Weather plays spoilsport for tandem chair balloon
July 16th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, July 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The plan of two men to fly the “tandem chair” balloon from Oregon to Montana came to abrupt end when the weather forced the adventure to ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
LUCIFER allows astronomers to observe stars being born
April 23rd, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 23 (ANI): A new instrument for the world's largest optical telescope, the Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham, in south-eastern Arizona, allows astronomers to watch stars being born.The new instrument, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
U.S. Navy plane carrying four service members crashes in the North Arabian Sea
March 31st, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by BNO News
MANAMA, BAHRAIN (BNO NEWS) -- Three U.S. service members were injured and a fourth remains missing after a U.S. Navy aircraft crashed in the North Arabian Sea on Wednesday, officials said.The E-2C ... Read more...
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Levitating magnet may yield new method to obtain clean energy
January 25th, 2010 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 25 (ANI): Scientists have said that a new experiment that reproduces the magnetic fields of the Earth and other planets with the help of a levitating magnet, has the potential ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Giant robotic cages may one day roam the seas as future fish farms
August 19th, 2009 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 19 (ANI): If scientists have their way, giant robotic cages may one day roam the seas as future fish farms, which could help produce greener, healthier, and more numerous ... Read more...
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Powerful x-rays may reveal secrets of ‘dinobird’ fossil
February 23rd, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) About 150 million years ago, an evolutionarily hybrid creature, a dinosaur metamorphosing into a bird, died in what is now Germany, and become fossilised in limestone.
About 150 years ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Hidden secrets of dinos may be revealed by X-ray technique
February 16th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): By using synchrotron X-rays, a team of scientists hope to uncover the hidden secrets of dinosaurs, by detecting unseen details of the soft tissue that once surrounded ... Read more...
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Yamuna in full spate in Agra no more attractive (Letter from Agra)
August 18th, 2008 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, Aug 18 (IANS) There was a time when people in Agra would flock to the Yamuna banks during the monsoon to watch the river dance in whirlpools or the ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |