Friday, 15 November 2013

Brain Activity Shows Basis of Near-Death 'Light' : Discovery News

"No doubt some people will presumptuously claim that this is further evidence for life after death, which is doubly silly. Near-death experiences are in themselves just experiences," 







Drug to Reduce Risk of Space Radiation Cancers? : Discovery News

"Researchers discovered that mice irradiated over several days developed more cancerous tumors than mice receiving a single hit of radiation, even though the total dosages were identical, Jerry Shaw, with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas said at the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research conference in Orlando last week."







NREL to research revolutionary battery storage approaches in support of ARPA-E RANGE program







Electric Cars Drive Demand For Cheaper, More Powerful Batteries | WBUR & NPR







Tricorder-like Mobile Phones Enabled by Nanotechnology - IEEE Spectrum







Nanowires and Viruses Combine to Create High-Capacity Batteries - IEEE Spectrum

So many false starts....







European Commission launches review of Germany's export surplus | World news | The Guardian







Wolfson prize seeks garden city solution to UK housing squeeze | Business | The Guardian







U.S. Investigates Currency Trades by Major Banks - NYTimes.com







The Saga of MS Windows is far from over







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