Canadian retail stores selling electronics such as the Apple iPad might have to do more rigorous checks on returned merchandise starting now. Upon purchasing dozens of iPad tablets, some ingenious fraudsters managed to replace the valuable gadgets with plaster, reseal the boxes, and return them to their sellers, get... |
18 January 2012
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A team of investigators working on the US West Coast managed to drill a very deep borehole through the San Andreas fault line, one of the most famous and dangerous in the world. The group was able to determine that a soft spot exists in the fault line, and that it is mostly made of clay.Researchers were trying to det... |
31 March 2011
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In a recent study, investigators made a potentially groundbreaking discovery when they learned that ancient, naturally-occurring clays tended to form protective shells around air bubbles they trapped inside. This could have major implications for determining the origins of life here. The findings could help reshape o... |
29 November 2010
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Japanese researchers at the Tokyo University announce the creation of a new type of hydrogel, which is made entirely out of water and clay. The innovation is at this point strong enough to support its own structure, but its creators reveal that future innovations could see it become even more resistant. In fact, they... |
25 January 2010
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As the Mars Express and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft swirl around the Red Planet, they continuously transmit back data and photographs of our neighbor's surface. They have been doing this for several years, and, during that time, experts have come across a number of very interesting features ... |
11 December 2009
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Most plants are loaded with compounds generically called secondary metabolites that act as a defense method for them in that they are toxic for animals. Caffeine is such an example. Many plants we eat may be loaded with toxins, except for the parts we actually consume, like is the case of the potato or tomato. Nevert... |
24 April 2008
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It's no secret now, Mars is thought to have been much hotter in its past, basically meaning that it could also have had liquid water on its surface at some point in time. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and ESA's Mars Express routinely return evidence of what seems to be gullies or lake beds possibl... |
7 March 2008
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When the Buruli ulcer, nasty flesh-eating eruptions of Mycobacterium ulcerans, broke out in Ivory Coast a decade ago, two French green clays worked best, removing the specter of surgery or amputation. One clay induced excruciating pain, but in several days it induced skin tissue regeneration on the open wound. A seco... |
20 November 2007
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Surely, the first pottery product was not the work of a sole person but the result of experience accumulated over generations, after countless trials, failures and discoveries. The pottery appeared during the Neolithic ("The last stone age"). Till then, the pots were made of stone and wood. Ceramic appeared 8,000 yea... |
22 March 2007
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