The world’s lightest mechanical watch was revealed at Geneva on Monday.
The watch incorporates a graphene-based composite to manufacture the lightweight case, which houses the watch’s delicate mechanism. The graphene composite known as Graph TPT™ weighs less than similar materials previously used in watchmaking.
The rubber strap of the watch was also injected with graphene, to improve its mechanical properties and...
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Diesel cars: Most deteriorating for environment, toxicity 10 times than trucks!
Prachi Purohit -
A study carried out in cities in the European Union and in December last year has revealed that Diesel cars produce 10 times more nitrogen oxides (NOx) than trucks, which is quite contrary to the belief that the heavy vehicles cause more pollution. The study was conducted by the International Council on Clean Transportation.
The NOx gases react to form smog...
NASA has captured Jupiter's Megastorm in a splendid new image. The Jupiter Megastorm has been carrying on for centuries now. This megastorm is much more huge than our Earth. This "Great Red Spot" has been observed from the Juno spacecraft.
The image of the "Great Red Spot" that has been released by seem like a real photograph to you, but...
Vampires have always been an interesting concept. The Stephenie Meyer bestselling novel and the Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart Twilight saga did provide us an insight into the world of vampires. In short, vampires are creatures that feed on the blood of living organisms and nothing else.
Besides the fictional bestseller and the movie, this very concept of we, ‘human’ being the...
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Stress: One of the important risk factors of heart diseases; Researchers find the link.
Sowmya Seshadri -
In today's world the stress among youngsters face is enormous, and this affects their health. Stress can also leading to cardiovascular diseases. Unlike other risk factors that affect the heart, the link between the stress and the heart disease was still a mystery. Researchers have now successfully deciphered the affects of stress on the health of heart.
The team from...
Did you have trouble sleeping last night? Were your dogs howling louder than expected? ''Did you come down with a case of lycanthropy and spend the night prowling through cemeteries searching for freshly-buried corpses?''
Then you may have been experiencing the impacts of the Full Wolf Moon. The Earth's only natural satellite, the moon, follows a 29.5-day cycle suggesting that...
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Toronto scientists discover a Mother’s blood pressure could affect sex of her baby
Susovan Panda -
In the world, one of the most expected questions people ask to expecting parents is: "is it a boy or a girl?" Most parents wonder about this as well, whether for early preparation or other cultural reasons. Through the years, many studies have claimed whether changing certain activities (specific lifestyle factors), such as the woman's body chemistry and diet,...
Today, in our engaged daily-day life, technology is the only key which played a role as mate. That mate is targeted at improving the quality of life for younger people, keeping them connected and engaged, while loneliness runs protrusive among our aged.
An emotionally intelligent robot has been created to help older people to promote activity and tackle loneliness by...
In the microscopic small world of Alice in Wonderland, objects can exist in two places at the same time, only looking at a fragment can change a replica on the other part of the universe apparently right away, and Schrödinger's cat can be simultaneously both alive and dead.
Such unusual, almost other-worldly effects have always been limited to the world...
In an interesting turn of events, on Sunday, North Korea declared that they can test-launch an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) any time. They are ready to test it from any location that leader Kim Jong Un says and blame it on U.S policy for the arms development.
An unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted as saying, "The ICBM will be...