Thursday, July 4, 2013

In Stockholm, the police found in the apartment of a man's body, who died six years ago

In Stockholm, the police found in the apartment in the center of the corpse of a man who died almost half a year ago, told a local TV channel Nyheter24.

Swede's body found after police appealed to the bailiff. The complaint stated that the man have not paid their debts.

In this house were paid automatically from his bank account.

Arrivals to the apartment police have identified the found packages of products out there that the last time the man went out for a meal in February last year.

As noted in the police, the cause of death Swede set in place was not possible due to the fact that it had been lying too long. So the body has been sent for examination.



In the U.S., an elderly gay fathered her partner to pay less tax

An elderly gay from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania decided to adopt their partner to pay less in taxes, according to ABC News.

Gregory, who is now 73 for eight years older than his adoptive father, John, who is now 65 years old. Men who have lived together for 45 years, have been through the adoption process to one of them in the event of the death of another can inherit another house without paying 15% tax.
An elderly couple lives in a state where same-sex marriages are prohibited. To avoid further legal difficulties that one of them will face after the death of another, older people have decided to change the status of their relationship. And one of them was another adoptive father, reports ABC News.

"If we just continue to live together as roommates, and Gregory wants to bequeath me his savings, property or any property yet, I will have to pay 15 percent tax - said John. - Procedure for adoption will reduce the tax to 4%. And it's a big difference. "

Gregory could not adopt their partner on the rights of older: the fact that John's father was still alive, he is now 95 years old.

Therefore, the role of the adopter had to speak to John.

In court, the men were warned that to refuse adoption in the future will not work, so even if the state allowed same-sex marriages, the men will not be able to get married.

According to John, he himself is ridiculous that we had to adopt a person who was eight years older than him.

"Gregory was still in college athlete. Today, he enjoys playing golf, and I'll probably test for blueberry pie. So the sooner he fits the role of the father than I," - he jokes.

Recall, in spite of the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court has equated same-sex unions to normal, they are not recognized at the federal level. And in some states they do not sign, although they admit. However, there is a total of more than 30 states where same-sex couples is not possible to legally protect your family. This was stated by attorney Jason Wu of the organization GLAD, which protects the rights of sexual minorities.

"The example of John and Gregory - is that through which, unfortunately, have to go through so many pairs. They are forced to do - come up with some ways to protect each other's rights when it will go on public whatsoever medical decisions or inheritance issues, "- said Jason Wu.

According to the lawyer, he has been known for several cases in which same-sex couples have resorted to the adoption process.



Italian parachute landed on the central area of Milan

At Thursday, July 4, at the central Piazza del Duomo in Milan unknown parachutist landed, according to Corriere della Sera.

As told by the police, an unknown young man jumped out with a parachute from one of the spiers of Milan's main cathedral early in the morning.

Then, landing on the square, he unbuckled his parachute and descended into the subway.

Both journalists and the police are not inclined to consider this act a political act. Most likely, according to law enforcement officials, the jump was a normal student prank.



In Peru, the pyramid builders demolished the age of four thousand years

In the north of Peru's capital Lima construction company ruined pyramid, built about four thousand years ago, reports the Associated Press.

The Pyramid was in one of the most important ancient sites in Peru El Paraiso, which is supposed to consider two kilometers from the Pacific Ocean. In total, the complex is about 12 shrines.

Demolished pyramid stood in the center, and was used as a sacred place. Scientists estimate for its construction took more than 100,000 tons of stone.

As the Deputy Minister of Culture of Peru Rafael Varon, total in the complex is about 12 shrines. He also noted that the memo of history and culture previously not protected, but after the incident, the police sent to the settlement.

Construction companies formally charged. Developers so far have not provided comments.



Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Earth-like planets could be born early galaxies in the universe

After reviewing the data from the Hubble telescope and the VLT, the scientists concluded that the proportion of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium inside one of the first galaxies in the universe is sufficient for the formation of rocky terrestrial planets.

According to the head of the research group Johan Finbo of the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, the stars in the test early galaxies contain a lot of oxygen, which would be enough for the formation of about 11 billion years ago the planets similar to Earth.

The study galaktina rampolozhena for the constellation of Aquarius at a distance of about 11.5 billion light years. The light from her travels to the Earth almost refracted. For the study the researchers used a shining quasar SDSS J 2222-0946, located in the constellation of Aquarius. Also, the researchers were able to explore a range of stars to calculate their approximate weight and size of the galaxy itself.

