Phoenix probe sends 1st pictures from Mars’ north pole
Beijing : In the most ambitious mission to date to find life-sustaining minerals on the Red Planet, NASA's Phoenix Mars probe sent back never-before-seen pictures of Mars' north pole Monday, media reported Tuesday.
The pictures from the probe confirmed that the solar arrays needed for the mission's energy supply had unfolded properly, as the craft's batteries would have run out in about 30 hours.
Nuclear bill in Lok Sabha likely Monday
Chandrayaan-II to be launched by 2013
‘Solar tsunami’ offers new clues about sun
Dinosaur museum in China sets new world record
With new iPhone, download photo sharing application too
DoT for subscriber-based spectrum allocation, operators clash
NASA astronauts prepare for first of five spacewalks
Space shuttle Discovery blasts off
New app to delete drunken messages on Facebook, Twitter
Passwords for multiple internet services need not be confusing
U.S. researchers discover mystery about solar wind
Bangalore goes hi-tech to tackle traffic snarls
Bangalore : Electronic billboards, SMSs and handheld devices are among the new technologies that will now be used to check traffic jams on the narrow and potholed roads of India's IT capital.
Progress cargo spacecraft docks with ISS
A cactus took 52 years to bloom
Space Shuttle Atlantis launch set for Feb 7
Space station opens to Tranquility and its picture window
X-rays to bring nanoscale materials and bio specimens up close
Seven nations planning missions to the moon
Supercomputer set to mimic human sight
British scientist fathered 600 children?
NASA astronauts complete spacewalk, install Columbus lab
Washington : Two U.S. astronauts completed an almost eight-hour spacewalk to install a European science laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said on Tuesday.
The installation of the $2bln Columbus segment, the first to be controlled by the European Space Agency, on the station's Harmony module was carried out by ISS Expedition 16 crew members Rex Walheim and Stanley Love.
Watch an asteroid eclipse a star over Europe
Bummer: Wii no substitute for real exercise
Pentagon to replace 30 percent of its soldiery with robots
Facebook gets notice for tobacco promotion
French Space Ship Connects to Intl Station
XtremeIT hackathons to inspire students to build next WhatsApp or Google!!
Only one hacking in last three years: Antony
Cocoons to green energy: Indian scientists find the way
China to introduce nuclear power technologies from Westinghouse
Beijing : China's State Nuclear Power Technology Co. (SNPTC), officially inaugurated Tuesday, is set to introduce third-generation nuclear power technologies from the Westinghouse Electric Co.
Gates Foundation pledges $10 billion to develop vaccines
One PSLV rocket Monday will carry 10 satellites
Gulf residents can see lunar eclipse Aug 16
Britain mulls asking private firm to run communication database
After India lands probe on moon, focus back on spacecraft
Germany’s first driverless mass-transit train in service
Moon’s crust may float on hidden sea
Kashmir varsity produces world’s first cloned pashmina goat
Sick zooplanktons affecting whole food chain in the Ganga: Scientist
Microsoft to acquire multitouch display maker
Nine win funding for rural innovation projects
New species discovered in Atlantic Ocean
Annular solar eclipse begins in Delhi
Chandrayaan to look for water on the moon
Strange molecule in sky cleans acid rain
Simple device boosts vehicle mileage dramatically
Internet dating more intense, says study
Eclipse gazing a big hit with students, say schools
Overcast sky may spoil chances of watching solar eclipse
A stick-on film that protects phone users from radiation
Strong demand for IT services, says Wipro’s Premji
Destruction of wetlands will release massive greenhouse gases
Scientists develop wonder glass that regenerates bones
Study space science, break my records, Sunita tells students
India’s first high-security lab on infectious organisms coming up
Astronauts begin fourth spacewalk outside space station
Arctic sea ice thins by 19 percent
Plant inspired solar cells to revolutionise energy storage
U.S. researchers create black that’s really black
Beijing : U.S. researchers say they have made the blackest substance on Earth. So black it absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light.
The material is made from tiny tubes of carbon standing on end and is almost 30 times darker than a carbon substance used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology as the current benchmark of blackness.
