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[20 May 2010 | One Comment | 6 views]

Only the best science news today, 1 May 2010:

X-ray-like cameras that can see through walls and clothing -http://srt.bz/4th
Need juice for a dying iPod? http://srt.bz/4tj Turn clothes into generators with Nanofiber
New method to make gallium arsenide solar cells with a theoretical conversion rate of up to 40 percent http://srt.bz/4ti
First-ever high-resolution observations of DNA unfoldinghttp://srt.bz/4tf , and photo : http://srt.bz/4tg
Artificial Butterfly –> http://srt.bz/4td in Flight and Filmed -http://srt.bz/4te (video)
Shyness Negatively Affects Marital Quality - http://srt.bz/4tc
Quantum teleportation achieved over 16 km - http://srt.bz/4ta , amazing again, uh!
Ultra-secure quantum communications - http://srt.bz/4t9 , science is amazing today !
Next-generation Insecticides - http://srt.bz/4tb Unroasted …

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[29 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 60 views]

Moscow – March 29, 2010
Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up during the morning’s hour, killing at least 37 people & wounding 65 more. The explosions, which took place at the Lubyanka station in Central Moscow and the Park Kultury station, were the Russian capital’s first subway terrorist attacks since the last confirmed attacks in 2004.
London – July 7, 2005
Considered London’s worst terrorist attack, the city public transportation system suffered a series of coordinated suicide attacks. The attacks killed 52 people and resulted in injuries to approximately 700 other victims. …

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[2 Mar 2010 | One Comment | 166 views]

Youtube not working? …  1′st time in my life i see this on www.youtube.com/:
Http/1.1 Service Unavailable
but some link is working:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98TDUL9E348&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=movies&search_type=&aq=f
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QUT0tweX1M&feature=fvsr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3hth9_rvfg&feature=related

so, only url’s with “feature” GET query !!!! Strange !
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[13 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 105 views]

New sensor exploits traditional weakness of nano devices
Ultimately, researchers believe this new “sniffer” will achieve a detection level that approaches the theoretical limit, surpassing other state-of-the-art chemical sensors. The implications could be significant for anyone whose job is to detect explosives, biological agents and narcotics.
http://www.physorg.com/news185221837.html
Scientists Explore the Future of High-Energy Physics
How much energy you can put into a particle per meter corresponds directly to how big the machine is,” says Steven Sibener, the Carl William Eisendrath Professor in Chemistry and the James Franck Institute at UChicago. This means that …

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[8 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 164 views]

Windows Mobile 7 Bad News Leaked: Lack of Multitasking and Flash
Flash and multitasking will be lacking from the new OS, a great handicap and a step backward and closer to the iPhone OS. NetCF won’t be backwards compatible, so there will be no backward compatibility for existing apps.
http://www.gsmdome.com/windows-mobile/windows-mobile-7-bad-news-leaked-lack-of-multitasking-and-flash_12991
Nexus One Comes With Second Mic, Noise Cancelling Technology
Many reviewers have found the call quality on Nexus One excellent, so maybe this is the secret behind the handset’s audio performance. The two microphone technology bears the name of Active Noise Cancellation (ANC)
http://www.gsmdome.com/google/nexus-one-comes-with-second-mic-noise-cancelling-technology_12994
Google …

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[1 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 104 views]

Robots evolve to learn cooperation, hunting
In a series of experiments described in the journal PLoS Biology, Dario Floreano of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne and Laurent Keller of the University of Lausanne reported that simple, small-wheeled Khepera and Alice robots can evolve behaviors such as collision-free movement and homing techniques in only several hundred “generations.”
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10432608-1.html
Multitasking: Intel does, iPad doesn’t
How important is the ability to multitask on tablet-class devices like Apple’s iPad? Important enough that the feature will likely be touted as a trump card for Intel-based smartphones such as …

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[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 119 views]

Could Generating Energy from Waste Be the Answer?
Scientists at Teesside University are helping to find answers to one of the most difficult problems facing the world today — generating energy without accelerating climate change or harming food production.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100125150645.htm
New Class of Brain-Protecting Drugs Emerging
7,8-dihydroxyflavone is a member of the flavonoid family of chemicals, which are abundant in fruits and vegetables. The compound’s selective effects suggest that it could be the founder of a new class of brain-protecting drugs.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100125173459.htm
How Life Without Sex Works
Life without sex may be boring, and it’s …

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[26 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 210 views]

Attackers sent Google workers IMs from ‘friends’
“The most significant discovery is that the attackers had selected employees at the companies with access to proprietary data, then learnt who their friends were,” the Financial Times reported. “The hackers compromised the social network accounts of those friends, hoping to enhance the probability that their final targets would click on the links they sent.”
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10441004-245.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Google Voice gets a Chrome boost
Google Voice is still restricted to its long waiting period, but if you’re registered for Google’s forwarding system the update to the Google Voice …

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[24 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 193 views]

Chinese firm to invest billions in solar battery plant
Chinese car and battery maker BYD–which is 10 percent owned by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway–will invest $3.3 billion over five years to build China’s largest solar battery plant, a report said Saturday.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10440127-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
China’s BYD to bring electric cars to U.S. in 2010
Initially, it will make the $40,000 car available to “government agencies, utilities and maybe some celebrities” in a specific region, Wang told the Journal during a factory tour of the BYD’s lithium ion battery factory. BYD plans to offer …

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[24 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 516 views]

Cars without Drivers
Meet Boss – the car that can drive itself! It has 18 sensors, including a three dimensional laser and onboard computers that connect to GPS and mapping software. When it comes to knowing the rules of the road, Boss rarely makes a mistake.
http://www.livescience.com/common/media/video/player.php?aid=33025
HIV Infection Prematurely Ages the Brain

HIV infection or the treatments used to control it are prematurely aging the brain, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of California-San Diego have found.The graying of the AIDS patient community makes this …