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Bacteria Consumes 200,000 tons of Oil in Spill

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Since the 2010 Horizon Deepwater oil spill, naturally occurring bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico has consumed over 200,000 tons of oil. Researchers are currently examining the rate at which these oil  gluttons eat and how much bacteria it would take to clean an entire affected region.

Various organisms in the ocean have already collectively consumed over 50% of the oil.  Researchers believe that this specific bacteria will eventually consume all of the oil from the spill, with the exception of the very heavy hydrocarbons that shows up as tar balls in the oceans.

My advice?  Put your efforts into finding an effective bacteria aphrodisiac and tell those little guys to start pumping!

Bacteria Consumes 200,000 tons of Oil Spill

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Since the 2010 Horizon Deepwater oil spill, naturally occurring bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico has consumed over 200,000 tons of oil. Researchers are currently examining the rate at which these oil gluttons eat and how much bacteria it would take to clean an entire affected region.

Various organisms in the ocean have already collectively consumed over 50% of the oil.  Researchers believe that this specific bacteria will eventually consume all of the oil from the spill, with the exception of the very heavy hydrocarbons that shows up as tar balls in the oceans.

My advice?  Put your efforts into finding an effective bacteria aphrodisiac and tell those little guys to start pumping!

 

Sources:

http://www.oilandgasonline.com/doc.mvc/at-least-tons-oil-and-gas-deepwater-horizon-spill-gulf-bacteria-0001

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=gulf-oil-eating-microbes-slide-show

Meet the Needle Beam, No More Signal Loss

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Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created an entirely new way to send light beams called the ‘needle beam.‘  They are able to send a beam of light at an unprecedented distance without any loss of information.

While all waves naturally spread, the needle beam, or cosine-Gauss plasmon beam, propagates in incredibly tight confinement along a metallic surface.  The propagation remains so confined that the beam has redefined what researchers believed was mathematically possible.  The discovery will lead to ultra fast communication with little to no loss of signal.

First quantum teleportation, and now the needle beam.  The future just keeps getting faster every day.

Good bye loading-hour-glass… farewell waiting!

Meet the Needle Beam; No More Signal Loss

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Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created an entirely new way to send light beams called the ‘needle beam.’  They are able to send a beam of light at an unprecedented distance without any loss of information.

While all waves naturally spread, the needle beam, or cosine-Gauss plasmon beam, propagates in incredibly tight confinement along a metallic surface.  The propagation remains so confined that the beam has redefined what researchers believed was mathematically possible.  The discovery will lead to ultra fast communication with little to no loss of signal.

First quantum teleportation, and now the needle beam.  The future just keeps getting faster every day.

Good bye loading-hour-glass… farewell waiting!

 

Sources

Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences: Needle beam could eliminate signal loss in on-chip optics

Long Distance Quantum Teleportation is Reality