Relatives of victims of the Titanic today threw roses off the Southampton dockside in memory of their loved ones during a moving 100th anniversary memorial service.
A minute’s silence was also held today in remembrance of the 1517 passengers and crew who lost their lives on the famous liner’s ill-dated maiden voyage.
The south coast city has special reason to mark the Titanic disaster, as 538 of the 714 crew who died on the ship hailed from Southampton.
At the time it was said that almost every person in the city was either related to or knew someone who died.
Events began just before midday when nine wreaths were thrown into the Ocean Docks at Southampton, Hants, where most of the crew had lived.
Relatives of victims of the Titanic threw roses off the Southampton dockside in a moving 100th anniversary memorial service
The minute’s silence was concluded by a haunting recording of the Titanic’s whistle which was sounded three times around the port.
Every vessel in the port then proceeded to sound their whistles in sombre acknowledgement.
Shortly after, a re-enactment of the ship’s departure from berth 44 at Ocean Dock on April 10, 1912, was staged.
A flotilla of craft followed the tug tender Calshot, which was built in the same era as the legendary liner, as it sailed towards the Solent.
Guests were then invited to throw their own rose off the dockside in memory of loved ones who lost their lives.
One of many to throw a rose into the water at the dock was Alan Stote, who was paying respects to his great uncle Thomas Instance.
Pensioner Alan Stote, 76, from Totton near Southampton, Hampshire, said: “My grandfather’s brother was only 31 when he lost his life.
“He was a fireman aboard the Titanic. Although very upsetting, today’s event was well organized and very professional.
“I feel lucky to have been able to be a part of the day and pay my respects.”
Titanic Memorial Cruise has been forced to turn round just hours after leaving the dock, having set sail to retrace the doomed liner’s voyage across the Atlantic.
MS Balmoral – carrying relatives of Titanic victims among its 1,309 passengers, the same number as on the doomed ship – was forced to turn around and head towards the Irish coast after a passenger became unwell on board.
A spokesperson for the Titanic Memorial Cruise, which had earlier been battered by 30 ft waves as it crossed the Irish Sea, said the ship turned around and headed 20 nautical miles east so the passenger could be picked up by a Coastguard helicopter and flown to hospital for medical attention.
Earlier on its historic voyage the MS Balmoral had been delayed by two hours before docking at Cobh on the south coast of Ireland, the Titanic’s last port of call before its journey into the North Atlantic.
This afternoon reports indicated it was forced to turn round because of a medical emergency on board. It is believed it is heading closer to the mainland so a helicopter could land onboard.
A spokesman for the Met Office in UK said this afternoon that sea conditions off the coast of southern Ireland were “rough or very rough”.
There were 15 ft high waves and 20 mph winds in the area which would not affect a ship of that size.
Titanic Memorial Cruise has been forced to turn round just hours after leaving the dock
A statement from the Titanic Memorial Cruise this afternoon said the liner had to turn round after a passenger was taken ill on board.
The statement said: “A guest has been taken ill on board the Titanic Memorial Cruise taking place on the Fred. Olsen cruise ship Balmoral.
“The ship is turning around and heading approximately 20 nautical miles east to bring it nearer to the coast and within reach of a helicopter.
“Fred. Olsen and Titanic Memorial Cruises are working with the Irish Coastguard to co-ordinate the relevant arrangements, and making sure that all agencies involved are being kept informed.
“The ship is currently travelling en route to New York and departed Southampton on 8 April 2012.
“At Fred. Olsen and Titanic Memorial Cruises the safety and well-being of all guests and crew is paramount, and this decision has been made in conjunction with Titanic Memorial Cruises, as charterer of Balmoral for this voyage.
“Once the guest is off the ship for medical treatment the cruise will resume as scheduled.”
Passengers making the journey came from more than 20 countries, including the U.S., and include relatives of survivors, authors, historians and people who are fascinated by the Titanic story.
The cruise set sail from Southampton on Sunday and aims to reach the Titanic’s wreck site for a memorial ceremony to mark the moment the liner struck an iceberg on April 14 100 years ago.
But bad weather delayed its arrival yesterday at Cobh, where it was reported a lifeboat was on hand in case of problems.
A passenger said after docking: “There is a bad feeling on board that maybe the voyage is doomed by bad luck.”
The Balmoral was due to continue its journey late last night.
From the wreck site, the memorial cruise was due to go to Nova Scotia, where some of the Titanic’s victims are buried, and then on to New York, the destination the ship never reached.
Once there, passengers will leave wreaths and family artifacts in memory of those who died.
During the 12-night cruise passengers were due to eat meals from the Titanic’s original menu and attend lectures given by historians and experts.
A five-piece band will recreate the soundtrack from the era for passengers.
The Titanic hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912 and sank the following morning, claiming 1,517 lives.
On the anniversary, passengers will gather on deck for a memorial ceremony at 11:40 p.m., the exact time the ship hit the iceberg, exactly 100 years on.
Another service will be held at 2:20 a.m. to mark the moment it sank.
Speaking before the delays Philip Littlejohn, grandson of survivor Alexander James Littlejohn, and the only Titanic relative to have made the dive to the wreck site, said: “I’m sure my grandfather, a 1st Class Steward on RMS Titanic, would be proud to know his story will be shared with the passengers on this historic cruise.
“It will be an emotional moment when we are over the wreck site, where I dived in 2001, and where my grandfather left Titanic rowing Lifeboat 13.”
Passengers have paid up to £6,000 ($9,500) to join the commemorative voyage.
Miles Morgan, managing director of Miles Morgan Travel, which chartered the journey, said: “This cruise has been five years in the making and we have sought to make it authentic to the era and a sympathetic memorial to the passengers and crew who lost their lives.”
Dozens of artifacts from the world’s most famous ship have emerged since it sank on April 15, 1912.
Numerous events have also taken place in the lead up to the 100th anniversary of its sinking.
The Belfast shipyard where the Titanic was built has been revitalized in time for the landmark date, while an eye-catching, dockside centre opened just weeks before the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking.
ImMucin, a breakthrough vaccine that targets a molecule in 90% of all cancers has been tested on humans for the first time.
