Brain scans that earlier formed a part of only doctor’s analysis of his patient’s brain conditions are now prone to being exploited to be used as lie detectors. However the analysts fear that such a measure would indeed be a threat to the privacy of the individuals and could be misused by courts, employers, insurers [...]
Engineers and researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have announced having come up with a technology of aviation fuel consumption which will reduce aircraft fuel thirst by as much as 70 percent. This research is a part of the $2.1 million NASA grant and the new aircraft design is called “N+3” signifying three generations [...]
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia has got a new look and feel with improved navigation and better search, thanks to the hardwork of over half million beta testers and volunteers who worked with the Wikimedia User Experience Team for almost an year testing and giving feedback.
According to Naoko Komura representing the Wikimedia User Experience Team “It’s [...]
India has released for the first time what is its first Green house gas emissions inventory report since 1994. The report talks about the period of 1994-2007 and shows a 30 percent fall in the intensity of emissions measured with the country’s GDP as the basis. The government has already employed ISRO satellites to record [...]
The twenty five year US Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off for the last time in a planned flight yesterday from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida to deliver a Russian equipment and module to the International Space Station. The two booster rockets which account for nearly eighty percent of the load during takeoff fell back [...]
The use of solar panels at homes is picking up speed in developing nations like India and China who are striving to curtail their carbon footprints. And lately, adoption of solar panels has started to become popular in the US too. With the electric car market slowly but steadily increasing in popularity, it becomes more [...]
In a recent scientific breakthrough, a team of researchers engaged at beamline 9.0.1 of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has obtained images of complete yeast cells with 11-13 nanometers resolution – highest resolution ever achieved for biological specimens without using any optical lens. One nanometer [...]
‘Carbon Bazar 2010′ which is an Indo-German initiative to help organizations participate in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) targeting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will begin in New Delhi in the coming few days. This program will help these enterprises to earn carbon credits by investing in clean development mechanisms. A senior environmental activist said “So [...]
The Internet telephone company Skype plans to release a beta version of a feature video chat group that allows up to five people can participate in video calls simultaneously, next week.
The general manager of business for the consumer market for Skype, Neil Stevens reported, Initially, the feature will be available free, but the company is studying to [...]
Probably the only thing that can challenge Harry Potter in fame and fantasy is the Hubble telescope. It is peerless as far as any other scientific instrument in the world stands and since the last 400 years when the very first telescope was invented, Hubble has revolutionized the way we look at our space and [...]
