by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 18, 2008 | Science, Technology
Let’s smash some atoms! The Large Hadron Collider is back on track for trial collisions this week, after a glitch with the cooling system, Times Online reports. Once the two beams had been inserted into the LHC ring last Wednesday, the next task was to “capture” them...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 18, 2008 | Science
Melamine is an organic base with the chemical formulaC3H6N6, with the IUPAC name1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine. It is only slightly soluble in water.Melamine is a trimer ofcyanamide. Like cyanamide, it is 66% nitrogen (by mass) and provides fire retardantproperties to...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 12, 2008 | health, Science
It’s an enzyme called Aldehyde dehydrogenase. Specifically it’s a version of this enzyme designated as ALDH-2. Used to burn off alcohol in the liver, it also acts against toxins released when fats break down during a heart attack. Now a team led by Stanford...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 10, 2008 | Science, Technology, World
GENEVA – The world’s largest particle collider successfully completed its first major test by firing a beam of protons all the way around a 27-kilometre tunnel Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 8, 2008 | Onion, Science
I did not realize there would be so much concern to a device that will unlock secrets and answer some important questions. With poverty, wars, hate and so many other things going on in the planet I am sure the billions of dollars spent (maybe millions?) will be put...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 7, 2008 | Onion, Religion, Sci-Fi, Science, Technology, World
The man behind the world’s biggest scientific experiment, which critics claim could cause the end of the world, is a Welsh miner’s son who has admitted blowing things up as a child. Dr Lyn Evans, who has been dubbed Evans the Atom, will this week switch on a giant...