Results from the safety trial – on patients with blood cancer – found all had greater immunity to the disease after receiving the vaccine. Three of the seven patients who have completed the treatment are now free of the condition.
The therapeutic vaccine developed by Vaxil Biotheraputics and Tel Aviv University is designed to be given to patients to help their bodies fight cancer rather than the majority – known as prophylactic vaccines – that aim to prevent disease in the first place.
Researchers believe the jab could also tackle breast, prostate, pancreatic, bowel and ovarian cancers.
Even tumors that resist treatment with the best medicines on the market, including the breast cancer “wonder drug” Herceptin, may be susceptible to the vaccine.
ImMucin, a breakthrough vaccine that targets a molecule in 90% of all cancers has been tested on humans for the first time
If all goes well, ImMucin could be on the market by 2020.
Rather than attacking cancer cells, like many drugs, ImMucin harnesses the power of the immune system to fight tumors.
The search for cancer vaccines has until now been hampered by fears that healthy tissue would be destroyed with tumors.
Researchers from the drug company Vaxil Biotheraputics and Tel Aviv University have focused on a protein called MUC1 that is made in bigger amounts in cancerous cells than in healthy ones.
Not only is there more of it, but a sugar that it is “decorated” with has a distinctive shape.
The vaccine “trains” the immune system to recognize the rogue sugar and turn its arsenal against the cancer.
The misshaped MUC1 sugar is found in 90% of all cancers. There have been “dramatic” results in tests on mice with breast tumors.
Now, Vaxil Biotheraputics have announced promising results in a human safety trial.
Ten patients suffering from multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, have now received the vaccine received the vaccine at the Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem.
Seven of the patients have finished the treatment and Vaxil reported that all of them had greater immunity against cancer cells compared to before they were given the vaccine. Of the seven, three patients are reportedly free of detectable cancer.
None of them have reported suffering side-effects apart from minor irritation.
A statement from Vaxil Biotheraputics said: “ImMucin generated a robust and specific immune response in all patients which was observed after only 2-4 doses of the vaccine out of a maximum of 12 doses.
“In some of the patients, preliminary signs of clinical efficacy were observed.”
Years of large-scale human trials will be needed before the drug is judged safe and effective for widespread use in hospitals.
It could then be used with existing drugs to boost treatment and given to prevent tumors from coming back after surgery.
Men and women known to be at high risk of cancer because of their genes could also be vaccinated in an attempt to stop tumors from appearing.
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been found sane enough to face trial and a jail term after a second psychiatric evaluation.
The findings contradict a previous evaluation, published in November, that found him legally insane.
Anders Breivik, 33, is due to stand trial on Monday over a bomb attack and shooting spree last July that killed 77 people.
He insists he is mentally stable and was “pleased” with the new assessment, his lawyer said.
Geir Lippestad told reporters his client would defend his actions during his 10-week trial, adding, “he will also regret that he didn’t go further”.
Both reports will be considered by the court when it decides, at the end of the trial, whether he should be sent to a psychiatric ward or jail.
If Anders Breivik is deemed to have been sane at the time of the killings then he could face 21 years in prison with the potential for indefinite extensions to his term as long as he is considered a danger to the public.
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been found sane enough to face trial and a jail term after a second psychiatric evaluation
The second evaluation was approved by a court in January following widespread criticism of last year’s assessment that concluded he was psychotic at the time of the attacks and diagnosed him as a paranoid schizophrenic – meaning he would most likely be detained in psychiatric care.
Many of his surviving victims believed he was sane, and that the only proper punishment would be a prison sentence.
“Our conclusion is that he was not psychotic at the time of the actions of terrorism and he is not psychotic now,” psychiatrist Terje Toerrissen, who carried out the second assessment with fellow psychiatrist Agnar Aspaas, told the Associated Press.
The full report is confidential, and the two psychiatrists will give their reasons for arriving at a different conclusion to the first team of experts when they testify during the trial, AP reports.
Anders Breivik was charged with terror offences last month.
Prosecutors said at the time they were prepared to accept that he was criminally insane and would therefore seek compulsory psychiatric care, but they reserved the right to alter that view if new elements emerged about his mental health.
Anders Breivik has always admitted carrying out the attacks, saying they were an atrocious but necessary part of a “crusade” against multi-culturalism and Islam. He denies charges of terrorism.
In a recent letter to Norwegian tabloid Verdans Gang, Anders Breivik said being sent to a psychiatric ward would be a “fate worse than death”.
“To send a political activist to an asylum is more sadistic and more evil than killing him!” he wrote.
The attacks on July 22, 2011, were the worst act of violence Norway has seen since World War II, and have had a profound impact on the country.
Anders Breivik disguised himself as a police officer to plant a car bomb that exploded close to government offices in Oslo, killing eight people and wounding 209.
Still in uniform, he then drove to the island of Utoeya, where a summer youth camp of Norway’s governing Labour Party was being held.
In a shooting spree that lasted more than an hour, he killed 67 people – mostly teenagers – and wounded 33, while a further two people died falling or drowning.
According to prosecutors, nearly 900 people were affected by the two attacks – 325 in Oslo and 564 on Utoeya.
• Eight people killed and 209 injured by bomb in Oslo
• 69 people killed on Utoeya, of them 34 aged between 14 and 17
A golden retriever puppy was rescued from drowning into a backyard pool by its mother.
It didn’t take long for the adorable pooch to realize there was no way out after it appeared to be thrown into the pool.
Its mother immediately dived in and swam to the rescue, pushing her pup above the water with her snout
At the edge of the water but unable to reach its little paws out, the pup’s mother climbed out and grabbed it by its scruff.
Appearing to teach her little one a lesson, the mother pulls the puppy around for nearly 10 seconds before coming to a stop and letting it go.
A golden retriever puppy was rescued from drowning into a backyard pool by its mother
The video that captured the moment, uploaded to YouTube on April 4, has already earned an astounding 120,000 hits.
And while some viewers cooed at the adorable puppy and her lifeguard mom, others did not have kind words for the dogs’ owners, likening their actions to animal abuse.
Criticizing the cameraman for not coming to its aide, user PrincessLorie wrote: “Disgusting owner trying to get their 15 min. of fame by endangering poor, helpless animals.”
