Longest Living Animal?
Clam — 400 Years Old — Found In Icelandic Waters ScienceDaily (2007-10-29) — A clam dredged from Icelandic waters had lived for 400 years. Is this the longest-lived animal known …
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Extreme growth in atmospheric CO2
A team of scientists has found that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) growth has increased 35 percent faster than expected since 2000. The findings are published this week in the journal …
Extreme growth in atmospheric CO2 Read MoreMicrosoft wants to read your mind
Besides running your computer Microsoft now wants to read your mind too. According to Microsoft it is hard to properly evaluate the way people interact with computers since questioning them …
Microsoft wants to read your mind Read MoreThe Nobel Prize in Physics 2007
Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR) was independently discovered in 1988 in Fe/Cr/Fe trilayers by a research team led by Peter Grünberg of the Jülich Research Centre, who owns the patent, and in …
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 Read MoreStoring Power in a Sheet of Paper
Troy, N.Y. – Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper. The nano engineered …
Storing Power in a Sheet of Paper Read MoreData transferred 382km over WLAN
Venezuelan scientists recently sent and received data over a distance close to 400 km through WLAN. The distance probably qualifies as a world record for wireless (WLAN) data networks, beating …
Data transferred 382km over WLAN Read MoreDriver not included
STANFORDS HOPE: The robot car named Junior passed the first of many city test yesterday and qualified for Urban Challenge this autumn. Google is one of many companies sponsoring “Junior”. …
Driver not included Read MoreFun at work?
Carsten Höller has come up with an amazing slider for use anywhere. This might be the little extra that makes everyday at work a thrill. To date Höller has installed …
Fun at work? Read MoreBody Worlds – Real Human Corpses!
An exhibition of human corpses is offering a new opportunity for life after death that’s as easy as filing in a simple form. Then you have to die, of course. …
Body Worlds – Real Human Corpses! Read MoreThe greenest computer company
Sun Microsystems lives up to its name and puts energy efficiency at its core. Why? Computers draw 4-5 percent of total world power, its eco-boss tells Fortune’s David Kirkpatrick. Read …
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