In order to make smartphone touchscreens cheaper, stronger and less harmful to the environment, a team of researchers at the University of Sussex has developed a new technology that is less energy-consuming, air-polluting and more responsive to the user’s touch.

According to German news agency (dpa), the problem has been that indium tin oxide, which is currently used to make smartphone screens, is brittle and expensive.

The primary constituent, indium, is also a rare metal and is ecologically damaging to extract. http://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 https://aawsat.com

Baghdad accused Irbil on Sunday of bringing members from the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, to Kirkuk, while it sent reinforcement from the army and Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) to the southern part of the disputed city, in an attempt to remove the oil-rich region from Kurdish control. 

Iraq’s National Security Council headed by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a statement Sunday that the presence of armed men is a “dangerous escalation” and a declaration of war, also warning from the presence of armed militias “not belonging to the regular security forces in Kirk http://ift.tt/1p5TKH4 https://aawsat.com