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Owners of devices powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system can now enjoy a new Twitter client on their handsets, in the form of Carbon.
Coming from dot1ne, the new application will bring twitter on your home screen, providing you with fast access to timeline, messages, mentions and the like.
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13 February 2012
15:01 GMT |
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A team of scientists from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) say that graphene has the tendency to become more slippery when stacked. In a single-sheet configuration, the material usually slows down objects.
The NIST group compares the effect a single layer of graphene has on objects rolli... |
11 January 2012
05:31 GMT |
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Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) say that the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is capable of using its advanced remote-sensing technology to keep track of how soils freeze over as winter sets in.
This year is not a particularly good one for such investigations, primarily due to the extre... |
14 December 2011
10:46 GMT |
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Not every preservation campaign has a happy ending, or enthusiastic participants, for that matter. This seems to be the case of the Ansford Academy in Castle Cary, Somerset, whose efforts of minimizing its ecological footprint has attracted the anger of hundreds of parents.
Apparently, the school's headmaster,... |
6 December 2011
09:36 GMT |
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Scientists propose in a new study that certain extrasolar planets could be made out of diamond. Such worlds would most definitely be uninhabitable, since the conditions required to create this carbon compound are not exactly friendly to life.
Ohio State University expert Wendy Panero believes that a world made out ... |
6 December 2011
08:10 GMT |
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In a paper published in the December 4 issue of the top scientific journal Nature Climate Change, experts with the Global Carbon Project (GCP) say that carbon emissions are continuing to increase around the world, threatening to warm the planet by more than 2 degrees Celsius.
This scenario is to be avoided at all c... |
5 December 2011
06:36 GMT |
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At this point in time, the Durban summit is definitely one of the hottest green topics. It manages to capture the attention of shipowners who collaborate with WWF and Oxfam to indicate the best methods of curbing greenhouse gas emissions coming from international shipping.The partners hope to convince the COP 17 par... |
29 November 2011
11:04 GMT |
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The advantages of cloud computing have been discussed repeatedly and, indeed, they still are, the latest reports on the matter stating that, based on a recent study, large IT companies can achieve massive carbon emission and energy cost reductions this decade.
Shared data networks, commonly known as cloud storage e... |
7 November 2011
08:02 GMT |
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A team of physicists from the Stanford University announces the creation of a new type of amorphous carbon, which was obtained in an experimental setup under extreme pressures. The researchers say that the material rivals diamond in terms of harshness.However, the amorphous structure this form of carbon has isn'... |
18 October 2011
06:32 GMT |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) investigators determined in a new study that graphene is capable of displaying very interesting thermoelectric reactions when exposed to light. The new behavior has not been studied before, but experts say that it could have many practical applications.
Graphene is a bi-... |
7 October 2011
04:39 GMT |
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Though many experts argue that carbon-based lifeforms are the most like to continue evolving, others believe that there are chemicals beside carbon that can underly life. Silicon is a good example for it, but other chemicals may be capable of this as well. Famed physicist Stephen Hawking is one of the experts who arg... |
18 July 2011
07:47 GMT |
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Since its discovery 6 years ago, graphene has been under intensive research because of the weird properties theory holds it should have. Now, new investigations are revealing that the material may in fact be even stranger than first hypothesized.For instance, experiments conducted at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) s... |
15 July 2011
10:58 GMT |
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A new device created by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge, can hold about the same amount of energy as lithium-ion batteries. The device is made up of carbon nanotubes, which can store sunlight as chemical energy.This is an all-new applications for carbon nanotubes (CNT), a ... |
14 July 2011
07:46 GMT |
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Experts at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, who developed graphene back in 2004, will present more data on the vast potential this material has today, July 5. Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov are leading the presentation.The two experts were jointly awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics... |
5 July 2011
05:49 GMT |
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Over the past few years, carbon molecules called buckyballs have been detected throughout the Universe, in dying stars, nearby galaxy, in the space separating galactic clusters, and so on. Now, experts propose that these molecules are what brought the seeds of life here on Earth. Thus far, scientists have widely beli... |
16 June 2011
05:40 GMT |
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After trying to do so for more than 50 years, scientists were finally able to calculate the Hoyle state, without which the existence of life would have most likely been impossible. The state applies to carbon, one of the chemicals elements that are indispensable to life.In fact, without this state, it's highly u... |
11 May 2011
05:46 GMT |
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Throughout the Universe, astronomers have discovered the signature of formaldehyde, a chemical that is now a poison to the human body, but which is now considered to be the source of all organic carbon solids that permeate our solar system, and enabled life to develop here. Organic chemicals are a special class of su... |
5 April 2011
05:30 GMT |
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A team of investigators from the United States has discovered that icebergs floating around in the Southern Ocean, near Antarctica, are not only contributing to sea level rise, but that they also play a previously-unknown role in the global carbon cycle and in climate control.
