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No CCTV video to facilitate Kaiga nuke plant probe

November 30th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI -
Mallapur (Karnataka), Nov 30 (ANI): Investigating agencies are finding it tough to probe the alleged leak at the Kaiga nuclear plant here, as no CCTV cameras were placed near the water cooler, ...

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Kaiga nuke leak, a malevolent act: Kakodkar

November 29th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI -
Mallapur (Karnataka), Nov.29 (ANI): Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar on Sunday said the leakage at the Kaiga nuclear plant here, which left 55 persons sick with radioactive poisoning, appears to have ...

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Kaiga nuke leak, a malevolent act: Kakodkar

November 29th, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI -
Mallapur (Karnataka), Nov.29 (ANI): Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar on Sunday said the leakage at the Kaiga nuclear plant here, which left 55 persons sick with radioactive poisoning, appears to have ...

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Radiation leak at Kaiga nuke plant leaves 55 sick

November 29th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI -
Mallapur (Karnataka), Nov 29 (ANI): A radiation leak at the Kaiga Nuclear Plant in Karnataka's north Kannada district has left 55 employees in the maintenance unit falling sick in the suspected radiation ...

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No harm to public from Kaiga atomic plant leak: official

November 29th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, Nov 29 (IANS) Contamination of drinking water by radiation at the state-run Kaiga atomic power plant in northwest Karnataka has been contained to avert harm to the public, health and environment, ...

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Radioactive isotope in ice core record reflects solar activity over 600 years (Re-Issue)

July 5th, 2009 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): Scientists have analyzed Beryllium-10, a radioactive isotope, found from the NGRIP ice core, Greenland, which reflects solar activity over the past 600 years. Beryllium-10, a radioactive isotope, is produced ...

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Radioactive isotope in ice core record reflects solar activity over 600 years (Re-Issue)

July 5th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 5 (ANI): Scientists have analyzed Beryllium-10, a radioactive isotope, found from the NGRIP ice core, Greenland, which reflects solar activity over the past 600 years.Beryllium-10, a radioactive isotope, is produced ...

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Radioactive isotope in ice core record reflects solar activity over 600 years

July 4th, 2009 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 4 (ANI): Scientists have analyzed Beryllium-10, a radioactive isotope, found from the NGRIP ice core, Greenland, which reflects solar activity over the past 600 years. Beryllium-10, a radioactive isotope, is produced ...

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Nuke bomb tests can help to identify fake whisky

May 3rd, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI -
London, May 3 (ANI): Researchers at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, which is funded by the National Environmental Research Council, have discovered that they can pinpoint the date of a whisky by ...

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Globe warming CO2 can be measured in wines bouquet

November 27th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 27 (ANI): Scientists have found that the amount of fossil-fuel-derived carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air over the vineyard can be measured in the wines alcohol. According to a report ...

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India’s lunar mission vital for exploring Mars: Kalam

India’s lunar mission vital for exploring Mars: Kalam

June 26th, 2008 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS -
Bangalore, June 26 (IANS) India's upcoming lunar mission is vital for space explorations as moon will become an intermediate platform for Mars, former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here Thursday. With five ...

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Meandering rivers fight pollution better

March 13th, 2008 - 1:46 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, March 13 (IANS) Do not be misled by the size of the rivers. Small rivers can be as efficient as the longer ones when it comes to cleansing themselves - provided ...

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International solar mission to end after weathering down of machinery

February 23rd, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Feb 23 (ANI): The joint NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) Ulysses mission to study the sun and its influence on surrounding space is likely to cease operations in the next ...

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Mission Ulysses to study sun nearing its end

February 23rd, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by admin -
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) The long-running Ulysses mission, which was launched to study the sun's poles and its influence on surrounding space, is coming to an end. After more than 17 ...

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Radiation sensor-installed mobiles may help thwart nuclear terrorism

January 23rd, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, January 23 (ANI): It may soon be possible to utilise cellular phones as radars to thwart nuclear terrorism. Purdue University researchers in Indiana are developing a system to create an array ...

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First stage of planet formation took place 4568 million years ago

December 20th, 2007 - 2:43 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Dec 20 (ANI): A new research has dated the earliest step in the formation of the solar system when microscopic interstellar dust combined into mountain-sized chunks of rock to 4,568 million ...

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Nuclear reactor workers at dramatically higher risk of cancer

November 30th, 2007 - 2:05 pm ICT by admin -
London , Nov 30 (ANI): A report has suggested that cancer risk for people exposed to radioactive tritium, commonly discharged in large amounts by civil and military nuclear plants around the world, ...

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