Ali B

I was thinking of how much those Tobacco companies are missing by not tagging their Ultra Light Cigarette Packs with the term: "Smoke Responsibly". But I guess the reason they haven't gone with this approach is the additional liability. In fact, it seems that ultra light cigarettes are as harmful to one's health as regular ones - if not worse.

That would translate the term "Smoke Responsibly" to "Minimize Smoking" or get rid of this habit once and for all.

I've recently noticed Redbull coming up with a new can; double the size (16oz) of the standard Redbull can (8oz). I did a quick search online, and it seems they also have a 24oz can too. That got me thinking... Why don't they think of marketing a new can the size of a shot (~4oz).... I can already imagine sales doubling!

Ever wondered how many feet is your foot? According to the French system, the shoe size is measured as follows: shoe size = 3/2 * (length of foot in cm + 2cm). My shoe size is 42. Thus, the length of my foot in cm is (42 * 2/3) - 2 = 26cm ~ 1/4 meter. In feet, it's 26/30.5 = 0.85 feet.

This pops another questions... Who has the perfect feet? Someone with a shoe size of 3/2 * (25 + 2) = 40.5 (1/4 meter). If you are one of them; go celebrate! You 'naturally' fit into the 'French System'. Doh...

Imagine inhaling all that is in a cigarette and then blowing... but there is nothing... No smoke coming out! What sense does that make?

Is it the smoke that gives the pleasure or the nicotine?

I guess the former...

Australian researchers (lead by Walid Daoud) are developing a process that could lead to self-cleaning wool sweaters and silk ties.

 
Wine be gone: Wool fibers have to be chemically modified to receive a stable coating of titanium dioxide nanocrystals, which break down organic matter in sunlight. Red-wine stains do not leave uncoated fibers even after 20 hours (top right); unmodified nanocrystal-coated fibers show some stains (middle right). The stain is almost gone in chemically modified fibers because of the firmly attached nanocrystals (bottom right).
Credit: American Chemical Society

http://www.technologyreview.com/Nanotech/20306/

Scientists at CERN are trying to find the Higgs Boson, a particle that carries a field which interacts with every living or inert matter. That's way it is also referred to as the God Particle or the Force!

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/03/god-particle/achenbach-text

An electron microscope that allows us to see atoms in color. While old electron microscopes can be compared to black and
white cameras, this new scanning transmission electron microscope uses a new aberration-correction technology that is both more intense and allows for faster imaging speed. It also allows accurate readings of the small changes in energy levels that reveal bonding between atoms.

Credit: Rubert Muller

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080221153725.htm

See how simple mathematical equations can create complex artistic behavior.

From the gallery of Michael Field

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080216/mathtrek.asp
http://www.bridgesmathart.org/art-exhibits/jmm08/

http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/exhibition/scc5/final.html

Wired magazine has a gallery containing images from the nanoworld with a little description of each image.

It is really important and fun to explore smaller worlds that the human eye can't see. That's what makes Immunology and Quantum Physics so cool. Worth checking out: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/02/nano_gallery_jmm?slide=1&slideView=10