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Cleaned-up Bitcoins could change commerce forever
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-11-28 7:00)
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Bitcoin may be notorious as the currency of black marketeers, but the technology behind it may power the next online revolution
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Oxygen drop makes people with spine injury more mobile
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-11-28 6:00)
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Brief exposure to low oxygen levels, similar to those found on top of mountains, improves walking speed and endurance for people with spinal injuries
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Piercing steers wheelchairs with a flick of the tongue
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-11-28 4:00)
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A magnetic barbell-shaped tongue piercing gives paralysed people the fastest way yet of controlling their electric wheelchair
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Whirling dervish skirts are ruled by hurricane physics
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-11-28 3:11)
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The mesmerising patterns created by the flowing skirt of a whirling dervish dancer are governed by the same Coriolis force responsible for hurricanes
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Are Alzheimer's and diabetes the same disease?
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-11-28 3:00)
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People with type 2 diabetes often have memory problems. That may be a result of Alzheimer's-like brain changes? changes which can be reversed in rats
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Camera that sees through fog could make driving safer
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-11-28 2:46)
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A camera uses strobing light to detect the difference between solid objects and rain
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Today on New Scientist
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-11-28 2:45)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: Darwinian business, Jade Rabbit, sex in the UK, uranium in Iran, lunar thyme lords, ant rafts and more
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Toadstool weeps to make its own wind
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-11-28 2:31)
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Mushrooms such as shiitakes and fly agaric release water vapour to create a soft breeze, lofting their spores much further than otherwise possible
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Darwinian business needn't be red in tooth and claw
from New Scientist - Online news
(2013-11-28 1:00)
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The notion that economics and business are all about competition and self-interest is alluring but wrong, argues evolutionary psychologist Mark van Vugt (full text available to subscribers)
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Sandia国立研究所、天然ガスをブタノールに変換するバイオプロセスを開発へ
from 日経バイオテクONLINE
(2013-11-28 0:00)
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米エネルギー省（DOE）傘下のSandia National Laboratories（Sandia国立研究所）は2013年11月18日、DOEのAdvanced Research Projects Agency-Energy（ARPA-E：先進研究計画局）から3400万ドルの助成金が出ているプロジェクトの一環として、Sandia研究所のもつたんぱく質発現、酵素工学およびハイスループット・アッセイの専門知識を活用して、天然ガスを輸送用液体燃料に変換するバイオ触媒技術を開発するプロジェクトを開始すると発表した（関連記事）。
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