Archive for September, 2008



Lava Flows Give Clues About Magnetic Field Reversals

Author: admin | Filed under: Archaeology, Research Monday Sep 29,2008

Scientists know that Earth’s magnetic field has reversed direction hundreds of times before, but so far they do not know why.  A recent study on ancient lava flows may give us a better understanding of what happens and why.
First of all, what is the Earth’s magnetic field?
Earth’s magnetic field (and the surface magnetic field) is approximately [...]

Steps Taken Towards Producing Graphene Material

Author: admin | Filed under: Materials, Nanotech Friday Sep 26,2008

Researchers at the University Of Texas in Austin came up with a new material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could provoke a cascade of other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene.
But first of all, what is this ‘graphene” ?
Graphene is a one-atom-thick planar sheet of sp2-bonded carbon atoms [...]

The Violence Cycle

Author: admin | Filed under: Brain & Behavior, Research Thursday Sep 25,2008

We all know that parents should not argue in front of their children in order to provide them with a non-aggressive, non-violent environment. But why is that crucial for the child’s development ? Well, decades of  studies showed that children who grow up in aggressive or violent environments are more likely to become violent [...]

Global Peak Oil Consumption Could Impact Climate

Author: admin | Filed under: Energy & Environment, Global Warming Wednesday Sep 24,2008

We all know that fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas rise the percentage of atmospheric carbon dioxide. But most of us don’t know by how much. Well, the burning of fossil fuels account for about 80 percent of the atmospheric carbon dioxide put in to the atmosphere since the pre-industrial era.
To anticipate emissions from [...]

Seeing Trough The Skin

Author: admin | Filed under: Other, Research Friday Sep 12,2008

Seeing Trough The Skin! Now I bet that is something than never crossed your mind! We normally see trough our eyes, and it’s the same for 99.9 % of all animals and insects. But what if we take that 0.1 % from the nature and make it work for our cause ?
Prof. Leonid Yaroslavsky from the [...]

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