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A French newspaper’s claim that Mac Pros are emitting toxic odors, including benzene, has been dismissed by Apple. Spokesman Bill Evans has told Macworld that, while the company is still investigating these allegations, there is no indication so far that Mac Pros emit toxic fumes.According to MacRumors, a scien... |
2 October 2008
04:06 GMT |
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If you are planning to upgrade your desktop computer systems with one of the latest graphics cards on the market, and you haven't made a decision yet about which one to go for, then maybe you should consider waiting just a bit longer. That is because Sapphire, one of ATI's largest board partners, is about t... |
16 September 2008
05:16 GMT |
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We had to wait quite some time before we finally got to see the latest Sapphire graphics card, but chances are it may have all been worth it. Of course, we are talking about the highly anticipated HD 4850 TOXIC Edition, a card that has been so hyped that it should practically sell the moment it hits the store shelves... |
17 July 2008
06:29 GMT |
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These past few days, graphics card maker Sapphire has been showered with quite some attention from the online media, and that happened especially ever since AMD unleashed the new RV770-based graphics card lineup. But Sapphire is also expected to release a card based on AMD's mid-range HD 4850 GPU, which is said ... |
10 July 2008
04:43 GMT |
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The chemical war is far from being invented by people. It has been employed for over 100 Ma by the bombardier beetles, over 500 species, included in the Carabidae family - tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini. They can fire a mixture of chemicals from special glands in their posterior. The beetles use a... |
2 April 2008
04:17 GMT |
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You might have seen the trick in SF movies: hibernating space navigators go to their target locations, located at distances of light years, while asleep, in an arrested animation, just like bacteria and tardigrades do. But an arrested metabolism could save lives not only in space, but on Earth too.Now, the secret was... |
28 March 2008
18:21 GMT |
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Newts and salamanders may look cute and helpless, but you'd be surprised to know that they produce one of the most powerful toxins for protection in the amphibian world. Still, the common garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) of North America indulge in rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa), considered the most ... |
20 March 2008
05:33 GMT |
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The discovery of the tropical alga Caulerpa taxifolia in the Mediterranean Sea, at the end of the '80s, triggered a great warning signal. The "killer alga" was declared "harmful for the Mediterranean ecosystem", and its rapid reproduction an "ecological catastrophe". The alga appeared to have escaped from the Mo... |
25 February 2008
08:57 GMT |
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The world we live in is full of synthetic chemicals, most of which are toxic. They are encountered from our food to all the objects we touch. No wonder the explosion of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) cases (see: http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Disease-of-the-Technology-MCS-74254.shtml). But if you think that ... |
9 February 2008
07:07 GMT |
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1. In Eastern Europe and Italy, mushroom harvesting is a tradition, and the annual number of intoxication cases and deaths is high. Dishes based on wild mushrooms are something common, but there are about 250 species of toxic mushrooms growing in Europe. The most dangerous are death cap (Amanita phalloides) and destr... |
3 December 2007
14:16 GMT |
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There may be an economical boom in China, but do cheap products respect consumers' life? After toxic compounds were found in Chinese toothpaste and so-called "herbal drugs", now the cause of the toxicity of pet food brought from China has been explained by an UC Davis team in a research published in the Journal ... |
29 November 2007
04:22 GMT |
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Even if Beethoven was deaf, he 'listened' to his doctor. But this proved even worse, as his doctor poisoned him. With lead. A Viennese forensic expert shows that the composer's physician unwittingly overdosed the genius with the toxic metal. It was clear that the master had been very ill years before h... |
30 August 2007
06:11 GMT |
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Plastic is everywhere around us, and nowadays we almost drink from nothing else than plastic containers. It's so fancy to carry with you a plastic bottle and drink your water / juice / soda little by little. But while US bottled water sales are going up by an annual 9.7 %, on a market estimated at approximately ... |
16 August 2007
07:06 GMT |
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Mushrooms are yummy but sometimes they can be more than that. That's why a team at the University of Warwick is co-ordinating a global effort to achieve the genome sequencing of the most important mushrooms for the westerners: button or common mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). Decoding the genetic make up of the mus... |
18 July 2007
04:14 GMT |
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The chlorine insecticides, like DDT, are known to move through the food chain and to make bald eagle lay paper thin shelled eggs or poison the milk of the Inuit (Eskimo) women. The amounts thrown on the fields may look minute but once these carcinogens enter the food chain in small levels, starting with the microscop... |
13 July 2007
05:10 GMT |
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Gulf War Syndrome characterizes a complex of physical and mental symptoms affecting150,000 Gulf War veterans. The syndrome was largely dismissed by doctors but now it appears increasingly evident that it could have been provoked by low-level exposure to the poisonous gas sarin, famous due to its employment by the Aum... |
19 May 2007
07:04 GMT |
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A few days ago I mentioned that water cooled ATI HD 2900XT versions are expected to be available in two weeks time. However, Sapphire doesn't seem to like the waiting part and already announces its own water cooled solution: the HD 2900XT TOXIC edition.Known for its quality water cooling systems, Sapphire extend... |
15 May 2007
09:01 GMT |
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In the constant struggle between prey and predators, plants can employ the most disgusting chemical methods to keep away vegetarians. Even so, co-evolution can make herbivores bypass these defenses. Such is the case of a species of fruit fly, Drosophila sechellia, for example, which enjoys the fruit of a Polynesian s... |
1 May 2007
17:06 GMT |
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This is the symbol of death. Since Middle Ages, arsenic and its compounds are known as especially powerful toxins. In large doses, arsenic impairs ATP production and the citric acid cycle, thus inhibiting cell respiration while increased hydrogen peroxide rises the oxidative stress. Arsenic poisoning is induces by mu... |
10 April 2007
08:35 GMT |
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You know the specific chemical plastic aroma emitted by any new car...These odors are regularly emitted from plastics, synthetic fabrics, upholstery, carpets, adhesives, paints, cleaning materials and other sources and are volatile organic chemicals. Only a small percentage of these volatile organic molecules are obv... |
10 April 2007
04:31 GMT |
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Each day, more persons accusing chronic pains turn their attention to the mysterious homeopathy. In countries like Germany, France or UK, 30-70 % of the patients have visited at least once a homeopath. This science was developed by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) and is not a natural medicine, like ... |
6 April 2007
09:48 GMT |
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They say a rose can be venomous... Even if a beautiful woman can have a nasty character, there are indeed beautiful flowers that can be toxic. And if the nectar from these flowers would reach the honey you enjoy every morning ...It is still a puzzle for the researchers why many spring flowers displaying bright advert... |
2 April 2007
05:14 GMT |
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Today, the problem of bioacumulation of heavy metals in the organisms is severe. Copper, cadmium, zinc, tin, mercury are found in the anthropic or human affected ecosystems in levels that are 10 times higher than in nature. Heavy metals abound around us in tiles (rich in cadmium and zinc), fertilizers (copper), pesti... |
23 March 2007
11:50 GMT |
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You could be amazed by what mussels can do. These mollusks live in seas and freshwaters. Scientists are fascinated since ever by how these beings attach themselves to the rocks. The animals can resist to the power of the waves or hungry predators and are almost impossible to pull out.How do they do it?When the young ... |
15 March 2007
12:12 GMT |
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