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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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Biofilm Bacteria Protect Themselves With Chemical Weapons |
... the chemical weapon activates their suicide mechanism.
"I feel that these results could offer a change of perspective. Biofilms may no longer be seen just as a problem; they may also be a source of new bioactive agents. When organized in biofilms, bacteria produce highly effective substances which individual bacteria alone cannot produce," says Carsten Matz.
Researchers look forward to apply these molecules in order t... |
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Scientific contribution in Iraq war undermined |
...Britain's Armed Forces may no longer take part in operations countering Iraq's threat without considerable funds in essential 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... |
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DNA research approaches the origins of human beings |
...of genografic project unite to collect the DNA database all over the world so to make every person aware of the place where his or her ancestors come from.
The National Geographic Society together with IBM initiate a global project where more than 10,000 inhabitants will have their DNA tested to make up a huge database. Efforts of well-known scientists in geography and genetic medicine will reside in 10 world regions t... |
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Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming |
...Scientists gathered at Arctic Science Summit Week, which started on Wednesday in New Hampshire to make up their mind on crucial changes in the North Pole that highlights global warming more than ever before.
Ross Virginia, one of the organizers of the Arctic Science Summit on global warming, pre-opened the summit with a speech that was to make everyone realize the problem of the environment. She asked everyone to join... |
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Chemical Found in Cosmetics, Soaps and Lubricants is Hazardous for Men |
...humans, scientists have found that the hazardous chemicals are linked to poor quality of semen in men. This also refers to reproductive organs in boy babies.
A group of scientists, working together with Stahlhut, launched a hypothesis that phthalates could be the cause of obesity because low testosterone seems to increase belly fat and pre-diabetes in men. The group made analysis on urine, blood, as well as other data p... |
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Pills Against Insomnia Cause Sleepwalking |
... product, as well as some information on rare, but possible allergic reactions. For example, there have been registered swells up of air passages after using a drug called Rozerem, which is among the newest on the market.
The statistics show that Ambien was the main cause for all the dangerous side effects, but the agency concluded that such side effects could be aroused by any other sleeping drug. The explanation for Am... |
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To live or die - computer will decide |
...Are you ready to entrust your destiny to a computer? Researches say that a new computer program can make life-or-death decisions for disabled people better than their closest relatives.
A new research conducted by National Institute of Health (NIH) introduced a software program that can calculate all the pros and contras for further treatment of the seriously ill patients based on the mathematical formula. The decisio... |
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A Trojan-horse strategy selected to fight bacteria |
...Researchers at the University of Washington have probably found a way to defeat the bacteria, which become more and more resistant to drugs. A new method of fighting such bacteria was recently used and it proved to be successful on mice.
One of the problems of today's medical researches is the fact that bacteria become more and more resistant to antibiotics. The medicine cannot provide an effective drug to kill all the c... |
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Japanese Scientists Work on a Flexible Battery |
...A new type of battery invented in Japan, in the University of Waseda. This is a flexible rechargeable battery, based on polymers. The development of this type of battery was conditioned by the permanently developing industry of portable devices, which become smaller and smaller each year.
Researches on this device have been conducted for several years, but the scientists, working on this battery are Drs. Hiroyuki Nishide... |
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Japan's uncertain guilt for sex slavery during World War II |
...point in which Asian women were paid for prostitution and that was their free will to do so, thus denying the involvement of the Japanese military authorities.
US House of Representatives reacted with indignation at Japan's apology to make it official and fully admit the fact of sex slavery.
The debates in US media touched upon the matter of Japanese people, kidnapped by South Korea agents, that evoked Japan's o... |
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Career growth: Look from inside |
...ve thumbed-down this idea and have put it at the end of their list.
Women have also mentioned the fact that they had to work harder to achieve any results in their career. Men, however, didn't agree with the statement either and considered it of little importance for their career growth.
A very important fact that the questioned women mentioned was sexual discrimination on their jobs. Women have emphasized that this fac... |
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Now one blood group fits everyone |
...A new discovery was made by international scientific team who established a way to convert one blood group into another.
The finding can revolutionize medicine as it means there will be no lack of blood supplies. The study conducted by experts from University of Copenhagen published their results in Nature Biotechnology journal, where it is stated that O blood group can be a source for all the other blood types (A, ... |
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Invisibility is now one step closer |
...ientists were able to make a significant step towards inventing an "optical cloaking", which represents a device able to make objects invisible. The device guides light around anything that is placed withing the so-called "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 ve... |
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No PowerPoint, please! |
...Scientists from the New South Wales University in Australia have studied, again, the effects Microsoft PowerPoint has on viewers of presentations made with the help of this software.
The Australian scientists think that according to the "cognitive load theory" the human brain cannot receive and 'decode' visual and audio information at the same time for longer than a few seconds. Thus information consisting of diagrams an... |
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