcategories in the Top 10
Political News Sites Continue Growth as Americans Keep Tabs on Government Shutdown

RESTON, VA, November 22, 2013 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly ranking of U.S. desktop web activity at the top online properties for October 2013 based on data from the comScore MMX service. Several retail subcategories were among the top-gaining in October as Halloween and other festivities took place. Americans also frequented Political News sites as major stories such as the U.S. government shutdown and debt ceiling deadline made headlines. (more…)

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