Sharpest moon image
The sharpest image of the moon's surface taken from the Earth's surface was released today.
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Monday, August 12, 2002
Today is ...
1887: Birth of Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics
1981: IBM introduced the personal computer
1883: Extinction of the quagga
What makes adolescents smoke?
A study of over 20,000 adolescents looked for familial, interpersonal and peer influences that might encourage smoking.
Peer smoking was the strongest predictor of increasing smoking by an individual. Parental smoking increased the chances of an adolescent smoking by 26%. However, mothers who smoke do not seem to create sons who smoke.
Smoking was increased by a factor of 9 for those who drink alcohol over those who don't.
World's smallest light-bulb
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created light bulbs from groups of 2-8 silver atoms. Just pass an electric current through the clusters of atoms and they glow...
This is the first time researchers have seen electroluminescence from individual molecules.
