Rebecca S. Howell Physics

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Scientists Read Dreams

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What if people can know what your're dreaming about as you sleep? Though the very thought seems implausible, researchers in Japan have predicted certain features of dreams by analyzing the brain activity of sleeping subjects.
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Is Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak real?..Kind of.

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After making the first ever “cloaking device” in 2006, the electrical engineers have now improved the original cloak and made a huge technological advancement.

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 November 2012 00:12 Read more...
 

Colour and Landscape of Other Planets can be Clues to Whether or not they Contain Alien Life Forms

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Can the colour of a planet truly determine whether or not aliens exist? According to an international team of researchers, it is a way to prioritize which new planets should be studied in depth. Planets that have colours similar to that of Earth’s are believed to have higher chances of harboring life; surprisingly, over 800 planets to the Earth have already met these criteria.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 October 2012 23:55 Read more...
 

Mutating Cancer cells

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Even after surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy the deadly glioblastoma tumor keeps recurring in patients brains. New work done by scientist Martine Roussel explains that a fully developed brain cells, not just stem cells, may take on new identities to evade cancer therapy.
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How Order Arises from the Random Motion of Particles in the Cosmos

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 How can organized structures in the universe emerge from randomly moving particles? A recent breakthrough in scientific research has made an unexpected discovery of self-organized electromagnetic fields in plasmas, or counter-streaming ionized gases, which may help to explain this conundrum.

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 October 2012 00:41 Read more...
 


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