Scientists may have detected gravity waves for the first time ever
Pretty big (potential) news in the field of physics today!
Scientists may have detected gravity waves for the first time ever
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And now a rumor is circulating that physicists at the new and improved LIGO have finally detected the elusive waves. If it's true, it will be one of the most important discoveries in physics in the last century.
No confirmation yet from scientists at LIGO. Might very well be a false positive signal, but...
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The discovery of gravity waves could establish a link between quantum physics and classical physics and get us one step closer to a grand "theory of everything" in physics.
If you've ever experienced having to watch someone go through Alzheimers or dementia, this is pretty encouraging news. Perhaps even bigger if you have a history of this in your family. One of the first viable treatments for the prevention or reduction of the disease. Ten years in the future until widespread implementation, and I am hoping that it doesn't get swallowed up in a cost/benefit vortex, as many promising drugs seem to.
It is the first time that a medication has been shown to work on the underlying disease process itself rather than the symptoms by clearing out the sticky amyloid plaques which stop brain cells from communicating with each other.
The drug would be given by infusion, but experts say that there could come a time when people at risk of dementia are screened and given preventative drugs, like statins are used to prevent heart problems.
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Science-related news, not really new science. Mostly I guess it's a reminder of why drug tests are important and how science sometimes goes bad despite best intentions.
One man is brain-dead and another five people are in hospital after an experimental drug was administered to 90 people in a French clinical trial.
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Of the six men in hospital, three could have permanent brain damage, Gilles Edan added.
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This trial has been taking place since July without such major events being reported. Generally in Phase I trials the dose is increased slowly over time, which could be why the side-effects are appearing now.
The hospitalised men started taking the drug regularly on 7 January and began showing severe side-effects three days later.
At this point it doesn't seem that anything was done wrong in the trials. It's just an unfortunate fact that experimental drugs can be dangerous.
Science-related news, not really new science. Mostly I guess it's a reminder of why drug tests are important and how science sometimes goes bad despite best intentions.
At this point it doesn't seem that anything was done wrong in the trials. It's just an unfortunate fact that experimental drugs can be dangerous.
Sad story.
I lived in Belfast in 2001 and you could get paid well participating in drug trials. A lot of my friends did it. Some took drugs that had them flat out on the floor while the researchers took to blood samples.
Looks like it made it except one of the legs buckled.
Man, that would be a really tough landing to watch for everyone involved. Just perfect aim, then what appears to be a good landing, followed by seeing it buckle a little and then topple over and explode.
Man, that would be a really tough landing to watch for everyone involved. Just perfect aim, then what appears to be a good landing, followed by seeing it buckle a little and then topple over and explode.
They have the landing down pat, now they need to give it better legs.
This star is very intriguing, I hope we get a concrete answer for it in my lifetime.
Question, they say it can't be planets because the dips aren't periodic (also that planets wouldn't be big enough to block that amount of light). But wouldn't a Dyson sphere (or ring) have a set orbit as well? Or is the assumption that the dips happen as they add more panels to the sphere?
I don't buy his "that's a lot of solar panels" excuse.
We have no idea how fast an alien civilization that advanced could manufacture something we already can make at a decent pace. We already have 3D printing (in space for that matter) and autonomous manufacturing.
In their report published Wednesday in The Astronomical Journal, the researchers say it looks like the orbits are all being affected by the presence of an unseen planet that's about 10 times more massive than Earth — the size astronomers refer to as a super-Earth.
Scientists may have detected gravity waves for the first time ever
