Call it another victory for German design. Researchers in Dresden have set a new world record for the strongest magnetic field ever manufactured at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory Dresden (HZDR). Using a two-layer, 440-pound copper coil the size of a water bucket, they managed to coax 91.4 teslas from their creation for just a few milliseconds, surpassing the previous record of 89 teslas — via redwolf.newsvine.com
More than 800 shopping trolleys have disappeared from an Essex supermarket in the past fortnight.
Police have appealed for information from the general public after the trolleys went missing from the Asda superstore at Eastgate in Basildon — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A study retracing the bananas’ family tree has found their wild ancestors have rarely crossbred in the last 7,000 years, strengthening calls to diversify the popular crop.
The standard yellow banana currently found on most supermarket shelves are mass cultivated as infertile clones and are therefore genetically identical.
But this makes them particularly susceptible to disease, pests and ecological challenges, writes a team of European and Australian scientists in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Bob Rosinsky from Top Dog Imaging walks through the extraordinary process of restoring a badly damaged 1870s tintype using modern, high-tech techniques, such as a polarised strobe and ultra-high-rez camera. He hints at even more advanced techniques employing X-rays, UV and infra-red light — via Top Dog Imaging
Instructables user, Kaisei13, made this embraceable Alien Facehugger Pillow Pet for her daughter.
My daughter is obsessed with the AvP game. She has beat it at least 20 times and loves to run around the house hissing and trying to run up walls like a Xenomorph. So for her 8th birthday I made her a plush Alien, and that lead to the idea for a facehugger pillow pet. But to make it a little more unique I added a egg shaped sleeping bag that could be rolled up and put in the tail.
Not bad for a human — via CRAFT
Rebekah Brooks, the embattled chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s News International, personally commissioned searches by one of the private investigators who was later used by the News of the World to trace the family of the murdered Surrey schoolgirl Milly Dowler, The Independent can reveal.
Ms Brooks, while editor of NOTW, used Steve Whittamore, a private detective who specialised in obtaining illegal information, to convert
a mobile phone number to find its registered owner. Mr Whittamore also provided the paper with the Dowlers’ ex-directory home phone number — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The phone-hacking crisis enveloping the News of the World intensified on Tuesday night after it emerged that Scotland Yard has started to contact the relatives of victims of the 7 July 2005 attacks to warn them they were targeted by the paper.
The revelation that bereaved family members may have had their mobile phone messages intercepted by Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator employed by the paper, in the days following the 2005 London bombings will heap further pressure on the title’s owner, News International, part of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Tree frogs have specially adapted self-cleaning feet which could have practical applications for the medical industry — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Torresol’s Gemasolar power-tower installation has become the world’s first concentrating solar power (CSP) plant to feed an uninterrupted supply of electricity into the grid over 24 hours — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Police have found the skeleton of an elderly woman who died alone in her inner Sydney home up to eight years ago.
Officers went to the woman’s terrace house in Surry Hills about midday yesterday, after her sister-in-law reported she had not been seen since 2003 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Joanne Woodward baking sweet rolls, Paul Newman making eggs, Anthony Perkins dancing — via Awesome People Hanging Out Together
A skull recovered in the back garden of broadcaster Sir David Attenborough in south-west London belonged to a woman murdered in 1879, a coroner has ruled.
Julia Martha Thomas was killed by her maid, Kate Webster, but her head remained missing. The case became known as the Barnes mystery
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
When Google started to support multiple sign-in, many people complained that the feature was limited to 3 Google accounts. Now you can sign in to 10 accounts at the same time and use services like Gmail, Google Calendar or Google Reader.
After signing in to 10 accounts, Google shows this error message: You are already signed in to the maximum number of accounts. If you want to use another account you must sign out of all Google Accounts then sign in to the account you want
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Say goodbye to the Picasa and Blogger names: Google intends to retire several non-Google name brands and rename them as Google products, Mashable has learned.
The move is part of a larger effort to unify its brand for the public launch of Google+, the search giant’s social initiative — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Not exactly a giveaway, but this Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Charles R Perry House house in East Glencoe, Illinois is massively cheaper than the UK one we featured a week or so back – and cheaper than the majority on the market in the US too, especially with its newly-reduced price. Yes, even iconic architecture is suffering in the recession.
It was designed in 1915, but looks much more contemporary. If you knew no better, you would probably think midcentury, especially when you see all that wood on display throughout the interior.
The price? $550,000, which works out at a figure just short of £345,000. Which would probably get you a decent-sized semi-detached in a good area in the UK. Amazing. See the Rubloff Properties’s site for even more shots — via WowHaus
This patchwork puzzle ball from Thimble would be a great way to use up scraps of fabric and would make a sweet gift for a baby, or as Laura mentions, is just a fun object to have on the shelf — via CRAFT
Sonya Winner makes these brightly-colored rugs after Matisse
, which means you have to write in to find out the price — via Boing Boing
When you have goodies which need to be hidden and locked away, what better than a squid to protect your stash?
There is no lock to pick nor code to break. Instead, this box uses a strong magnet (included) to release an internal latch, opening the box for only those who know the secret. Instructions on how to use the key are included with the box. Made with walnut and a shimmering figured maple, this box will look beautiful on any shelf or desk — via Etsy
John Z is 28, and wrote this a year ago. He’s married to Sarah, with three kids at time of writing; Harry (4.5) Charlie (2) and Ruth (3mths). He has Asperger’s syndrome and prefers to share this sort of thing pseudonymously. He was very angry when he wrote this — via redwolf.newsvine.com
International Volant Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Haidian, announced that it has acquired all shares in Eterna AG Uhrenfabrik from FA Porsche Beteiligungen GmbH. Eterna was founded (under a different name) in 1856, In 1932, Eterna created a subsidiary called ETA to make movements for itself and other watch companies — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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