Stanford physicists print smallest-ever letters ‘SU’ at subatomic level of 1.5 nanometres tall

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 A new historic physics record has been set by scientists for exceedingly small writing, opening a new door to computing‘s future. Stanford University physicists have claimed to have written the letters “SU” at sub-atomic size. Graduate students Christopher Moon, Laila Mattos, Brian Foster and Gabriel Zeltzer, under the direction of assistant […]

Investors Are Buying Ski Condos Because Resort Area Property Appreciates

Here’s An Opinion On: Rv Trailers By Adriana J. Noton The words ski condos evokes a collection of positive memories for a lot of people who remember family outings, college parties, or even a honeymoon. Nothing brings people together like a snow vacation where kids and adults alike can frolic in a winter wonderland. A […]

Filmmaker releases trailer for open source feature film

Wednesday, May 3, 2006 New filmmaker Solomon Rothman has released a trailer for his upcoming full length open source film called ‘Boy Who Never Slept.’ Both the movie and the trailer are offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license. The movie is set to be released at the end of May. The film centers […]

Apple releases iPhone SDK, announces upcoming update

Thursday, March 6, 2008 During a media event held at its Cupertino headquarters, Apple released the long awaited iPhones Software Development Kit (SDK) and the associated iTunes “App Store” and iPhone Developer Program. The SDK will allow third party software developers to create applications for the iPhone and then distribute them on the iTunes Apps […]

News briefs:April 28, 2005

Thursday, April 28, 2005 Contents 1 UK Attorney General raised legal doubts over Iraq invasion 2 New Italian government gets confidence from the House 3 European human rights body condemns U.S. “torture” at Guantanamo Bay 4 Munch’s “The Scream” might have been burned 5 Lebanon government wins ‘vote of confidence’ 6 CIA gives up search […]

Five Housewarming Party Games

Here’s An Opinion On: Lego City Set For Sale By William U. Steinmetz Housewarming is definitely one special occasion that you would want lots of people – friends, families and neighbors to join you. You would like them to share with you the joy of having a new home. However, housewarming could be boring too […]

Oil pipeline explosion kills 27 in central Mexico

Monday, December 20, 2010 The explosion of an oil pipeline in San Martín Texmelucan de Labastida in central Mexico has killed at least 27 individuals and injured 56 others. Twelve of the dead are children. Over 100 homes were damaged and at least 30 of them were destroyed. The explosion had an estimated blast radius […]

Indiana Governor signs needle exchange program

Friday, May 8, 2015 Indiana Governor Mike Pence dropped his former opposition to needle exchange programs and on Tuesday signed legislation passed by lawmakers on April 29 — the last day of the state’s legislative session — that would allow local health departments, municipalities, counties, or nonprofit organizations to implement needle exchange programs. The debate […]

US Boy Scouts and hikers airlifted from wildfire in Utah

Friday, July 20, 2007 On Friday, a group of hikers and 18 boy scouts were airlifted by helicopters away from a wildfire in Nephi Canyon, Utah. The hikers and scouts escaped into a rough rocky area to keep a safe distance from the dangerous wildfire after it advanced on their campground. The wildfire started in […]

Siding, What A Front

Here’s An Opinion On: Auguste byAlma Abell Siding is an attachment to the outer walls of a home or building, designed to protect it from various and all weather conditions. Many homes have siding as one of the more aesthetic features as well as for practical reasons, but it is one of the main types […]