Den vitryske människorättsaktivisten och dissidenten Aljaksandr ”Ales” Bjaljatski har frigivits efter att han beviljats amnesti.

När fyra tonårspojkar misslyckades med att komma in gratis på Liseberg i Göteborg sent på lördagseftermiddagen gick det våldsamt till.

An anonymous reader sends word that BlackBerry, hit hard over the past several years by the emergence of smart phones, has come back to profitability. BlackBerry has been fighting an uphill battle to stay relevant in the world of mobile devices. It has lost market share to Apple, companies like Samsung that offer gadgets running on Google's Android operating system, and Microsoft. But John Chen, who took over as CEO in November, has injected new life to the company. Chen, who says BlackBerry is getting close to breaking even on its hardware business, has steered the company's focus more towards software. He's made several product announcements that Wall Street has cheered. Last month, the company launched its Project Ion, an initiative to develop more connected devices ... a trend dubbed the Internet of Things. On Wednesday, BlackBerry reached a deal with Amazon that will let users of BlackBerry's newest operating system access Android apps in Amazon's appstore later this fall.

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An anonymous reader writes: Years of research has gone into products that are hydrophobic — they resist getting wet. But nature solved this problem long ago, and it's ubiquitous outside our buildings and homes. You've probably seen it yourself, after a light rain: water collects in round droplets on many leaves from trees and plants, refusing to spread out evenly across the surface. This article explains why that happens using super slow-mo cameras and an electron microscope. "[T]he water isn't really sitting on the surface. A superhydrophobic surface is a little like a bed of nails. The nails touch the water, but there are gaps in between them. So there's fewer points of contact, which means the surface can't tug on the water as much, and so the drop stays round. ... [After looking at a leaf in the electron microscope,] we saw this field of tiny wax needles, each needle just a few microns in length! The water drops are suspended on these ultra-microscopic wax needles, and that keeps it from wetting the surface."

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Former world champions had to come from a goal down to share points against an attacking Ghana side in Brazil 2014.

Former world champions had to come from a goal down to share points against an attacking Ghana side in Brazil 2014.

 

8 000 svenskar har en hjärtstartare inopererad och en ny studie visar nu att hjärtstartaren är aktiverad hos många av dessa även när de ligger för döden. Det kan bli både smärtsamt och ångestfyllt för patienten när apparaten försöker återuppliva patienten.

USA tillsätter en särskild arbetsgrupp för att komma tillrätta med de senaste årens massdöd bland honungsbin. Naturvårdsmyndigheten EPA och jordbruksdepartementet ska leda insatsen - som bland annat handlar om att upprätta skyddade naturmiljöer för de sötsugna insekterna, skriver BBC.

En 15-årig pojke skadades allvarligt när han föll genom taket till en idrottshall i Hovmantorp i Lessebo kommun. Polisen larmades om olyckan vid 23-tiden på midsommarafton, skriver Kvällsposten.

Moscow expresses support for Kiev's cease-fire initiative with rebels, but says both sides must engage in negotiations.

Moscow expresses support for Kiev's cease-fire initiative with rebels, but says both sides must engage in negotiations.

Perl Based Secure Distributed Computing Network Process

Perl Based Secure Distributed Computing Network Process

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