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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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The Less Online Content - The Better, Study Says |
...wed that people are more likely to focus on the online content with fewer options.
The participants took part in the experiment where their responses were studied while they were watching online pictures. Kevin Wise and Kimberlee Pepple, conducted the study where volunteers were given a task to choose three pictures from six and 24 selection of thumbnails. Researchers then studied participants' heart rates to define ... |
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Vulture - The Unmanned Aircraft Able to Stay in the Air for 5 Years |
... that the aircraft will carry a 1000 pound (450 kg) payload in terrible winds at an altitude of 60,000 to 90,000 feet. In regard to the design of the aircraft, it will probably be the one seen in the picture, developed by NASA, however, there is no certain time table on when the craft will actually be ready.
US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency looks forward to push the limits of unmanned aviation to extremes. ... |
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Inventor of LSD Drug Dies |
...a sensation that he was "rooted to the spot" while in fact his assistant told that they were riding quite fast. Hofmann reported about "vision", saying that all his thoughts appeared in colors and in pictures and several hours later the vision has disappeared. That was his description of the first experience with the hallucinogen uncovered on Swiss program marking his 100th birthday.
During the second experiment with L... |
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Caves With Stone Age Paintings Have Better Acoustics |
...that people, who lived in prehistoric times, preferred to draw their famous cave sketches in locations that have a natural resonant sound.
Researchers found at least 10 places with the prehistoric pictures of horses, bison and mammoths in which the sound of human voices, as well as the sound of musical instruments could be focused, amplified and transformed.
"In the cave of Niaux in Ariege, most of the remarkable p... |
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European Union is Angry on Microsoft |
... Another warning of the European Commission goes to Microsoft. While in an anti-trust struggle 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 ... |
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Humanoids continue invading |
...The 21st century is not the time, when people can be easily impressed, this can be refered to another, whether weird or wise, invention of the Japanese, that is a humanoid robot.
On the other hand the most impressive thing is that people are still striving to create somebody, or something, to resemble themselves.
This game has ended up in a demonstration of bots to help the aging population of Japan in their everyda... |
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Happiness Might Appear Before Fortunate Events Occur, Study Says |
... will have their life run in a more balanced way are predominantly inclined to feel happy long before the fortunate occurrence in their life.
Latest psychological studies have found that the feeling of happiness is not related to outside circumstances or turning points of one's life. This means that prosperity, marriage or health do not determine our subjective well being.
This theory has proved to be basically true, b... |
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Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming |
...cience 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 scientific and policy efforts ... |
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CBS acquires an online high school sports network |
...Representatives of CBS Corp. said that the corporation has taken over MaxPreps - an online network for high school sports. This acquisition is intended to expand the company's local sports coverage. The deal remained under the seal of secrecy and no one has given any comments on it. The only known detail about this transaction is that Jefferies Broadview were advising MaxPreps in financial matters.
MaxPreps, which is fro... |
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Alcohol kills faster than ecstasy |
...an such dangerous drugs as LSD, cannabis and ecstasy.
Experts conducted a new all-compassing research with the government top advisory committee involved to make a shocking conclusion on the harm of regular tobacco and alcohol.
A modern classification of drugs doesn't reflect the real situation on harmful substances. Thus more than 20 drugs were tested on their social and individual impact and results lead to revi... |
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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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Google's List of Class-Action Lawsuits |
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Animated Cursors is now Windows' Vulnerability |
...Users who work with the latest versions of Windows should be aware that they are at a great risk of being attacked by hackers. This statement was made by Microsoft's officials. There is a certain vulnerability in the operating system that can affect all recent versions of Windows, this includes Vista. In a security advisory the company's representatives stated that Windows' software is flawed in a way it operates with its... |
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New chocolate can save the planet |
...Imagine a sweet creamy chocolate bar melting in your mouth? And now think of the huge amount of plastic, tinfoil and other by-products thrown away.
For a chocoholic, the choice between his favorite dark chocolate and environment can be too difficult to make. But what gives even more concern to the consumers is the fact that many chocolate companies use excessive amount of vegetable fat and sugar, substituting natural ... |
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