Science
- Scientists Discover Substance Harder than Diamond
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For many years diamond has been considered the hardest material. Then it gave the first place to man-made nanomaterials that proved to be somewhat harder than the diamond. Recently researchers discovered a natural substance that is 58 percent tougher than diamond. ...- Scientists Study Butterfly Wings to Make Solar Cells More Efficient
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Scientists say that the structures that disperse light, making the wings of butterflies so outstanding, could be used to develop cheaper and more efficient solar cells ...- Writing Verse or Prose Helps Brain Regulate Emotions
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Researcher from the University of California claim that writing poems is good for a person's mental and physical health. ...- Future Robots to Do All the Dirty Work in Battles, Researcher Says
[05 Feb, 2009] comments (1)
According to Peter Singer, a researcher who wrote a number of books on the military, active involvement of robots in battles could aggravate warfare by making machines do all the dirty work for humans. ...- Watching Favorite Movies Helps Kids Train Mind
[30 Jan, 2009] comments (1)
According to the study carried out by experts at Massey University School of Educational Studies, watching preferred movies helps children learn. ...- Boys with Unpopular Names More Prone to Commit Crime?
[29 Jan, 2009] comments (0)
According to the results of a study carried out by economists at the Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, the more atypical is a boy's name the greater is the probability he will commit crimes as a teenager. ...- Experts Unveil Inventions that Will Be Used in Everyday Life by 2039
[28 Jan, 2009] comments (8)
Recently the New Scientist magazine predicted that by 2039 the X-Ray vision and invisibility cloak could be used in everyday life. ...- Lunar Dust Buster to Clean Moon Base From Dust
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Recently researchers started working on a project entitled "lunar dust buster". Their latest invention could help astronauts clean up dirty moonwalks and get rid of dirt that can penetrate the moon base. ...- Babies Are Born With a Sense of Rhythm
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Scientists revealed that newborn babies come into this world with a sense of rhythm. Experts believe that one day they will be able to detect abnormal brain development at an early stage by testing the beat perception of the babies. ...- Psychopathic Criminals Can Manipulate Parole Boards to Get Out of Jail
[26 Jan, 2009] comments (1)
Recent study showed that psychopathic criminals are released from prison earlier than other, regardless of how grave their offensives are. ...- Binge Drinkers Have Less Problems with Erectile Dysfunction
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Australian researchers carried out a study to find that alcohol can, in fact, improve the sexual performance of men. Recent discovery contradicts the known belief that alcohol is one of the causes of erectile dysfunction. ...- Video Games Lead to Poorer Relationships with Friends, Family?
[23 Jan, 2009] comments (1)
According to a new research, carried out by Brigham Young University undergrad student Alex Jensen and his faculty mentor, Laura Walker, there is a direct link between the use of video games by young adults and their poor relationships with parents and friends. ...- Researchers Explain Why Women Adore Make-Up
[21 Jan, 2009] comments (2)
A brain function research, carried out by Japanese scientists, states that women predict a rush of optimism when they are getting ready to apply make-up. ...- Latest Invention from Warwick Warp - Fingerprint Preprocessor Module
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Scientists at Warwick Warp, a biometrics group with headquarters in Coventry, managed to end their first phase of creating a fingerprint identification technology. ...
- Biochemical Sensor to Help Spot Bacteria
[21 Jan, 2009] comments (6)
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Thanks to its latest invention, which uses biochemical measurement and detection technology, specialists at Stratophase were successful in bringing their device to the continuously developing sensor market. ...