What the team discovered was that the... |
26 March 2011
05:57 GMT |
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According to the results of a new investigation, the formations long-thought by experts to be fossils of the oldest known microbes to have lived on Earth may in fact be microscopic mineral deposits. Scientists behind the research say that these findings should help inform astrobiologists in avoiding labeling all pecu... |
25 March 2011
04:10 GMT |
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A collaboration of American researchers has recently created a new type of carbon-mapping technology, that they say can be used to map the reserves of the chemical in Hawaii's forests. The group details its achievement in the latest online issue of the scientific journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environ... |
15 March 2011
11:04 GMT |
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For many years, planetary geologists have been trying to find the answers to two burning questions – where is all the carbon that should be seen on Mars, and why is the planet so dense. A new study may resolve both those issue in a fell swoop. Using the mineral-mapping instrument on the NASA Mars Reconnaissance... |
9 March 2011
09:59 GMT |
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According to experts in chemistry, diamond may in fact have a cousin. They say that T-carbon may be a form of the common chemical that is a bit softer than diamonds, but still harsher than other forms of the stuff, such as for example graphite. Diamond is the most stable and organized form of carbon. It is only produ... |
1 March 2011
04:13 GMT |
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Sony has announced that it will be introducing three pre-order packages for its upcoming racer MotorStorm Apocalypse, which is set to be launched exclusively on the PlayStation 3 at some point during spring 2011, each offering a different vehicle for gamers to enjoy.
The first pre-order package is called “Ca... |
20 December 2010
18:17 GMT |
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New discoveries hint at the fact that comets have far less carbon on their surfaces and at their cores than initially suspected. Experts say that this knowledge may force a rethinking of the role they attribute to these space bodies in the emergence and subsequent development and evolution of life on Earth.For years,... |
16 December 2010
08:37 GMT |
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Astronomers analyzing the atmosphere of WASP-12b have determined that the exoplanet is home to vast amount of carbon dioxide, even if it's surface is scorching hot. This hints at a larger degree of biodiversity among extrasolar planets than initially thought.The alien planet is so hot because it lies very close ... |
9 December 2010
03:47 GMT |
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A new study carried out by Canadian and US researchers, concluded that climate change actually causes wildfires to burn more intensely, thus releasing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and speeding up the process.The research focused on northern wildfires and Jennifer Harden, a US Geological Survey scientist ... |
6 December 2010
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For more than 600 years, diamonds have been used for a variety of applications, to cut materials, and o polish other diamonds. Now, all these years later, German researchers finally demonstrate how is it that this can be achieved with the hardest material in the world. Investigators from the Freiburg-based Fraunhofer... |
29 November 2010
10:01 GMT |
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Physicists from the Rice University managed to develop a new method for producing the two-dimensional sheet of carbon atoms known as graphene, which involves the use of sugar and related, carbon-based molecules. The graphene produced in this manner is nearly perfect. This carbon compound is currently being touted as ... |
11 November 2010
10:57 GMT |
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A group of astronomers announces that it has managed to demonstrate the existence of nanoscale carbon structures known as buckyballs in three planetary nebulae inside the Milky Way. This means that the cage-like molecules may indeed permeate the Universe, as proposed in several past scientific studies, which means th... |
28 October 2010
02:33 GMT |
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A group of investigators in the United States has developed a method of improving silicon's ability to absorb lithium ions, an achievement that may lead to the development of higher-capacity lithium-ion batteries. The team, made up of researchers at the Rice University and Lockheed Martin, says that it has devel... |
15 October 2010
04:57 GMT |
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Discovering all there is to know about graphene is one of the most important goal in physics and chemistry today. The amazing properties this material has make it a suitable choice for replacing silicon in electronic devices, but experts are not yet familiar with all of its properties. One of the challenges in the fi... |
7 August 2010
03:58 GMT |
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Scientists analyzing the Earth's atmosphere have concluded that the atmospheric oxygen levels were much higher a few hundred million years ago, and that they vary along with the evolution of life. Scientists from the Royal Holloway, University of London and from The Field Museum in Chicago have published their ... |
2 August 2010
10:06 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Rice University announces the development of a new method for producing bulk amounts graphene oxide (GO). The approach can also be used to break up large quantities of the compound, which means that the team essentially developed a new means of ensuring a steady supply of the stuff. ... |
23 July 2010
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A group of investigators announced recently that they managed to collect incontroversial evidence that a special type of carbon molecules – called buckyballs – exists in space. Experts have hypothesized that this is the case for many years, but it's only now that actual observations managed to confir... |
23 July 2010
02:43 GMT |
