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Flying Saucer design aims to take the 'U' out of 'UFO'

Gabriel A — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:45:16 +0000

After spending years terrorizing and baffling people, making some look crazy to everyone, and generating immense buzz, scientists are now satisfied with their mischief and will let the cat out the hangar. Of course, that was an attempt at humor,...

New molecular biomarkers to detect cancer at the molecular stage

Arpita Mukherjee — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:40:27 +0000

The possibility of cure of diseases like cancer depends on the extent of the development of the malignant tumors in the body. The earlier the diagnosis of the disease, the brighter is the possibility of cure. Traditional identification of...

Nature's most powerful swimming mechanism recreated for tailless dolphins

Irani — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:37:52 +0000

It is not natural for a dolphin to survive without a tail. But, the year-old dolphin ‘Winter’ at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida has proved as an exception even after losing one of the very significant part of her...

Worldand#8217;s largest telescope ready for its first look into the Universe

Jolly — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:35:08 +0000

GTC or the Gran Telescopio Canarias is the world’s largest telescope that has been under construction for seven years. Till now the telescope is not fully complete, but complete enough to look into the Universe for the first...

Body protein can be an answer to eye damage in premature babies

Irani — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:30:04 +0000

With premature birth rates rising steadily since 1981, even after all the medical advances in fetal and neonatal care, the medical fraternity are getting concerned in the rising number of serious and multiple health problems – like...

World's largest portable hurricane wind simulator built

Irani — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:48:11 +0000

With 2007 declared the hurricane season, scientists are gearing up to find better ways to predict an approaching hurricane and how destructive they are, so that they can make the buildings in the hurricane-zones more...

First new 'frogmouth genus' discovered in more than 100 years

Irani — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:12:39 +0000

Yet another rare discovery of a new genus of living birds - with less than one announced globally per year - has been made on a South Pacific island. It is the discovery of a never-before-known frogmouth bird genus. Hats off to the University...

The fastest computer in space is here!

Irani — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:45:07 +0000

Here is a computer that is claimed to be capable of operating faster than any computer in space today - it is as much as 100 times faster! It is being developed by engineering researchers at the University of Florida and Honeywell...

SubjuGator: An ideal for the futuristic underwater robots

Ravi — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:41:08 +0000

SubjuGator won the first prize in the competition in a national competition of student-built robotic submarines. The students at the University of Florida designed it to search out the underwater sound-generating device in a murky pond. SubjuGator...

New machine offers power, water and refrigeration: Can this be the solution?

Vikas Shekhawat — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 06:31:32 +0000

Like parasites, the way we are sucking the blood of this enigmatic ball revolving in the universe, apparently, these types of machines are what we desperately need in the near future. An ultimate amalgam of a gas turbine power plant and a...