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Archive for November, 2008

Uptake of the childhood measles, mumps and rubella triple vaccine (MMR) declined sharply in the United Kingdom after a publication in medical journal The Lancet reported a link between the ‘triple jab’ and autism. Although the study was retracted after concerns about both its scientific validity and the authors’ sources of funding, many parents [...]

Currently, scientists appear to be primarily looking at reducing the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide in order to control the amount of atmospheric heating the earth is experiencing.

While this approach tackles the problem head on, perhaps we should also be looking at ways of limiting the amount of atmospheric heating we are presently receiving from [...]

An Intertwined Universe?

A mathematical treatment of two constants of the Universe leads to an interesting conclusion.  

Maybe string theorists are not so far off base as one might think in suggestions of an intertwined Universe.  The following bit of dealing mathematically  with two constants of nature suggests something of the same thing.

Combination of Planck’s Constant [...]

Everspin plans to release more products, and in 2009 will have 16Mbit products (today they only have 4Mbit chips). They say that by 2015 MRAM will have densities that compete with DRAM and FLASH (NOR).
Read the whole interview at MRAM-info, the web’s leading MRAM resource

New Science Projects

We have some new science fair projects: Hair today, gone tomorrow; "C" you later; Rising to the occasion; The dirt on dirt. Five great science projects giving fast results. pack contains supplies list, full instructions.

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