A new research carried on by Kellar Autumn and his team, explained why gecko's feet are so sticky and also how humidity helped them have a good grip.Humans are trying to make ever more advanced glues, for different kinds of surfaces, but they will never surpass geckos and their sticky feet.Geckos can climb on to... |
15 October 2010
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To end the week with a few laughs, Softpedia picked up on a funny Apple Discussions thread where a Mac user claims to have a damaged MacBook, 50 bucks in the bank, and an odd urge to have Apple solve his weather-related problems.“Hello,” DrSunglasses politely begins his post.“I bought a new 13" MacB... |
13 August 2010
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For a long time, meteorologists have suspected that a connection must exist between the way autumns and winters unfold and the atmospheric conditions that occur the next spring. Now, a new investigation seems to point out the fact that drier autumns and winters have the potential to calm the tornado-forming ability o... |
24 June 2009
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Deserts such as Sahara, Atacama, or Gobi, are so dry, that water cannot be found for hundreds of miles. The ground is cracked over miles and miles, and little to no vegetation endures. Cacti are almost the sole forms of life, together with snakes and other creatures adapted to the demands of living without water.... |
8 June 2009
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An international cooperation between researchers from the United States, Switzerland and Germany has recently proven that lead coming from human activities is able to drastically influence the formation of clouds. The way it does that is by altering the manner in which ice crystals – the main trigger of clouds ... |
21 April 2009
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Everybody knows that flue hits hardest in winter, but what aspects favor the virus? A new research shows that lower temperatures and humidity are the main responsible factors. Many causes had been enumerated for explaining the infection's boom during the winter months, like people's tendency to reunite for ... |
26 October 2007
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Air conditioning appliances work by cooling and often dehumidifying the indoor air, typically through refrigeration. Unfortunately, some of these appliances are huge energy consumers that also contribute to air pollution through emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases.A company is providing an alternative way of b... |
18 June 2007
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