Others defended their actions, and offered some reasoning.
“This is how we trained our K-9 German Shepherds to swim and rescue,” user Inventour1 wrote.
“We would toss them into the pool or ocean and let them figure it out. Dogs are tough and they can handle a little water now and then.”
Maryland Mega Millions jackpot winners have been identified as three public school employees who pooled their money to play.
While they have chosen to stay anonymous, Maryland Lottery director Stephen Martino revealed the winners were a special education teacher, an elementary school teacher and a school administrator.
The winners – a woman in her 20s, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 50s – have worked together for years in Maryland public schools, and told lottery officials they plan to remain in their jobs.
The announcement means that Mirlande Wilson, the McDonald’s worker who hit headlines for claiming she had won the mega payout but had lost the ticket, was not telling the truth about her win.
Maryland Mega Millions jackpot winners have been identified as three public school employees who pooled their money to play
The Maryland ticket holders won more than $218 million of the record $656 million jackpot that was drawn ten days ago. Two other winning tickets were sold in Kansas and Illinois.
Each of the Maryland winners had contributed $20 and one then bought 60 tickets from three different shops, Stephen Martino said at the press conference. It was the first time they had pooled their cash.
They will now each receive a lump sum payment of $35 million after taxes. One planned to backpack throughout Europe, while another said they could now pay for their daughter’s college education.
The winners, who call themselves “The Three Amigos” and used the name across their winning check, also said they would buy new homes.
Despite their mega win, the teachers said they would not be retiring.
“They said, <<I can’t give up my kids>>,” Stephen Martino said.
It also emerged that two of the winners worked other jobs to help ends meet. One holds two full-time jobs, while another holds two other jobs, Stephen Martino said.
“They were modest, and humbled,” he said, a day after the winnings were claimed.
“These are precisely the people you would want to see win the lottery.”
They know each other through work but do not work in the same school. Lottery officials would not say which district they worked in.
One of the winners said she frequently played the lottery, while the others were less interested – one occasionally bought scratch tickets while the third only bought tickets if the jackpot was high.
On Monday, Maryland Lottery spokeswoman Carole Everett said the winners claimed the prize at lottery headquarters with a ticket matching all six numbers: 2-4-23-38-46 and the Mega Ball, 23.
Maryland does not require lottery winners to be identified.
The claim means that McDonald’s worker Mirlande Wilson did not win the jackpot, despite publicly announcing she had won the money – but had misplaced the ticket.
Scientists have begun a study at the Edinburgh International Science Festival to see if it is possible to influence what we dream about.
They have designed a smartphone app which plays sounds such as birds in woodland or waves lapping against the shore.
The idea is that the noises should direct pleasant dreaming.
Prof. Richard Wiseman, who is launching the trial as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival, wants thousands of people to take part.
Rather than recruiting people directly, the “mass participation” trial relies on members of the public volunteering.
The sounds are played around 20 minutes before participants say they want to wake up.
Scientists have begun a study to see if it is possible to influence what we dream about
The Dream:ON app monitors movements to sense when the sleeper has started dreaming. It then plays the sounds.
When it senses the person has stopped dreaming, the alarm goes off. The person is then asked to send a description of the dream to the “Dream Catcher” database.
Prof Wiseman said: “Getting a good night’s sleep and having pleasant dreams boosts people’s productivity, and is essential for their psychological and physical well-being.
“Despite this, we know very little about how to influence dreams – this experiment aims to change that.”
TV series Glee returns on Fox today with new episodes, one of which just happens to be the big Whitney Houston tribute episode.
A couple duets to a quintessential Whitney Houston song, a new Glee Project contestant pops up, and frenemies come together in what looks to be a pretty intense musical number.
In “Saturday Night Glee-ver”, airing April 17, the Glee club will page homage to the movie Saturday Night Fever with disco-infused numbers. Plus, Glee Project runner-up Alex Newell makes his big debut. He has been described as “the love child of Kurt and Mercedes and will turn to them for much advice.” Jonathan Groff can’t be far behind, because Murphy revealed earlier this season that Alex and Groff would share “many scenes” together leaving up the big Nationals face off.
Glee returns on Fox with new episodes, one of which is Whitney Houston tribute episode
In the April 24 episode, titled “Dance With Somebody“, New Directions will pay tribute to the late great Whitney Houston by covering her chart-toppers. And it looks like Brittany (Heather Morris) and Santana (Naya Rivera) get the honor of performing the episode title song.
A Pyongyang official has announced that North Korea is poised to complete preparations for its rocket launch scheduled for later this week.
A satellite will be installed on the Unha-3 rocket by the end of Tuesday, the official told foreign journalists in a rare press conference.
The official dismissed concerns that the launch was a cover for developing missile technology as “nonsense”.
Three Asian airlines have made changes to flight paths to avoid the rocket.
“We are expecting to complete assembly by today,” said Ryu Kum-Chol, deputy director of the space development department at the Committee of Space Technology.
North Korea is poised to complete preparations for its rocket launch scheduled for later this week
Ryu Kum-Chol said the launch was part of the peaceful development of North Korea’s space programme.
North Korea also says it will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of its late leader Kim Il-Sung.
But opponents of the move fear it is a disguised test of long-range missile technology.
The Philippine Airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have announced changes to the flight paths several affected routes ahead of the launch period between 12-16 April.
Disabled Chinese land rights lawyer Ni Yulan and her husband Dong Jiqin have been jailed a year after they were detained.
Ni Yulan was sentenced to two years and eight months, while her husband was handed a two-year term.
The couple is known for providing legal help to people whose homes have been seized by the government.
They were jailed on charges of “picking quarrels, provoking trouble and willfully destroying private and public property”, a court spokesman said.
Ni Yulan and Dong Jiqin were detained last April as authorities rounded up scores of activists amid online calls for protests similar to those taking place at the time in the Arab world.
Disabled Chinese land rights lawyer Ni Yulan and her husband Dong Jiqin have been jailed a year after they were detained
Their trial took place in December 2011, with the hearing closed to the press and foreign diplomats.
Their supporters said charges were meant to silence them and the trial was a sign of China’s growing intolerance of dissent.
