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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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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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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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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 |
 ...tain's drug experts to reveal that alcohol and tobacco put your health at greater risk than 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... |
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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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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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Biofuel Vehicles to Put Our Health at Risk |
| ...The latest scientific research reveals that biofuels used in vehicles may be more harmful for human health than the petrol used today. By 2020, 10% of all transport means should run on biofuels as agreed by the EU.
The researchers invented a special computer model to determine air quality in 2020. The model showed that ozone level in some regions would grow if bioethanol was used for all cars. It would cause more ail... |
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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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Google collects your web habits |
 ...A new service that was introduced by Google company is intended to easier memorize the websites you have browsed.
Web History, makes it possible to have access to the websites that you were surfing for particular purpose and store this data so that your search habits are always at your disposal.
This new Google's feature is aimed to make your search experience more individualized. However, the good intentions raised ... |
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Timeline of the events in Tallinn, Estonia |
 ...Note: Current chronology covers mainly the latest events with a small introduction of events leading to them.
September 26, 2006 - Estonian Prime-Minister Andrus Ansil intends demolition of the Soviet Soldier monument, standing on the central square of Tallinn. He claims that in 1944 the Soviet army did not free the Estonian capital from fascist occupation. The Government said that the fascists have left Tallinn by the... |
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Road Hogs: Is it Speed, Size or Life that Matters? |
 ...Are you the one who thinks that speeding is cool and macho? Be aware: new ads in Australia suggest the desire to be a speed-merchant is a way to compensate for a modest size of one's manhood.
The latest anti-speeding campaign have questioned the size of manhood of young Australian men addicted to speed-driving. In the new television ads a young man roars past some ladies who look scornfully to their friends wiggling ... |
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The Less Online Content - The Better, Study Says |
| ...The latest research conducted by University of Missouri-Columbia showed 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 thumb... |
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