Science and Technologies

December 8, 2009 10:27 AM

International Science Conclave inaugurated

The International Science Conclave would be inaugurated on Tuesday at Indian institute of Information technology Allahabad. Around 50 Scientist from India and abroad including 5 Nobel laureates are taking part in this conclave. Around 600 students along with research scholars as well as teachers are...

December 7, 2009 10:51 AM

NASA telescope to catalog objects posing danger to earth

NASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth.<br/><br/>The sky-mapping WISE, or Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, is scheduled t...

December 2, 2009 11:16 AM

Sea levels likely to rise by more than 4 feet by end of this century

Days before the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change kicks off, a major study by a group of 100 international scientists has said that sea levels are likely to rise by more than 4 feet by the end of this century. This is twice as much as previously predicted in the Inter-Governmental Panel on Cli...

November 29, 2009 12:09 PM

Chandrayan-II

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is all set to send Chandrayan-II in collaboration with Russia to the Moon in 2012-13. This was stated by the Principal Scientist of Chandrayan-1, Dr. Jitendranath Goswami, at the 'Guest of the Month' programme organized at the Jorhat Press Club in Assam ...

November 29, 2009 12:08 PM

ISRO all set to send Chandrayan-II

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is all set to send Chandrayan-II in collaboration with Russia to the Moon in 2012-13. This was stated by the Principal Scientist of Chandrayan-1, Dr. Jitendranath Goswami, at the 'Guest of the Month' programme organized at the Jorhat Press Club in Assam ...

November 28, 2009 12:22 PM

Oil from algae

In a bid to meet the growing energy needs in the country, the Indian Oil Corporation has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with a US based company to produce fuel from algae. Official sources said Florida based 'Petroalgae' will transfer the technology to extract oil from algae to...

November 28, 2009 12:20 PM

Oil from Algae

In a bid to meet the growing energy needs in the country, the Indian Oil Corporation has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with a US based company to produce fuel from algae. Official sources said Florida based 'Petroalgae' will transfer the technology to extract oil from algae to...

November 28, 2009 12:17 PM

IOC signs MoU with US base company

In a bid to meet the growing energy needs in the country, the Indian Oil Corporation has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with a US based company to produce fuel from algae. Official sources said Florida based 'Petroalgae' will transfer the technology to extract oil from algae to...

November 25, 2009 6:35 PM

Drinking moderately in old age helps live longer

A new research claims that drinking moderately in old age can help people live longer than those who do not take alcohol at all. According to a study published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the U.K., people who take small amount of alcohol after retirement are found to live longer.&...

November 25, 2009 5:39 PM

Drinking moderately in old age can help live longer

A new research claims that drinking moderately in old age can help people live longer than those who do not take alcohol at all. According to a study published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the U.K., people who take small amount of alcohol after retirement are found to live longer.&...

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