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A team of investigators from the Brown University, led by expert Vivek Shenoy, a professor of engineering, announces the development of a new method for eliminating defects from graphene. In order for scientists and the electronics industry to take advantage of the amazing physical and chemical properties the single-... |
7 June 2010
05:47 GMT |
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A group of physicists from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has recently announced the results of a new investigation, whose goal was to assess the interactions that appear between graphene and metal. The reason why such work is being conducted is because the new material ... |
2 April 2010
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By combining the atom-thick carbon compound graphene with very small sheets of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), researchers at the Rice University managed to obtain a new type of structure that is bound to advance materials science considerably. The investigators produced a two-dimensional quilt, which essentially ove... |
2 March 2010
05:28 GMT |
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A group of researchers has recently announced the development of a new type of nanoscale tip that represents a significant improvement from existing technologies. The new structure, which is shaped like a tip, has a massive resistance to wear, and is far more suitable for a wide range of applications than its silicon... |
26 February 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Graphene, a carbon compound that was discovered only 6 years ago, is one of the materials that promise to innovate science, creating better radios, computers, electronics and phones, in addition to revolutionizing materials science. But the atom-thick, semi-metallic graphene suffers from a major drawback, and namely ... |
26 February 2010
11:05 GMT |
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Scientists in Germany and China have recently set forth a new hypothesis, saying that using a special type of carbon nanocables in battery construction could help increase these devices' efficiency and capacity considerably. They add that titanium dioxide (TiO2)-coated carbon nanotubes (CNT) have proven to be ve... |
29 January 2010
15:01 GMT |
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Spectral type-R carbon stars are some of the most bizarre bodies in the Universe, simply because of their chemical structure that currently makes no sense for experts. Their atmospheres feature vast amounts of carbon, and very small oxygen concentrations, which is something that experts say shouldn't be the case... |
14 January 2010
10:57 GMT |
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According to experts at the Arizona State University (ASU), carbon nanotubes (CNT) could be used to set the basis of a brand-new, extremely fast method of sequencing DNA. At this point, this process is very cumbersome and cost-prohibitive, and research groups around the world have been working on new methods of accom... |
4 January 2010
06:44 GMT |
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An impressive breakthrough in chemistry was recently achieved at the Cornell University, when researchers learned how to break two of the strongest types of chemical bonds in the world at room temperature and pressure. This is something that has never been done before, and experts say that the innovation could see a ... |
15 December 2009
10:17 GMT |
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In spite of the massive amount of work that has been placed into making carbon nanotubes a standard material for our civilization, creating flexible arrays using the nanostructures has proven to be extremely difficult until now. The structures have the ability to innovate, among other things, the display control circ... |
23 November 2009
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The supernova remnant Cassiopeia A is, by far, one of the strangest space formations in the Milky Way. For starters, it's one of the youngest supernova remnants in the galaxy. Additionally, its structure is so peculiar that astronomers have been puzzling for a long time over what the celestial body mi... |
5 November 2009
01:24 GMT |
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Experts at the Kansas State University (KSU) have recently announced that they managed to augment the electric properties of the carbon compound graphene, by adding gold nanoflakes to its surface. They argue that the addition of the so-called snowflake-shaped gold nanostars (SFGN) created a uniformly distributed &ldq... |
14 October 2009
03:43 GMT |
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Graphene is a carbon compound featuring some peculiar physical and chemical properties, which was discovered just five years ago. Since then, it has been investigated extensively, as experts hope to manufacture it for electronics production one day. Recently, a team of experts from Italy, the United States, and the U... |
12 October 2009
05:19 GMT |
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A group of researchers from the Netherlands has proven scientifically, for the first time, that graphite can be a permanent magnet at room temperature. The find could have significant implications for new types of electronic devices, nanostructures, and various types of regular and bio-sensors, the team reports. The ... |
5 October 2009
02:32 GMT |
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According to an international science group, the now-renowned carbon compound known as graphene can be turned into a highly efficient semiconductor material through a simple tug. The experts, from the University of Manchester, in the United Kingdom, the Institute of Materials Science, in Madrid, Spain, and the Univer... |
28 September 2009
10:05 GMT |
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Experts from the Rice University have recently announced new progress in nanotechnology research. They found a new way of using graphite, a basic carbon compound that makes up the inside of pencils, as a reprogrammable gate array. This could bring about a revolution in integrated-circuit logic design, which could, in... |
10 September 2009
17:41 GMT |
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