Students’ ideas ready for incubation in Kerala
September 5th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Sep 5 (IANS) Making a wheelchair follow your instructions to calling an auto-rickshaw with a text message are among the many projects by Kerala's students lined up for incubation.The ... Read more...
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Smartphone app tracks battlefield objects
August 31st, 2012 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) A new software relying on smartphones' global positioning system (GPS) and imaging abilities can fix the exact location of distant objects as well as monitor the ... Read more...
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AMU suspends 21 engineering students
August 8th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Aug 8 (IANS) Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has suspended 21 students for allegedly using fraudulent means to secure admission into engineering courses. A probe has been ordered.The students are ... Read more...
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AMU lodges FIR against 27 for using unfair means
July 14th, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), July 14 (IANS) The Aligarh Muslim University has lodged a police complaint and demanded stern action against 27 candidates who used unfair means or impersonators for admission ... Read more...
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Squash: Anaka, Kush annex Asian titles
June 24th, 2012 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
Kush Island (Iran), June 23 (IANS) While Anaka Alankamony retained the girls Under-19 title, Kush Kumar annexed the crown in the boys Under-19 category as Indians delivered two gold medals ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Shrimp’s fist-like club inspires new body armour
June 8th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 8 (IANS) A unique structure of the club-like arm of a shrimp that looks like an armoured caterpillar, could help transform military body armour and vehicle and aircraft, ... Read more...
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Manipuri student commits suicide in Bangalore
May 4th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 4 (IANS) A 24-year-old student from Manipur allegedly committed suicide after a spat with his girlfriend, who hails from the same state, in his house in the south-east ... Read more...
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When Akhilesh loved dosas, vadas…
March 10th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 10 (IANS) Akhilesh Yadav, set to become Uttar Pradesh's youngest chief minister, once loved idlis, vadas and dosas - and may still speak a line or two in ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Engineering students arrested for topper classmate’s murder
March 1st, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Hisar (Haryana), Feb 29 (IANS) Two days after they allegedly shot dead their classmate in front of their college, two students of a private engineering college have been arrested by ... Read more...
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Leaping with joy: celebrating 4 birthdays at once
February 29th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Being born on Feb 29 is tricky business. It means that one born on this day, can officially celebrate a birthday only once in four ... Read more...
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Seed extract proves boon for water purification
January 19th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) A compound extracted from the seeds of a 'miracle tree' could purify water cheaply in the developing world and act as a boon for a billion ... Read more...
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Malaysia-India can enhance world economy: Minister
November 1st, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Aligarh, Nov 1 (IANS) Mutual cooperation between Malaysia and India can enhance the world economy to a new horizon, Abdul Taib Mahmud, chief minister of Malaysia's Sarawak state, said ... Read more...
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Air Marshal Vashisht becomes IAF maintenance chief
October 1st, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Air Marshal R.K. Vashisht, a Kargil conflict hero and the senior-most aeronautical engineer of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Saturday took over as the air ... Read more...
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Contractor blamed for building collapse
July 26th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Palwal (Haryana), July 26 (IANS) Haryana Labour Minister Shiv Charan Lal Sharma Tuesday blamed the contractor for the collapse of a college building being built near here that left eight ... Read more...
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Five killed as college building collapses
July 25th, 2011 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Palwal (Haryana), July 25 (IANS) At least five people were killed and a few others were buried under the debris when a portion of a college building collapsed near this ... Read more...
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3 booked for abetting suicide of colleague
May 19th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Ferozepur (Punjab), May 19 (IANS) Three persons, including a woman, have been booked for abetting the suicide of a fellow colleague, said the police here Thursday.According to the police, the ... Read more...
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Retrofitting buildings with carbon fiber may protect it from terrorist attack
April 15th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 15 (ANI): A researcher at the University of Missouri may have discovered a way to protect buildings from a terrorist attack - retrofit buildings with carbon fiber.Sarah Orton, assistant professor ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Soon, jet engines to have volcano-proof coatings!