Their daughter, Dong Xuan, told reporters then that the trial had been “a very abnormal legal process”.
“This is completely unfair, I urge the government to release my parents,” Dong Xuan told AFP news agency after the sentencing on Tuesday.
“Both my parents looked very thin. I was unable to see my mother’s face, she didn’t turn around. She was in a wheelchair and looked very weak. My father saw me and asked me how I was. He told me that he was OK.”
Ni Yulan’s fight against land grabs began in 2002 after her home in central Beijing was requisitioned and later demolished.
She has been banned from working as a lawyer but she and her husband have continued to advise others whose land has been seized.
Ni Yulan, 51, was sentenced to a year in jail in 2002 for “obstructing official business” and to two years’ imprisonment in 2008 for “harming public property”.
She uses a wheelchair – a consequence, she and her supporters say, of mistreatment by police.
Amnesty International said Ni Yulan’s kneecaps and feet were broken during her detention in 2002. She has also described the ill treatment by authorities in media interviews, saying that she was pinned down and kicked until she was not able to walk.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z are spending their first holiday as a family beside their baby Blue Ivy during a sun-filled stay in St Barts.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z spent yesterday on the beach where they lay on the sand and soaked up the sunshine.
The superstar couple has had very hectic schedules since the birth of their first child so appear to be making the most of their Caribbean getaway.
And they seem to be taking to parenthood like ducks to water as they make sure they have some quiet time as a couple as well as doting on their little one.
The pair both opted for black swimwear with Beyoncé, 30, sporting a one-piece and 42-year-old Jay-Z wearing swimming trunks.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z are spending their first holiday as a family beside their baby Blue Ivy in St Barts
They certainly seemed to be winding down as an ice bucket rested behind them which contained a bottle of wine and several bottles of water, while Jay-Z also sipped juice from a coconut.
Beyoncé was clearly feeling the heat as she then took a dip in the sea to cool off after lounging in the sunshine.
The singer kept her sunglasses on as she splashed around in shallow waters and prevented her hair from getting wet by tying it in a bun.
On Sunday the pair was seen toting little Blue Ivy as they made their way onto a waiting boat.
Beyoncé cradled her precious cargo as she made her way aboard the yacht.
The holiday comes as Beyoncé and Jay-Z are reported to have renewed their wedding vows in celebration of their fourth anniversary earlier this week.
The power couple is also understood to have exchanged new rings as they stood before celebrity guests including Oprah Winfrey, according to MediaTakeOut.com.
The website reports that the pair said “I do” again in a “moving” ceremony which happened at midnight on their wedding anniversary, April 4.
Kris Humphries has warned Kanye West, Kim Kardashian’s new lover, that he’ll need a lot of patience in his relationship with the reality star.
It was also claimed that Kris Humphries, 27, think Kim Kardashian, 31, had been unfaithful during their relationship which resulted in a marriage lasting just 72 days.
An insider close to Kris Humphries told RadarOnline: “When Kris found out about Kim going public with Kanye, he told his friends he wanted to tell West, <<good luck dude, you are going to need it>>.”
The source also claimed: “Kris knows for a fact that this dalliance between Kim and Kanye has been going on for at least the last two years. Kim kept in touch with Kanye after she married Kris and promised him that she would cut off communication with him, but she never did.
“Kris is suspicious of the timing of Kim deciding to go public with the relationship because the new season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians is premiering in May, and Kanye has released a new album.”
Kris Humphries warns Kanye West that he will need a lot of patience with Kim Kardashian
Rumours about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have been swirling for some time now, even before she’d started dating Kris Humphries.
And since their separation Kim Kardashian has been pictured leaving Kanye West’s New York apartment the morning after they’d been on a date.
Claims by Kanye West’s ex-girlfriend Amber Rose, seem to back up what Kris Humphries is claimed to have said.
Amber Rose, 28, tells this week’s Star magazine: “They were both cheating on me and Reggie with each other.”
Just a few days ago Kim Kardashian spent 24 hours in New York with Kanye West after flying in from Los Angeles last Wednesday.
Facebook announces its decision to buy Instagram, one of the most popular photo-sharing smartphone app.
Facebook is paying $1 billion in cash and stock for the takeover.
Instagram was only launched in October 2010 – initially just for the iPhone before being offered as an Android app last week.
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to continue to develop Instagram as a separate brand, allowing it to post to rival networks.
The app is free and allows users to apply 17 filters to the pictures they take – changing the color balance to give the images a different feel – before they are uploaded.
It has proven hugely popular. The company says that it has more than 30 million users uploading more than 5 million new pictures every day.
Facebook will buy Instagram for $1 billion in the most expensive business deal in history
It was reported that Instagram has 13 employees, meaning that at $77 million a head makes it the most expensive business deal in history.
Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page: “We think the fact that Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is an important part of the experience.
“We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have followers and follow people separately from your friends on Facebook.”
He added: “This is an important milestone for Facebook because it’s the first time we’ve ever acquired a product and company with so many users. We don’t plan on doing many more of these, if any at all.”
Instagram’s FAQ says it had previously raised $7.5 million in funding from three venture capital firms and “a small group of angel investors”.
The deal marks the second time in four months that Facebook has taken on staff from another social network.
In December, it announced it was hiring the co-founders of the location-based check-in service Gowalla. The network closed down shortly afterwards.
The moves come ahead of Facebook’s planned flotation later this year. The firm reportedly plans to issue $5 billion worth of stock on the New York-based Nasdaq exchange in May or June. The deal could value the firm as being worth as much as $100 billion.
Recent reports have suggested that Rihanna wants to play Whitney Houston in a possible biopic of the late singer, but daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown has reportedly stepped up to say that there’s only one person who can play that role – her.
While the film is purely speculative, sources close to Bobbi Kristina Brown told TMZ that the heiress feels she is the perfect person to play the part of Whitney Houston, and that no one knew her better.
The source adds that Bobbi Kristina Brown claims that if Eazy-E’s son can play him in a movie, she can play her mother.
Bobbi Kristina Brown wants to play Whitney Houston in a possible biopic of the late singer
Just last week it was announced that Bobbi Kristina Brown, 19, will have a recurring role on family friend Tyler Perry’s sitcom, For Better Or For Worse.
