and the force is 210 piconewtons to move cobalt atom over a smooth platinum surface and 17 piconewtons to move cobalt atom over a copper surface
this was found out by IBM scientist working with their colleagues from University of Regensburg in Germany
read more about it here
I didn’t know what was his name, but I knew him very well from the various popular science movies that he’s been in
he’s an American theoretical physicist, a very interesting character, explains things in a simple language
now he’s a professor in theoretical physics at City College of New York, hosts two radio programs, writes books and of course, does movies 
you can see some of his work at YouTube (just click the link)
anyway, I think I should mention him because he deserves it
here’s his Wikipedia page
no, it’s not science fiction 
some scientists at Monash University, Victoria, Australia, made clothes able to clean themselves (imagine that)
they used titanium dioxide nanoparticles on wool, silk etc.
the clothes work by oxidizing (burning, degrading) bacteria and the likes and can even self remove wine stains
I know I’d like to have clothes/bed sheets from those materials
check out the story here
Professor Stan Skafidis and his team of Melbourne University have made this small chip for wireless data exchange.
The chip is about a few millimeters in size, manages data transfers up to 5 gigabits per second, has a radius of 10 meters and works at 60 GHz spectrum.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have so much bandwidth in your room that all the other devices (laptop, tv, mobile phone, camera etc.) can use? 
The chip uses less than 2 Watts of power and it costs like USD 10 to make it
Here’s the link
Wow 
15 minutes ago I saw a total moon eclipse
this is the first time I actually made a point to see a lunar eclipse
and I made some photos
fool moon
moon is getting eclipsed
total eclipse
I got an email from the Plato’s bar in Cyprus, Nicosia with a picture of a perfectly poured Guinness beer
Pure perfection
Scientists are getting smarter by the minute
This time, they made this scanning microscope that can make images on nano scale objecs, even in realtime.
They filmed various materials, E. Coli bacteria, human red blood cells after being treated with antibiotics, Cyanobacteria, virus attacking DNA etc.
See it at wired here
I love beer
I love it so much that I once went to Hungary with my friend just to drink beer. And I brought home two large bags full of beer that you can not buy in Serbia.
I even got searched like you’d search a criminal when we entered Hungary. We traveled in a bus full of old women that were smuggling stuff across the border. But it turned out the customs officers knew them but didn’t know us two. So they searched us although we had no bags when entering Hungary. Maybe that’s why we were suspicious, we didn’t smuggle anything.
On our way back to Serbia no one searched us because the bus driver asked all of us for 20 euros to bribe the customs officer
I gave nothing because I wanted to pay the tax for my beer
and since other people gave the money I ended up not paying
ah, the days
My favorite beer is Guinness, Irish black beer. And it tasted best in Nicosia, Cyprus at Plato’s pub. If you ever get to Cyprus, go to Plato’s, you’d love it. And beware of drunken pedestrians. Alcohol can actually CAUSE pregnancy.
They’ve got other great beers at Plato’s bar like Kwak, Belgian light beer. You drink it from special holders and the glasses look really strange. See how it looks here
I like Erdinger beer. My father used to drink it 30 years ago at Munich, Germany. I first tasted it in Hungary.
S#it, Wiki’s got all of those beers
I like Amstel and Loewenbrau and I can drink Becks.
I’ve tasted every beer you can buy in Serbia and Cyprus and many of them in Hungary and Monte Negro.
Right now, this is what I’m drinking
Cheers
now this is interesting
an astronaut is blogging that he was able to smell the outer space while working with the airlock and while sniffing gloves etc. of other astronauts that were in the outer space
the smell is a bit metallic, but go read what he thinks about it at NASA website
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