let's consider a proton here. and now another proton right next to it. according to what we learned about electricity and magnetism, what will happen here? begin with a r, end with epel. - try it. - repel. they're gonna repel. a lot or a little? answer begin with a l. -a lot. -a lot. there're gonna be a huge force of repulsion. but you know what? they don't do that, not quite. these would and you won't find that in nature. you won't find in nature two protons stuck together like that that are stable. it turns out that the force of repulsion is like this. but there's another force inside just about stronger at this level and that force is called the strong interaction. and the strong interaction is holding these things together so the whole net force is about zero. but not quite, it's still unstable. so what you do is you put another particle here with no charge and that's a neutron. you want the protons and neutrons? both of which are made up of even fundamental-- more fundamental particles called quarks. but these neutrons don't repel. see, there's no c

let's suppose i got this proton over here, and i want to this proton to fuse into that. well, once i get beyond the electron here, there's gonna be an enormous repulsion. very, very tough to do. okay? because this positive charges repel. but what if this electron were replaced by another particle that behave like an electron but was much, much more massive and would orbit way down in here. there is such a particle, and it's called a mu-meson. and a mu-meson has the same charge of an electron, and it will orbit very, very close. now, when this proton is coming over here, is it repelled by this configuration? no, it is not because it sees a neutral charge. it's very, very close. and what happens if it succeeded in doing this? spinning mu-mesons into this hydrogen gas, and it'll take the place of the electron. and this thing will come right over and, boom, snap, fuses at room temperature almost. and this is really, really neat. only one trouble. only one trouble. the mu-mesons are very, very short lived. they only last two billionths of a second. but you know what? they can

that's what they're calling the new proton treatment center in baltimore. wjz's monique griego is there for the groundbreaking. >>> digging up hope for cancer patients. >> it represents victory. it represents courage. it represents healing. >> reporter: cancer survivor, pat tierney was there, as governor martin o'malley, and the mayor, help the university of maryland kick off the construction of its soon to be proton treatment center. >> this is very exciting. because it's such unique technology remember. >> reporter: the center, which will fill these empty lots off west baltimore streets, will focus on proton therapy, an advanced technology that allows patients to receive doses of radiation, directly to their tumors, without damaging the surrounding tissues or vital organs. >> there's nothing greater than the hope that comes from knowing that they have every available option. >> reporter: once it's up and running, this new center will be one of only 12 places in the nation, offering this type of treatment. >> we expect patients to be coming here with this

they plan to show the ion proton sequencer, and then the ion proton 2 to hit a milestone. these are cheaper than sequencers on the market. technology could be more widely available and used. this matters. sequencing business is red hot. one of the competitors lumina up 46%. if life technology can get valuation like lumina. we talk to the ceo to find out about the quarter and products. welcome back to "mad money." >> great to be here, jim. >> i know i should talk about consumer report, but i have to admit i'm more, i have to know more about this new proton on schedule, the bail or college of medicine. i want to know if i go to the doctor, will i have -- and my insurance company will cover it, maybe i'll pay it myself, will i be able to have in 24 hours what the gene sequencing is? >> that's what the promise is. if you are stricken with cancer, come in on a monday, get the workup done. then tuesday you sit down with the oncologist, he takes you through the mutations in your cancer, and prescribing to you the right therapies that work for you. that's how cancer is going to be

reporter: the center, which will fill these empty lots off west baltimore streets, will focus on proton therapy. an advanced technology that allows patients to receive doses of radiation, directly to their tumorses, without damaging the surrounding tissue or vital organs. >> there's nothing greater for a patient than the hope that comes from knowing that they have every available option. >> reporter: once it's up and running, this new center will be one of only 12 places in the nation, offering this type of treatment. >> we expect patients, literally from all over the country, will be coming here with this very specialized treatment. >> reporter: the proton center will be an expansion of the university's biopark and is expected to bring hundreds of temporary construction jobs and eventually permanent positions to the city. >> the general economic activity will be significant. >> reporter: but for cancer survivors like tierney, the center offers something even more valuable. >> and the fact that i am living and living well today. because of them. >> reporter: monique griego, wjz eyewitne

a proton transfer mass spectrometer. this is what we call a caps probe, which stands for "cloud aerosol and precipitation spectra" probe. what it measures is aerosol particles, which are the very fine particles in the air. as we fly, it's in front of the plane, because there would be engine exhaust if it was further back, so it sees the air first. aerosol air comes through this probe, and what is detected is the size of the particles. by simultaneously and collaboratively gathering their data, the scientists will have better information to create new models for predicting the transport of pollution over wide geographic areas. molina: the objective of this study, of milagro, is to follow the plumes and find out where and how and when the plumes are transported to other regions. and so it is very important for us not only just to look at one site, but to look at various sites. narrator: to study the movement of plumes, the researchers have three main fixed ground sites -- "t0," located in the center of the city, and t1 and

