Large Hadron Collider sets new world record as highest energy particle accelerator
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
New Blue!
Chemists at Oregon State University have accidentally produced a new blue pigment!
Many blue pigments are expensive, poisonous, or prone to fading, but this new one seems to be very stable so far. While these scientists were trying to create a material with "novel electronic properties," this new pigment was found.
It's fairly expensive though because of the iridium they use to make it, and are currently experimenting with other ways to make this new brilliant blue.
Photo by Mas Subramanian of Oregon State University, I do not own it.
Keine Kinderpornografie für die Deutschen...
No child pornographie for the Germans...
...or not?
The German President Horst Köhler has refused to sign in a controversial law regarding child pornography in Germany, stating that he needed "supplementary information."
The law would ban and censure it on the internet. However, this could also block many innocent websites as well, which would end up breaching the country's Constitution. In addition to this, it could pave the way for various groups in the country to push blocking, well, whatever they feel is offensive on the web, escalating the amount of censorship and causing a significant amount of controversy.
iPhone comes to South Korea
The iPhone officially hits the market today in South Korea, two months after it was approved by the government. 65,000 people have pre-ordered the device, and many hundreds of people reportedly camped out in stadiums all night in Seoul while they waited for the shops to open so they could by it.
Here's a commercial for the iPhone from South Korea. The biggest difference between it and commercials in the US is well, that it's in Korean.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
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