New infra-red device can remotely detect bombs
Indian space agency’s top official dies in road mishap
Scientists dispute virtues of ‘black gold’
Cranes Software acquires US-based firm
Jurassic era fossils turning to dust in Jharkhand
Chandrayaan may explain origins of Moon: British scientist
BMW to run on LPG
Saarbruecken (Germany) : A German research and development team is planning to build a record-breaking car based on the BMW 1 Series car using an engine which runs on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
NASA packs new toilet pump on shuttle Discovery for ISS
China’s 1st spacewalk mission to launch in October
Toronto firm celebrates ‘victory’ over Microsoft
India’s space programmes based on its needs: Outgoing chief
Camera with ability to “see” under clothes
Monkey uses its head – and a robotic arm!
Indian Muslim blogs nominated for Brass Crescent Awards
Sistema Shyam expects 10 mn user base by December
Cassini to experience close encounter with Saturn
Virtual crash dummy to make driving much safer
NASA’s MESSENGER to fly by Mercury
Official: China will soon have its own moon globe
Indian-built European satellite put into earth orbit
Intel unveils Atom processors for mobile devices
Astronaut takes a second, closer look at Brahmaputra
Ignore superstitions, watch solar eclipse with proper gear
Korean Astronaut To Dock At Space Station Thursday
Sharp rise in phishing attacks on Indian banks
Smartphones can help improve kids numeracy skills
Google soon to launch TV software
Smart phones help track birds in the wild
‘Jaws of steel’ helped primitive man crack hard nuts, seeds
Three decades of circling the sky
China to mass produce Shenzhou spaceship
Botanical institute setting up on-line herbarium
Scientists find strange ring circling dead star
Nanoscale image of soil reveals ‘incredible’ world
Six Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan blast
New web resource aims to help Asia’s youth avoid internet dangers
Now barcodes to help hone diagnostics
Canada gov’t rejects sale of space technology to U.S.
Chang’e-1 photographs dark side of the moon
Arctic methane may trigger abrupt climate change
Man on Moon revolutionised ideas behind vehicles, medicine
Wi-Fi at three more rail stations launched
Kerala’s first Active Web GIS Service launched
Russia launches navigation satellites
India must market for global satellite contracts
EU to study Microsoft’s software compatibility announcement
Urdu teacher writes book to highlight Muslim Scientists’ contribution to science
Making computers more user-friendly for disabled
German scientists identify world’s oldest dog bone
Vietnam to launch first telecom satellite next month
Ghazal festival to be live-streamed online
Universal Cable, Furukawa Electric join hands
$2 bn public-private partnership for rural internet access
‘France to provide Pakistan nuke technology’
Chemicals in consumer products likely to cause premature births
After more than four-year wait, Endeavour set for launch
Mission moon: the young are gung ho
Endeavour astronauts begin last spacewalk
Now biogas from human waste may cook food, light homes!
Click and check out development work in India’s villages
After the Moon, India eyeing human space flight
NASA extends Discovery mission
New technology to detect forged signatures
Washington : Think twice if you are about to forge a signature. A newly developed technology will help forensic specialists find out when you signed a cheque, the pen you used, and the origin of the ink.
The technology that is used at present can only trace the ink if a piece of the document is soaked in certain solutions.
GSM rural subscribers up 4.14 mn
Exhibition on train to inspire science among youth
Chemicals that fix one ecological problem worsen another
China to launch 12 weather satellites by 2020
Google launches Web browser to compete with Microsoft
With the Web browser, Google wants to be in a better position to compete with the likes of Internet Explorer and Firefox.
This was seen as yet another salvo in Google's intensifying battle with Microsoft to dominate not only what people do on the Web but also how they get there.
BigAdda among Dataquest’s top 25 Indian Internet start-ups
What to look for in a photo printer
PayPod targets Indian Internet ad space
Chennai : PayPod Technologies, a US-based IT solutions provider with offshore development facilities in Chennai and Minsk, Belarus, has launched a technology-driven advertising service to tap the growing Indian market for ad space on the Internet.
