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Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2013
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Storm alert
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Sleeping with enemy
Issue Date: Mar 31, 2013
BED BUGS seem unthreatening at their 5mm length, but the harm they inflict is by no means small. Placed above cockroaches and termites as the most difficult pest to exterminate, in a survey by the National Pest Management Association in the US, the blood-sucking insect can cause severe skin rashes, allergies and even psychological trauma.
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Science and Technology - Briefs
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2013
Material Sciences
Live wire
Here is a wire you can stretch, bend or cut and it would still work. Scientists have created the self-healing, elastic wire using liquid metal and a polymer. Small tunnels are bored in polymer sheath and are filled with a liquid alloy of indium and gallium, forming a liquid metal wire inside the stretchable sheath.
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Stinging fact
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2012
BUMBLEBEES carry out nearly 80 per cent of the pollination done by insects. However, just like honey bees, they too are becoming a victim of extensive pesticide use in agriculture. A study published in Nature on October 21 suggests the chemicals affect the insect’s ability to forage.
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