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Researchers from the University of Warwick and Unilever want to know whether the right combination of nutrients from fruits and vegetables to improve the health of the heart, blood vessels and to protect against type 2 diabetes. This writes MEDdaily with reference to Science Daily.

NASA successfully ended three rounds of trials of promising inflatable aerodynamic braking shield. This is one of the key parts of future unmanned vehicles, which will land on the different bodies of the Solar system.

Recently it became known that the company SpaceX is developing a special engine for the new missile, which is not only more Falcon 9, but also surpass the rocket NASA SLS, can lift the space of 130 tons of cargo.

Do scientists have finally proved empirically the existence of "Yeti"?!

Specialists NASA, supported by a number of U.S. companies are already planning over the next few years to go to the moon first batch robots are extraction of water ice. It is believed that ice is concentrated at the poles natural satellite of the Earth.

Active intellectual activity contributes to the preservation of the density of the white matter of the brain Are details of American scientists, presented at the annual conference of the North American radiological society.

Samsung is so long "scares" all of us his promises to make a breakthrough in the technology of production of mobile phones, releasing the so-called flexible phone that we have become accustomed to it similar to the statements, perceiving them as a normal futuristic projects.

The opening of the new exoplanets, which is not linked to any star, perhaps, has little surprises. Over the past few years, astronomers have discovered such lonely worlds, they already know so much, that, in opinion of scientists, lonely wandering through the Universe the planet are the rule rather than the exception.

Dry valleys McMurdo, Antarctica may seem one of the least hospitable places on Earth. It is a cold desert where only the wind searches rocky land and water exists only in the form of ice, the remaining including those times when the valley was covered by the ocean. In short, it's so sad area of the planet that NASA decided to simulate Martian conditions.

A year ago, NewScientist said about "tax on oil", introduced in Denmark. It was the first in the world to attempt to limit thus the consumption of products containing more than 2.3% saturated fat. Alas, under strong pressure from the food industry and in connection with the weak economy, the Danish government abolished tax and abandoned plans to introduce "tax on sugar."

As shown by a new simulation of the upper atmosphere of Pluto, it goes so far from the planet that some stray molecules can fly even to Charon. The thickness of the atmosphere dwarf planet estimated at approximately 10 390 km, that is about 4.5 diameter of Pluto, which covers the distance to Charon more than half.

In a small area of the southern ocean dissolve the shells of marine snails. This is the first evidence that the underwater inhabitants already suffer from man-caused acidification of the seas.

Professor Christopher Hutchinson from Monash University (Australia) dreams of a future in which the materials of construction will be truly multifunctional. According to the scientist, instead of creating the material and hope that its structure and properties are not evolve too much during the period of operation, it is necessary to recognize evolutionary change is inevitable and not to fight them, not avoid them, as from the outset to develop a future material so that the evolution proceeded in the direction of improving its properties.

Many people smoke, thinking some tough question: Smoking supposedly helps to focus, it helps to stir up the brain, to spur thinking, and so on, While no one is arguing that nicotine is not the best way affects the cardiovascular system. However, it would be strange to think that heart problems do not affect the condition of the brain.

Reception of some common drugs in combination with grapefruit can cause fatal side effects, according to a paper published in the journal of the Canadian medical Association (Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ).