Date: 2/06/2014 10:15:51
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 541193
Subject: This Week in Science
Physicists use diamonds to reach quantum teleportation breakthrough
Albert Einstein once told a friend that quantum mechanics doesn’t hold water in his scientific world view because “physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky actions at a distance.” That spooky action at a distance is entanglement, a quantum phenomenon in which two particles, separated by any amount of distance, can instantaneously affect one another as if part of a unified system.cnet.com
The Milky Way could contain 100 million planets with complex life
What a multitude of worlds! A new study suggests that the Milky Way could host 100 million planets with complex life, leaving no lack of choice for astronomers to look for organisms beyond Earth. The challenge is, however, that these worlds might be too far away from us to do much yet.universetoday.com
Scientists use lasers to regrow teeth from stem cells
Using lasers to regenerate and grow body parts sounds like science fiction, but researchers have just demonstrated that it might be a transformative tool in medicine—or at least dentistry—in the future.slate.com
Surgeons to attempt first ever suspended animation trials on humans
It has been announced that 10 patients with injuries otherwise fatal to operate on, will have their blood replaced with a chilled saline solution that will cool their body slowing down bodily functions and delaying their death from loss of blood.geeky-gadgets.com
Scientists use 3D printing to make artificial blood vessels
The tangled highway of blood vessels that twists and turns inside our bodies, delivering essential nutrients and disposing of hazardous waste to keep our organs working properly has been a conundrum for scientists trying to make artificial vessels from scratch. Now a team from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) has made headway in fabricating blood vessels using a three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting technique.phys.org
SpaceX unveils new spacecraft to take astronauts to space station, back to Earth
Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur behind the private spaceflight company SpaceX, unveiled his firm’s latest innovation — the Dragon V2 manned spaceship —Thursday night (May 29) in a stylish debut for the 21st-century space taxi for astronauts.space.com
Revolutionary supersonic spray gun produces ‘flawless’ layer of graphene
Graphene — composed of a single layer of carbon atoms — is widely hailed as a wonder material which is a great conductor of electricity, strong and transparent. It has been used to create tiny radio transmitters, night-vision contact lenses and even condoms. It’s deemed such a transformative material that the UK government has invested £50 million in graphene research. wired.co.uk
Researchers create super waterproof surfaces that cause water to bounce like a ball
In a basement lab on BYU’s campus, mechanical engineering professor Julie Crockett analyzes water as it bounces like a ball and rolls down a ramp. This phenomenon occurs because Crockett and her colleague Dan Maynes have created a sloped channel that is super-hydrophobic, or a surface that is extremely difficult to wet. In layman’s terms, it’s the most extreme form of water proof.news.byu.edu