Still playing Torment . . . a lot. I am really fascinated by the game's storyline as well as the philosophies of all the different factions in the game. Normally, you can only belong to one faction at a time - this is mostly political as differences in philosophy amount to not being able to see the forest among the trees. Being sincerely devoted ( Read more... )

Still waiting for the experiment.

strings
magnets
electrons
optics

I use a wireless mouse with my laptop and it seems to go through batteries on a regular basis, so the idea behind a solar mouse is compelling, but unless your palm emits light, I don't think it will be very practical.

Perhaps this will help.

A University of Arkansas physics professor and his colleagues have created a nanoscale structure that contains both magnetic and superconducting properties at the same time, and they will be exploring the properties of this novel material this summer in Switzerland.