Even though no formal plans have been made, stars have been lining up for a chance to play Whitney Houston. Last week Rihanna was the favorite to head up a proposed feature, with Jordin Sparks, Jennifer Hudson and Brandy also up for consideration.
A woman tried to use a jet engine to blow-dry her locks on a beach of the Caribbean island of St. Maarten which borders an international airport with near-disastrous consequences.
Clearly looking for a thrill, the woman is seen in a video grabbing hold of a fence in the jet wash of a plane preparing to take off, a stunt that appears remarkably popular with sun-worshippers there.
But as the engines pick up speed, so too does the turbulence, which eventually blows her with such force it catapults her backwards.
With arms flailing, she tries to keep on her feet, but is thrown head-first into a low wall. Onlookers come rushing to her aid, although it is not clear what injuries she sustained.
The woman tried to use the jet engine to blow-dry her locks on a beach of the Caribbean island of St. Maarten
Maho Beach, on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten, is famous for its close proximity to Princess Juliana International Airport.
Because of the short runway (2,180 metres), aircraft have to touch down as close as possible to the beginning of the track to ensure a safe landing.
The beach is such a popular location for plane-spotters, most bars and restaurants there have daily departure and arrival boards.
Signs on the beach warn that jet blast can cause injury or death – as the woman found to her cost.
Access to the official website for the London 2012 Olympic Games appears to be blocked in Iran.
Users in Iran have tweeted that they are unable to connect to london2012.com and are instead redirected to peyvandha.ir, a site offering stories from Iran’s official news agencies.
Blockediniran.com intermittently suggests Iran-based users are unlikely to be able to see the Olympics pages.
Iran’s ministry of foreign affairs did not reply to a request for comment.
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, recently ordered officials to set up a new body to co-ordinate decisions regarding the net.
Citizens have also been told they would need to show IDs and give their full name when visiting an internet cafe.
Users in Iran are unable to connect to london2012.com and are instead redirected to peyvandha.ir, a site offering stories from Iran's official news agencies
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has also discussed plans to create a “clean web” within Iran with its own search engine and messaging service.
Iran had previously signalled it might boycott the Olympics over claims that the official logo spells the word “Zion” – a Hebrew word used to refer to Israel or Jerusalem.
In February 2011 the Iranian authorities called for the logo to be withdrawn and the designers “confronted”.
However, a follow-up letter later made clear its athletes would still “participate and play gloriously”.
The Iranian weightlifting superheavyweight, Behdad Salimikordasiab, is expected to be among those taking part.
Behdad Salimikordasiab previously won gold in the Asian Games in 2010 despite being affected by swine flu.
President Barack Obama’s Facebook page has been swamped with comments from supporters of Hazem Abu Ismail, a candidate in Egypt’s presidential election.
It follows news that Hazem Abu Ismail may be barred from the poll because one of his parents held dual nationality.
Egypt’s electoral commission has said Hazem Abu Ismail’s late mother became a naturalized US citizen in October 2006.
But his supporters are calling on President Barack Obama to support their claim that the immigration paperwork is fraudulent.
Many of the postings are in Arabic, but one comment – posted by several users – said in English: “His mother was a scholar in America, she got American Green Card, but American Authorities are trying to fraud that she was an American citizen.”
Another user asked: “If the US administration has official documents, why not display them?”
Barack Obama's Facebook page has been swamped with comments from supporters of Hazem Abu Ismail, a candidate in Egypt's presidential election
Egypt’s presidential election rules say that all candidates must have been born in Egypt to Egyptian parents who have never held citizenship of another country, are not dual nationals, and are not married to a foreigner.
The head of the Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC), Hatem Bajatu, said on Thursday that it had received information that Hazem Abu Ismail’s mother had “used an American passport for travel to and from Egypt” before her death and that it would notify the Salafist preacher.
Hazem Abu Ismail – who is running on an ultra-conservative, nationalist and anti-foreign intervention platform – subsequently told his supporters that the allegations were a “plot” against him.
He said he had documents to prove his case and had hired American lawyers to help him.
The HPEC has said candidacy papers would be examined later this week, after which those who did not meet the requirements would be informed and allowed to appeal.
A final list of eligible candidates will be announced on 26 April.
The White House has not commented on the matter, but tens of thousands of angry messages from Hazem Abu Ismail’s supporters have been added to President Obama’s re-election campaign Facebook page.
They are attached to unrelated timeline updates posted in the president’s name including a video of the popstar Janelle Monae – a Barack Obama supporter – and a music playlist for his supporters.
The sheer number of posts are – at least temporarily – preventing the Facebook “Wall” being used as a forum to generate support for Barack Obama ahead of the US presidential vote on 6 November.
The Next Web news site notes that this is not the first time that one of the president’s social media profiles has been “flooded with comments from another country”.
It says Chinese citizens began posting comments to his Google+ page after the network was unblocked in China in February.
This has continued ever since, with some recent posts attracting roughly as many Chinese language comments as English ones.
It prompted one user to write: “Dear Chinese mainlanders spammers. Please respect the President of the United States of America and quit spamming his post!”
Of the 62 celebrity weddings that featured on Hello! magazine’s front cover over the past decade, ten of them, 16%, have ended in divorce.
That is more than double the official divorce figure of 7% within the first six years of marriage.
The revelation adds weight to the theory behind the so-called “curse of Hello!” – that couples who appear in the magazine may be destined to split up.
Three of the ten Hello! divorces came within the first two years of marriage and only three couples managed more than five years.
The shortest marriage was Kim Kardashian, who divorced basketball player Kris Humphries after 72 days.
Couples who appear in the Hello magazine may be destined to split up
Other ill-fated cover stars include Westlife’s Brian McFadden and Kerry Katona, as well as Boyzone’s Ronan Keating and wife Yvonne.
Ulrika Jonsson sold her 1990 wedding to John Turnbull to Hello! and divorced him five years later. In 2003, she was on the cover with second husband Lance Gerrard-Wright. The union lasted two years.
Elizabeth Hurley and Indian textile tycoon Arun Nayar pocketed $3.5 million when they sold their wedding to Hello! in 2007. They parted four years later.
