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from Reuters --
A Nepali telecom firm announced plans this week to expand its mobile phone services to the top of Mount Everest, benefiting climbers on the world's highest mountain. Hundreds of climbers, who go to the 29,000 ft Mount Everest every year, depend on expensive satellite phones to speak with their families as the remote Himalayan region does not have communication facilities. Mobile towers will be set up Gorak Shep, near the base camp of Mount Everest which will bring the summit within the network coverage.

The Immune System Cop

from Natural Newscom --
Turmeric is one of the main ingredients in curries. In India, it has been used for centuries to help treat various health conditions while, at the same time, it is also widely used in Chinese Medicine. In a study released this week from Michigan University, it was found that curcumin, the bright yellow pigment present in turmeric, can help boost cell health by improving the behavior of their membranes. Curcumin is the known active compound in turmeric. In the said study, the researchers had found that curcumin helped improve the "orderliness" of cell membranes, which in turn made the cells more resistant to infection and malignancy. "The membrane goes from being crazy and floppy to being more disciplined and ordered, so that information flow through it can be controlled," wrote study leader Professor Ramamoorthy in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The positive effects of turmeric against cancer have also been proven using modern scientific protocols. In one specific study, it was found that turmeric supplements helped to significantly lower the excretion of certain possible cancer indicators.

Science Meets God

from New Scientist --
This week the the winner of the annual Templeton Prize of a $1.4 million, the largest annual prize in the world goes to French physicist and philosopher of science Bernard d'Espagnat for his "studies into the concept of reality". D'Espagnat, 87, is a professor emeritus of theoretical physics at the University of Paris, and is known for his work on quantum mechanics. The award will be presented to him by the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace on May 5th.

The thrust of d'Espagnat's work was on experimental tests of Bell's theorem. The theorem states that either quantum mechanics is a complete description of the world or that if there is some reality beneath quantum mechanics, it must be nonlocal – that is, things can influence one another instantaneously regardless of how much space stretches between them, violating Einstein's insistence that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light.

But what d'Espagnat was really interested in was what all of this meant for discerning the true nature of ultimate reality. Unlike most of his contemporaries, d'Espagnat was one of the brave ones unafraid to tackle the thorny and profound philosophical questions posed by quantum physics.

"There must exist, beyond mere appearances … a 'veiled reality' that science does not describe but only glimpses uncertainly. So what is it, really, that is veiled? At times d'Espagnat calls it a Being or Independent Reality or even "a great, hypercosmic God"

Now Talking With The Brain

from CNN --
This past week, Adam Wilson posted two messages on Twitter, the first, “Go Badgers,” night have been sent by any University of Wisconsin student cheering the home team. His second posted 20 minutes late, was a little more unusual, “ Spelling With My Brain.” Wilson, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering was confirming that his lab had developed a way to post messages using the brain's output crested by thought. No keyboard, no voice, just some electrodes that monitor brain activity. The development could be a lifetime for people with “locked in syndrome,” whose brain functions normally, but cannot move or speak because of injury or disease.
 

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