. >> this is the squad power manager, made by protonics, the heart and soul of the power manager is thislittle box. it's got an -- >> this is the wire that carries all the plugs for everybody in it. >> absolutely. there's a lot of capability. you can use solar power to recharge or directly power some of your radios and computers or communications-type devices or you can use grid power, so you plug into a wall if you have access to it. or there's vehicles you can plug it into, an alligator eclipse, an indigenous person's vehicle, plug it into the alternator. >> if it doesn't have a proper cigarette plug or other sort of battery, you can go and draw power. >>> anything that has an alternator, anything that's [ indiscernable ] in a vehicle you can use. >> here's the foldable solar panel we were talking about. >> that's exactly right. this is a 61 pound. this is made by power film. it's a more of a silicon type technology. it's very flexible and uses any amount of ambient light to provide power. >> here are some of the battery types and this is the charging station, certainly? >>> this is a

in peace envoy kofi annan convinces president also talk honoring a proton cease fire as doubts grow over the arab funded rebels' willingness to stick to their side of the bargain. and flight recorders are examined to gain crucial insight into the last minutes of the plane which crashed in western siberia it's been revealed the aircraft wasn't the ice before takeoff. plus risking it all and losing everything the growing number of italians turning to gambling to make their fortune in tough economic times. here with r t line from moscow where it's three pm on new somali with our top story this hour and the russian capital has seen two massive fires overnight with one gripping a city some guy scraper and those which are set to become the tunnels building in europe another proved fatal for seventeen people who were sleeping when the fire started our correspondent arena has more from the scene of moscow's deadliest blaze in five years. people died in this blaze the cause of their death is said to be smoke inhalation they were migrant workers who were living and working at this warehouse locate

back government house proposal to wish an increase for the next five years but once it goes haitians proton on wednesday students again hit the streets to voice their frustrations one hundred and sixty demonstrations have been help since february and journalists are dishonest says heavy handed policing will only strengthen the students' cause. there were really only minor incidents our window was broken and then some very close but i realised the police is using that as a pretext to conduct massive repression and usually the ones who will break your window or another once you get caught the police those that have the run faster than the police the ones who get caught there are peaceful protesters and people are becoming infuriated by the behavior of the police were it's peaceful protest or it's always fueling the fire it definitely it will not stop this as profound around that fixations people are very unhappy about the way their political elites are behaving and the fuel that the government is not serving the people at all it's only serving big financial interests this is all those are all

university of maryland school of medicine has begun construction on a $200 million proton's center that will bring the very latest in cancer treatment to maryland. av. martin o'malley joined in special groundbreaking at the facility that will offer forms of cancer therapy to target tumors and reduce damage to other organs. >> this will be particularly beneficial in patients who have tumors that are surrounded by critical organs, such as the long, heart, or brain. >> this is expected to be completed in 2014 and will offer treatment to as many as 2000 cancer patients per day. it is ever a serious injury, you may be better getting to a hospital by helicopter instead of an ambulance. researchers at university of maryland school of medicine compare the effectiveness of a helicopter to grant emergency services. if they were given a helicopter ride to a top-level trauma center were more likely to survive and this included more than two under 23,000 trauma patients and those were blown to the hospital had a 16% higher survival rate. the number of a acl injuries has grown over 400% in just the l

i feel that this is a proton. they never says that. they have physical tests. medical profession talked very openly about its dealings. we feel that these reflexes and indies brain-dead people -- we feel it's not important, as opposed to other scientists were they say that we have these tests that we did. we did a cat scan on this person. we show no biochemical activity in the brain. but we are not doing that. we are just going on people's feelings. >> we will get to that a little later. that is actually a good portion of the book. we will certainly get to that. i wanted to move into technology, because, as you know, new technology especially in medicine, takes concepts and practices that seem to be settled and ships them. in the case of organ donation and death determination. that was really your overarching interest. that technology has to be the ventilator. >> yes. >> wouldn't you agree? >> yes. it starts with william harvey. the english doctor who researched the circulatory system. he chopped up ahead of the a rooster, and he had his own ventilator, which w

i feel that this is a proton. no one says that. the contests for it, and they are physical tests. i feel that was an electron. no. medical profession talks very openly about its ceiling. we think that these feelings reflects brain-dead people when they're being harvested for their organs we feel it is not paying. we feel that that's not important as opposed to other sciences wear as well we have these tests we did. we did a scam on this person what they were flailing around, we showed no biochemical lock activity in the brain, but we are not doing that. so it's just we are going on people's feelings. >> host: we will get to that a little later. it is actually a very controversial aspect of the book. and we will certainly get to that. i wanted to move into technology because, you know, as you know, new technology especially in medicine takes concept some practices that seem to be settled in the case of the donation of the understand that was the overarching interest in organs are secondary but that technology happens to be the ventilator. >> guest: it starts with william harvey, th

