Monthly Archives: August 2011

Now we can kill more people even more easily — just wait till the bad guys get hold of this “advance” 0

From the Office of Naval Research By combining several metals with standard manufacturing techniques, High-Density Reactive Material (HDRM) has the potential to dramatically increase the explosive impact of most weapons with little or no compromise in strength or design. Unlike conventional munitions, the innovative materials approach integrates the casing with approved warhead explosives for increased [...]

Anti-matter protons trapped in Earth’s geomagnetic field — a potential new “crop”? 0

Cool discovery From the research letter’s abstract: This Letter reports the discovery of an antiproton radiation belt around the Earth. From the research letter’s conclusion: Antiprotons trapped in Earth’s inner radiation belt have been observed for the first time by the PAMELA [Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics — a June 2006 Russia-launched, [...]

Drinking spirits, rather than wine or beer, appears to increase the risk for acute (sudden) pancreatitis — says a large Swedish study 0

The distinction between the effects of hard liquor versus beer and wine is interesting Swedish researchers looked at three different classes of alcoholic beverages and their correlation to the onset of acute pancreatitis.  They found that drinking hard liquor increased the risk for developing acute pancreatitis.  Beer and wine appear not to. From the abstract: [...]