Tag Archives : New Scientist

It was created in the U.S. a camera capable of see substances “invisible” and to help research teams to quickly search for bloodstains at a crime scene, without spoiling the evidence. The camera is still a prototype and was developed by Dr. Stephen Morgan, Michael Myrick and his colleagues at the University of South Carolina It can detect [...]

After the disastrous campaign for the GAP creation of its new logo, neuroscientists try to explain what happens to the human brain when exposed to advertising campaigns. The attempt to exchange logo of the retailer GAP U.S. doesn’t seem to have been well accepted by the digital community, sparking protests common in social networks. The fury was [...]

You’re at the beach, on a trail or in camp and a battery cell is over? Thanks to a new solar power technology, this cannot be a big problem. Photovoltaic cells in a spray, applied to any surface, solar energy can be cheaper and more accessible. At least that is what they expect Brian Korgel and his colleagues at the University of Texas, United [...]

New Scientist conducted a geo-spatial analysis very intriguing, which identified the most remote areas (for a road, railway or sea) from urban centers. The model combines some information about the terrain and access to roads, trains and rivers. There were also considered factors such as altitude, slope and barriers such as border crossings. After done [...]

A drop in the growth of users, and editing articles on Wikipedia have been observed by researchers, who noted that this phenomenon, which is becoming constant, may lead to a deterioration in the quality of the site until its closure. The reason for the decline would be publishers who do not want to accept contributions from occasional users. Ed [...]