Using controlled nuclear fusion for a source of virtually unlimited power that is pollution-free has been a dream of physicists since Einstein. Though it is still a long way off, a new breakthrough has occurred where researchers actually saw a net gain in energy following a fusion reaction. The announcement comes from the National Ignition […]
Biology Thought Of The Day: Memory
Scientists have known for a while that our memories are the process are synaptic transmissions in our brain and are stored in neurons, but they have been able to film the actual process for the first time inside of a mouse.Memories are made by messenger RNA (mRNA) that encode β-actin protein. These proteins are responsible […]
Astronomy thought of the day: Apparent
Since this is timely, try this on for size. Professor Stephen Hawking claimed that black holes do not exist – at least, not as we currently understand them. He claims that the traditional notion of a black hole’s “event horizon” from which nothing can escape, even light, is incompatible with quantum physics. If so, physicists […]