April 14th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 14 (ANI): A new research led by an Indian-origin scientist has discovered that a new class of ceramic coatings could offer jet engines special protection against volcanic ash damage in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Eco-driving helps cut oil consumption
February 8th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) You can save fuel by avoiding stop-and-go traffic, closing your window, not using air-conditioning or coasting toward halts -- basically what is coming up as eco-driving. Research at ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Device speeds up cleaning of n-contaminated sites
January 2nd, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 2 (IANS) Researchers have built a device that will help speed up cleaning of radioactive contaminated sites.
"This system will be able to provide accurate results in 15 minutes that ... Read more...
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New invention could improve cancer drug delivery
December 24th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 24 (ANI): A new way to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs to cancer tissues in controlled doses without harming healthy body cells has been found by University of Arizona researchers.If successful, the ... Read more...
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Rubik’s Cube robo solves puzzle in 15 seconds!
December 5th, 2010 - 11:16 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 5 (ANI): Students at Rowan University College of Engineering have created a Rubik's Cube robot that solves the iconic 80s toy puzzle with as few as 17 turns in 15 ... Read more...
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New technology desalinates water and produces electricity simultaneously
December 4th, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Colorado Denver College of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered a way to simultaneously desalinate water, produce hydrogen and treat wastewater."Ships and their ... Read more...
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New technology could turn ocean into giant power plant
December 2nd, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 2 (ANI): Experts at Florida Institute of Technology's College of Engineering are testing a new technology to convert the energy produced by waves into electricity, which could the ocean into ... Read more...
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Helping slum children dream big - and go to college (Feature)
November 21st, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Sugandha Pathak
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Only 30 percent of Delhi's slum children make it to school beyond the age of 14. But defying the statistics and the odds, a clutch ... Read more...
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Fresh evidence links mobile phone use to brain tumours
November 2nd, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 02 (ANI): Evidence from a study on the effects of long-term exposure to microwaves from cellular phones has suggested that it could lead to an increased risk of brain tumours.Though ... Read more...
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New graphene study could lead to improvements in bluetooth headsets
October 19th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 19 (ANI): Scientists have successfully built and tested an amplifier made from graphene that could lead to more efficient circuits in electronic chips, such as those used in Bluetooth headsets ... Read more...
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Mishra appointed Railway Board member
October 8th, 2010 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) South Eastern Railway General Manager A.P. Mishra Friday took over as Railway Board member (engineering) and ex-officio secretary of the union government, a statement here said.In addition ... Read more...
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Engineer-statesman Sir MV remembered
September 15th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 15 (IANS) Karnataka Wednesday celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of engineer-statesman Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, popularly known as Sir MV, one of the earliest recipients of the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest ... Read more...
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New Motion Tracking Technology to reduce Injuries in the elderly
August 11th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): A new motion sensing technology developed by the researchers from the University of Missouri will help in reducing injuries in older people.University of Missouri researchers from the Sinclair ... Read more...
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Lecturer poses as Maoist, held
July 3rd, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 3 (IANS) A lecturer has been arrested in Chhattisgarh for pretending to be a Maoist and seeking Rs.10 crore from the director of an engineering college where he works, police ... Read more...
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Manav of ‘Pavitra Rishta’ interested in film-making
June 6th, 2010 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Television actor Sushant Singh Rajput, better known as Manav of "Pavitra Rishta', says his next step is to go back to college once the series comes ... Read more...
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Model to locate, forecast sunken oil following spills developed
May 27th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 27 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) have unveiled a computer model that can locate and forecast sunken oil following spills.James Englehardt, UM professor of environmental engineering in ... Read more...
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Robot designed for safe rescue operations post-disasters
May 7th, 2010 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 7 (IANS) A new software for a robot with a laser sensor can lead to safer and more efficient rescue missions at the time of disasters like earthquakes by entering ... Read more...
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Rescue mission robots just got smarter
May 7th, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 7 (ANI): University of Missouri researchers have developed software for a robot with a laser sensor that can enter dangerous structures to assess the structure's stability and locate any remaining ... Read more...
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