Archive for the ‘SCIENCE’ Category

Tiny dishes etched on microscope slides act like ear trumpets A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible. Initially, researchers will use it to snoop on cells as they go about their daily business. It may allow researchers to listen to how a drug disrupts micro-organisms, in the same way as a mechanic might listen to ... Full story

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Quantum gravity and space's informational entropy In my last report from Physics@FOM, I will talk about something I am truly not competent to discuss: "Holography, ADS/CFT and the emergence of gravity." I realize that I am not always the sharpest knife in ... Full story

Weird Science gets its DNA from mezcal, dances with bees Bees have a way of saying "stop dancing immediately": It's pretty widely recognized that bees let their fellow hivemates know about the presence of food sources through an elaborate "waggle dance" that ... Full story

A new mobile phone charger that will work with any handset has been approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations body. Industry body the GSMA says that 51,000 tonnes of redundant chargers are generated each year. Currently most chargers are product or brand specific, so people tend to change them when ... Full story

The way it came on the scene, it could have been a rare perfume or a designer handbag, undaunted by the roiling economy. The first rumours of it surfaced in December on a lifestyle magazine's blog. A few weeks ... Full story

German researchers found most of the mineral water bottles sold in the market are contaminated with chemicals which act like female hormones estrogen in the body. The researchers from Frankfurt University examined 20 different brands of mineral water and they found 12 of them have high hormone content. The waters in PET plastic bottles contained twice as much estrogen contamination as those ... Full story

The United States is scheduled to launch on Friday an orbiting telescope designed to help answer one of the oldest and deepest questions of astronomy: Are we – or at least our planet’s microbes – alone in the galaxy?The Kepler spacecraft will stare at a patch of sky – the same 100,000 stars near the northern constellation Cygnus, all at once – for ... Full story

For having a trained ear for music can be just as much of an advantage in a romantic relationship as in the concert hall, it found. Anyone searching for a lover with that elusive quality of being a "good listener" should pick someone who has gone through musical tuition, said the results of the academic study. They are, literally, better listeners and the ability that allows them ... Full story