Researchers from Nokia and the University of London, Queen Mary, developed a gadgets to recharge gadgets, generating energy under the influence of sound waves, the 3Dnews portal reports. The principle of operation of the device is based on the piezoelectric effect - electricity is produced as a result of deformation. The main element of the device is an array of the subtlest nanostal, capable of bending under the influence of even minor sound vibrations.

The Russian male team suffered a second defeat during the qualifying tournament of the European Championship - 2015. This time, Russian basketball players lost at home the Italian team 63:65 (14:12, 14:13, 23:18, 12:22). At first, the Russians confidently controlled the course of the meeting, most of which led in the score, but in the final quarter they lost concentration and were defeated, which became the second for the wards of Evgeny Pashutin in the Group G.

The President of the Russian Federation on Thursday almost four hours later than the planned deadline opened a meeting in Yalta with the participation of State Duma deputies and federal ministers, from which the press was expecting sensations . Initially, the live broadcast of the performance at the meeting held in the hall of the Mriya sanatorium promised to conduct the Russia Today TV channel.

“Well, Ms. Simonyan, who previously received two orders from the Putin regime for the “objectivity” of coverage of the Russian-Georgian war in 2008 and the “annexation” of Crimea in 2014, reproaches “Western friends” for misunderstanding the psychology of Putin and the Russian people.

The Russian historian and publicist, director of the Historical Memory Foundation Alexander Dyukov, was detained at the Vilnius International Airport. During the detention, he was stated that he is on the list of persons who are prohibited from entering the territory of the republic, ITAR-TASS reports. Dyukov told the newsletter on the phone that he does not know why he was included in this "black list". "I am engaged in history and far from politics.

On July 18, a user named Wowforreel published a video in YouTube, which demonstrated the opening made by the author. Studying the images of the moon posted in the Google Moon - an interactive map of the lunar surface, which was created on the basis of numerous pictures of the Earth’s satellite made by NASA - he discovered a strange image resembling a human figure.

“When you pick up trash every day, wash the floors, mow the lawn, repair the fence, decorate the balcony with flowers - that’s patience, yes. When you lie on your side until the last minute and get down to business, when you are so pinned down that there is nowhere to retreat, this is something else. And this “something” immediately gives way to impatience: since I got up, I have everything at once! Any revolution is impatience. And the stronger the impatience, the bloodier the revolution.

The Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, Maxim Topilin, said that, unlike the dismissed deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Sergei Belyakov, is not at all a shame for the government’s decision to extend the pension moratorium in 2015. Moreover, he is “proud” by the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers to freeze pension accumulations of fellow citizens, the minister said in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.

The "Yalta speech" of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, which he will utter today, August 14, can become a sensation. The head of state is in the Crimea, where the day before he had already held a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

The police of the American city Ferguson (Missouri), where a black teenager was previously shot dead , detained journalists who illuminated the riots that occurred after the tragic death of Michael Brown. Employees of The Washington Post and The Huffington Post were sent to the station without sufficient grounds.

Galaxy Group announces the start of construction of the Alpha Centauri residential complex, located in the center of Khimki, at the intersection of 9 May Street and Nagornoye Shosse. The total cost of the project is currently estimated at 5 billion rubles.

The Yekaterinburg diabetics began to be stocked for the future with insulin and related drugs due to fear that the sanctions war between Russia and the West will affect this sphere, RIA "New Region" reports. In local pharmacies, the growth of demand for insulin is fixed, but its deficiency in Yekaterinburg has not yet been observed. Meanwhile, as you know, more than 90% of insulin sold in Russia is produced by companies in the participating countries of sanctions confrontation.

Investigators of the Irkutsk region opened a criminal case against a woman who provides for children to supervision. The owner of a private kindergarten is suspected of killing one of the wards by negligence. A child aged 1 year and four months died on Wednesday directly in the apartment of a suspect on Lermontov Street in Irkutsk, where there is a kindergarten.

Dortmund Borussia won the German Super Cup for the second season, having overcome the Munich Bavaria in the decisive match of her eternal rival. Both clubs held a match without most players who participated in the World Cup in Brazil, Reuters notes. Last year, the Dortmunds outplayed Bavaria with a score of 4: 2, and this time they limited themselves to their native BVB-Stadio with two unrequited balls.

A criminal case has been instituted in the Chechen Republic against the guard of order suspected of killing a young man. The policeman used weapons, being among the wedding participants. At that moment he was not in the service. The murder is suspected by an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Musa Atuev, writes the Caucasian Knot .