Helium wasted on party balloons: Experts
March 22nd, 2012 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 22 (IANS) Scientists have warned their experiments are at risk from a shortage of Helium because the gas is being wasted on party balloons.The gas is crucial ... Read more...
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Habitable planet found
February 3rd, 2012 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) A potentially habitable planet orbiting a nearby star has been discovered by scientists.With an orbital period of about 28 days and a minimum mass 4.5 times ... Read more...
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Flying shark stuns NZ pilot
January 4th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Christchurch, Jan 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A New Zealand pilot thought he was dreaming when he spotted a “flying shark” during a flight on the 26th of December. Alarmed by the unusual sight, ... Read more...
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Iran finds major helium reserve
October 1st, 2011 - 4:04 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Oct 1 (IANS) Iran has discovered a major helium reserve, an estimated 10 billion cubic meters of gas, in the southern part of the country, the official media reported ... Read more...
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Island sculpture goes missing at Secret Garden party
August 4th, 2011 - 1:09 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A helium-filled inflatable desert island model floated away in front of several people without anyone noticing it. The owners of the balloon are urging people who ... Read more...
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Euthanasia fanatic ’showing videos on how to kill yourself to 14-yr-old students’
April 17th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 17 (ANI): An Australian euthanasia activist has shocked the world by showing videos to young students illustrating assisted suicide.Dr Philip Nitschke, nicknamed Dr Death, is shown demonstrating his machine that ... Read more...
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Dying white dwarf stars could be fertile ground for other Earths
March 31st, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 31 (ANI): The best place to look for planets that can support life is around dim, dying stars called white dwarfs.Eric Agol, a University of Washington associate professor of astronomy, ... Read more...
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Scientists recreate floating house from movie ‘Up!’
March 8th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 8 (ANI): A team of scientists have recreated the flying house from Pixar movie 'Up!', and have proven that it can actually fly.The team from National Geographic, comprising of ... Read more...
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Kepler space telescope listens to ‘music of the stars’
February 20th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 20 (ANI): The Kepler space telescope is significantly better at measuring the sizes and ages of stars - when it 'listens' to the sounds they make.Bill Chaplin of the University ... Read more...
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New device to help confirm Kepler’s planetary candidates
February 15th, 2011 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 15 (ANI): The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is part of an international collaboration building a new instrument called HARPS-North, which will complement Kepler by helping to confirm and characterize ... Read more...
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New addition to solar system may be bigger than Jupiter
February 14th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 14 (IANS) A new planet in our solar system's outer reaches could be four times as large as Jupiter, the biggest planet in the system, scientists believe.
Its orbit would ... Read more...
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Sheffield PhD Students Alex Baker And Chris Rose Launched Video Camera Into Space For Pounds 350
January 28th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Two PhD students from Sheffield University, namely Alex Baker And Chris Rose, made their way to fame as they launched a video camera into space for ... Read more...
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Remnants of star that exploded more than 13bn yrs ago found
January 6th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 6 (ANI): Scientists in the UK and US have found the remnants of a star that exploded more than 13 billion years ago, which they believe was probably one of ... Read more...
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India’s first balloon-mounted radar launched successfully
December 28th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 28 (IANS) India's first indigenously-developed balloon-mounted radar that will greatly enhance the surveillance capabilities of the armed forces has been successfully launched here, an official said.The aerostat radar was launched ... Read more...
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Coming soon: a diving suit that turns humans into fish
November 22nd, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 22 (ANI): Humans may now be able go deep inside the waters, as a US scientist has designed a scuba suit would allow us to breathe liquid like fish.Arnold Lande, ... Read more...
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Potato launched into space
November 19th, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The race to be the first to get into space might have passed but there is another space race. This time, the race is between schoolchildren. ... Read more...
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Potato Santa Clause Launched Into Space By Children
November 19th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) After several astronauts, guess whose turn was it to make a visit to the space? It was none other than Santa Clause, to make his first ... Read more...
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Justin Bieber speaks out against bullying on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
November 4th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber opened up about his own struggles on The Ellen DeGeneres Show."There are so many bullies. It goes on so much...Everybody goes through bullying...even ... Read more...
