• The Environment

    Green Until The Very End

    By Posted on 5.9.2008 7 Comments

    Worried that embalming fluids or emissions from cremation will pollute the earth after your death? There may be a more eco-friendly albeit somewhat grisly alternative—dissolving the body in lye. The process, which has been used to dispose of animals and lab specimens for many years, is now being considered more seriously for human use. Called alkaline hydrolysis, the method uses a steel cylinder that dissolves the body in lye with 300-degree heat and 60 pounds of pressure per square inch. The result is a sterile, coffee-colored liquid with the consistency of motor oil that can be safely poured down the drain. A small amount of bone residue that can be scattered like cementation ashes is the only solid byproduct.

    5.10.2008 at 12:16pm - Comment by MrsDiscoveryChnl

    You the world is having enviromental problems when people have to make death eco-friendly.

  • Science

    Scientists Unveil the World's Largest Sheet of Carbon Nanotubes

    By Posted on 2.28.2008 7 Comments

    Nanocomp Technologies Inc. of Concord, New Hampshire has managed to make the largest sheet of carbon nanotubing ever, rekindling the long-standing dream of a fantastical space elevator that lifts us into orbit along an ultra-light yet ultra-strong carbon nanotube cable. Sure, at 18 square feet, the sheet is smaller than a beach blanket but it contains a billion billion nanotubes, which makes it 200 times as strong as steel and 30 times less dense.

    2.28.2008 at 08:25pm - Comment by MrsDiscoveryChnl

    A Carbon Nanotube has a different stucture than just a carbon molecule. But Nanotubing has a lot of possiblities but the main problem is how strong it is. Since it is made of chains when one link is weak the whole chain is weak.

  • Gadgets

    Nokia Reveals Morph, the Possible Future of Phones

    By Posted on 2.26.2008 5 Comments

    As part of a new design exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York city, Nokia and the University of Cambridge revealed a potential phone of the future, called Morph. Why "Morph"? The gadgets flexible materials would enable you to twist it into different shapes, you could even wear it as a bracelet.

    2.26.2008 at 04:38pm - Comment by MrsDiscoveryChnl

    That is proabably one of the coolest ways to use nanotechnology, I don't see the signigcance it can bring besides that fact that it would be super cool for your cell phone to be your bracelet too.

  • Science

    Researchers Create Self-Repairing Rubber

    By Posted on 2.22.2008 3 Comments

    Scientists at the Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles in Sheboygan, Wisconsin—wait, I mean Paris, France—have created a new kind of rubber that can bind back together after being broken in two.

    2.24.2008 at 09:28pm - Comment by MrsDiscoveryChnl

    Hum, I could think of a lot of ways this could be used for. I mean think of the possiblites. It can be used in the medical field, science, culinary, even teaching. Every day uses could come out of that. Rubber bands that could be used over and over.

  • The Environment

    Toxic Travel Trailers

    By Posted on 2.14.2008 2 Comments

    As the third Spring since hurricane Katrina approaches, officials at the Centers for Disease Control today urged FEMA to move the 114,000 people who still live in "temporary" travel trailers as quickly as possible. The problem? Dangerously high levels of formaldehyde—a known carcinogen and respiratory irritant—which will only increase as the heat takes its toll on unstable building materials.

    2.24.2008 at 09:24pm - Comment by MrsDiscoveryChnl

    Wow, something should seriously be done about this. I mean, if they were just transfered to some where new, or had newer trailers the levels might not be as high. In the long run the residents of the household's health might be more in need of care than the trailers.

  • Gadgets

    Mind-Reading PC Controller Almost Ready For Prime Time?

    By Posted on 2.22.2008 11 Comments

    The Emotiv mind-reading headset, according to some reports, is ready for the real world. Sort of.

    2.22.2008 at 04:44pm - Comment by MrsDiscoveryChnl

    This seems like a really intresting controler. It would be col to just opperate and manuver object around on the screen by just thinking about it. Also my mother said she would like it because she has a hard time playing video games for a long time because her fingers can get numb. The price of 299, doesn't seem that bad. Considering if one were to total the amount of viedo games that could be in an average household could be more than 299.



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