Scientists say that building a sandcastle is no child’s play
August 3rd, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Amsterdam, Aug 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientific researchers in Amsterdam, Netherlands and others in Paris, France are trying to come up with a formula for building a steady sand castle. The researchers spent ... Read more...
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Scientists get down to counting sand grains on beach
October 13th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 13 (IANS) Scientists have started counting sand grains on a beach in Britain to try and calculate the rate of coastal erosion, a media report said Thursday.Plymouth University ... Read more...
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‘Super sand’ to purify drinking water
June 23rd, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 23 (IANS) Scientists have developed a way to chemically transform ordinary sand into so-called "super sand" for improved purification of drinking water.Ordinary sand, an abundant natural resource of ... Read more...
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Neanderthals may have lived 8,000 years longer than thought
May 13th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 13 (IANS) Neanderthals, experts believe, died between 37,000 and 40,000 years ago. However, latest stone artefacts discovered in Russia may mean they actually lived for a further 8,000 ... Read more...
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Universe holds more stars than sand grains on earth
December 2nd, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 2 (IANS) The universe holds more stars than the total number of sand grains on the earth, or just triple the current estimates, boosting chances of alien life elsewhere in ... Read more...
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Flies inspire scotch tape solution for surgical wounds
March 13th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): Inspired by the larvae of caddisflies that tape things together underwater, scientists are hoping to make synthetic glue that can be used to tape wet tissues together in ... Read more...
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Early humans, not climate change, may have wiped out Australia’s giant animals
January 25th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 25 (ANI): A new research has suggested that humans, not climate change, may have caused the mass extinction of Australia's giant animals, tens of thousands of years ago.Scientists have long ... Read more...
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Microbial ‘cowboys’ tie down shifting soil in American Southwest
November 18th, 2009 - 12:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 18 (ANI): Researchers from Arizona State University (ASU) have discovered that several species of microbes, at least one found prominently in the deserts of the American Southwest, have evolved the ... Read more...
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Tiny wasp brains display amazing adaptability
October 15th, 2009 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) A tropical wasp's tiny brain, about as big as two sand grains, seems to pack in amazing adaptability and computing power, say scientists.
Researchers have found that the brain ... Read more...
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Simple low-cost filter delivers clean, safe drinking water
March 16th, 2009 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 16 (IANS) An efficient and inexpensive way to treat water could bring clean, safe drinking water to millions of people.
The rapid sand filter system, which is being developed by James ... Read more...
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Rapid sand filter would provide safe drinking water to millions in developing countries
March 7th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 7 (ANI): A researcher from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Charlotte, US, is developing a rapid sand filter that could provide a cost-effective means of providing fresh, clean, ... Read more...
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Cassini maps Titans vast dune fields that act like weather vanes
February 27th, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): Using four years of radar data collected by the Cassini spacecraft, scientists have mapped Titans vast dune fields, which may act like weather vanes to determine general ... Read more...
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NASA probe to analyze Martian soil in search of watery past
May 23rd, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 23 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars lander, which would descent on the Martian surface on May 25, would analyze the red sand on the planet to find evidence that liquid ... Read more...
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Solar flares cause powerful quakes on Sun
April 19th, 2008 - 12:17 pm ICT by admin
Paris, April 19 (ANI): Data obtained from the ESA/NASA spacecraft SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) has shown that powerful quakes ripple around the Sun as a result of powerful solar flares ... Read more...
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New study might change understanding of size and speed of Earth-bound meteorites
March 12th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 12 (ANI): The study of a Peruvian meteorite has yielded an interesting conclusion as to how it made it to Earth, which could upend the conventional wisdom about the size ... Read more...
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Radioactive beach led to origins of life on Earth
January 10th, 2008 - 4:45 pm ICT by admin
London, Jan 10 (ANI): A leading astrobiologist has added another hypothesis to the existing long and varied list of the theories for the origins of life, by claiming that the basic building ... Read more...
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Oz coast at greater threat from climate change induced sea waves than thought
November 14th, 2007 - 1:49 am ICT by admin
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