Monday, 3 June 2013

India defers first navigational satellite launch

India defers first navigational satellite launch

India defers first navigational satellite launch

Wikipedia The launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C22) flight has been delayed by a fortnight due to an anomaly. Chennai, June 3: The launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C22) flight has been delayed by a fortnight due to an anomaly.
Indian Bilal Habib wins UNESCO young scientist award

Indian Bilal Habib wins UNESCO young scientist award

London: India's Bilal Habib was Thursday named as one of the six winners of UNESCO's Young Scientist Awards for 2013. Habib won the award for designing and developing an Ecological Monitoring Programme involving local communities the in Nanda ...
Are black holes portals to other universes?

Are black holes portals to other universes?

Scientists have proposed a new theory that suggests black holes may actually be the portals to other universes. Physicists Rodolfo Gambini of University of the Republic in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Jorge Pullin of Louisiana State University have applied the ...
India to acquire icebreaker for polar exploration

India to acquire icebreaker for polar exploration

New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) India is in the process of acquiring an icebreaker for a whopping Rs.800 crore ($144 million) for conducting scientific and business exploration in the polar regions. The Ministry of Earth Sciences has submitted a proposal to the ...
Now, camera sensor that doesn

Now, camera sensor that doesn't need flash

The new sensor developed at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, is highly sensitive to both visible and infrared light. ET SPECIAL: To download ET mobile app, call 1800-200-5810. NEW YORK: Researchers have developed a new and ...
Polar trek made to measure where Mawson team made mark

Polar trek made to measure where Mawson team made mark

With the floe: The team, including UNSW scientist Chris Turney will use cutting-edge technology to chart changes in the Antarctic climate using Sir Douglas Mawson's data. Photo: Supplied. When Sir Douglas Mawson led his epic scientific expedition to ...
Space radiation results should spark manned Mars mission debate

Space radiation results should spark manned Mars mission debate

It is time for idealism about missions to Mars to end. Going there with current technology would carry a significant risk of harmful radiation exposure. This was made clear at last Thursday's teleconference of results from the Radiation Assessment Detector ...
Fish start copying each other as group size increases

Fish start copying each other as group size increases

Melbourne, June 3 (ANI): Scientists from Australia are researching the movements of schools of mosquitofish to investigate if the members of larger groups conform more than the ones in a smaller setting. The researchers have been scrutinising the ...
Biting into a bug?

Biting into a bug?

The on-screen salad looks delicious. Appetising, really. The camera zooms in, and you hear the anchor: “It is insect salad.” All it needs is to be wrapped in a French-sounding name. Insect consumption, however, has a name: Entomophagy. “Bugs are food of ...