Miracles of Modern Science
July 17, 2007
The thing about science is that once you’ve figured out what appears to be a miracle, it is no longer a miracle. So science is more like realization of facts.
Quantum “Teleportation”
Quantum physicists have known about the ability of particles to instantaneously transport states with no regard for space for decades. This property of quantum physics has been coined, “entaglement“. Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have demonstrated that it is possible to “teleport” information from one so-called quantum dot to another (2). This demonstration may be progress toward a quantum computer.
more on quantum teleportation of states:
“Teleportation is a really unfortunate term,” says University of Michigan physicist Christopher Monroe. “It implies moving people from point A to point B,” when in fact it refers to “creating a quantum state in one place that used to exist somewhere else” with no intervening connection (1).
NanoWires: Nanodevice Synthesis Revolutionizes Biological Sensors
A novel approach to synthesizing nanowires (NWs) allows their direct integration with microelectronic systems for the first time, as well as their ability to act as highly sensitive biomolecule detectors that could revolutionize biological diagnostic applications, according to a report in Nature. They’ve created molecule sized sensors that can detect antibodies in real time (3).
MIT Researchers Find Key Enzyme for Reversing Retardation in Mice Researchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT have, for the first time, reversed symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice (4).
Works Cited:
1 - Christian Science Monitor. Spooky Action At a Distance. http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1004/p15s1-stss.html
2 - The Register. Boffins Go Dotty over Quantum Teleporation. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/01/quantum_teleporting/
3 - Yale edu. Breakthrough Biological Sensors. http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/07-01-31-02.all.html
4 - MIT News. Reversing Retardation in Mice. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/fragilex-0625.html
Dream: Neighbor in my backyard
July 17, 2007
My neighbor was in my backyard reconfiguring the drainage tubes that extend from my roof to my yard. This neighbor, Tom, was born in Germany and actually lives two houses over. He has the best yard (front and back) in the neighborhood. In my dream, I was prompted to go outside in the middle of the day. I’d heard a noise. When I went outside there was Tom and an accomplis. They’d propped up the tubes closer to the house to about half the height of the roof. Then they’d connected the tubes to a gutter tube that went to the street adjacent to the next tract of houses.
Now that I’m awake, I wonder why they propped up the tube.
7 Wonders of the World - @ greatsubjects
July 16, 2007
http://greatsubjects.com/2007/05/14/new-7-miracles-of-the-world-will-be-named-on-july-7th-this-year-that-is-070707-participants-photos-21/
