Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Skywatchers enjoy lunar eclipse
June 7, 2011 Solar flare!
5 Things You Can Do With Your Webcam
The multimedia aspect of computing has taken off like never before. Online video has taken off thanks to the spread of broadband internet access and sites like Youtube. People are now communicating visually over the internet. Webcams play an important role in this whole thing. If you have a webcam, you have a tool which allows you to put your own video up on the internet or simply to chat with friends and family.
World of online games
Games that can be played online, with the help of the internet are often touted as online games. These games are played with the help of a computer and will require a feasible internet connection. The arena of online games is quite vast and is largely beyond the scope of 500 words, yet the author intents to pen down some of the important aspects of online gaming.
Bees' royal jelly secret revealed
850 new species discovered living underground
Virus and low sunlight 'raises multiple sclerosis risk
Largest Fossil Spider Found in Volcanic Ash
The largest fossil spider uncovered to date once ensnared prey back in the age of dinosaurs, scientists find.
Windows 8: What's in Store for the OS of the Future?
The End of the World 2012 – Say experts, their views
Lights and Flat-Panel Displays: Researchers 'Brighten' the Future of Organic Light-Emitting Diode Technology
Chlorine is an abundant and readily available halogen gas commonly associated with the sanitation of swimming pools and drinking water. Could a one-atom thick sheet of this element revolutionize the next generation of flat-panel displays and lighting technology?
Search for Dark Matter Moves One Step Closer to Detecting Elusive Particle
Dark matter, the mysterious substance that may account for nearly 25 percent of the universe, has so far evaded direct observation. But researchers from UCLA, Columbia University and other institutions participating in the international XENON collaboration say they are now closer than ever before.
A Bicycle Built for None
In a discovery that could lead to better and safer bicycle design, researchers have shown that long-accepted "gyro" and "caster" effects are not needed to make a bike balance itself. In fact, it's a mixture of complicated physical effects -- linked to the distribution of mass -- that makes it so a bicycle can remain up when moving.
New Spin on Graphene Makes It Magnetic
A team led by Professor Andre Geim, a recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize for graphene, can now show that electric current -- a flow of electrons -- can magnetise graphene.
New Fracture Resistance Mechanisms Provided by Graphene
A team of researchers from the University of Arizona and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have increased the toughness of ceramic composites by using graphene reinforcements that enable new fracture resistance mechanisms in the ceramic.
Star Formation Linked to Sonic Booms
ESA's Herschel space observatory has revealed that nearby interstellar clouds contain networks of tangled gaseous filaments. Intriguingly, each filament is approximately the same width, hinting that they may result from interstellar sonic booms throughout our Galaxy.
Physicists Create Clouds of Impenetrable Gases That Bounce Off Each Other
When one cloud of gas meets another, they normally pass right through each other. But now, MIT physicists have created clouds of ultracold gases that bounce off each other like bowling balls, even though they are a million times thinner than air -- the first time that such impenetrable gases have been observed.
Chance Discovery May Revolutionize Hydrogen Production
Producing hydrogen in a sustainable way is a challenge and production cost has so far proven to be too high. Now a team led by EPFL Professor Xile Hu has discovered that a molybdenum based catalyst is produced at room temperature, inexpensive and efficient.
Polluted Air Leads to Disease by Promoting Widespread Inflammation
Chronic inhalation of polluted air appears to activate a protein that triggers the release of white blood cells, setting off events that lead to widespread inflammation, according to new research in an animal model.
Solar Power Without Solar Cells
A dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light discovered by University of Michigan researchers could lead to solar power without traditional semiconductor-based solar cells.
