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Графенът е материал, който буквално може да прави чудеса. Полезните му свойства са много и учените постоянно продължават да откриват нови приложения. Той вече се използва много успешно за обезсоляване на вода, създаване на гъвкави полупроводници, а сега ще служи и за неутрализиране на радиоактивни отпадъци. Оказва се, че чрез него изключително ефективно могат да се извличат радиоактивните елементи от водата, а това ще позволи отпадъците от ядрените реактори да намалеят като количество, съобщи Gizmodo. Учени от Хюстън са разработили технология, с която чрез люспи с графенов оксид се абсорбират по невероятен начин опасните радиоактивни елементи от водата. Ефективността е много по-голяма от всички методики, които са познати до момента, включително и от пречистването с активен въглен. Графенът не се затруднява дори при високи концентрации на калций и натрий, които обичайно възпрепятстват значително пречистващите процеси. След прилагане на новата технология за почистване във водата се поя...

Генерира го уникален полимер, който променя формата си многократно: Инженери от Масачузетския технологичен институт са изобретили нов вид полимерна мембрана, която произвежда електричество от водни пари. След като поеме малки количества изпарена вода, новият материал променя формата си така, че влагата може многократно да се стича нагоре-надолу. Това постоянно движение може да задвижва роботизиран крайник или да генерира достатъчно електричество, за да се захрани микро- или наноелектрическо устройство, като например сензор за различни параметри на околната среда. Ако сензорът се захранва с батерия, тя периодично трябва да се сменя. С помощта на това устройство това не се налага, защото то само извлича енергия от околната среда, обясняват изобретателите. Те очакват с продължаващите проучвания да постигнат по-висока ефективност в преобразуването на механичната енергия в електричество, което би имало много широко приложение - от създаването на малък генератор за захранване на преноси...

"This video reveals the magic behind the magic, making people aware of the fact that their entire life can be found online. And by doing so urging everybody to be vigilant." http://youtu.be/F7pYHN9iC9I

This video was made in an attempt to try an explain some of the specifics relating to the accusations against Julian Assange. It was also made in the hope of shedding some light on the circumstances that have led to the current diplomatic standoff involving the Wikileaks founder.

In northern Albania, the only way a woman can have the rights of a man is to take an oath of celibacy and become a sworn virgin. National Geographic video: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/places/culture-places/beliefs-and-traditions/albania_swornvirgins/ more of label "customs": http://juliamladenova.blogspot.com/search/label/customs

Astronomy, Stargazing, Outdoor Activities, Gadgets, and DIY projects...: http://astromic.blogspot.com/

The Milky Way is on course for an epic collision with the Andromeda galaxy... after time... National Geographic video: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/when-galaxies-collide/ more of label "cosmos": http://juliamladenova.blogspot.com/search/label/cosmos

The Portuguese man-of-war is a superorganism, a colony of tiny animals that form a very menacing predator. National Geographic video: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/invertebrates-animals/other-invertebrates/weirdest-man-of-war/?source=vidcarousel more of label "sea world": http://juliamladenova.blogspot.com/search/label/sea%20world

източник: KALDATA.com http://goo.gl/pD4qd "Изглежда, че от NASA са се загрижили сериозно за Луната. Спокойно. Тук не става дума за някакво ново пророчество на маите или подобни апокалиптични ужасии. Изследователите от Националното управление по въздухоплаване и изследване на космическото пространство, или за краткост НАСА, обмислят идеята да прихванат астероид и да го закарат в орбитата на Луната.  New Scientist  ни съобщава, че изследователите от калифорнийския Институт за космически изследвания "Кек" са потвърдили пред изданието, че НАСА обмисля съставянето на план за намирането на "компания" на Луната. Очаква се, че планът ще включва създаването на специален роботизиран летателен апарат, който да вземе астероид и да го пренесе в близост до Луната. Според изданието, сумата за осъществяване на мисията ще е около 2.5 млрд. долара и би трябвало да стартира около 2020г. Причините?  Сред плановете на администрацията на Обама, касаеща космическата програма н...

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"You may feel self-indulgent today and experience a pull toward excess. A healthy way to channel your desires is by choosing to practice moderation. Since cravings can be satisfied in many ways, you might think about different kinds of experiences that can serve the same purpose today. For example, a desire for passionate romance might be served by immersing yourself in a beautiful setting that soothes your soul, while a craving for rich sweets might be satisfied by experimenting in the kitchen until you find a healthier alternative. It is also important to understand that cravings are often a mirror for emotional needs that aren’t being satisfied, and reflecting on your desires can often reveal what it is that you truly crave.  Exploring the feelings behind our cravings and making an effort to practice moderation when indulging ourselves can help us create more balance and enjoyment in our lives. We often crave an activity or substance because of the feeling it can provide fo...