Hello!’s editor Rosie Nixon said the idea of a curse was “totally unfounded”. But former editor Kay Goddard said: “Perhaps they should put a clause in the contract that celebrity couples who divorce within a certain time should repay some of their fee.”
A collection of more than 200,000 records relating to the Titanic has been published online to mark the 100th anniversary from the ship’s sinking on 15 April 1912.
The documents provide information about survivors and the 1,500 people who died, including a number of wills and hundreds of coroner inquest files.
The collection has been gathered by the subscription-based family history website Ancestry.co.uk.
However, access to the Titanic records collection is free until 31 May 2012.
More than 200,000 Titanic-related records have been published online to mark the 100th anniversary from the ship's sinking
The Titanic, which was built in Belfast, sank in the Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage to New York.
The records include the ship’s official passenger list, which shows the names, ages and occupations of those on board the ill-fated liner.
It also details the nationalities, positions and addresses of the ship’s crew which had more than 900 members.
The last will and testament of Titanic’s captain, Edward J. Smith, is among the documents which can be accessed online.
The wills of wealthy American businessmen Benjamin Guggenheim and John Jacob Astor can also be viewed on the site.
All three men lost their lives in the disaster.
Members of the public can search through more than 329 coroner inquest files and records of the 330 bodies that were recovered at sea.
Images of the grave headstones of 121 passengers have also been published.
The website also has a passenger list from the Carpathia, the vessel which rescued more than 700 people from Titanic.
Ancestry.co.uk content manager, Miriam Silverman, told the Press Association: “Over the generations, many families may have heard rumors that they had an ancestor aboard the Titanic, or even lost the evidence proving it.
“We’re very pleased to be able to offer access to these valuable records for free, enabling thousands to uncover the story of their ancestor’s tragic voyage.”
China has created a rare earth association in a bid to regulate the sector’s development, as it continues to face criticism over its policies.
Beijing has imposed quotas on exports of rare earth elements, a move which its critics say has pushed up prices.
Last month, the US, Japan and the European Union filed a case at the World Trade Organization, challenging China’s restrictions.
China produces more than 95% of the world’s rare earth elements.
Rare earth elements are critical components in the manufacture of various high-tech products, including DVDs, mobile phones, flatscreen TVs and hybrid batteries.
China has created a rare earth association in a bid to regulate the sector's development, as it continues to face criticism over its policies
China’s trading partners have alleged that Beijing has been trying to utilize its position as the world’s biggest producer of rare earths to benefit domestic manufacturers.
They have argued that by limiting exports, Beijing has kept prices low for domestic buyers, while international firms have had to pay more.
It’s also claimed that Beijing was trying to put pressure on international manufacturers to move to China.
Chinese state news agency Xinhua said the new association was likely to help with efforts to cope with international trade frictions and disputes.
China has denied these allegations and said that it imposed the restrictions to ensure that excessive mining of these elements did not cause environmental damage.
Su Bo, an industry vice minister, said Beijing is looking to further tighten its policies for the sector.
“China will continue to clean up the rare earth industry, expand rare earth environmental controls, strengthen environmental checks, and implement stricter rare earth environmental policies,” Su Bo was quoted as saying by the Xinhua news agency.
According to Xinhua, the association will have 155 members, including some of the biggest producers of rare earths, and report to the Ministry of Industry and Technology which regulates production of these elements.
According to researchers, it appears the days of women setting their sights on marrying “above themselves” are over, as they become better educated and better paid.
Indeed modern women could hardly be further from the likes of Pride and Prejudice’s Elizabeth Bennet and her scheming to net Mr. Darcy – not just the man she loved but, crucially, a wealthy aristocrat.
Analyzing how female aspirations have changed over the past 50 years the researchers found women in their late twenties and early thirties are increasingly marrying “beneath themselves” by opting for men of lower social classes.
The study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) in UK adds weight to the idea that today’s economically independent women are freer to marry for love rather than to further themselves.
The think-tank says the proportion of those “marrying down” – such as the Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter Zara Phillips who is now wed to former England rugby player Mike Tindall – has exceeded those “marrying up” for the first time.
The study found 28% of women born between 1976 and 1981 married men who were less educated and worse paid than them. In 1958, the figure was 23%.
British Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Phillips married England rugby star Mike Tindall
Of the women born between 1976 and 1981, only 16% married up and more than half (56%) married someone of the same class, defined by the IPPR as someone in a similar occupation.
In 1958, 39% married someone of the same class and 38% married up.
The research also showed that while attitudes towards marrying across social class have changed, those towards age have become more entrenched.
Most women marry men who are older than them and are more likely to do so than those of previous generations.
Richard Darlington of the IPPR said: “In the 60s, women working in highly segregated offices in junior clerical roles fell in love with men in senior positions and <<married the boss>>.
“By the 70s and 80s, women had moved into more senior positions themselves and were marrying men in similar professional categories. By the 90s, the toy boy phenomenon was at its height and by the noughties age was no longer a social taboo.
“Women are still marrying older men from the same social class as themselves, but for the first time, the proportion marrying down is higher than the proportion marrying up, and one in five women are now marrying men who are seven or more years older than them.”
Official figures last week showed 52% of women aged 17-30 went into higher education compared with 42% of men.
Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia spoke out during an interview with BBC about the many changes she would like to see in her country.
Princess Basma, 47, is the youngest daughter of former Saudi Arabia’s ruler, King Saud, and niece to its current king. The princess currently lives in Acton, West London, and is a businesswoman setting up a series of restaurant chains in Saudi Arabia which she now intends to expand into Britain.
Princess Basma was schooled in Beirut by French Christian Missionary School, taught by Christian Nuns among Christians and Jews who did not adhere to the Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia. In Britain she attended a Hertfordshire girls’ school and a College in London before spending two years studying in Switzerland.
“I speak as the daughter of King Saud, the former ruler of Saudi Arabia. My father established the first women’s university in the kingdom, abolished slavery and tried to establish a constitutional monarchy that separates the position of king from that of prime minister. But I am saddened to say that my beloved country today has not fulfilled that early promise.
Our ancient culture, of which I am very proud, is renowned for its nobility and generosity, but we lack, and urgently need, fundamental civil laws with which to govern our society.