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Justin Bieber ignores online bullying
November 4th, 2010 - 3:17 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 4 (IANS) Teen sensation Justin Bieber is used to get bullied online, and has chosen to ignore them all.The "Baby" hitmaker says he tries to brush off the hateful comments ... Read more...
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Games ceremony sways to 1,000 percussionists
October 3rd, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) They came from the far corners of India with their booming drums, 1,000 of them, setting the pace for a dazzling Commonwealth Games opening ceremony here Sunday. ... Read more...
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CWG gets off to breathtaking start (Lead)
October 3rd, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Watched by millions across the globe, the 19th Commonwealth Games got off to a spectacular start here Sunday evening amid traditional Indian music and a burst ... Read more...
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Oldest Earth mantle reservoir discovered on Baffin Island
August 12th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 12 (ANI): Scientists have discovered evidence for the oldest Earth mantle reservoir on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic.The Earth's mantle is a rocky, solid shell that is between the ... Read more...
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Discovery of new type of supernova may shed light on mysteries of universe
May 22nd, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 22 (ANI): Scientists at Weizmann Institute of Science, in collaboration with others around the world, have identified a new type of exploding star, called supernova-a feat that could shed Light ... Read more...
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Astronomers find ‘defiant’ new supernova
May 20th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 20 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a supernova whose origin cannot be explained by any previously known mechanism and which promises exciting new insights into stellar explosions.SN2005E was first spotted ... Read more...
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Cosmic link to calcium in our bones discovered
May 20th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 20 (ANI): The calcium in our bones has a cosmic link, according to a new study.Astronomers have come across a new type of supernova, which they believe may be the ... Read more...
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Telescope to watch ‘dancing’ stars
May 16th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 16 (ANI): After spending billion of years twinkling and shining, some stars in the heavens appear to "dance" as they wind down.Now, for the next 14 days, the Whole ... Read more...
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Giant airship can carry 1,000 pounds of payloads up to 20,000-ft above Earth
May 6th, 2010 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 6 (ANI): A 235-foot prototype Bullet Airship, called The Bullet 580, can carry 1,000 pounds of payloads up to 20,000 feet above Earth.The inflatable airship, which has a helium-filled tanker ... Read more...
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Missing primitive stars outside Milky Way uncovered
February 18th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Munich, Feb 18 (ANI): New observations using ESO's (European Southern Observatory's) Very Large Telescope have uncovered the missing primitive stars outside the Milky Way galaxy."We have, in effect, found a flaw in ... Read more...
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Ancient helium shows up in Big Bang’s echo
February 9th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 9 (ANI): Reports indicate that the subtle signal of ancient helium has shown up for the first time in light left over from the big bang, a discovery that will ... Read more...
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Hubble Telescope Makes It Possible To Get The First Look Of The Earliest Galaxies
January 6th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The astronomers caught the glimpse of the earliest of the galaxies with the aid of NASA's Hubble telescope. The visual treat that the astronomers were entitled ... Read more...
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NASA’s Spitzer telescope observes youngest brown dwarf ever observed
November 24th, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 24 (ANI): NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed, a finding that, if confirmed, may solve an astronomical mystery about how ... Read more...
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A bit of bread dropped by a bird grinds ‘Big Bang Machine’ to a halt
November 7th, 2009 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 7 (ANI): Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) found their plans to emulate the big bang postponed this week when a passing bird dropped a "bit of baguette" ... Read more...
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Balloon Boy’s Father Puts End To Son’s Misery
October 18th, 2009 - 6:36 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Oct 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Richard Heene, father of the infamous 'balloon boy' Falcon Heene, the boy who created international furor by disappearing for hours, attempted to put an end to ... Read more...
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Missing boy found safe at home after balloon crash
October 16th, 2009 - 9:07 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Oct 16 (DPA) A 6-year-old boy was initially feared Thursday to have taken off alone in an experimental balloon, leading authorities and national media on a wild goose chase for ... Read more...
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Balloon lands without balloon boy Falcon Heene
October 16th, 2009 - 3:08 am ICT by admin
By Sajal Kayan
Fort Collins, Colorado, Oct 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The stray away Helium ufo-shaped balloon believed to be carrying 6 year old Falcon Heene crashed landed in a Colorado field at ... Read more...
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