Astronomers-amateurs, whose telescopes are united into a global network, have discovered the third extrasolar planet with very unusual characteristics: weighs more than the Jupiter, and its year lasts for only 31 hour.
Astronomers have found out this planet within the framework of Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey, TrES project, and named it TrES-3 in honor of that project.
Astronomers […]

Categories: Space

As informs influential American edition The Wall Street Journal, the European respective authorities have approved the use of mobile communication onboard system for Airbus planes. This system will allow passengers to use cell phones during the flight, including BlackBerry communicators.
Airbus has declared that passengers from now on can call and accept calls, write e-mail and […]

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The international group of scientists from Enrico Fermi National accelerating laboratory (near Chicago, the USA) has declared about the opening of a new elementary particle with rather unusual properties. This particle fills a gap in the theory of standard model of universe formation.
In the second quarter of 2007, the international group of 610 experts from […]

Categories: Physics

Astronomers have conducted a number of observations over a life of one of the most unstable stars of our galaxy – Eta Kiel which is just about to turn into Supernew one.
X-ray telescope Chandra together with Hubble space telescope have received the new interesting image of processes on one of the brightest, massive and unstable […]

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The British researchers as a result of long-term experiments have created one of the most successful and effective air disinfectors for premises.
Inov Science company began to produce the indoor device called AD (Air Disinfection Unit). It is informed, that it can be used for hospitals, schools, offices and houses and as a result you receive […]

Categories: Inventions

Production of the new Honda Civic FCX equipped with the hydrogen engine, Honda planned for 2008. Thus, Honda becomes the first world motor-car manufacturer who will begin mass production of automobiles on entirely hydrogen fuel.
Developers of the company inform, that new Civic will be produced in limited edition under the price less than 25000 dollars […]

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The amount of personal computers in the world will reach one billion already by the end of 2008, and two billions - by 2015. Such information is contained in the forecast published by the Forrester Research marketing company.
Forrester Research’s forecast is based on the assumption, that from 2003 to 2015 the total number of personal […]

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Scientist - genetics from the Californian University identified genes in female of a poisonous spider which are responsible for production of a very strong cobweb.
With the help of this gene scientists are going to make materials on the basis of natural structures, as the cobweb of the Black Widow under the characteristics is only half […]

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German Company KUKA Roboter created the biggest and the strongest robot in the world which can lift one ton by one hand.
Developers of the company inform, that newly made robot KUKA KR 1000 Titan is a serial industrial manipulator. His range is 10,50 feet circumferentially so it can move objects on distance to 21,00 feet, […]

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Japanese scientists have discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean a mysterious creature which very much reminds a kite.
Scientists assume that it may be a new species of a deep-water jellyfish. On the photos made by the autonomous deep-water device on the depth of approximately 23 677,82 feet in 124,27 mi to the south […]

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