Non-IT News Thread

Paleontologist Aaron J. van der Reest found the fossil, thought to be 75 million years old. It is the most complete feathered specimen found in North America, Cretaceous Research science journal said.

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Jerusalem: Archaeologists Discover Remains of Acra in City Parking Lot

After 10 years of excavations, an Israel Antiquities Authority team unearthed a section of the 2,000-year-old Greek fortress. Researchers have searched for the ruins for more than a century.

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University of Tokyo: Scientists Say They Have Developed a Glass Almost as Strong as Steel

The school's Institute of Industrial Science used gas to mix alumina, an oxide of aluminum, and silicon dioxide to make a stronger glass. The findings were published in Nature earlier this month.

JaredBusch

@mlnews said:

University of Tokyo: Scientists Say They Have Developed a Glass Almost as Strong as Steel

The school's Institute of Industrial Science used gas to mix alumina, an oxide of aluminum, and silicon dioxide to make a stronger glass. The findings were published in Nature earlier this month.

Is this the formulae?
http://ehartwell.com/BlogArchive/myImages/2002/TransparentAluminum.jpg

dafyre

@JaredBusch No. That one looks more like transparent aluminum.

JaredBusch

@dafyre said:

@JaredBusch No. That one looks more like transparent aluminum.

Oh yes, not to be confused with Aluminum Glass. My bad.

scottalanmiller

Honduran firm feeds crocodiles owned by 'drug's clan'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-34720634

scottalanmiller

Pakistan factory collapse 'kills 16' with many trapped
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34720251