Conference of development

Medicine: two types of cancer vaccines

Gardasil and Cervarix will be launched. These two vaccines are intended to treat papillomavirus - HPV transmitted sexually, leading to uterine cancer. Three times enough to provide lifelong protection from virus bases 16 and 18, causing 70% of uterine cancer cases.

In addition, Gardasil also prevents genital warts caused by HPV 6 and 11. This vaccine is a priority for girls before puberty, although transmission from men does not work either. The remaining 30% of uterine cancers are caused by other rarer viruses. Thus, it is necessary to directly monitor whether it has been immunized.

Cervical cancer vaccine (Photo: TTO)

Sexy culture is 100 years old!

In 1907, five naked whores in stereoscopic form caused turmoil in the art world. This year the world celebrates 100 years of this event. But want to enjoy the picture of Girls in Avignon of Picasso , to cross the Atlantic: the picture is now the property of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Picture of Girls in Avignon (Photo: TTO)

Science: stronger than hubble

Basic research will be equipped with two new tools. Cern's laboratory in Geneva is expected to operate a large Hadron accelerator - the LHC in November 2007. With a diameter of 27km, this is the world's largest accelerator, capable of bringing heavy proton or ion beams to nearly the speed of light. As a result, physicists hope to shed light on mysterious particles such as bosons and higgs, the main element of modern physics. People also expect Europe's Herschell space telescope to be launched into orbit. With a lens 3.5 meters in diameter, it will be stronger than NASA's Hubble and used to study the formation of stars and galaxies.

Biology: collect all living things on earth!

2007 celebrates the 300th birthday of the two greatest naturalists in the world: Count Buffon - George Louis Leclerc (France) and Carl Von Linné (Sweden) coincide with the birth of the European Classification Institute. Europe - EDIT - will revolutionize the classification of organisms by scientists. The founder of Simon Tillier Institute said: EDIT will accelerate the inventory of species on Earth with collective work on the Internet. At the current rate, only 16,000 species can be classified in a year, and it takes people 1,000 years to complete the animal world alone! EDIT will coordinate the potential of museums.

The expeditions that classify creatures as Santo are a case in point: after five months of 'inventory' on the Pacific island of Vanuatu, in December 2006 they brought back thousands of unknown species thanks to The balloon flies over the jungle.

The trip of Santo expedition in December 2006 brought
About thousands of unknown species (Photo: TTO)

Hotspot

The unlimited mobile information era has opened with a growing number of wireless Internet access points (Wifi) and the birth of a much more perfect technology: Wimax.

Computer: vista appears

More effective against hackers and holographic interface, Microsoft's Vista operating system will replace Window XP (there were 400 million orders worldwide), scheduled to hit the market by the end of January 2007. .

Vista operating system (Photo: TTO)

Green power at France

On July 1, 2007, the French people had the right to choose their electricity suppliers. For the first time in history, consumers have the right to compare service quality and prices. They can also choose power from wind and waves.

Chemicals with control

The EU Reach Act comes into force to force producers to assess the toxicity of 30,000 substances consumed daily. The goal is from now until 2016, eliminating molecules that can cause cancer or hormonal disorders.

Electronics: Iphone!

After the first test on the failed mobile phone market, Apple will launch a new type of Iphone, from January 2007. The phone cum MP3 player allows wirelessly copying music albums circulating on the Internet. The company's goal: to win the upper hand in the market of selling music online.

Climate: five international poles

March 2007 will start the 4th International Polar Year (API) for 125 years. In the past, people have made great political progress. For example, the third time led to the Antarctic Treaty in 1959, prohibiting all exploitation on this white continent. Since then, the accelerating heat in Antarctica has led to intense controversy, and scientists hope to come to a global compromise to protect the region.

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