In the study, astronomers noticed that the spectrum of light present fairly strong lines of absorption and emission characteristic of the iron ions. Apparently, stars in this "star metropolis" contained a quite a lot of iron, about one-third of similar value for the Sun.

Based on the theory that iron and other elements in space produce supernova explosions, which is approximately 11 billion years ago the universe could have formed planets similar to Earth, the scientists conclude.



Scientists have figured out how to penguin chicks can live for months without food

King penguin chicks are able to go without food for months because their cells are switched to a special "energy efficient" mode.

During the winter of forced starvation length of four to five months, the body uses nutrients chicks with maximum benefits to the body, said French biologists.

Pierre-Axel Monterne from the University of Lyon and his colleagues discovered this property of the organism penguins, making sure the work is varied as the cells in the muscles of chicks during the hunger strike.

As the researchers note, the muscles are the main source of heat in birds and animals, and at the same time, the largest consumer of energy.

In turn, a heat source therein protrude mitochondria - specific organelles, which are synthesized and cleaved sugar molecule ATP "energovalyuty" cells. Monterne and his colleagues found that this part of the cell switches to a special "energy efficient" mode during prolonged starvation, which is lacking in other warm-blooded animals.

According to scientists, the winter mitochondria young penguins on average produce more ATP molecules per unit of nutrients and oxygen than did cells of other animals. When getting enough food, "power plant" of the cell returned to normal.

Combined with the ability to experience hypothermia without serious consequences, this "trick" helps the chicks survive the hungry months.



United States: a bone marrow transplant has cured HIV

American physicians has been achieved by bone marrow transplantation discontinuation of antiviral drugs in two patients with HIV.
One of the patients for the past four months, not taking antiretroviral drugs, and he has no signs of the return of the virus.

A group of doctors in Brigham Women's Hospital in Boston published a report with the results of their research in Nazhatmaterialah Conference of the International Society of HIV.

However, doctors warn that it is too early to speak of complete cure, and that the virus could return at any moment.

Complete elimination of pathogens of this terrible disease is difficult because the virus hides within human DNA, creating inaccessible to drugs, "tanks".

Antiviral drugs prevent the spread of the virus, but if you stop taking them, the virus usually returns.

The disappearance of the virus?

Two patients, whose names were not disclosed, were infected with the HIV virus about 30 years ago.

Both developed cancer - lymphoma, which required a bone marrow transplant.

Bone marrow is the body that produces new blood cells, and is considered the main "reservoir" for the virus HIV.

After the bone marrow into the blood of the patients recorded the presence of the HIV virus within two years, the other - for four years.

Both patients stopped taking antiviral drugs at the beginning of this year.

One of them, from that moment had passed 15 weeks, the other - seven, but the signs of the return of the virus has not been found.

Dr. Timothy Henrich reported that the results encouraging researchers. However, it is set up carefully.

"We have demonstrated no cure, and no signs of the virus for a long period," - he said.

Doctors believe that the transplanted bone marrow was protected against infection rate of antiviral drugs. Meanwhile, new bone tissue is destroyed the old tissue in which the virus was hiding.

However, Dr. Heinrich said that the virus can hide in the brain or in the digestive tract.

"If the virus does come back, it would mean that these areas are its reservoirs of the virus, and that the methods of dealing with the virus in these areas of the body have to be revised," - said the researcher.

The Berlin patient

Timothy Brown, known as the "Berlin patient" is considered to be the first person to completely cured of HIV infection. He underwent an operation to transplant bone marrow taken from a donor who had rarely encountered resistance to the HIV virus.

Two patients in the United States change was made from conventional donors.

Previously reported as a complete cure of the baby, who was born in Mississippi, USA. The girl received antiviral drugs immediately after birth, and it is believed that the virus was destroyed in her blood before he was able to create reservoirs.

Dr. Michael Brady, medical director of the Terrence Higgins Foundation, said it was too early to judge whether there was destroyed by the HIV virus in the bodies of these patients.

"However, this case suggests that what happened to Timothy Brown, the Berlin patient, there was an exceptional phenomenon. Bone marrow transplantation is a complex and costly process, which involves substantial risk of loss," - he said.

According to him, the majority of people with HIV, such change would be more dangerous than to continue taking anti-viral drugs that block the spread of the virus.

The head of the fund HIV research Kevin Frost believes that American researchers obtained results provide important new information that may change our understanding of HIV and gene therapy.

