- September 2008 in science
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2008 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →September 30 2008 (Tuesday)*The
Hubble Space Telescope repair mission is delayed as the data control unit fails, stopping all transmissions and forcing a significant change to the repair mission. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7642988.stm (BBC)]September 29 2008 (Monday)*Two indicators of liquid water on
Mars are found by Phoenix, also for the first timesnow is detected in clouds. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j1hvRUNc9W-3lupLU6TLQtR0gdRAD93GM79G2 (AP)]September 28 2008 (Sunday)*
Shenzhou 7 taikonauts return safely toEarth . [http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE48Q0RY20080928 (Reuters)]September 25 2008 (Thursday)*
China launched theShenzhou 7 space mission that will include the firstspace walk for China. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ig_kaxVkOSnGAZwKb9JC6z6RyTNwD93DPSS00 (AP)]
*Researchers have created pluripotentstem cell s from adult skin cells with anadenovirus which avoids the cancerous pitfall of aretrovirus . [http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/21430/ (TechReview)]September 24 2008 (Wednesday)*A
dark flow has been observed withgalaxy cluster s unexpectedly drifting towards a structure beyond theobservable universe . [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080923104410.htm (ScienceDaily)]September 23 2008 (Tuesday)*The MacArthur foundation announces the twenty-five $500,000 winners of the 2008
Genius award s. [http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.4536877/ (MacFound)]
*Google shows its first Android handset. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10049163-94.html (CNet)]September 22 2008 (Monday)*
Gene therapy has restored the sight of two of three test patients withLeber's congenital amaurosis . [http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/gene-therapy-bl.html (Wired)]September 20 2008 (Saturday)*As a result of a
helium leak theLarge Hadron Collider will be down for two months of repairs. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10047185-76.html (CNet)]September 19 2008 (Friday)*A
quench occurred when liquid helium leaked at theLarge Hadron Collider . This will further delay experiments until the damage is accessed and vacuum is restored. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7626256.stm (BBC)]
*TheSpace Shuttle Endeavour moves to the launch pad as a backup in case theSpace Shuttle Atlantis crew needs to be rescued from their higher riskHubble Space Telescope repair mission. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h1W8dcUP9H70AmlSfDSenPteDT9gD939UTJG0 (AP)]
*ProfessorStephen Hawking unveils theCorpus Clock , a 'terrifying' new way to read the time, atCorpus Christi College, Cambridge , England. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7625815.stm (BBC News)]
* The first lab grownheart starts to beat. [http://www.popsci.com/elizabeth-svoboda/article/2008-09/ghost-heart (PopSci)]September 18 2008 (Thursday)*The
Large Hadron Collider is down because of a faulty electricaltransformer . [http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10046156-76.html (CNet)]September 17 2008 (Wednesday)*A new estimate concludes 44 metric gigatons (billion tons) of
greenhouse gas es could be offset if 100 of the largest cities replaced darkroof s with white shingles andasphalt roads withconcrete . [http://www.physorg.com/news140875649.html (Physorg)]September 15 2008 (Monday)*Scientists find a rare direct image of a likely
extrasolar planet 500 light years away that is eight times the size ofJupiter and orbits a youngerstar similar to theSun . [http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/15/exoplanet-image.html (CBC)]
*Mathematicalbiologist s atHarvard University show that a form ofnatural selection likely played a role in aprebiotic environment, whereby self assembly reactions that were short and fast would be favored over longer chains as they would use material faster and at the expense of slower reactions. [http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/dn14726-did-evolution-come-before-life.html? (NewScientist)]September 12 2008 (Friday)*A low budget
Discovery Channel demonstration of wireless power transmission between two Hawaiian islands 148 kilometers (92 miles) apart will be shown onProject Earth . It is a key technology to enablespace solar power . [http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/visionary-beams.html (Wired)] [http://www.nss.org/news/releases/pr20080909.html (NSS)]
*A state anti-spam law is overturned in theVirginia Supreme Court as it infringes upon theFirst Amendment right to anonymous speech. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10040522-38.html (CNet)]September 11 2008 (Thursday)*Research in the
New England Journal of Medicine shows a small deletion in a specific section ofDNA can trigger a large number of cognitive problems. [http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/21362/?a=f (TechReview)]
*3M unveils the first pocketprojector theMPro110 . [http://www.popsci.com/gear-%2526-gadgets/article/2008-09/3m-launches-first-pocket-projector (Popsci)]September 10 2008 (Wednesday)*The
Large Hadron Collider went online circulating beams ofproton s around the 17 mile (27 km) track. [http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1046636620080910 (Reuters)]
*Agamma ray burst originating from 7.5 billionlight-year s away in the constellationBoötes on March 19th became the most distant object that could be seen with thenaked eye . [http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1047861720080910?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=10284 (Reuters)]September 9 2008 (Tuesday)* Researchers in
France discover avirophage called "Sputnik" that infects another virus. [http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2008/09/08/sputnik-the-virophage-the-parasite-of-a-giant-virus (Ars Technica)]September 5 2008 (Friday)*Legal challenges are launched against
Cern 'sLarge Hadron Collider , as there are ongoing concerns it could destroyEarth by creating a stableblack hole . [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/2650665/Legal-bid-to-stop-CERN-atom-smasher-from-destroying-the-world.html (Telegraph)]
*Sony recalls 438,000Vaio laptop s because of an overheating issue that may injure users. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10032489-92.html (CNet)]September 3 2008 (Wednesday)*A survey on DVR's shows they help the majority of relationships by permitting flexible time management and resolving
television conflicts. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10030452-1.html (CNet)]September 2 2008 (Tuesday)*
Canadian ice shelves have lost almost one-quarter of their area this summer, indicating significant and irreversible changes with the present climate. [http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/02/science-ice.html?ref=rss (CBC)]
*China has developed a new generation of scalable processor code named Godson-3 that will simulatex86 architecture and be 80 percent as fast as anIntel equivalent. [http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=21322&ch=specialsections&sc=storage&pg=1 (TechReview)]
*Google launches the beta of its browser Chrome that is anticipated to make a significant impact on what users can do through the internet. [http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN0232438620080903 (Reuters)]
*Gene variations for thevasopressin receptor could be a factor forfidelity . [http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5702390&page=1 (ABC)]September 1 2008 (Monday)*Using computer simulations, North American scientists show that our
solar system is likely not a typicalplanetary system . In most scenarios either noplanet s form or if they do they are brought close to thestar and acquireelliptical orbit s. [http://thefutureofthings.com/news/1295/new-study-shows-solar-system-is-unique.html (FutureOfThings)]
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