this is particularly true when proton therapy is used. because the stream of positively-charged, subatomic particles can be focused more precisely, there is little damage to surrounding cells. still another approach is to implant tiny radioactive beads within the malignant tissue for several weeks, and then remove them. compared to chemo, everyone sort of feels that radiation is a walk in the park and most of the time, that's true. i found radiation was a pain in the butt because you have to go to the hospital every day, five days a week. you have to go down there, it really doesn't take very long but if somebody's late, if the machine has to cool down, so you can't really gauge your time. it made me really tired, and it... for me, i got a third degree burn underneath my breast where i guess one or two beams intersected. i had an open wound. that burn has still been the single most painful experience i've ever had in my life. these more traditional forms of cancer treatment are not the only options to be considered. dr. john glaspy: there

i feel that this is a proton. no one ever says that. they have test for it and they are physical test. i feel that was an electron. no and the medical profession talks very openly about its feelings. we feel that these reflexes and movements and brain dead people when they're being harvested for their organ we feel that is not pain. be feel that is not important as opposed to other sciences where is well we did a pet scan on this person and while they were flailing around we showed no chemical or biochemical activity in the brain. we are not doing that so we are just going on people's feelings. >> host: will get into that a little late that is actually a very controversial aspect of the book. we will certainly get to that. i wanted to move into technology because as you know, new technology is probably in all areas but especially medicine, takes concepts and practices that seem to be settled and in the case of organ donation and death determination. i understand that was really are overarching interest in the organs are secondary but de

theeuniversity says the center will be he &pfirst in tte baltimore- waahington region to offer protonts in fewer tootreat 2-thousand cancer the space shuttle discovery is en route to ddc... after ddparting the kennedy spacee is video of the retired this - shuttle... which as you can see... is riding piggy-back on a 7-47.when it arrives in ddc laterrthis morning... it will go on permanent display at the smithsonian in washington.the astronauts who flew discoveryy the last ime were in florida earlier this morning... to witness the shuttle's finall lift-off. :46 "it's sad in that we're the other hand she'ssgoiig to the smithsonian where hopefully millions of people over the next gazillion years the u-s nowwrelies on the to the international space station. the cost?... about 60-million dollars a eat. even procrastinators are out of time now. income taxes are duu today. today. joel d. smith is live downttwn where many folks ssill ffle the old fashiined way... at the post office. good morning joel d. ((ad lib)) 5.5 illion each year. file for extensions. buttyou still need to estimatee your

what we had of the atmosphere of the sun exploding away from the sun sending gasses and protons and plasmay. the good news is this was not aimed at the earth. this was aimed to the left. if anything comes at us this could actually affect some of our communications. it being affect some of the satellites and it could affect some of the power outages and some of the power grids and there's a lot of energy and there's a lot of power coming out of that explosion coming at the earth or coming to the left or to the right. i just want to give you an idea because i have a different colored image behind me just to give you a sense of scale. the sun right here. that would be the size of the earth. you could put 20 earths or so inside just that circle where the explosion occurred. the size and an enormous size of the sun is something to imagine, but when you put the earth into context you realize how big that explosion really was, wolf. >> all right, chad, thank you. >>> an amazing scene all of the way from the beaches of florida to washington, d.c. crowds and crowds of people in complete awe over th

they began construction on a proton centered. governor martin o'malley joins the officials for a groundbreaking at the site. this results in fewer side effects such as damage to other organs. >> this there. will be beneficial in patients who have tumors that are surrounded by critical organs. >> the center is expected to be pulled -- completed in 2014. now to a common problem for some baby boomers. you're out to dinner and you realize you forgot your glasses and stubble to the menu. a handful of these restaurants will come into focus. >> of the problem. fracture glasses and i can read the menu. a solution. a free loaner pair from their favorite restaurant. it is a new collaboration .etween the cats and i group >> that is a little added value. a little extra touch for customers. bad >> they give for many inmates can read from the source. >> we find that patients are coming into our office day in and day out. darr explain to us that they've got a restaurant and then forgot their glasses. >> some now, there's help. purges of hitting

this charge out here now sees two protons tugging on it. how many say, "it'll be pulled into a tighter orbit"? how many say, "no, no, no, it'll stay the same"? how many say, "no, it'll be pushed further away"? check your neighbor. -- how many say it's gonna be tighter? yay, that's right. and it turns out, for a helium atom, the helium will hold the electron tight. and furthermore, it will hold another one too. the fact it holds another one makes it a little bit bigger, okay, 'cause they're repelling over here. but a helium atom is smaller. it turns out a helium atom won't gang up with any other atom, so there's no such thing as a helium molecule. we have two positive charges right next to each other like that, how do you deal with that? why don't those two positive charges repel? why don't they repel? look how close they are. they're right up against one another? why don't they repel? and let me say this, the electrical force is awesome. it's a billion, billion, billion, billion times stronger than the gravitational forces between these par