"These new observations may lead researchers to new approaches to treatment, and even the total destruction of the HIV virus," - said the scientist.



Tuesday, July 2, 2013

The scientists saw a spark in the Sun with the camera

Scientists have at their disposal the best quality and accurate as of today forms the solar atmosphere. For shooting used an experimental camera mounted on the rocket.

Scientists have at their disposal the best quality and accurate as of today forms the solar atmosphere. For shooting used an experimental camera mounted on the rocket.

System managed to shoot only for five minutes, but it was enough to discover a previously unknown phenomenon, which the researchers called "sparks".

This bright points appear along the magnetic field lines, which are a huge amount of energy.

The spots appear and disappear randomly after about 25 seconds. Across the Sun, they are microscopic, though equal in size in the UK.

Perhaps this discovery will help to explain why the external temperature of the solar atmosphere, called the corona, a much higher surface temperature of the light, that is the photosphere.

"The temperature in the solar corona is millions of degrees higher, and dozens of years, we could not find an explanation. Sparks, which we call the extreme ultraviolet points, it seems, are evidence of a very localized and frequent outbursts of energy, which can then accumulate and easy to heat the solar corona , "- he said in an interview with BBC BBC.

Video of this phenomenon has been collected in a series of photographs and posted on YouTube.

To capture a new generation of tool was used, which was tested by means of geophysical rocket. Researchers had hoped to test his concept, design and performance, to continue to use the device for space missions.

During the test, the camera was turned to the active regions of the Sun's center.

In addition to the scientists saw sparks huge accumulations of charged gas (plasma), moving at great speed along paths created by magnetic fields.

Scientists continue to study the Sun with the device after it is displayed on a satellite in space.



Microbes are the latest organisms on Earth

Latest organisms on Earth will become bacteria that live at a depth of many kilometers in the rocks. This is the conclusion of scientists who developed the model of our planet for billions of years. Author Rebecca Morrell, Bi-bi-si, a research department.

Latest organisms on Earth will become bacteria that live at a depth of many kilometers in the rocks.

This is the conclusion of scientists who have developed a computer model of the planet for billions of years.

Their main conclusion is that, as the warm sun and the temperature increase on Earth only microbes can withstand extreme conditions that will exist on our planet.

The report of that would be presented at a meeting of the National Society of Astronomy.

"In the Earth's atmosphere at that time will be very little oxygen, so these microbes must survive in a completely different, oxygen-free atmosphere, and in very salty water due to the rapid evaporation of the ocean," - says Jack James O'Malley, an astronomer at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Mass extinction of species

Life on our planet depends entirely on the sun, scientists have long known that the evolution of stars of this type occurs entirely on a model.

The luminosity of yellow dwarfs like the Sun, increases towards the end of their life, and then they finish their allotted period of existence of a supernova explosion.

Astronomers from several British universities have developed a model that describes the processes that will occur in connection with the evolution of the sun on our planet in the distant future.

Roughly a billion years the solar radiation becomes so intense that the evaporation of the oceans will begin.

"After that devour the Earth's atmosphere with water vapor, which in itself is a greenhouse gas. This will create an avalanche greenhouse effect due to more rapid heating of the atmosphere, and the average temperature on Earth would be 100 degrees higher than the current" - says graduate student Jack O'Malley James.

At the same time will be rapid reduction of oxygen in the atmosphere, resulting in a massive loss of thousands of species of flora and fauna.

Shortly after the start of the process in the world will only bacteria-extremophiles, which are now live on the bottom of the ocean near geothermal sources, as well as deep in the rocks.

Scientists believe they are the only organisms that can survive in a hot, dry planet with a poisonous atmosphere. Rather, their colonies will exist around the last remaining sources of water.

After about 2.8 billion years, the conditions on the planet will become even more unfavorable, and all life will disappear from the face of the Earth.

Planet with microbial life

Astronomers believe that the study of the origins and destruction of organic life on this planet will help to understand the patterns of evolution of life in the universe.

In their opinion, the likelihood of microbial life on Earth-like planets, which are only in our Galaxy hundreds of millions, is extremely high.

Moreover, astronomers ever learn to determine the chemical composition of the atmospheres of such planets. The presence of these trace fossils of bacteria in the form of a gas is a sure sign of the existence of Earth-like life there.

