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The tablets were mainly made of the zinc carbonates hydrozincite and smithsonite, echoing the widespread use of zinc-based minerals in today's eye and skin medications.
The application developed by a Texas-based mobile app company can control media boxes like Apple TV, digital video recorder, smart TVs, thermostats, garage door openers and anything else that is connected to the internet, the New Scientist reported.
Pictures beamed back by the rover show a bright object lying in the Martian dirt, and a closer look suggests the object is a piece of plastic wrapper that has fallen from the robot.
Stephen Hawking, who has decoded some of the most puzzling secrets of the universe, has revealed that for him women are the only enduring mystery of the universe he has found impossible to crack.
A team at Princeton University has based its findings on an analysis of brain scans of 11 people as they listened to a woman recounting a story, the New Scientist reported.
Scientists have unveiled the world's first universal programmable quantum computer, capable of processing two quantum bits or qubits which store more data than the simple 'on' or 'off' bits of conventional computing. But, the test programme has revealed significant hurdles which the scientists claim must be overcome before it is ready for real work, the New Scientist reported.
An international team has come up with such a system, called 'Skinput', which has the ability to detect the ultralow -frequency sound produced by tapping the skin with a finger, and microchip-sized projectors now found in some cellphones, the New Scientist reported.
Iran has announced that it will produce uranium enriched to contain 20 per cent of the fissile isotope uranium-235, which is to refuel a reactor in Tehran that makes medical isotopes, after talks aimed at acquiring the fuel abroad stalled.Iran already makes 3.5 per cent low enriched uranium.
Despite having other mandatory clearances, applications of many international magazines have been returned by the I&B ministry, say senior officials. Magazines in genres like medicine, science and technology, and legal publications are the worst affected as their titles are more often found to be already registered with the government. Since 2006, at least 25 applications from international publishers have been turned down on the ground 'title not available.'
According to the New Scientist, the finding of the study opens new possibilities for social scientists and others who want to know how people connect and interact socially. For the study, an international team handed out mobile phones to 94 students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- the gadgets were modified with software which logged their calls, and used Bluetooth to detect when another was close by.
The Global Positioning System doesn't work in buildings as the satellite signals it uses cannot get through walls. But, in this system, a cellphone can use nearby Wi-Fi transmitters instead of satellites -- it triangulates their signals to calculate its position, which it then displays on a map, the New Scientist reported. The system is being currently tested in Finland.
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Now, a new study in the US has revealed just how easy the answers of such security questions are for other people to guess -- in fact these facts make life simple for hackers, the New Scientist reported. Researchers at Microsoft have based their findings on an analysis of an experiment, involving 32 e-mail users.
According to the New Scientist, a team at Reading University, which has already used rat brain cells to steer a simple-wheeled robot, is now trying the same thing with human brain cells. In fact, for the robot with rat brain cells, 300,000 rodent neurons grown in a nutrient broth and producing spikes of electrical activity were connected to output of the robot's distance sensors. The neurons proved capable of steering the robot around a small enclosure.
While the female orgasm has been the subject of so many myths and folk beliefs, scientists are trying their best to know more about the mystery behind the phenomenon. And now, after some intense field research, a team of experts have uncovered six facts about the female orgasm, as revealed by modern science, reports New Scientist magazine.
Human's inclination to invest dogs with human-like states of mind isn't as unscientific as it might appear for scientists have now suggested that canines are becoming more intelligent and are even learning morals. Studies presented at the first Canine Science Forum in Budapest, Hungary, backs the idea that the descendants of grey wolves have become more intelligent, and even learnt a sense of right and wrong, the New Scientist journal reported.
According to a research from Queen's University in Belfast, a good morning session at least three times a week, decreases the risk of heart attack or stroke by half and a regular session improves circulation, thereby reducing blood pressure.
China has just 12 days of coal reserves left at most of its power stations, after the end of a cold and stormy winter. Some provinces, including Hebei, bordering Beijing, have less than a week's coal left. This is a record low, the state electricity regulatory commission revealed. Coal imports, which started last year, have also failed to meet the difference between supply and demand. This raises questions about how much longer China's breakneck industrialisation can continue
The prize has been announced by a firm known as Verified Identity Pass that already offers quicker checkpoint services at airports for a fee.
Scientists have warned that the North Pole might be free of ice before the end of this year, turning into a vast expanse of water. Arctic scientists are preparing for this grim possibility after seeing a number of factors that have led to most of the Arctic ice being thin and vulnerable, as it enters its summer melting season. The extent of the ice is only half the picture, with satellite images showing that most of the Arctic ice at the moment is thin, young ice.
According to the New Scientist, a research carried out by boffins from the City University of New York in the US has found that napping boosts memory, making it easier to recall important facts, reports the Daily Mail.
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Shi now says that giving the anti-microbial as a one-off treatment, or at regular intervals, might help less harmful bacteria to colonise the spot vacated by S.mutans, thus making it more difficult for the bug to regain a toehold.
Testing of the system can only be done when another large quake strikes.
The search giant is building a system that stores information so that machines as well as people can read it
It's official. Football has been the most exciting sport for the last 100 years, but baseball is catching up.
Blue Gene/L, built by computer giant IBM has been named as the world's most powerful computer, after it reached a peak processing speed of 136.8 teraflops (trillion calculations per second), in testing.
Milton Wainwright claims Hitler was administered penicillin after an assassination attempt.
New Scientist in a report, based on documents just released in the US, said "The owner of the chemical plant cut crucial corners in its design, and reduced investment to maintain control". \n\n
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
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