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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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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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People Wearing Glasses Are More Intelligent |
...sightedness and openness. This personality trait correlates with intelligence and high scores on this trait may indicate that a person is well-educated and has a lot of interests.
These results often corresponds to a belief that a person well-educated and intelligent, who reads and writes a lot is more likely to be short-sighted.
The study is published in the latest issue of the journal Investigative Ophthalmology ... |
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Terawatt Laser Beam Shot in the Clouds Provokes Lightning Strike |
...uperieure de Techniques Avancees, Paris, France. He was one of the participants in the latest outdoor tests.
Researchers performed their experiment during a stormy weather. They placed the laser on top of South Baldy Peak in New Mexico. Scientists had the goal of provoking lightning strikes using an increasing rate of pulses sent from the terawatt laser and applying more complicated sequences of laser pulses.
Mr. My... |
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Caves With Stone Age Paintings Have Better Acoustics |
...with the fact that the acoustic features of a cave could depend of the animals that were drawn on its walls. "Maybe horses are related to spaces that sound a certain way," exampled Mr. Reznikoff. His latest results are going to be presented at the Acoustics Society of America in Paris.
It is worth mentioning that for the first time the researcher identified the strategic positioning of the ancient drawings when he paid... |
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Biofilm Bacteria Protect Themselves With Chemical Weapons |
...a apply chemical weapons to protect themselves.
Until recent findings, researchers could not understand the core of the biofilm problem - why phagocytes cannot destroy the biofilm bacteria. Dr. Carsten Matz was the one to start a serious investigation of the problem. The model for his research was the marine bacteria, which face continuous threats in their environment. The threat comes from the amoebae, whose behavior r... |
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Red Bull May Lead to Heart Damage, Scientists Say |
...According to the latest research, the popular energy drink Red Bull can increase the risk of heart damage. The participants of the study were university students aged between 20 and 24. Researchers found that just one sugar free can of Red Bull raised the level of stickiness of the blood and could lead to the formation of blood clots.
The target market of the caffeinated drink is Australian students. After drinking a ca... |
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Scientific contribution in Iraq war undermined |
...Britain's Armed Forces may no longer take part in operations countering Iraq's threat without considerable funds in essential technology advancements, where scientists make their greatest contribution, announced a committee of MPs.
As it was disclosed by the Commons Defense Committee report, scientists from Dstl (Defense Science and Technology Laboratory), an agency of the Ministry of Defence, have their final word for... |
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DNA research approaches the origins of human beings |
...scover, including the origins of all human beings.
As geographic location once became a major factor to entail differences in genetic record, this study can reveal the unknown realities of human existence.
Admittedly, Africa is the place where all human beings originate; the later distribution of people has an imprint of their place of origin. The location where each person's ancestor lived is hidden information within... |
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Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming |
...hanges in ice thickness. The meetings held on previous polar year sessions were mainly focused on the discovery of Arctic and Antarctic areas, these being largely unexplored. Now scietists pay more attention on taking immediate measures to convey the core of the problem to policy makers rather than proving the existance of global warming.
The Artic Sea melting has struck a warning sign on humanity that can no longer hi... |
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Chemical Found in Cosmetics, Soaps and Lubricants is Hazardous for Men |
... for more than half a century. However, only now did scientist start thinking about the possible health problems to which the chemical might lead. Studies made on animals showed that phthalates consistently depress the levels of testosterone. Recently, while performing their studies on humans, scientists have found that the hazardous chemicals are linked to poor quality of semen in men. This also refers to reproductive or... |
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Pills Against Insomnia Cause Sleepwalking |
...Ambien and Lunest are often prescribed sleeping pills. These pills, however, cause the most strange side effects. The Food and Drug Administration reported yesterday such strange behavior as eating or driving while asleep.
These reports have provoked the F.D.E. to order the drug makers to make certain fliers for such sleeping drugs, where patients could read detailed instructions on how to use them.
The investigation of... |
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To live or die - computer will decide |
... than those of the patient's close people.
Usually, when a doctor deals with an incapacitated patient and the chances for treatment are not evident, the decision is handed in to surrogate. But NIH scientists revealed, the surrogate decision may not be precise. A thorough analysis of the 20,000 choices of surrogates and patients showed that their decisions coincided only in two third of the times.
NIH professor Davi... |
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A Trojan-horse strategy selected to fight bacteria |
...p, which suggested the idea of using gallium to substitute iron.
F.D.A. has already approved gallium for treating hypercalcemia and malignancy. This fact implies that this metal could have a great potential in treating individuals infected with cystic fibrosis or other similar infections.
The experiments have shown that gallium effectively fought microbes. Moreover its action became stronger in environments with low lev... |
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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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