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</A> <B>Posted by <A HREF="http://hemos.net">Hemos</A> on Wednesday September 27, @06:26PM</B><BR>
<FONT size=2><B>from the wow dept.</B></FONT><BR>
A reader writes <I>"According to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_944000/944790.stm">BBC News</a>, scientists have just published a paper in Nature demonstrating that slime molds can negotiate the shortest route through a maze, thus demonstrating a form of "cellular computation" which implies a primitive intelligence."</I>
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</A> <B>Posted by <A HREF="http://hemos.net">Hemos</A> on Wednesday September 27, @11:01AM</B><BR>
<FONT size=2><B>from the closer-to-nanites dept.</B></FONT><BR>
<A HREF="http://world.std.com/~wware/">WillWare</A> writes: <I>"Using a scanning tunneling microscope at the Free University of
Berlin, scientists have for the first time manipulated single
molecules to perform a <a
href="http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2000/split/pnu503-2.htm">complete
chemical reaction</a>. (<a
href="http://www.aip.org/physnews/graphics/html/stm.html">Here</a> are
STM pictures of the reaction happening.) ...the making of C12H10
molecules from C6H5I molecules, normally carried out on a copper
catalyst and using thermal activation, has here been forced to proceed by employing one
molecule at a time at a cryogenic temperature of 20 K. The researchers
believe that new manmade molecules, never before seen in nature, can
be engineered in this way, including the selective detachment or
replacement of parts of larger molecules for individual assembling of
molecular based nano-devices. The official article appears in <a
href="http://pubster.aip.org/journal_cgi/getabs?KEY=PRLTAO&cvips=PRLTAO000085000013002777000001&gifs=yes">Physical
Review Letters, 25 Sept</a>."</I> Nanites. That's all I have to say.
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</A> <B>Posted by <A HREF="http://hemos.net">Hemos</A> on Wednesday September 27, @08:48AM</B><BR>
<FONT size=2><B>from the up-in-the-air dept.</B></FONT><BR>
N2UX writes <I>"The long awaited and much anticipated <a href="http://www.arrl.org">Amateur Radio</a> <a href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/phase3d.html">Phase 3d</a> satellite from <a href="http://www.amsat.org">AMSAT </a>has been given a <a href="http://www.arianespace.com/status_nearterm.html">launch</a> date of October 31. Space craft details are <a href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/phase3d.html">here</a>"</I>
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</A> <B>Posted by <A HREF="http://hemos.net">Hemos</A> on Tuesday September 26, @07:45PM</B><BR>
<FONT size=2><B>from the yet-more-competition-for-cycles dept.</B></FONT><BR>
<A HREF="mailto:brain_damaged@hotmail.com">braind</A> writes: <I>"The Stanford group has developed a new way to simulate protein folding ("distributed dynamics") which should remove the previous barriers to simulating protein folding. However, this method is extremely computationally demanding and we need your help.
<A HREF="http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/Cosm/">You can read more on the site.</A>"</I> It's interesting seeing all these projects coming out - just a reminder that <a href="http://distributed.net">distributed</a> is still around and we can always use more on our team. *grin* <strong>[addendum from timothy:]</strong> Note that the <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/09/22/1636246">SDK used for this project</a> was discussed here a few days ago, so you can even roll -- err, fold -- your own.
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</A> <B>Posted by <A HREF="http://hemos.net">Hemos</A> on Tuesday September 26, @01:46PM</B><BR>
<FONT size=2><B>from the who-gets-to-be-the-mad-hatter dept.</B></FONT><BR>
<A HREF="mailto:decibel@decibel.org">Decibel</A> writes <I>"Scientists at the University of British Columbia have built a <a href="http://space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/liquid_mirror_000924.html">6 meter telescope</a> that uses a plate filled with mercury for its primary mirror. At a cost of $1 million, this technology makes it possible for many research teams to have continuous access to a telescope, rather than sharing with many other researchers.