As a daughter, sister, [former] wife, mother, businesswoman and a working journalist, these are the things that I would like to see changed in Saudi Arabia.”
1. Constitution
“I would like to see a proper constitution that treats all men and women on an equal footing before the law but that also serves as a guide to our civil laws and political culture.
For example, today in Saudi courts, all decisions are made according to the individual judge’s interpretation of the holy Koran. This is entirely dependent on his own personal beliefs and upbringing rather than universally agreed principles or a written constitution as a guide.
I am not calling for a western system but an adaptation of that system to suit our needs and culture. Thus our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in stone and not open to the whims of individual judges as is the case now.
In particular, the constitution should protect every citizen’s basic human rights regardless of their sex, status or sect. Everyone should be equal before the law.”
2. Divorce laws
“I strongly believe that current divorce laws are abusive.
Today in Saudi, a woman can ask for a divorce only if she files for what is called <<Khali and Dhali>>. This means either she pays a big sum of money running into tens of thousands of dollars or she has to get someone to witness the reason why she is filing for a divorce – an impossible condition to fulfil given that such reasons usually are the kind that remain within the four walls of a marriage.
Another way to keep a woman in the marital home against her will is the automatic granting of custody of any children over the age of six to the father in any divorce settlements.
This state of affairs is in complete contradiction to the Koran, upon which our laws are supposed to be based. In it a woman is given full rights to divorce simply in the case of <<irreconcilable differences>>.”
Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia spoke out about the many changes she would like to see in her country
3. Overhaul of the education system
“The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
The content of the syllabus is extremely dangerous. For one, our young are taught that a woman’s position in society is inferior. Her role is strictly limited to serving her family and raising children. They are actually taught that if a woman has to worship anyone other than God it should be her husband; <<that the angels will curse her if she is not submissive to her husband’s needs>>. Girls are also strictly forbidden from taking part in any physical education. This is a result of a complete misinterpretation of the Koran. I consider these ideologies to be inherently abusive.
Aside from that, the focus in most of our educational system is on religious subjects such as hadith (sayings attributed to the prophet), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), tafssir (interpretation of the Koran) and of course the Koran. The attitude is that <<learning itself, anything other than religion won’t get you into heaven so don’t waste your time>>. I would like to see religious teaching limited to the Koran and the Sunna (the way the prophet lived), where the true ethics of Islam lie. The rest is blind rote learning of the most dangerous kind. It has left our youth vulnerable to fundamentalist ideologies that have led to terrorism and abuse of the true meaning of the Koran.
Instead of wasting our youths’ intellect on memorizing quotations whose origins is uncertain (such as those found in hadith, Fiqh and tafssir) we need to encourage them to think freely, innovate and use their initiative for the betterment of our society. Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature. Our religion should not be a shield behind which we hide from the world but a driving force that inspires us to innovate and contribute to our surroundings. This is the true spirit of Islam.”
4. A complete reform of social services
“The ministry of social affairs is tolerating cruelty towards women rather than protecting them. The only refuge homes that abused women can turn to are state ones. In these, women are continuously told that by seeking refuge they have brought shame on their families.
If they come from powerful families then they will be sent straight back to their homes in fear of the wrath of a powerful patriarch. As a result we have seen many cases of suicide by educated women, doctors and scientists who were sent back to their abusers.
We need independent women’s refuges where the rights of women are upheld and backed up by powerful laws that can override family traditions and protect women.
The ministry of social affairs not only abuses women’s rights but is also one of the reasons poverty is rife in the kingdom. A corrupt system that lacks transparency has meant that more than 50% of our population is poor and needy even though we are one of the wealthiest countries on earth.”
5. The role of the Mahram (chaperone)
“Women in Saudi cannot get around or travel without a mahram (a kind of chaperone – usually a male relative).
At the time of the prophet, women used to have a man to accompany them but in those days Arabia was a desert literally full of pirates.
Today the only purpose of such a law is to curtail women’s freedom of movement. This not only infantilizes women but turns them unnecessarily into a burden on their men and on society.
Today women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to drive.
This one seems to concern western observers the most but there are more essential rights we need to obtain first.
I am definitely for women driving but I don’t think this is the right time for a reversal of this law. In the current climate if a woman drives, she could be stopped, harassed beaten or worse to teach her a lesson.
This is why I am against women driving until we are educated enough and until we have the necessary laws to protect us from such madness. Otherwise we might as well hand out a license to the extremists to abuse us further. If as drivers we get harassed, they will say to the Islamic world <<see what happens when women drive, they get harassed they get beaten>> and they will call for even more stringent laws to control women. This is something we can’t afford. Fundamental changes in the law and its attitude to women are needed before we take this step.
On the whole it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.”
Transition, a prototype car made by US company Terrafugia that is licensed to fly as well as drive, has been put on display at the New York International Auto Show.
The car is the first vehicle in the world to have met both the standards of the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), according to Cliff Allen, Vice President of Sales at Terrafugia.
This makes it the first “street legal aeroplane”, he said.
Known as the Transition, the versatile vehicle has two seats, four wheels and retractable wings.
It is expected to be available next year, with a price tag in the region of $279,000.
The vehicle currently has an experimental certificate from the FAA, meaning the company has permission to fly it in US airspace for test purposes. The company hopes in time it will gain a light sport aircraft license.
The hybrid vehicle completed its first successful test flight at Plattsburgh International Airport near Montreal in Canada last month.
A retired US Air Force test pilot took the maiden voyage – after volunteering his services.
The Terrafugia Transition has an experimental certificate from the FAA, meaning the company has permission to fly it in US airspace for test purposes
“We are very fortunate to have found him,” said Dr. Samuel Schwegart, an engineer at Terrafugia working on the project.
The vehicle flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes.
However, important details still need to be worked out from test data, including the stall speed of the aircraft.
There are significant design challenges marrying a roadworthy vehicle with a skyworthy one, according to Dr. Samuel Schwegart.
“We were curious to see how it would take off,” says Dr. Samuel Schwegart.
“Unlike a normal plane, it cannot rock back on its rear wheels at the moment of take-off, because it is designed to be stable as a car on the road.”
