New Scientist - Mech-TechNew Scientist.com - The World's No. 1 Science and Technology News ServiceGalileo's Instruments of Credit: Telescopes, images, secrecy by Mario Biagioli- March 11, 2006http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=ffbad40b8b82203708deff70b34b8f94 The word: Velcro- March 11, 2006 It started out 50 years ago as an alternative to buttons and zips, but may now literally be carrying the seeds of destruction to pristine habitats (full text available to subscribers)http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=a471ecb0c6ed41629b369f02b0dab087 Long-distance lovers can still drink together- March 8, 2006 Glowing Wi-Fi wine glasses could let people in long-distance relationships feel more in touch with their other half, their makers claim (full text available to subscribers)http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=0af00c263b2f43bbd1a67d44319df928 A star to help us see past the haze- March 4, 2006 The "star" has appeared in the southern hemisphere, created by a laser 90 kilometres below - it will help calibrate ground-based telescopeshttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=aa8a6474e419e4768a4c07af738fd9f5 Flatscreen TVs to lose bad image- March 4, 2006 LCD TVs are overtaking power-hungry plasma screens and cathode ray tubes, and a new technology broadens their optimal screen-viewing anglehttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=c7792408feb9aaa87aead9e034abf248 Plutonium blast tests ageing nuclear materials- March 4, 2006 The controlled explosion took place beneath the Nevada desert - the experiment raises questions over nuclear testing by the US and UKhttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=b982f49de69ade1e1f8f85fdf95d028a Crop your photos with just a glance- March 4, 2006 If you constantly frame your shots badly, a new system that lets you crop your resulting snaps just by looking at them may helphttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=bcaa22d662c461d2a955176b9dd9b732 Hot claims for solar power future- March 4, 2006 Developed countries could be generating more electricity from sunlight than from nuclear power within the next 20 yearshttp://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=34676032746ab89254720f896dbb7af3 Nuclear waste: Its final resting place- March 4, 2006 Amid all the talk of a nuclear renaissance, we seem to have forgotten something (full text available to subscribers)http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=78fc7c51520b3ca2a32e02985102a298 Sunken treasures of the Mediterranean- March 4, 2006 Traces of Bronze Age merchants, ancient heroes and doomed civilisations lie across the sea floor, and we now have the tools to uncover them (full text available to subscribers)http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=7cb9d3f79ca1cd0266d8c3a5f52ec884 |