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Invisibility is now one step closer |
 ...nting an "optical cloaking", which represents a device able to make objects invisible. The device guides light around anything that is placed withing the so-called "cloak".
The engineers at Purdue University have followed mathematical guidelines that were devised last year by the UK physicists to create a theoretical design, which in its turn uses an array of very small needles. The latter radiate from a central spoke ... |
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Beautiful flirty women choose machos for procreation |
| ...n brows are seen as good partners for short-term relationships, while women are still inclined to spend a lifetime with more feminine looking men.
According to a new research that was conducted at University of Stirling in Scotland, women preferences undergo intricate changes during menstrual cycle (women taking hormonal pills were not included in the study). Women were asked to express opinion on their own attractiven... |
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BREAKING: The Virginia Tech Shooter Identified |
 ...Cho Seung Hui - the man, who was officially identified as the shooter at the Virginia Tech University, on Monday, April 16th, 2007 (Credit: AP)ABC News reported that there was information about the shooters identity. After matching the fingerprints of the suspect and the ones on the firearms, it was confirmed that the person starting the massacre was Cho Seung Hui, a senior student of South Korean origin.
The young man w... |
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A Maniac Threatens to Repeat Tragedy in Virginia |
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Besides security measures described above, the US Security Services are actively involved in averting any possible acts of violence and try to keep under control all people who belong to school and university environment and have ever displayed signs of inadequate or violent behavior.
In particular, the police arrested a college student from the suburbs of Seattle who owned a small armory. In Florida there was arres... |
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Nano-nose to help identify illnesses |
 ...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. Thus it is not a specific smell that the receptors react to, but it is a generalized response produced by t... |
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Ancient Microorganisms May Revive in Melting Glaciers |
 ...The DNA of ancient microorganisms frozen for millions of years in glaciers, may revive in the melting glaciers, as concluded by scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
According to Kay Bidle, an assistant professor of marine and coastal sciences at the university, until the present time the scientists didn't posses the exact information whether it is possible to revive the DNA of such ancient, for-ce... |
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Hands-Free Phones - More Dangerous for Drivers than Alcoholic Drinks |
 ...ones. As for the drivers in London, the figures are even higher, reaching 4.8 per cent of van drivers and 3.7 per cent of car drivers using the phone at any time.
Research by America's Ohio State University proves that pedestrians are also subjected to the increased risk of getting into an accident when using a mobile phone. The tests indicated that 48 per cent of mobile phone users crossed the road in front of fast-a... |
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A Memorable Speaker - Not the One Speaking Clearly |
 ...ring typical sentences with inserted disfluencies, the volunteers got 62 per cent of words correct compared to 55 per cent for sentences with no stumbles.
According to Dr Martin Corley, Edinburgh University's School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, a disfluency becomes a useful interruption to the expected ritual of things. It is the same as if we were saying to ourselves "It's better to pay attention ... |
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Evolution of Animal Vision - New Facts Discovered |
 ...Having conducted deep study of evolutionary history, scientists at the University of California in Santa Barbara have found the origins of photo-sensitivity in animals.
The scientists concentrated their attention at Hydra, the aquatic animal that belongs to cnidarians and has inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years. The scientists became the first to study and analyze light-receptive genes called opsins in cn... |
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NASA Starts 2007 Competition to Build Space Elevator |
 ...o electricity to power the motors.
The team that will manage to make their robot climb at more than two meters per second speed will practically win the competition. Last year the team from the University of Saskatchewan team was reported to be the fastest to climb their robot but the speed of their robot was only an inch and a half per second.
Though the idea to build a space elevator was introduced several d... |
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Scientists Discover Clays to Fight Deadly Bacteria |
 ...t given any funding as she lacked scientific evidence. Following de Course's death, her son wanted to find scientists who would get interested in testing agricur. Dr Lynda Williams from Arizona State University, specializing in the clay research, agreed to conduct the testing.
At the moment the scientists have no precise explanation as for how agricur treats MRSA and other infections. According to Dr Williams, they ha... |
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