Pictures of latest discoveries in science

	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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	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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	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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	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
... 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 extended period of time. Couples were questi...
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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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	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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	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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	Antarctic Microbes to Tell about Past and Future of Climate Change
...A new research, which was published in the Journal Science, states that the mystery of glacial history of Antarctica may be solved with the help of plants, mites, springtails and worms. A team of scientists from Britain and New Zealand, outline that the history of the terrestrial plants and animal species living in Antarctica may not have links to current reconstructions of the former glacial ice extent, the roots of ...
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	Computer Simulation Unveils Unexpected Process on the Surface of the Sun
...Solar granulations (the relatively light patterns) and sunspots (dark spots). Picture taken by the sun telescope of the Swedish Royal Science Academy. Courtesy of V. Zakharov / MPI Solar System Research There is no other star that is observed and studies as much as the Sun - the center of solar system. However, no one could say that we know very much about it: its surface still hides many secrets, which are still to be d...
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	The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away
...rded for medical achievements to three scientists, who have dedicated their researches to genetics. Their researches have brought them to breaking discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells and ways of recombining the DNA code in mammals. These discoveries led to a new technology, named gene targeting in mice. This technology is applied in many areas of biomedicine, which encompasses basic experiments, researches and dev...
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	A Man's Satisfaction Lies in Earning More than His Pals
...s more pleasure than some other things. A study showed that when a man is paid more than his co-workers and if this fact is unfair, a "reward center" is stimulated in his brain. The "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 ...
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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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	Solar System Similar to Ours Discovered
...erse. Researchers at Ohio State University who called the planetary system OGLE-2006-BLG-109L claim that the newly discovered system has two planets orbiting a star that is around a half the size of the sun. One of the planets has a two-thirds of the mass of a major planet Jupiter, while the other is 90 percent of the mass of Saturn planet. Both planets are orbiting a star half the way the Saturn and Jupiter orbit th...
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