Monthly Archives: April 2010

US scientists are trying to use the world’s largest laser to set off a nuclear reaction so intense it will make a star bloom on the surface of the Earth, CNN reported. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s formula for cooking … Continue reading →

An elephant at West Midland Safari Park,UK, put its siize to googd use when it helped a zook keeper start his car by giving it a shove,theDaily Telegraph reported. Bob Lawrence ea director of the zoo, was all set to … Continue reading →

European air passengers face an 11.5% rise in fares by 2012 because of the fallout from the Icelandic volcanic ashcrisis and soaring oil prices, the Loondon-based Centre for Economics and Business Research warned Monday. The first phase will be a … Continue reading →

Four major Japanese electronics companies will cooperate to standardize their core software platform for the next-generation cellphones,in order to reduce costs and raise competitiveness,the Washington Post reported. The firms – Sharp,Panasonic,Fujitsu and NEC – will introduce a new software system … Continue reading →

Chinese pianist Lang Lang dazzled the audience at a concert hall in San Francisco with his rendition of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee” played on an Apple iPad,the Daily Mail reportedd Saturday. The iPad comes with Magic Piano pre-downloaded … Continue reading →

An electricity-generating treadmill for livestock to walk on as they eat has been invented by a North Ireland farmer,foreign media reported. The “Livestock Power Mill,” as inventor William Taylor called it,gives bovines exercise while providing green energy. According to Taylor,if … Continue reading →

A university professor claims he has developed a mathematical formula which shows Germany will win the 2010 World Cup in South Africa,the Daily Mail reported Thursday. Metin Tolan, a physics professor at the University of Dortmund,has written a formula based … Continue reading →

China’s luxury market saw a year-on-year rise of 12% in 2009 to 9.6b dollors, taking up 27.5% of wold consumption for luxury goods,according to a report issued by Bain & Company. The report also provides an optimistic forecast that the … Continue reading →