The most invention and discoveries of the humanity

	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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	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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	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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	Biofilm Bacteria Protect Themselves With Chemical Weapons
...According to the researchers from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, they were able to discover the strategies that biofilm bacteria use. In most cases biofilm bacteria develop in crowds and squat on areas where they create a community with other bacteria. They can develop on any surface to which bacteria can affix to. It is interesting to note that these biofilms cannot be destroyed by any disinfectants and a...
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	Microsoft Comes up with New Visitor Attracting Strategies
...Half a year ago Microsoft decided to try another approach in their search engine business, so that they could at least somehow compete with the "big G" - Google. Microsoft tried to convince the public that the Google's mathematical algorithm gave too many results and actually annoys its users. Microsoft thought it would be better using some other concepts of searching. They said that they'd develop absolutely ground-bre...
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	The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away
...Right after the Ig Nobel Prize Awards has taken place, serious people from Stockholm have come into play. It is a fact that the most renown and prestigious scientific award is the Nobel Prize, which takes place once a year in the Swedish capital. The Nobel Prize is awarded in five nominations: Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Peace and Economics (the latter only since 1969). This year's first Nobel Prize was awarded for me...
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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
...A recent study on human happiness reveals that our adaptation to major life events is not the only factor to influence our well-being. Those who 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 l...
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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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	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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	Open-Source Infringes 235 Patents, Microsoft States
...The officials from the software giant Microsoft state that the open-source software infringes more than 230 of patents. Brad Smith, Microsoft top lawyer, stated that the kernel of Linux open-source violates 42 patents and at the same time the users interface along with some other design elements violate another 65 patents. In addition, according to Fortune, OpenSource.org is charged of violating 45 plus 83 more in oth...
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	School to be Guarded by a Robot
...The world's first robot to guard children was developed in South Korea. Scientists dubbed the robot OFRO, and it's main goal is to protect children in Seoul's middle school. Placing a robot in the school is a test that the developers are going to make before launching the robot into the market. According to the developers the robot could be useful in alerting staff in case outsiders intend to seduce students. Chief Exe...
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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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	The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think
...Scientists of the research projects that "first make people laugh, and then make them think" were awarded with Ig Nobel Prize. The 17th ceremony of Ig Nobel Prize or also called Improbable Research took place at Harvard's Sanders Theatre on Thursday night, October 4. The Ig Nobel Prizes that are parodies of the real Nobel Prizes, are awarded annually to celebrate unusual, creative and improbable achievements in sci...
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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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