Osama was unarmed, almost dead, when ‘killed’, says book
August 29th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) Osama bin Laden, the Al Qaeda chief, was unarmed and had already died with a bullet to the brain when the US Navy commandos entered his ... Read more...
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Shivan & Naresh, Swapnil Shinde use lasers in LFW show
August 7th, 2012 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) Designers Shivan and Naresh and Swapnil Shinde created quite a spectacle for the fashionistas present for their show at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) here Monday, ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Laser wipes paper clean for reuse
May 20th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 20 (IANS) Engineers have developed a way of using lasers to remove ink from paper so it can be reused in printers and photocopiers.
The new technique could ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
I’d love to be a dermatologist: Aniston
April 5th, 2012 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, April 5 (IANS) Actress Jennifer Aniston says she is so fascinated by skin-related things and that she would love to be a dermatologist."I'd love to be a ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Kanye West wins best rap song, album awards
February 13th, 2012 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 13 (IANS) Rapper Kanye West walked away with best rap album for "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" and best song for "All of the lights", from ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Germany makes micro-miniature steam engine
December 14th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Dec 14 (IANS) German engineers have successfully made a micro-miniature steam engine with its width at only a few thousandth of a millimetre wide, a media report said Tuesday.
... Read more...
Posted in World |
Adele undergoes vocal chord surgery
November 10th, 2011 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Nov 10 (IANS) Singer Adele has undergone a surgery of her vocal chords in the US, and her doctor is expecting her to recover fully.Adele, 23, was forced ... Read more...
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U.S. FAA launches website for pilots and public about laser incidents
October 28th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday announced that it has launched a new website for pilots and the public to report laser incidents and obtain ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
New laser can detect roadside bombs
September 18th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 18 (IANS) Lasers may pick out roadside bombs and help in identifying improvised explosive devices (IEDs), often used by terrorists, new research says.Marcos Dantus, chemistry professor at ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Lasers to treat human heart after attack
August 12th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 12 (IANS) A new laser technology has been developed that helps stem cells in the heart to reduce scarring of the organ immediately after an attack, claim Isrealite ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Physics may explain crop-circles mystery
August 1st, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) Crop-circles which appear on farmers' fields, with their gigantic yet intricate patterns, have intrigued scientists and UFO buffs for decades, but with none emerging any wiser.However, ... Read more...
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Data equivalent of 700 DVDs transferred in a mere second
May 24th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 24 (IANS) In a mere second, scientists have whisked an unprecedented 26 terabits of information - the equivalent of 700 DVDs or a dizzying 26,000 billion bits - ... Read more...
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New laser beam can tell what person had for breakfast by analysing single hair
April 29th, 2011 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 29 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new laser that can tell what a person has eaten for breakfast by just analysing a single strand of hair.The beam gives unprecedented sensitivity ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Laser igniters to replace spark plugs
April 24th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 24 (IANS) Laser igniters are set to revolutionise transportation by replacing spark plugs that have powered internal combustion engines for more than 120 years.These low cost igniters, made ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Colored light sources paving way for new office, home-based skin devices
March 16th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that just like lasers, even non-laser lights could be useful in treating common skin conditions such as acne, rosacea and aging skin.In fact, lights of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ultrafast laser to make solar cells more affordable, efficient
March 9th, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 9 (ANI): Researchers at Purdue University's Center are developing a technology that employs ultrafast pulsing laser to help make solar cells more affordable and efficient.The technology will help experts overcome ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ultrasound waves that can zap that flab off your body!
