Beloved books-classical age. Hydrogen squeezed from stone could be new energy source. 12 December 2013Last updated at 20:10 ET By Simon Redfern Reporter, BBC News Olivine is sometimes found in nature as the semi-precious stone peridot Scientists from the University of Lyon have discovered a new way to split hydrogen gas from water, using rocks. The method promises a new green energy source, providing copious hydrogen from a simple mixture of rock and water. It speeds up a chemical reaction that takes geological timescales in nature. In the reaction, the mineral olivine strips one oxygen and hydrogen atom from an H2O molecule to form a mineral called serpentine, releasing the spare hydrogen atom.
The results were discussed at this week's meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, and have been published in the journal American Mineralogist. The researchers heated olivine minerals in water to a couple of hundred degrees Celsius, and added a little bit of ruby (aluminium oxide) to the mix to provide a source of aluminium atoms. Scouring CO2. Keyboard shortcuts - Perform common Firefox tasks quickly. This article lists keyboard shortcuts in Mozilla Firefox. The shortcuts only work if they are not used by the desktop environment or window manager. If you have enabled Emacs-style text editing shortcuts in GNOME, they will also work in Firefox. When an Emacs text editing shortcut conflicts with the default shortcuts (as occurs with Ctrl+K), the Emacs shortcut will take precedence if focus is inside a text box (which would include the address bar and search bar).
In such cases you should use the alternate keyboard shortcut if one is listed below. For mouse shortcuts, see this article. These shortcuts require the tab bar to be "in focus. " Currently, the only way to do this is to focus an adjacent object and "tab into" the tab bar, for instance, by hitting Ctrl + Lcommand + L to focus the address bar, and then Shift + Tab repeatedly until the current tab gets a colored borderdotted rectangle. You can also use keyboard shortcuts with developer tools in Firefox.
Mugger Apologises 35 Years Later After Finding Victim On Facebook. A New Yorker has apologised to a man for mugging him 35 years ago, after finding him on Facebook. Michael Goodman, who is now 53, admitted to robbing Claude Soffel, 52, for his bus pass on the steps of the American Museum of Natural History in either 1978 or '79. But after committing the crime, the name or face of his victim refused to leave his mind. And then - after recognising Soffel on a random Facebook post about a bagel shop being forced to close - he took a chance and asked for forgiveness. "You may not remember this ... but a long, long time ago I walked up the steps of [the museum] one afternoon, trying to look like a tough guy...
He also admitted that he didn't manage to get very far - an undercover police officer was nearby when he committed the crime and he was arrested immediately. Soffel responded by accepting the apology with grace. "Clearly you're a 'bigger man' today," he wote. Here are the full messages:
For father. Guideposts : Meet the Canine Minister to an Alzheimer's Man. By Ron Berler Appeared originally in Mysterious Ways magazine. Casey wasn’t the most popular dog in her owner Carol Baird’s neighborhood of Dalton, Ga. A huge, burly Alaskan malamute, she had a heart of gold but a nose for trouble. She’d slip out the Baird family’s back door and trot down the street without a care. She behaved like one too, or at least had an appetite like one. So when a man rapped on Carol’s door, said he lived three blocks away and then asked for her dog’s name, Carol braced herself.
“We have a sliding-glass door that we usually keep open in the summer,” the man began, “and every day for the last several weeks your dog has wandered off the street and come uninvited into my house.” That dog, Carol thought. “No, you don’t understand,” the man interrupted. The man must have seen the confusion on Carol’s face. But not this neighbor. “I couldn’t remember the last time we had two hours to ourselves,” the man said. He saw his father turn to Casey and begin to pet her. Close.
Daft Punk's Get Lucky - The Ultimate Dance Supercut. Why Marcel Proust Is The Conservative Party's Worst Nightmare (VENN DIAGRAM) China military unit 'behind prolific hacking' 19 February 2013Last updated at 14:57 ET The BBC's John Sudworth was detained while filming the reported hub of the hacking operation A secretive branch of China's military is probably one of the world's "most prolific cyber espionage groups", a US cyber security firm has said. Mandiant said Unit 61398 was believed to have "systematically stolen hundreds of terabytes of data" from at least 141 organisations around the world.
The White House said it has taken its concerns about cyber-theft to the highest levels of China's government. China has denied hacking and questioned Mandiant's report. "Hacking attacks are transnational and anonymous," said foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei. "Determining their origins are extremely difficult. Mr Hong added that Beijing "firmly opposes hacking", has taken steps to prevent it and is also a victim of cyber attacks. 'Extensive campaign' Continue reading the main story Analysis Jonathan MarcusBBC Diplomatic Correspondent. Vortex pinning could lead to superconducting breakthroughs. A team of researchers from Russia, Spain, Belgium, the U.K. and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory announced findings last week that may represent a breakthrough in applications of superconductivity. The team discovered a way to efficiently stabilize tiny magnetic vortices that interfere with superconductivity -- a problem that has plagued scientists trying to engineer real-world applications for decades.
The discovery could remove one of the most significant roadblocks to advances in superconductor technology. Superconductors are extremely useful materials, given that modern society involves moving a lot of electricity around. But in an ideal superconductor, no electricity is ever lost. The problem is that superconductors have to be cooled to do their thing. In the long run, scientists are hoping to develop superconducting materials that would operate closer to room temperature. One such major problem is posed by magnetic fields.
Drinking milk can prevent garlic breath, study finds. If you're planning a romantic Italian dinner this Valentine's Day, you may want to consider drinking a glass of milk along with your meal. According to a 2010 study in the Journal of Food Science published by the Institute of Food Technologist (IFT), researchers from the department of Food Science and Technology at The Ohio State University discovered that drinking milk while eating garlic-heavy food can reduce the malodorous breath associated with garlic consumption. Both fat-free and whole milk lowered the concentration of volatile odor-emitting compounds from garlic in the nose and mouth. Due to its higher fat content, whole milk was found to be more effective.
Although drinking milk after eating a garlic-infused meal can still help, the study found that drinking it during the meal will have better results. Garlic is an excellent source of magnesium, vitamin B6, vitamin C, and selenium and is reported to have many health benefits.