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		<title>Back From The Dead</title>
		<link>http://medescape.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/back-from-the-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johannes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so it has been a while since I last posted, but there was the Christmas holiday, and the beginning of a new term etc. But never mind that, the important thing is that the blog is back! Or rather, I&#8217;m back!  Since I last posted there has been some cool news items, so I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medescape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4992619&amp;post=366&amp;subd=medescape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fine Polish</title>
		<link>http://medescape.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/fine-polish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johannes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bacteria]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clarkson University Center for Advanced Materials Processing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have developed a new method of protecting teeth from bacterial attacks. By using technology from the semiconductor industry, Igor Sokolov  and hh from the Clarkson University Center for Advanced Materials Processing used  silica nanoparticles to polish teeth down to nanoscale roughness. When polished this finely, the bacteria had difficulties sticking to the dental enamel, and could thus be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medescape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4992619&amp;post=363&amp;subd=medescape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Perception of Pain</title>
		<link>http://medescape.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/the-perception-of-pain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johannes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[electrical shocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotion and pain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study shows that pain hurts more of the person hurting you really means it (or rather, if the person being hurt believes the person really means it). The study was led by Kurt Gray along with Daniel Wegner, and published in Psychological Science.  In the study, they paired up 48 participants with a partner who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medescape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4992619&amp;post=359&amp;subd=medescape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Clearly</title>
		<link>http://medescape.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/thinking-clearly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johannes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blood pressure]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina State University]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study published by researchers at North Carolina State University shows a correlation between high blood pressure and decreased cognitive abilities in seniors. This could indicate that stressful situations may make it more difficult for seniors to think clearly. In the study, the researchers looked at persons with a systolic blood pressure of &#62;130 mmHg. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medescape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4992619&amp;post=356&amp;subd=medescape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Water Droplets And Black Holes</title>
		<link>http://medescape.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/water-droplets-and-black-holes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johannes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[black hole dynamics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Nottingham have published a paper where they use water droplets to simulate the dynamics of black holes. By using magnetic fields and electrodes they managed to spin levitating water droplets, and this produced some interresting results. As the droplet was spun at different velocities, the shape changed to form, among others, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medescape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4992619&amp;post=354&amp;subd=medescape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gravity Fingers Mathematically Explained</title>
		<link>http://medescape.wordpress.com/2008/12/14/gravity-fingers-mathematically-explained/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johannes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[describing water flow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I have my math exam tomorrow, it seems only natural I should write about something math related.  When water soaks down into the ground, it does not do so evenly, but rather forms spikes known as gravity fingers (see image below). Though it is a well known phenomenon in fluid mechanics, no one has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medescape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4992619&amp;post=352&amp;subd=medescape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aquamantra</title>
		<link>http://medescape.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/aquamantra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johannes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Skepticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aquamantra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bottled water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pseudoscience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quantum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is just too funny. Aquamantra is a brand of bottled water sold in the US, but it&#8217;s not really the water that is special about this particular brand. Oh no, the labels on the bottles have mantras on them, and this, according to the company&#8217;s web site, causes the water inside to resonate with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medescape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4992619&amp;post=349&amp;subd=medescape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Watch The Moon Tonight</title>
		<link>http://medescape.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/watch-the-moon-tonight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johannes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[apogee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earth moon distance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, on Friday December 12th, the full moon will be bigger than it usually is. This is because its orbit will take it nearly as close to earth as is possible. The earth-moon distance is, on average, about 384,400 km, but tonight is is much closer, at about 356,567 km. Not since 1993 has the full moon been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medescape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4992619&amp;post=347&amp;subd=medescape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LHC: Damage Report</title>
		<link>http://medescape.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/lhc-damage-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johannes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accident]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year the Large Hadron Collider was fired up, but sadly it did not take long before it broke down. In fact, only nine days after the opening CERN was forced to shut it down again due to an accident during one of the test runs. An electrical connection melted, which subsequently led to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medescape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4992619&amp;post=345&amp;subd=medescape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Remember To Set Your Clocks!</title>
		<link>http://medescape.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/remember-to-set-your-clocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johannes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[atomic clock]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[insertion of one second]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[leap year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Years Eve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sync]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This coming New Years Eve everybody needs to remember to change the time of their clock&#8230;.by one whole second. It sounds daft, but this happens every three years because the earth gets too out of sync. When the clock strikes 00:59:59 on New Years Eve,  make sure to pause time for about one second, and then let [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medescape.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4992619&amp;post=342&amp;subd=medescape&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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