Latest science inventions

Among the latest science inventions, it is worth pointing out two extremely small but powerful inventions on one microchip, a cryogenic sensor and a micro-refrigerator. The researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) believe that this combination is to provide the possibility of simpler, faster and more low-cost precision analysis of materials such as semiconductors and stardust.

The NIST team united a transition-edge sensor, representing a superconducting thin film identifying X-ray signatures with much greater precision than any other device, with a solid-state refrigerator based on a sandwich of a normal metal, a superconductor and an insulator.

	New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans
...One of the latest inventions in the field of light emitting devices might change the way people light their homes and design clothes. The device represents a thin film of plastic able to conduct electricity and create solar power. Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of ...
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	Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming
...es. Nowadays no one should feel indifferent about the serious consequences that global warming entails. One of the main goals set on the summit is to consolidate for appeal to policy makers. The latest Congress debates held in Washington, where Bush administration was criticized for inadequate response to global warming danger, showed that there is a necessity for scientific appeal to policy makers. Thus a new commit...
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	Alcohol kills faster than ecstasy
...heroin and cocaine. Tobacco was placed ninth and fell within a category B drug, after amphetamine. Such dangerous drugs as cannabis, LSD, ecstasy were left far near the end of the drug list. This latest study raised the question that government's drug policy was not paying enough attention to modern state of affairs and didn't take notice of the scientific findings. There should be no surprise that ecstasy drug was...
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	The most important inventions and discoveries of the humanity
...An American Science Community has concluded after one of its researches that Mendeleev's periodic table of elements was the most important discovery the humanity made... even more important than the discovery of iron. The Community has published a list of 10 most important discoveries the humanity ever made. The results of this research were based on answers of a survey conducted by the community. According to that...
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	Difficult child-good marriage conquers all
...The latest research showed that couples who have supportive marital relationships can deal with disturbing children easier and this only makes their marriage stronger. A new study was conducted by Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah Mangelsdorf, Geoffrey Brown from University of Illinois together with Margaret Szewczyk from University of Minneapolis. The study involved 97 couples expecting a baby who were examined for the exten...
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	Nano-nose to help identify illnesses
...ally stable. Later on Rotello plans to make the 'nano-nose' identify different kinds of cancer cells and other diseases. Such a nose device, sniffing out illnesses is not a novelty in the world of science and technology, as there were devices developed capable of detecting small molecules; yet the Rotello's system is the first one to detect large and complicated molecules. Powered by www.infoniac.com ...
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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. The sci...
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	The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think
...ard's Sanders Theatre on Thursday night, October 4. The Ig Nobel Prizes that are parodies of the real Nobel Prizes, are awarded annually to celebrate unusual, creative and improbable achievements in science, medicine and technology. Some of these inventions may seem weird and hilarious nevertheless they are truly breakthroughs in science. Medicine Brian Witcombe of Gloucester, UK, and Dan Meyer of Antioch, Tennessee,...
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	A Man's Satisfaction Lies in Earning More than His Pals
...e "reward center" of the brain is a region that gives feelings of pleasure in response to such experiences as eating good food, achieving a goal, having sex, or when a favorite team wins a game. The latest researches used brain scans to show that the "reward center" is stimulated when a man gets paid for performing a given task. The research also showed that in men this fact depended very much on how much he was paid. T...
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	Scientists Find a Way to Make People Live for Hundreds of Years
...It can soon become possible for humans to live up to 800 years with the latest scientific breakthrough. Researchers at the University of Southern California said that they managed to extend the lifespan of a strain of yeast fungus that can live 10 times longer than normal. Valter Longo, the leading researcher of the study removed two genes RAS2 and SCH9 within the yeast's genome, that is responsible for aging in y...
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	Psychiatrists to Officially Recognize Internet Addiction as Brain Illness
... An exaggerating number of e-mails as well as text messages may very soon be officially recognized as brain illness. According to an editorial published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, "excessive gaming, sexual pre-occupations and e-mail/text messaging" is considered to be a widespread compulsive-impulsive disorder. Such disorder should be included in the official psychiatric guidebook of me...
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	People Wearing Glasses Are More Intelligent
...interests. These results often corresponds to a belief that a person well-educated and intelligent, who reads and writes a lot is more likely to be short-sighted. The study is published in the latest issue of the journal Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. Powered by www.infoniac.com ...
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	European Union is Angry on Microsoft
...e with Brussels, the company faced further fines for seeking unreasonable prices from the software developers for vital data. The European Union criticized Microsoft. The EU executive stated that the latest formal charges might lead the American software corporation to additional daily penalties. Jonathan Todd, the competition spokesman of European Commission, said that the EU, for the first time in its antitrust policy...
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	Scientific contribution in Iraq war undermined
...technology advancements, where scientists make their greatest contribution, announced a committee of MPs. As it was disclosed by the Commons Defense Committee report, scientists from Dstl (Defense Science and Technology Laboratory), an agency of the Ministry of Defence, have their final word for measures taken to oppose Iraq's bombs danger. The research conducted by scientists against Iraq's threat take place in bot...
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