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Phantom noises of tinnitus can be muted
Berlin - Dorothea Neumann, a 57-year-old Berliner, had been having hearing problems for a while. Then came the phantom ear sounds. I wondered if the noises were coming from the heater or from an air hammer, she related. ...

[Posted on : 2008-09-01 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Spaniards invent packaging to keep bread fresh
Zaragoza, Spain - Spanish scientists have invented packaging that keeps bread and other baked goods from going mouldy for up to 10 days, authors of the study said Friday. The wax paper packaging contains cinnamon oil, which has high antimicrobial act...

[Posted on : 2008-08-29 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Spanish scientists find remains of gigantic dinosaur
Castellon, Spain - Spanish palaeontologists have found bones of a gigantic dinosaur which was 20 metres long and weighed between 40 and 70 tons, regional officials said Wednesday. The bones were unearthed in Morella near the eastern city of Castellon...

[Posted on : 2008-08-27 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Seals employed as surrogate scientists
Sydney - Elephant seals rigged with sensors are helping Australian scientists collect data in the Antarctic. They measure temperature and salinity as a function of depth as they dive down and up through the water column, and from that information, w...

[Posted on : 2008-08-12 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

1,000 rockets kept Olympic opening rain-free, China says
Beijing - Chinese meteorologists fired more than 1,000 rockets into clouds to prevent rain from reaching the Olympic opening ceremony at Beijing's National Stadium,, state media said on Saturday. The operation to fire shells filled with silver iodide...

[Posted on : 2008-08-09 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Bulgarian archaeologists unearth Thracian carriage
Sofia - Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed a fully preserved, 19-century horse-drawn carriage from a Thracian tomb, news reports said Wednesday. The opulently decorated vehicle, was found at Elchovo in south-eastern Bulgaria, along with other ar...

[Posted on : 2008-08-06 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Spanish scientists invent electronic tongue to assess wine quality
Barcelona/London - Spanish scientists have developed an electronic tongue for the rapid assessment of the age and variety of wine, Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry said Monday. The handheld device, which was described in the chemistry journal T...

[Posted on : 2008-08-04 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

We all started out as diamonds in the rough, German scientists say
Hamburg - We all started out as diamonds in the rough - literally - according to German scientists who say crystalline interfacial water layers played a fundamental role in biology and evolution on planet Earth. These primordial pools of microscopic ...

[Posted on : 2008-08-04 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Scottish experts recover bear skeleton from last Ice Age
London - The remains of a bear believed to be up to 40,000 years old have been recovered from a cave in Scotland, scientists said Monday. The animal's skeleton was brought to the surface after a 12-year operation to unblock the entrance to the stream...

[Posted on : 2008-07-28 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Mutation believed to be cause of white horses
Stockholm - A mutation is believed to be the reason why some horses are white including the famous Lippizaners, according to a new study by Swedish researchers. The mutation was traced back thousands of years to a common ancestor and was identified b...

[Posted on : 2008-07-28 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

 

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