Technology News for June 9, 2008

ASUS M930 Elegantly Blends Fashion with Functionality
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New Web site can tell what people think of your looks
If you really wish to know what people think about your looks, Facestat.com is the Web site to visit. ANI

Detectives dont need to leave the office to track you down
A Queensland-based private detective says that the advancement of spy technology has made it very easy to obtain any sort of information about a person without having to leave ones office. ANI

Extra sleep boosts athletic performance
An ongoing study suggests that athletes who get an extra amount of sleep are more likely to have better performance, mood, and alertness. ANI

NASAs virtual spokesperson to keep public up to date with Phoenix mission to Mars
NASA has created a virtual spokesperson for the Phoenix mission to Mars, who would keep the public up to date with the latest Martian probe. ANI

Scientists develop worlds most powerful portable hurricane simulator
A team of scientists and students from the University of Florida, US, has developed the worlds most powerful portable hurricane simulator, a giant machine capable of reproducing winds in excess of 193 kph (kilometers per hour) and recreating rain. ANI

5000-year-old site in Iran is as large as the Burnt City
Archaeologists have discovered a 5000-year-old site in Iran, which could be as large as the Burnt City and belong to an important civilization. ANI

Americas oldest carbon-dated relics could rewrite the nations history
An archaeological dig at Allendale County in the US has uncovered the oldest carbon-dated relics ever found in North America, at 50,000 and 51,000 years old, which supports a controversial theory that humans lived here 37,000 years before the first people arrived in America. ANI

Shear stress alters the way stem cells stick to vascular surfaces
Scientists at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia say that a study they conducted to gain a better understanding of how shear stress improves adult stem cell attachment to vascular surfaces may have moved them a step closer to realising a unique tissue-engineered stem cell vascular bypass graft. ANI

Sex is a very noisy affair for Giant Pandas
They are known to be shy and peaceful, but when it comes to sex, Giant Pandas turn hysterically noisy. ANI

Military transmitter suggests new way to combat solar flares
A chance observation by scientists studying the atmosphere above an Australian military transmitter suggests a new way to combat the damaging effects of solar flares on orbiting satellites. ANI

Graphene may be ideal material for development of next gen electronics
New studies have determined that graphenes promising electronic properties will make it the ideal material for the development of next generation communication devices and nanoscale electronics. ANI

Oz scientists on verge of getting human cloning licences
Two separate researcher groups in Australia may be on the verge of obtaining the first licences to clone human embryos. ANI

Acidic oceans may spell doom for coral ecosystems by 2100
In a new research, scientists have warned that as oceans become more acidic by the year 2100, coral ecosystems may start to vanish because of an invasion of opportunistic marine species like algae and mollusks, who are better able to survive in the new environment. ANI

Fossilized burrows of 245-mln-yr old land vertebrates found in Antarctica
Paleontologists have, for the first time, found fossilized burrows of land vertebrates in Antarctica, which date back to about 245 million years. ANI

Study sheds light on evolutionary origins of the brain
Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute say that they have gained fresh insights into the evolutionary origins of the brain, and how it evolved into the remarkably complex structure found in humans. ANI