You're here: My Science Blogging » Discovery » Archives: June 2007

Supermassive Black Holes

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — June 30, 2007 / 7:55 pm

Studies said, it is only a matter of time before our galaxy collide, because in every single hour we pass, the Milky Way gets half a million kilometers closer to Andromeda, another large spiral galaxy. Lying at the center of our galaxy is a giant black hole, with a mass of an order of magnitude [...]

Arctic Plants Have Adjusted to Big Climate Changes

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — June 24, 2007 / 3:03 pm

Applause for the Norwegian and French scientists, who analyzed the DNA of more than 4,000 samples of nine flowering plant species from Svalbard, a group of islands between the Scandinavian mainland and the North Pole. The research found, many Arctic plant species have readily adjusted to big climate changes, Journal Science reported. The researchers and some [...]

Science Of Love

Comments Yessi Pratiwi — June 15, 2007 / 12:18 pm

A friend of mine often bothered by her Ex-boyfriend, who’s continously send her some terror message everyday. What’s going on? They were loving each other but now it has turn into anger and hate. Scientists are beginning to get early insights into the nature and origin of love. Then, the research inside human brain who’s falling [...]

Next-Generation Supercomputer for NASA

Comments dhani — June 13, 2007 / 11:17 am

Last week, NASA and IBM, Armonk, N.Y., announced that the agency has selected an IBM System p575+ supercomputer for evaluating next-generation technology to meet the agency’s future supercomputing requirements. Supercomputers play a critical role in many NASA missions, including new space vehicle design, global climate studies and astrophysics research. The IBM system is being installed at [...]

Revealing Record Haul of Disease Genes

Comments dhani — June 8, 2007 / 12:09 am

Reuters reported on Wednesday that British scientist had found 24 genetic risk factors — half of them completely new — linked to seven common conditions. It represents the biggest single haul of disease-associated genes so far, underlining an accelerating pace of discovery that will help researchers unpick the fundamental biology of major illnesses and may [...]

Quantum Communications Reached 144 km

2 comments Koen — June 4, 2007 / 11:53 pm

Nature Physics reported: a quantum communication has been sent across a record 144 km. The quantum teleportation involves entangling two particles so that any change to the state of one also occurs instantly in its twin, wherever it may be. The researchers entangle a pair of photons and then fire a single photon at one of [...]

LOCAL SEARCH

Search only in this blog

GLOBAL SEARCH

Search across Asia Blogging Network

GLOBAL

CHANNEL

COLUMN

More? Go to Asia Blogging Network Column section.

FEATURED

COMMENT

  • Koen — Terima kasih, Echi dan Dhani :). Salah satu misi Pernik Ilmu memang membuka mata masyarakat, dengan bahasa awam, tentang fakta-fakta ...
  • » Mengapa Langit Malam Gelap? ~ Blog Archive ~ Pernik Ilmu (Asia Blogging Network) — [...] pertama di Pernik Ilmu ini berjudul Mengapa Langit Biru :). Tapi kita tahu langit hanya biru di hari yang ...
  • dedy — sebutkan macam2 sel volta!!!kasih gambar dan bagaimana carajanya!!!
  • Taufik Hidayat — Mengapa pd wkt bln purnama kalau kita mancing dilaut, gak ada ikannya yg mau makan umpan yg ada di kail ...
  • sardes — hi.......Q sardes saat ni sedang kul di salah satu PTN yang tentunya FMIPA n jur MM...q mw nanya nih kira2 ...
  • Mukmin — slam kenal mbak Yessi,
  • nurul azizah — salut wat astronot....
  • elang — nyerah dech, apa jawabannya???????
  • In-daH — oo....kERen banget....
  • Erastosthenes — Jadi, 1 drajat itu sbnarnya brp km? 1 drajat itu brp menit?