The engineers also found that Transition needed more speed than anticipated on take-off, to generate the necessary lift for ascent.
A hard landing was also reported, but nothing of concern, according to Dr. Samuel Schwegart.
“You can pull up at a regular gas station to fill it up,” says Dr. Samuel Schwegart. A full tank holds 23 gallons (87 litres) of fuel.
It requires Premium 91-octane fuel, and does 35 miles to the gallon (6.7l/100km) on the road, and 28 mile (8.4l/100km) in the air.
“The discrepancy is because of drag,” says Dr. Samuel Schwegart.
Although Transition can be stored in a normal garage, it needs a 1,700-foot (520-metre) runway to take off.
According to Terrafugia, this is no problem, as there are 5,000 state airports in the United States. And there are a further 5,000 private ones, which might just mean a simple runway belonging to a farmer in a field.
Terrafugia calculates that you are rarely further than half an hour from a take-off point – and there are apps like Foreflight which will tell you where the nearest one is, whether you are on the ground, or up in the air hoping to come down.
“You just do your pre-flight checks, unfold your wings and away you go,” says Dr. Samuel Schwegart.
The initial target market was existing pilots, but the company is now reaching out to people with no aviation background.
The vehicle offers an “advanced level of freedom in life, more efficiency in personal travel”, according to a company representative.
Terrafugia currently has 100 pre-orders, which in their current small production facility in Woburn, Massachusetts, already means a two-to-three-year backlog.
With a range of 644 miles (1,035 km) on a full tank, the vehicle could in theory make a non-domestic journey. For the time being, however, the vehicle is restricted by its license to flying in the US.
Oxytocin, the so-called “cuddle hormone”, a chemical that helps mothers bond with their babies, can dramatically improve male sexual performance, producing results on a par with Viagra, researchers have found.
One of the scientists behind the discovery and development of Viagra was so impressed that he described an oxytocin-based treatment as having “blockbuster potential”.
Oxytocin is a hormone naturally made in the body in both men and women, and is involved in sex, sexual attraction, trust and confidence.
Extra doses of the “cuddle chemical” are released into a mother’s blood during labor – triggering the production of breast milk – and flood the brain during breastfeeding, helping mother and baby bond.
Oxytocin has recently been shown to make men more sensitive and in tune with others’ feelings, but its effects on the male physique were unknown until now.
Researchers in California published a paper on the hormone’s effects after giving it to a married father of three who suffered from attention deficit disorder and had difficulty in maintaining social relationships.
His relationship with his wife was also in difficulties, and conventional drugs either were not suitable or had unwanted side-effects.
Spraying the hormone up his nose twice a day did little to help his social phobia but did wonders for his love life, the Journal of Sexual Medicine reports.
His libido went from “very weak” to “somewhat strong”, his sexual arousal from “somewhat difficult” to “somewhat easy” and the act itself was easier to perform and more satisfying.
The spray also produced emotional benefits. The man said he found it easier to be affectionate towards his wife, while she said he wanted to be closer to her and was more tactile.
But not all oxytocin effects may be quite so welcome.
The man, who is identified only as Mr. B, also hugged a work colleague in a “very out of character” way. At the time the paper was written, the man had not experienced any other side-effects, despite using the oxytocin spray twice a day for several months.
Oxytocin, the so-called “cuddle hormone” can dramatically improve male sexual performance, producing results on a par with Viagra
However, the positive effects vanished if he stopped using the spray.
The University of California researchers said the improvements were “in keeping” with those of Viagra.
They concluded: “These findings support trials directly examining the use of oxytocin to treat problems in this vital aspect of human function, especially in the context of stable, loving relationships.”
Others said that as Viagra does not work in all cases, there is a great medical need for a new drug.
Dr. Mike Wyllie, one of the team of scientists that discovered and developed Viagra for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, said that for some men who have had surgery, the little blue pills can work in as few as 10% of cases.
With sales of Viagra and similar pills reaching almost $4 billion year worldwide, there are billions to be made.
Dr. Mike Wyllie said that a drug based on oxytocin could have “blockbuster potential”.
However, he warned that drug watchdogs may be cautious about approving a medicine that has emotional as well as physical effects.
A new report in Science journal gives details on how carbon-based material graphene can help scientists study liquids more clearly with high-power microscopes.
Graphene can form a clear “window” to see liquids at higher resolution than was previously possible using transmission electron microscopes.
Liquids had been difficult to view at the same resolution as solids because these microscopes require the liquids to be encapsulated by some material.
Traditionally, silicon nitride or silicon oxide capsules, or liquid cells, have been used. But these are generally too thick to see through clearly.
Now, Jong Min Yuk at the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues have shown that pockets created by sheets of graphene can be used to study liquids at clear, atomic, resolution using transmission electron microscopes (TEMs).
Graphene can form a clear window to see liquids at higher resolution than was previously possible using transmission electron microscopes
The researchers used their new graphene-based liquid cell to study the formation of platinum nanocrystals in solution.
With this technique, the team of scientists was able to observe new and unexpected stages of nanocrystal growth as it happened.
They noted how the crystals selectively coalesced and modified their shape.
Graphene consists of a flat layer of carbon atoms tightly packed into a two-dimensional honeycomb arrangement.
Because it is so thin, it is also practically transparent. The unusual electronic, mechanical and chemical properties of graphene at the molecular scale promise numerous applications.
Its discoverers, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from Manchester University, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010.
The technique described by Jong Min Yuk and colleagues might enable scientists to study other physical, chemical, and biological phenomena that take place in liquids on the nanometre scale.
“Their approach opens new domains of research in the physics and chemistry in the fluid phase in general,” said Christian Colliex, from the Universite Paris Sud in France, who was not involved with the research.
In another paper published in this week’s Science magazine, researchers from the US and Spain report that the stress of pressing the tip of an atomic force microscope into a thin film of material can switch the direction of the film’s electric charge.
This phenomenon, called “flexoelectricity”, could be harnessed to improve memory in electronic devices.
It could achieve this by allowing digital bits of information to be written mechanically but read electrically – which would use less power.
The process has been likened to a nanoscale typewriter – mechanically “writing” changes in the direction of electric charge.