March 7th, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 7 (ANI): British scientists have developed a new fat removal technique that uses ultrasound waves to destroy fat cells and could help dieters shift those pounds.The technique, known as ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
World’s largest fish could be even bigger than previously thought
February 8th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 8 (ANI): A new study has revealed that whale sharks, the world's biggest fish, could be even bigger than previously recorded.Scientists working in Mozambique have developed a new method of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Smart laser technology could make cancer biopsies painless
February 1st, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 02 (ANI): Scientists at Michigan State University are developing a smart laser technology that could make biopsies painless and noninvasive in the future.To test for skin cancer, patients today must ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Campaign launched to save birds from kite’s thread in Surat
January 1st, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
By DharmeshSurat, Jan.1 (ANI): A non-governmental organisation (NGO) launched an awareness campaign in Gujarat's Surat city to save birds that get killed by the kite threads during the Makar Sankranti, a festival ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Lasers open way to safer, better cataract operations
November 18th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 18 (IANS) Laser treatment could make cataract operations safer and better for the hundreds of thousands who undergo them every year.Some three lakh men and women undergo the 45-minute procedure ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Lasers can cure long-sightedness too
October 20th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 20 (IANS) Laser surgery, presently used to treat short-sightedness, is being tested as a cure for presbyopia, or long-sightedness that develops with age, as well.If successful, it could dramatically reduce ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
New laser beam can cook tumours in the head
October 9th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 9 (ANI): Researchers at Washington University have developed a laser beam that can cook brain tumours.The feat could help save the lives of people with, until now, inoperable brain tumours, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Now, laser to cool down molecules
September 20th, 2010 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 20 (ANI): Scientists have apparently succeeded in cooling a dipolar molecule just a fraction of a degree above absolute zero (around -273 degrees Centigrade) with the help of lasers.This may ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
3D mapping portable laser backpack to revolutionize defense missions
September 9th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 9 (ANI): Researchers at University of California, Berkeley, have developed a portable, laser backpack for 3D mapping, which is capable of producing fast, automatic and realistic 3D mapping of difficult ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Becks celebrates son’s b’day at laser shooting gallery
September 3rd, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 03 (ANI): Footie superstar David Beckham celebrated his son Romeo's eighth birthday at the futuristic world of lasers and mazes in Los Angeles.The Beckhams went to the Ultrazone ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Laser-based missile defense for helicopters on the anvil
September 3rd, 2010 - 11:57 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 3 (ANI): A new laser technology being developed at the University of Michigan and Omni Sciences, Inc. will protect helicopters in combat from enemy missiles."Our lasers give off a signal ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Growing number of Malaysian men turning to cosmetic surgery
August 22nd, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 22 (ANI): More and more Malaysian men are undergoing cosmetic surgery to look good in order to "hold on" to their partners, said doctors.Some teenagers are also opting for ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Soon, collapsing bubbles to kill cancer cells
August 21st, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 21 (ANI): In a bid to curb cancer, engineers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, have devised a new approach in which jets of fluid propelled by the collapse ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Hottest new fad chills to kill fat
August 2nd, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) The hottest new weight-loss method chills to kill the flab, instead of melting it with heat based lasers.
Tests have shown that just one treatment is capable of destroying ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Now, snake ‘robots’ that may help detect and disable explosives
July 30th, 2010 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): Engineers have developed snake-like autonomous robots that can slither into dangerous situations to detect and disable explosives.U.S. Army Research Laboratory engineers have developed these robots to aid soldiers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Man-made garbage turns space into comsic dump yard
July 22nd, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 22 (ANI): About 500,000 pieces of man-made garbage, from tiny scraps of metal to discarded fuel tanks as large as a bus, have made the space look like a cosmic ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Italy to China in Driverless Vehicles: Testing of Automotive Technology
July 21st, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The longest test drive of an automobile with no driver was launched Tuesday by a team of Italian engineers in an eight thousand mile trek which ... Read more...
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Champ designs high-tech laser peashooter to retain title
July 10th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 10 (ANI): A four-time World Peashooting Championships winner has created his own peashooter - complete with lasers.George Hollis, 59, is an electrical engineer who has designed an assassin-style peashooter - ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
A car for the blind by next year
July 3rd, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 3 (IANS) A car which can be driven by the people without eyesight could be available by next year, The Telegraph newspaper said here quoting US researchers.
Experts at the National ... Read more...
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