Rare snowfall stuns South Africa
August 9th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Pretoria, Aug 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Snowfall stunned the people of South Africa on Monday night when heavy snow fell in the country. The snowfall lasted till the next day with the temperatures ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Drizzle, mild snow in Himachal hills
June 2nd, 2012 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla/Manali, June 2 (IANS) The mercury continued to remain abnormally high across Himachal Pradesh Saturday, recording temperatures two to six degrees above normal, despite drizzle and mild snowfall in some ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
No two of us are alike, even identical twins
March 29th, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, March 29 (IANS) Just like snowflakes, no two people are alike, even if they're identical twins, a study suggests.
Molecular geneticist Shiva Singh from the University of Western Ontario, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Intense cold returns to Himachal after snowfall
January 31st, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 31 (IANS) The biting cold returned to Himachal Pradesh Monday after snowfall across its hills with Keylong turning out to be the coldest town in the state at a minimum ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Tourists flock to Srinagar, Shimla to enjoy first snowfall
December 31st, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar/Shimla, Dec.31 (ANI): Scores of tourists thronged various hill stations in Srinagar and Shimla to enjoy the first snowfall of the season.Jammu and Kashmir witnessed the maiden snowfall of the season on ... Read more...
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White New Year’s Eve in Shimla this time (Lead)
December 31st, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 31 (IANS) It's a white New Year's Eve for the first time in eight years with the season's first snowfall cloaking this Himachal Pradesh capital Friday, but the weather ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Antarctic icecaps could help scientists predict Earth’s future weather
November 28th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 28 (ANI): London's Science Museum will feature three pieces of ice core, drilled from the Antarctic icecap, which could help scientists predict Earth's future weather.They will be installed in a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Fresh snowfall in Rohtang Pass forces closure of Manali-Leh highway
April 19th, 2010 - 11:34 pm ICT by ANI
Rohtang Pass (Himachal Pradesh), Apr 19 (ANI): The Rohtang Pass, the crucial road link between Manali in Kullu district and Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh received untimely snowfall ... Read more...
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‘Fingerprinting’ reveals fate of mercury in Arctic snow
February 11th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): A study by scientists is offering new insight into what happens to mercury deposited onto Arctic snow from the atmosphere using a 'fingerprinting' method.In the Arctic, mercury ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Nude female skiers pose for saucy Playboy calendar
November 23rd, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 23 (ANI): A group of female ski instructors stripped off at snowy mountain peak to pose for a saucy Playboy calendar despite the chilling temperature.Shot on snowy slopes in Austria, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Indian origin scientists make 24-carat gold ’snowflakes’
October 14th, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 14 (ANI): In an effort to make graphene more useful in electronics applications, two scientists of Indian origin have developed 24-carat gold 'snowflakes'.The two scientists are Vikas Berry, a Kansas ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New Google Chrome Themes Launched
August 5th, 2009 - 9:13 pm ICT by GD
Now Google has been more experimental lately by introducing its new range of customized browser skins, officially 29 on the platter, but the bad news is that you cannot preview any theme ... Read more...
Posted in Technology Industry News |
Materials with pentagonal surfaces can be used to create rain
March 9th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 9 (ANI): An international team of scientists has discovered a novel one dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Five-sided ice found, to help seed clouds
March 9th, 2009 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
London, March 9 (IANS) The discovery of an ice chain built from pentagons may open the way to developing new materials to seed clouds and cause rain.
Although the six-sided structure of ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Wild complex growth of snowflakes replicated by computer model
February 25th, 2009 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): A mathematician has made an elaborate computer model designed to replicate the wildly complex growth of snowflakes.Four years in the making, the model that David Griffeath, University ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Mathematician creates lovely ’snowfakes’ in lab
February 25th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) The exquisitely detailed and symmetrical snowflakes look like nature's creation, but they are actually the products of an elaborate computer model designed to replicate the wildly complex growth ... Read more...
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Studying snowflake formation may improve weather forecasts
December 20th, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 20 (ANI): Scientists are going to use an ice cloud chamber to delve into the delicate process of snowflake formation, and could even help weather forecasters better predict when ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Diamonds may have rained down during last Ice Age
July 8th, 2008 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 8 (ANI): New chemical analyses of diamond, gold and silver found in the US has revealed that these precious materials might have rained down during the last Ice Age ... Read more...
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Movement of iron snow helps to maintain Mercurys magnetic field
May 8th, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by admin
Washington, May 8 (ANI): New scientific evidence has suggested that the movement of iron snow helps to maintain Mercurys magnetic field.According to researchers from the University of Illinois (U of I) ... Read more...
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Frosty weather adversely affects crops in northern India
February 6th, 2008 - 8:05 pm ICT by admin
Rohtak/Abohar, Feb 6 (ANI): Frosty weather has adversely affected crops in northern India that is reeling under severe cold wave.Farmers of Rohtak complain that snowflakes accumulated on plants have destroyed mustard and ... Read more...
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Heavy snowfall blocks movement on Jammu-Srinagar Highway (Update-Kashmir snowfall)
December 12th, 2007 - 9:30 pm ICT by admin
Srinagar, Dec 12 (ANI): Heavy snowfall has blocked traffic movement on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, including the 2.5 kilometre-long Jawahar Tunnel.
Hundreds of vehicles, mostly trucks, on their way from Jammu to Srinagar ... Read more...
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