"One of these indicators, the presence and activity of the bacteria is methane gas. Much depends on whether the methane product of volcanic activity, or whether it is formed by the activity of microorganisms. If astronomers of the future will be observed on exoplanets so-subtle differences in the composition of the atmosphere, it will change our understanding of the prevalence of life in the universe, "- says Jack James O'Malley.



Scientists find out where in space alcohols

Scientists have learned that the complex molecules of alcohols can be formed and react with each other in open space due to quantum tunneling, which allows them to atoms combine with each other and with other substances.

At the same time, these processes do not interfere even extremely low temperatures, has found a group of researchers led by Dwayne Heard from the University of Leeds.

To find out how the formation of the alcohol molecules in outer space, scientists have tried to replicate these conditions in the laboratory.

For this purpose they are cooled molecule spray of droplets of a simple alcohol, methanol, to a temperature of minus 210 degrees Celsius. They are then irradiated using its "cosmic ray" and mixed with another compound - so-called particles hydroxyl radical (OH). After a few hours chemists counted the number of reacting molecules and compared it with the forecast.

It was found that the reactor contained 50 times more products from the interaction of these substances than researchers expect to see.

As a result, scientists have concluded that the reason for the phenomenal activity of chemicals was quantum tunneling. According to the calculations of researchers, hydroxyl radicals are "leaking" through the energy barrier, forming an unstable compound with methanol, which subsequently disintegrated.

Scientists believe that in this way could be the primary reserves of terrestrial organic matter.



In the plasmasphere of the Earth for the first time caught "wind"

French astronomers have found in the Earth's magnetosphere constant motion of the particles, which carries material from the inside of the outer magnetosphere.

The interior of the Earth's magnetosphere is the plasma. Plasmasphere state determines the behavior of the radiation belts in the magnetosphere of the Earth, saturated with charged particles, it is extremely hazardous to spacecraft and astronauts. In addition, it slows down the passage of signals from the GPS-satellites.

As the head of a group of scientists Janis Danduras of the Research Institute of Astrophysics and Planetology in Toulouse, the study of processes in the plasmasphere will understand the physical mechanisms of some pretty dangerous space weather phenomena.

After analyzing satellite data Cluster, scientists have found stable motion of the particles of the plasmasphere at over 1.3 kilometers per second. Scientists estimate that plazmosferny "wind" blows in the outer part of the magnetosphere plasma about a kilogram per second.

Scientists believe that this movement of particles can exist on other planets. It takes away the substance of the atmosphere into space and thus affects the suitability of these planets for life.



Cheetah was the world champion on braking

The fact that the cheetah - the fastest animal on earth, has long been known. It was believed that the rate - the trump card of this predator on the prowl. But now British scientists have found that much more difficult.

Cheetah - the fastest land animal on the planet. This predator is capable of speeds over a hundred miles an hour, and then on to accelerate from 0 to 75 kilometers per hour, it is only two seconds. These indicators can boast, not every sports car. Any greyhounds, no sport horses for cheetahs can not keep up (and do not run away from the cheetahs). Therefore, so far zoologists in the conviction that it was so incredible running speed is the main advantage of cheetah on the hunt. However, strict scientific testing, especially in the wild, this hypothesis has never been. And indeed on the athletic abilities of the members of the cat family, with the exception of Sprint, scientists knew little.

High-tech collars

And now British researchers filled the gap. Alan Wilson (Alan Wilson), professor of the Royal Veterinary College in Hatfield and a group of his colleagues went to the South African Continent, in Botswana, were caught east of the delta of the Okavango five cheetahs and put them on a special high-tech collars. "These collars - the result of the development, which has taken us ten years - says Professor Wilson. - We were able to integrate them in a lot of sensors. This sensor GPS, Meters and the moment of inertia and acceleration sensors and gyroscopes, and magnetometers to track the spatial position of the body of a cheetah in real time. All these parameters we measure 300 times per second, so we know the animal and the location at any time, and its direction of motion, and speed. These parameters can be calculated, and how much power an animal develops, and what the grip of his paws the ground, and all the forces there are. "

The main thing - do not speed, and maneuverability

Researchers monitored the movements of "their" cheetahs out of the car and out of the light aircraft. Previously in these vehicles were equipped with special radios that recorded the signals sent by the miracle collars.

