Black oil from sunk near Antarctica coast cruise vessel Explorer threatens this continent with ecological catastrophe, informed director of the Argentine institute of Antarctica Mariano Memoly.
Canadian cruise vessel Explorer has sunk near coast of Antarctica on November, 23 as a result of a clash with an iceberg nearby to Southern Shetland islands. All 154 persons […]

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The group of German scientists during a research has developed a method which allows to control nanoparticles’ movement in the water and fat environment, directing a way to them.
Scientists headed by Dayang Wang have managed to create nanoparticles which moving between a water and fat solutions can be controlled.
Experts mark, that the new method […]

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Japanese company Toyota has created the device which will automatically stop an automobile before a red signal of traffic lights and before road sign STOP.
According to the developers, the new device reacts to signals of transmitters on roadway that warn about the change of lights to red. The new device notifies the driver with visual […]

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Experts from the American company Nemertes Research have conducted the research and found out that by 2010 network work speed can decrease essentially because of growth of broadband Internet users.
The main reason of slump in speed, in opinion of experts, is the quickly growing amount of the information which is stored in a network. […]

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The group of the Israeli scientists has declared the development of a new theft-prevention system for planes Security Code System (SCS), informs Reuters.
The new system, according to founders, is based on a compulsory identification of the pilot with the help of a device for personal password entering as a plastic card.
If the system records […]

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Large US Internet-shop Amazon has started sales of wireless device Kindle for reading of electronic books.
Sizes of a novelty is almost the same as of a usual book, however it can contain in the memory up to 200 volumes. The screen of the device is economic, and the device can work for 30 hours without […]

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Indian experts have successfully tested cryogenic rocket stage Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS) for Indian heavy rocket-carrier GSLV, informs Indian Space Researches Agency.
During test on November, 15, 2007 the created rocket stage has worked for calculated 720 seconds.
Experts inform that stage CUS works from liquid oxygen and gaseous hydrogen and provides traction in 69,5 kN in […]

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Researchers from the Boston University develop the special software which will “translate” brain signals of the person into meaning-bearing words.
Scientists have started the unique development after they have managed for the first time to read thoughts of the person unable to speak.
Eric Ramsay, who eight years ago got into a road accident and lost gift […]

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The reality of human’s cloning in the nearest couple of years (according to the forecasts of American and Italian geneticists) sets up the requirement to impose the moratorium on cloning up to creation of the international convention, consider experts from the United Nations’ University.
Doctor Chamundisvari Kuppusvami, one of four authors of the report on cloning […]

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University of Berkeley in the USA informed the creation of the smallest in the world radio receiver.
This devise has all obligatory components of a usual radio set. It has an aerial, tuning unit, an amplifier and demodulator.
It is made from one nanotube one micron long and 10 nanometers in diameter. It means that diameter […]

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