Ice age to interglacial period: Greatest climate change
July 24th, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Copenhagen, July 24 (IANS) The greatest climate change ever recorded by the world over the last 100,000 years has been the transition from the ice age to the warm interglacial ... Read more...
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A cheaper, simpler way to tap solar energy
December 7th, 2011 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 7 (IANS) Scientists in the US have found a novel way to concentrate the sun's heat without using mirrors, potentially enabling a simpler and cheaper way to harness ... Read more...
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India launches second home-built stealth warship (Lead)
August 20th, 2011 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) The Indian Navy added to its striking capabilities Saturday by commissioning its second indigenously designed and built warship, INS Satpura, a multi-role combatant stealth frigate that ... Read more...
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Using liquid foam technology to improve greenhouse, plant microclimates
December 29th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 29 (ANI): A team of Canadian researchers has developed a liquid foam technology to improve greenhouse climates by reducing solar heat radiation and temperatures during the hot summer season.Results showed ... Read more...
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NASA reveals Saturn is on a cosmic dimmer switch
November 11th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found that Saturn emitted gradually less energy each year from 2005 to 2009, but its southern hemisphere consistently emitted more energy than its northern ... Read more...
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Nanoparticles based heat pump may one day cool buildings
January 21st, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, January 21 (ANI): A research by Australian scientists has suggested that a heat pump based on nanoparticles could one day cool buildings without the need for energy-intensive air conditioning.According to a ... Read more...
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T-rays may soon replace X-rays
December 21st, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 21 (IANS) T-rays are more penetrating than X-rays and are likely to replace the latter in locating terror bombs or illegal drugs, says new research.
Alexey Belyanin, associate professor in ... Read more...
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New Saturn ring discovered
October 8th, 2009 - 6:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Pasadena, Oct 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The flaming planet Saturn with its multiple rings added one more feather to its cap when its brightest and biggest ring was discovered by Nasa's Spitzer Space ... Read more...
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Global warming may initiate release of underground methane into atmosphere
September 3rd, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 3 (ANI): Scientists are worrying that rising global temperatures accompanied by melting permafrost in arctic regions will initiate the release of underground methane into the atmosphere.Once released, that methane gas ... Read more...
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Methane under permafrost could speed up global warming 20-fold
September 3rd, 2009 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 3 (IANS) Melting permafrost in arctic regions, triggered by global warming, will release underground methane. Once released, methane would speed up global warming by trapping the earth's heat radiation about ... Read more...
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World’s largest space telescope aims to explore depths of the Universe
May 12th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, May 12 (ANI): Herschel, the largest space telescope ever built, would explore the depths of the Universe, once it launches into orbit aboard the latest ESA (European Space Agency) mission on ... Read more...
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DNA repair enzymes relocate when cells are under stress
March 27th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 27 (ANI): In times of stress and genetic damage, some DNA repair enzymes can relocate to the part of the cell that needs their help, according to a collaborative team ... Read more...
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Polar regions key to understanding climate change: Experts
December 4th, 2008 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, Dec 4 (DPA) Changes taking place in the Arctic and the Antarctica, as well as the unique conditions existing at those ends of the planet, make the polar regions key to ... Read more...
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‘Sunshield’ to protect space telescope from extremes of heat, cold
November 13th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 13 (IANS) Engineers have designed a 'Sunshield' to protect NASA's James Webb space telescope from extremes of heat and cold, radiation and small debris. Besides, the 'Sunshield' would also block ... Read more...
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