Disaster-hit planners revisit forgotten HAM radios
September 26th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Sep 26 (IANS) The 6.8-magnitude earthquake that shattered the hill state of Sikkim has woken up planners in Meghalaya to the urgent need to reintroduce HAM or amateur radios ... Read more...
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How neurons in the brain decide how to transmit information
March 26th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): Scientists have established a fundamental mechanism by which neurons in the brain communicate.There are billions of neurons in the brain and at any given time tens of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Even a USB coffee-cup warmer ‘can steal your data’
July 3rd, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 3 (ANI): A USB coffee cup warmer could be a potential thief and steal personal data from your computer, say engineers.A glitch in how the Universal Serial Bus (USB) works, ... Read more...
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US Spy Suspect Admits SVR Connection
July 2nd, 2010 - 7:51 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 2, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The eleven member ‘deep cover’ espionage suspects is now a burning topic in the US. Recently, one of the suspected named Juan Lazaro ... Read more...
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New book uncovers secret abilities of animals
August 16th, 2009 - 3:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 16 (ANI): Elephant hear using their feet, bats attract females by singing high-pitch songs, and mole rats use a form of Morse code to communicate-these are just few of the ... Read more...
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Lasers to “talk” to submarines in future
May 20th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 20 (ANI): Navy physicists have announced that lasers, which can create loud bangs under the sea, might someday replace sonar for sending messages to submarines.Conventional sonar mapping uses pulses ... Read more...
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Morse Code and its enduring significance
April 27th, 2009 - 11:11 pm ICT by GD
Morse Code refers to the encoding of characters with the use of rhythm for transmitting telegraphic information. Morse Code was originally created by Samuel F. B. Morse in the early 1840s. Samuel ... Read more...
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The top 10 ”inventions” that changed the world
March 13th, 2009 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 13 (ANI): Credit cards, trainer shoes, social networking sites, and GPS technology have made it to the list of things that have changed the world.
To mark the National Science ... Read more...
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Visual distress beacon lets screams be heard in space
October 24th, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 24 (ANI): Scientists are developing an optical distress beacon for astronauts working outside their spacecraft, which would enable their screams for help to be heard in space in case ... Read more...
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93 yr old debut novelist helps friends move out of care homes
August 11th, 2008 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 11 (ANI): A 93-year-old debut novelist has helped three of her friends move out of nursing homes, and live with her in her new country house, bought from the ... Read more...
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