Gold Coast has edge over Hambantota in 2018 CWG bid
September 10th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Sep 10 (IANS) Australia's Gold Coast appears to have an edge over Sri Lanka's Hambantota in playing host to the 2018 Commonwealth Games, according to a report released by ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Brain tells you whether to stay or go while foraging
June 7th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 7 (IANS) Every creature that forages for food decides at some point that the food source it is working on is no richer than the rest of the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Earth’s inner core rotating slower than previously believed
February 21st, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 21 (ANI): A new research has given the first accurate estimate of how much faster the Earth's inner core is rotating compared to the rest of the planet.Previous research had ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Emirates Airlines honoured with True Partner award
February 15th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, Feb 15 (IANS/WAM) Emirates Airlines has been chosen the best foreign air carrier contributing to the Korean travel business in 2010 and has been honoured with "True Partner" award. The award ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Using math to alleviate traffic jams
January 20th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): A new study proposes a mathematical model of vehicular traffic based on the study of a moving bottleneck caused by a slow-moving vehicle within the flow of cars.Mathematical ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Superstreet’ traffic design boosts travel time, safety
January 11th, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 11 (ANI): North Carolina State University researchers say that the so-called "superstreet" traffic design results in significantly faster travel times, and leads to a drastic reduction in automobile collisions and ... Read more...
Posted in World |
ADB to lend $470 million for Bihar and Maharashtra projects
September 16th, 2010 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend $300 million to the Bihar government for building nearly 365 km of state highways, new drainage and bridges.
The ADB's board ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Barack Obama To Highlight the Necessity Of Infrastructural Enhancement To Kindle The American Economy
September 6th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, September 6, 2010 (Just Flashed): The civil servants of the federal administration of Barack Obama in America have asserted that he is determined to unearth new-fangled ways to inspire the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Astronomers use dark matter to measure age of Universe
March 2nd, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 2 (ANI): Reports indicate that astronomers from the US and Europe have used a gravitational lens - a distant, light-bending clump of dark matter - to make a new ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Vacuum toilets on trains will also save the rails below
July 3rd, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The aircraft-style vacuum toilets Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee plans to introduce on trains on a trial basis are not only more hygienic, they will also save ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
New alloy to save Indian rails from toilet corrosion (Lead)
May 8th, 2009 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
By K.S. Jayaraman
Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) A new alloy steel developed at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur (IIT-K) has provided the answer to one of the major problems faced by ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
New alloy to save Indian rails from toilet corrosion
May 8th, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
By K.S. Jayaraman
Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) A new alloy steel developed at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur (IIT-K) has provided the answer to one of the major problems faced by ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |