Archive for November, 2009

Ha? What? Really? This was my expression when I read the title of the study on the New York Timest website. Isn’t that weird and strange? We normally designate the ears as our primary part for listening and hearing right? This is not completely accurate, according to a new study conducted by Bryan Gick and Donald Derrick of the University of British Columbia, people can also heart with their [...]

After the balloon scene you are going to see a kind of salamander that lives in Sierras mountain in California, and has the fastest tongue to catch a prey on earth. Also, the segment after it, you will see the mantis shrimp, that has the fastest punch on earth (almost the same as the speed of bullet). Just watch this. Close-up of the eyes of a peacock mantis shrim. Photo Credit the guardian.

This video was aired on the discovery channels few months ago, and shows how a drop of water would look like at 2000 frames/second. This is a phenomenon you have never seen before, absolutely amazing. There is thin layer of air separating the drop from the water, but when the air pushed aside most of the droplet connect with the water below but this happens so fast that the connection pinched off and [...]

A group of researchers at the City College of New York are working on a system that generate electricity for cars and planes based on materials known as piezoelectrics. Piezoelectrics basically convert the kinetic energy of motion into electricity, but it doesn’t completely replace the car’s battery, it will be used as a supplement for the car. Meaning, the dashboard, radio, mobile phones, [...]

According to the United Nations, the United States was not prepared for Hurricane Katrina that put 80% of New Orleans under water. The UN also said, even developed countries such as the United States are not really ready for major disasters, and they should implement much better plans to protect its citizen. Successful emergency preparedness in Cuba and Bangladesh minimized the loss of thousands of [...]

As long as we are alive, we will always remember Charles Darwin. The naturalist who realised that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors. The images you are about to see, are collection from the Darwin photographic competition 2009. Tree Frog by Simon Roberts: ‘A small tree frog posing on some lichen. Very cute little fella, only an inch and a half in size’. Deadly [...]

For many years scientists were trying to figure out a way to re-grow body parts using our own stem cells. Many experiments showed successful results such as the one I talked about few months ago, when group of scientists used a patient’s own stem cell to restore eye sight. A group of scientists in France led by Hind Guenou, PhD, concluded from their study that Human embryonic stem cells can be [...]

In one of the largest heart disease studies in the United States conducted at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, showed that using the patient’s own stem cell could greatly treat his heart problem and reduce the risk of developing heart related diseases in the future. Transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an [...]