Silence All sounds, from a whisper to a classical symphony, arise out of silence and disappear into silence. But silence is always there beneath sound and is the space where sound can exist. We tend to think of silence as the absence of sound, but silence has its own weight and quality. When you listen to silence, you can perceive its intense depth and power. Taking the time to experience silence calms the mind and rejuvenates the body. Silence is the void where we can hear the many sounds that we often ignore – the voice of our intuition telling us the truth, the sound of the breeze blowing, the hum of the radiator, and the noises we make just because we are alive. One way to experience silence is to wake up before the rest of the world has come alive. Try not to move into activity, and leave off the lights, radio, and television. Sit still and simply listen. You may hear your heartbeat or your breath, but keep your attention tuned to the silence that surrounds you. Stay this way fo...

Worry We have all had the experience of worrying about something at some point in our lives. Some of us have a habitual tendency to worry, and all of us have known someone who is a chronic worrier. Worry is an extension of fear and can be a very draining experience. In order for worry to exist, we have to imagine that something bad might happen. What we are worrying about has not happened yet, however, so this bad thing is by definition a fantasy. Understood this way, worry is a self-created state of needless fear. Still, most of us worry. One reason we worry is because we feel like we’re not in control. For example, you might worry about your loved ones driving home in bad weather. There is nothing you can do to guarantee their safe passage, but you worry until you find out they have reached their destination unharmed. In this instance, worry is an attempt to feel useful and in control. However, worrying does nothing to ensure a positive outcome and it has an unpleasant effect on...

When we enter a room or see an object for the first time, our minds register its color before any other detail. The colors our eyes can perceive are like words that form a subtle language of mood, energy, and insight. Color can exert a gentle effect on the mind and the body, influencing our dispositions and our physical health. Color has the ability to trigger our emotions, affect the way we think and act, and influence our attitudes. You unconsciously respond to the color of the walls in your home, your car, your clothing, and the food you eat based on your body’s natural reactions to certain colors and the psychological associations you have formed around them. The consequences of the decision to paint a room or wear a specific article of clothing therefore goes beyond aesthetics. The colors you encounter throughout your day can make you feel happy or sad, invigorate you or drain your vitality, and even affect your work habits. Throughout history, cultures spread over many differ...

By Swati Chopra Change your attitudes and heal yourself, says Louise L. Hay, best-selling author and metaphysical teacher, who cured herself of cancer through emotional detoxification "God's in his heaven, all's right with the world!" is the sort of cheery optimism that metaphysical teacher and best-selling author of self-help books, Louise L. Hay would recommend as a panacea for all ills. For, she believes life to be a buffet with innumerable thoughts to choose from. Thoughts have the power to create our future. Consequently, we are what we think. Louise began her career as a Science of Mind minister in 1981. She has used the experience to author pathfinding books like Heal Your Body and You Can Heal Your Life. Not only has she sought to establish the psychosomatic origins of all physical 'disease', but has also devised simple attitudinal changes guaranteed to heal the body, mind and soul. What causes our bodies to malfunction? Germs and infections...

"...If you find that you are experiencing suffering in some area of your physical life, perhaps your spirit is asking you to look deeper in your search for what you want. For example, if you want money so that you can experience the feeling of security but money keeps eluding you, your spirit may be asking you to understand that security is not to be found through money. Security comes from an unshakable connection to your soul. Once you make that connection, money will probably flow more easily into your life. If relationships elude you, your spirit may be calling you to recognize that the love you seek is not to be found in another person. And yet, ironically, once you find the love, your true love may very well appear. If you feel stuck in suffering to live a spiritual life, try to spend some time writing about it. The root of the problem will appear and it may not be what you expected. Remember, the Universe wants you to be happy..." text source: http://www.dailyom.co...

Neuroscientist Paul Bach-y-Rita hypothesized in the 1960s that “we see with our brains not our eyes.” Now, a new device trades on that thinking and aims to partially restore the experience of vision for the blind and visually impaired by relying on the nerves on the tongue’s surface to send light signals to the brain. Legal blindness is defined by U.S. law as vision that is 20/200 or worse, or has a field of view that is less than 20 degrees in diameter. The condition afflicts more than one million Americans over the age of 40, according to the National Institutes of Health. Adult vision loss costs the country about $51.4 billion per year. About two million optic nerves are required to transmit visual signals from the retina—the portion of the eye where light information is decoded or translated into nerve pulses—to the brain’s primary visual cortex. With BrainPort, the device being developed by neuroscientists at Middleton, Wisc.–based Wicab, Inc. (a company co-founded by the...