This observation, which lasted 17 months, allowed to know about the behavior, hunting techniques, and physical abilities of cheetahs many new, interesting and even unexpected. The results of the work were published in the journal Nature. Professor Wilson says: "To our surprise, it turned out that in the wild cheetahs hunt is not at maximum speed. Hoti sometimes they did develop speed in excess of 90 kilometers per hour, but only for very short distances, with an average length of 173 meters, only very short period of time, an average of 1-2 seconds, and only very rarely, 1-2 times a day. The average running speed of cheetahs on the hunt - a little more than 50 kilometers per hour. Obviously, much more important for them not to speed in a straight line, and Evasion, agility, the ability to instantly change direction, speed up and slow down the movement. "

Clutch claws with soil better than the tires

In fact, cheetahs are not only accelerated faster than any other land animal, but all brake sharply, exceeding twice now ranks second in polo ponies - specially trained horses to play polo. One of the tools to provide cheetahs that ability - it is their claws: they are only partially retractable, which is not typical for the cat, and ensure good contact with the ground during sudden maneuvers.

"In addition, cheetahs have very flexible spine that allows them to properly distribute the load on the body, so that even with the most unimaginable turns and bends the land concerned, all four paws - says Professor Wilson. - Clutch paws the ground in cheetahs better than any car tires. And of course, a very important role is played by muscles: muscles cheetah legs, components, by the way, 45 percent of the mass of his body, have incredible power. Fastest of "our" cheetah developed at the time of maximum acceleration power to 100 watts kilogram of body weight. For comparison, a Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt, the Olympic champion and multiple world champion on the run for a short distance, the figure is four times more modest. "

Only a quarter of the chase brings success

Another surprise revealed comparing GPS-data obtained using collars with GIS data in Google Earth. It turned out that cheetahs hunt not only in open areas, as previously thought, but in the dense bush. There's just so they do not need for the success rate, and Evasion. A sprint records - this is just one part of their hunting strategy.

However, one should not forget that success comes only cheetahs in every fourth catch their prey, that is, three times out of four predator with nothing. And this - the flip side of his sprint achievements: a top speed of over 90 kilometers per hour minimum turning radius of a cheetah, where the centrifugal force is not thrown to him with a bend is 52 meters. Even at half the speed of this radius is still unacceptably high - almost 20 meters. That's where the predator and his ability to brake sharply: in just three simple steps it can to slow down so that the turning radius is reduced to one meter. If the maximum acceleration of the cheetah, as measured by British scientists, is 5.5 meters per second squared, the maximum braking - 7.5 meters per second squared.



Monday, July 1, 2013

American woman during a driving license had to prove that she is not a man

37-year-old Nakian Grimes, a resident of the State of Georgia in the U.S., while getting a driver's license was told that she must confirm that a woman.

As reported by Fox 5, at the American demanded a proper medical certificate. As it turned out, the woman lived her whole life with the note "the man" on the birth certificate.

For some reason, in the "sex", it was stated that Grimes is a man. At the same time in her life she had never noticed this discrepancy. "What's wrong with that? Nobody looks at the column" sex "to all counts only the name and date of birth," - she said.

At the same time posing rights officials demanded Grimes provide them with a notarized certificate from a gynecologist that she is a woman. Outraged American refused to comply with these regulations and left the area.

It is reported that the misunderstanding was resolved after authorities learned his son's birth certificate Grimes, where it was said that she is his mother.



American woman, cut off the penis to her husband, was sentenced to life imprisonment

The American, who snapped a penis to her husband, was sentenced to life in prison, according to CNN.

As found out a consequence, last year Catherine Kew during an argument with her husband slipped sleeping pills into his food, and then tied him to the bed. When the man woke up, Kew cut his penis with a knife.

The severed body woman hid in a device for grinding waste, installed on the kitchen sink. After that, she called an ambulance for her husband.

As noted, at the time of the crime spouses through the procedure of divorce: the husband filed for divorce convicted two months before.

Despite the fact that the lawyers 50-year-old woman claimed that she was suffering from mental disorders, Kew, was found guilty of causing injury with aggravating circumstances.



At home resident of China climbed the huge lizard

A resident of China found in his home a huge lizard, writes The Telegraph.

The fact that the apartment is an outsider woman learned by a strange noise that came from somewhere above.

She has long tried to figure out where the sound came, until I saw on the shelf long muzzle reptile, which frightened Chinese woman first took to be a snake. However, upon closer inspection, it turned out that this is a gray lizard half-meter length.

Fearing the most touching uninvited guest, a Chinese woman called firefighters. Rescuers managed to catch the reptile and put it in the bag. The animal was then taken to the forest and released.