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Invisibility is now one step closer |
 ...d "cloak".
The engineers at Purdue University have followed mathematical guidelines that were devised last year by the UK physicists to create a theoretical design, which in its turn uses an array of very small needles. The latter radiate from a central spoke outwards.
The theoretical design looks like a round hairbrush. It would bend around any object that is "cloaked". Those objects that are situated in the backg... |
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Beautiful flirty women choose machos for procreation |
| ...Women are likely to choose masculine looking men when they are ready for fertilization but won't search for long-term relationships with them. However, her choice of the most suitable mate will change considerably depending on the perception of her own attractiveness, study says.
Recent studies on the related theme proved that women are receptive to men's smell at certain time of their periods. The masculine-looking ma... |
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Men look at face, women look down there |
 ...In spite of the common believe erotic photographs evoke different reactions for men and women , Center of Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN) study says. Women show more interest and pay more attention to sexual acts and men focus on faces.
Women and men were tested on visual response to erotic photographs that depicted sexual act to make clear the nature of sexual urges and its influence on health. The tests were made usi... |
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BREAKING: The Virginia Tech Shooter Identified |
 ...Cho Seung Hui - the man, who was officially identified as the shooter at the Virginia Tech University, on Monday, April 16th, 2007 (Credit: AP)ABC News reported that there was information about the shooters identity. After matching the fingerprints of the suspect and the ones on the firearms, it was confirmed that the person starting the massacre was Cho Seung Hui, a senior student of South Korean origin.
The young man w... |
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Drug wars in Rio resulted in 19 casualties |
 ...RIO DE JANEIRO - 19 people fell dead in Rio de Janeiro as a result of the drug wars taking place in the Brazilian city. Two rival groups are fighting for controlling the drug supply to one of the poorest districts (called 'favela') of the city.
Two shootings shoot-outs took place in different regions of the biggest Brazilian city, where 19 people found their death. In one of the cases two rival groups initiated a shoot... |
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Fighting in Somalia to cause aid crisis |
| ...A warning came from the UN officials stating that Somalia currently faces a humanitarian disaster. This is due to the fact that the government-backed forces from Ethiopia are fighting the insurgents. The UN officials stated that about 200,000 people have abandoned their homes in the capital of Mogadishu due to the increasing conflict and continuous clashes.
It was mentioned that the fighting is the main reason why UN c... |
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A Maniac Threatens to Repeat Tragedy in Virginia |
 ...The US Security Services are put on alert – a 28-year old man is going to commit a terrible crime. According to his words, it will be something even more terrible than shooting of Cho Seung-hui. Cho's bloodthirsty act causes violence of more people.
The young man threatened his family members and pastor over the phone he had at disposal everything for executing his evil plan – shooter and self-made explosive devices. H... |
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Nano-nose to help identify illnesses |
 ...Nanoparticles are used by U.S. researchers to 'smell' the scent of illnesses in fluids of the body. The researchers used nanoparticles of gold with different coatings to distinguish among different proteins and detect the illness, as reported by the New Scientist.
According to Vince Rotello from the University of Massachusetts the human nose has a series of receptors, which react differently to different compounds. Thu... |
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Russian Mine Blast at Novokuznetsk (coverage) |
| ...scenario was rewritten at approximately 7:30 AM Moscow Time (4:30 AM GMT).
At approximately 520 meters (about 1700 ft) deep down the mine a highly dangerous gas - methane - exploded.
By the end of that day 38 people were reported dead and the rest 179 miners were evacuated - 7 of them with serious injuries; one of them was in a critical condition with a serious head injury and burns. These reports were given at 16 P... |
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Ancient Microorganisms May Revive in Melting Glaciers |
 ...The DNA of ancient microorganisms frozen for millions of years in glaciers, may revive in the melting glaciers, as concluded by scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
According to Kay Bidle, an assistant professor of marine and coastal sciences at the university, until the present time the scientists didn't posses the exact information whether it is possible to revive the DNA of such ancient, for-ce... |
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Hands-Free Phones - More Dangerous for Drivers than Alcoholic Drinks |
 ...han drink-drivers. Those chatting at the wheel, even using hands-free devices, are four times more likely to get into a car crash and their reaction is on average 30 per cent slower than the reaction of drinkers at the legal limit and 50 per cent slower than the reaction of sober drivers. According to the experts, the distraction is caused not by the holding of the mobile phone but by the concentration on the talk.
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A Memorable Speaker - Not the One Speaking Clearly |
 ...If you are ashamed that your speech is full of "ums", "ers" and "ahs" and think you are making your listeners mad, the latest scientific research suggests quite the contrary - these 'disfluencies' make you a more memorable speaker.
Often perceived by us as a mark of poor communication, the disfluencies slowing down our speech actually make our speech better understood and make listeners pay more attention.
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Evolution of Animal Vision - New Facts Discovered |
 ...Having conducted deep study of evolutionary history, scientists at the University of California in Santa Barbara have found the origins of photo-sensitivity in animals.
The scientists concentrated their attention at Hydra, the aquatic animal that belongs to cnidarians and has inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years. The scientists became the first to study and analyze light-receptive genes called opsins in cn... |
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NASA Starts 2007 Competition to Build Space Elevator |
 ...imulating "innovation and competition in space exploration and ongoing NASA mission areas".
The final competition event will take part at October 21 at the Davis County Event Center just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, where teams from US, Canada, Spain, Japan and other countries will be competing to win half a million NASA prize.
The teams that will participate in competition to build space elevator will fac... |
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