Snapped in Gabon's Petit-Loango Reserve, a western bush pig is recognizable by its distinctive white-tasseled ears and red hair. Found in the forests and scrublands of sub-Saharan Africa, the omnivorous bush pig uses its snout to root for food. Throughout the 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) Megatransect, ecologist Mike Fay painstakingly recorded "every pile of dung, every tree, every cry of a chimpanzee," to convey the importance of preserving central Africa’s rich ecosystem. Photograph by Michael Nichols source -  National Geographic http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/enlarge/western-bush-pig-photography.html more of label "animals": http://juliamladenova.blogspot.com/search/label/animals

The Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara, CA this year caused these two to take shelter together. The fawn is about 3 days old and the bobcat about 3 weeks. They immediately bonded and snuggled together under a desk in the Santa Barbara County Dispatch Office for several hours.   Animal Planet is reporting the bobcat kitten was rescued near Arnold Schwarzenegger's ranch, where it was dehydrated and near death. They rescued the fawn during the wildfire. Although wild animals, especially of separate species, are never placed together due to regulations, in this emergency situation, they had no choice. During the mayhem of the fire, they were forced to put animals anywhere they could, since they had run out of crates large enough for the fawn. The kitten ran to the fawn, and it was instant bonding. source: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977764763 more of label "animals": http://juliamladenova.blogspot....

When Henry Hudson first looked on Manhattan in 1609, what did he see?... Read about it at National Geographic page: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/09/manhattan/miller-text/1

Journaling as Meditation Of the countless forms of meditation we can use, journaling offers its own unique benefits. Most meditations help empty the mind of concerns and bring positive ideas from our mental landscape, but journaling helps us anchor that experience in the material world. Not every person is attracted to meditating in seated silence, and journal meditation is a nice alternative as an active meditation. It allows us to trace our journey and see where we have grown and what lessons we may be repeating. By employing a different part of the brain than creative or inspired thought, writing or typing a journal can create a greater sense of connection and union with our physical selves and the world around us. In working through challenges, it can be helpful to first empty all worries from our heads onto the safe pages of our journal. Fears can be brought to light rather than allowing them to haunt the dark corners of our subconscious. We may even feel heaviness dissipat...

The path that speeds us toward our dreams can be a challenging and complex one, so it’s easy to get bogged down in confusion and insecurities. We often hesitate at the start of that path, questioning our purpose or our capabilities. Yet we should be moving forward joyously, eager to discover what destiny has in store for us. The universe has plans for us that eclipse anything we have dreamed of thus far. Though we must work diligently to fulfill our potential and to accomplish our individual missions, the universe is aware of both the quests we chose before birth and the goals we have formulated in adulthood. If we accept that it us watching over us and believe that it will facilitate our eventual success, the universe will provide us with the assistance and opportunities that enable us to make significant progress on our journeys of ambition. Nothing happens without a purpose. Whether we attract success or repel it depends on our willingness to stay open to a wide range of possibi...

Many people, in heeding the guidance of their souls, find themselves contemplating goals that seem outrageous or unattainable. In the mind’s eye, these individuals stand at the edge of a precipice and look out over the abyss at the fruit of their ambition. Some resist the urge to jump, paralyzed by the gap between their current circumstances and the life of their dreams. Others make a leap of faith into the unknown, unsure of what they will encounter but certain that they will gain more in their attempts than they would bowing to self-protective instincts. This leap can be exceedingly difficult for individuals with control issues because the act of embracing uncertainty requires them to trust that surrender will net them the rewards they seek. Yet when you make a leap of faith, believing without a doubt that you will land safely on the other side, you can accomplish almost anything you set out to do.  There have no doubt been times in your life when you chose to go where th...

Sometimes we have an experience that we don’t understand, but if we look deeply, or wait long enough, a reason for that experience will usually reveal itself. All the events in our lives lead to other events, and all that we have manifested in this present moment is the result of past events and experiences. We cannot easily tease apart the many threads that have been woven together to create our current reality. Experiences that don’t make sense, as well as any that we regret, are just as responsible for the good things in our lives as the experiences we do understand or label as "good."  This is especially important to remember at times when we feel directionless or unsure of what to do. It is often at times like these that we take a job or move to a place without really knowing if it’s the right thing to do. We may ultimately end up leaving the job or the place, but often during that time we will have met someone who becomes an important friend, or we may have an exper...

photography: Haleh Bryan * "The Myth of Tragic Relationships" - A Saint-Germain Channel By Alexandra Mahlimay and Dan Bennack Cluj-Napoca, Romania www.joyandclarity.com The following channel is taken from a private session with Saint-Germain. It is reproduced here with the client's consent. Dear Saint-Germain, How am I supposed to feel? When I listen to my heart, so often I hurt myself, sometimes unbearably… Right now I want to call my ex-husband to whom I was married for [some decades]… [I want to tell him] that I do not despise him, but understand how the heaviness…became too much for him and sucked him down into its darkness. But if I do that now, call him and talk to him, I will be broken again for many days to come, carrying in me his pain as well. Would it heal me to free him? And free myself towards others?… I do not understand men. How am I supposed to feel? In my worst times I feel rejected; a fool for having come out and made myself vulnerable and trusting. I ...