On a somewhat related note, the top 10 images taken by the only company that provides commercial satellite images at 1 meter resolution have been released to the public. Included are pics of the Olympic Park in Sydney, the Hollywood sign, Hoover Dam, and the Great Pyramids of Egypt. I don't know how they determined that these were the top 10, but they're certainly worth a <a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0009/25ikonos/">look</a>."</I>
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</A> <B>Posted by <A HREF="http://hemos.net">Hemos</A> on Tuesday September 26, @03:16AM</B><BR>
<FONT size=2><B>from the planning-ahead dept.</B></FONT><BR>
<A HREF="mailto:gmorris@TOTK.com">TOTKChief</A> writes <I>"<a href="http://www.aviationnow.com/TwoShare/getPage?sid=4449604453191476844">Aviation Now</a> is reporting that <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/">NASA</a> will use the Structural Test Article for the new Propulsion Module design for the <a href="http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/">International Space Station</a>. <a href="http://www.NASAWatch.com/">NASA Watch</a> is carrying a good <a href="http://images.spaceref.com/nasa/08.08.00.node.x.jpg">rendering of the concept</a> as well as a <a href="http://images.spaceref.com/nasa/08.06.00.node.x.lrg.jpg">rendering</a> of what the Prop Module would look like attached to ISS. FWIW, this is called the "Mickey Option" because of the resemblance to Mickey Mouse. Only the Feds would choose the Mickey Mouse route, right?"</I>
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</A> <B>Posted by <A HREF="http://hemos.net">Hemos</A> on Sunday September 24, @04:49PM</B><BR>
<FONT size=2><B>from the bad-news-for-the-space-program dept.</B></FONT><BR>
<A HREF="http://wilcoxon.org/~sewilco/">SEWilco</A> writes: <I>"This <A href="http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/stories/2000b/092400b.htm">AP story</A> points out major problems with the X-33 prototype shuttle. It's out of money and the composite hydrogen tank came apart in a test. The <A href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/space/20000919/sc/testing_the_limits_of_a_21st_century_ rocket_1.html">aerospike engine test</A> seems to be doing nicely, but it needs a ship attached. Congress is considering NASA's <A href="http://std.msfc.nasa.gov/2ndgen/2ndgenindex.html">Space Launch Initiative Program</A>, which apparently includes more X-33 funding along with considering other technologies. The <A href="http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/x-33/dc-xa.htm">Delta Clipper</A> is my favorite, although the <A href="http://www.atlantic.net/~elifritz/space.htm">ET Scenario</A> engine-only-return design is interesting."</I>
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</A> <B>Posted by <A HREF="mailto:jellicle@inch.com">michael</A> on Friday September 22, @10:18PM</B><BR>
<FONT size=2><B>from the budgetary-concerns dept.</B></FONT><BR>
ljhiller writes: <I>"As <a href="http://slashdot.org/science/00/08/04/1222251.shtml">predicted</a> last month, the planned probe mission to Pluto has officially been
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/09/22/plutoprobe.ap/index.html">shelved,</a> indefinitely. The mission is to be redesigned to be less expensive, with a target launch date of 2020. The Europa mission has survived the axe."</I>
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</A> <B>Posted by <A HREF="http://hemos.net">Hemos</A> on Wednesday September 20, @10:19AM</B><BR>
<FONT size=2><B>from the going-through-and-commercializing dept.</B></FONT><BR>
HarmlessScenery writes <I>"<A HREF="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/moon_doggies_000918.html">A space.com story</A> gives details about a commercial company that is planning its own moon mission. The idea is to send two robots to collect moon rock for sale here on Earth. The company hopes to make a profit from the rock, and selling access to live Web-cams and from toys / merchandising based on the robots.<BR>
Mark W. Tilden at Los Alamos National Lab, is lined up to design the robots. His personal objective is to get a whole robotic ecosystem up there, to prepare the way for human colonisation. The first batch will clear dust from a large area (after completing their rock gathering) - which might hamper future missions. Subsequent robotic generations could build solar farms and lay cable networks to provide a usable power grid."</I>
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<FONT size=2><B>from the history-shows-it-has-happened dept.</B></FONT><BR>
<A HREF="mailto:spm@star.arm.ac.uk">szyzyg</A> writes: <I>"The <a href="http://www.nearearthobjects.co.uk">UK NEO Task Force</a> which was set up last year has finally delivered its <a href="http://www.nearearthobjects.co.uk/downloads/full_report.pdf">report and recommendations on the Asteroid threat</a>. The recommendations include money to build a 3 metre search telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, and more funding for research in the field.
The report is written for politicians and makes a good introduction to the subject, including disturbing facts and figures."</I>
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