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Military engineers develop ‘Smart Mine Field’ Application to detect friendly mines

June 21, 2013

Engineers from the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME) have developed a ‘Smart Mine Field’ application which will pinpoint the location of friendly mines, whose position might have shifted over a period of time. What are Friendly Mines? Friendly Mines ..

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NASA’s Cassini to photograph Earth from Saturn

June 21, 2013

On July 19, 2013 NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will be taking the first-ever natural-colour image of the Earth as seen from the Saturn system, from 1.44 billion kilometres away. The US space agency is inviting the public to help recognize the historic interplanetary ..

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Study finds significant role of platelets in immune system

June 20, 2013

Scientists from the University of Calgary, Canada, have found through a study a new type of surveillance mechanism linked with immune system taking place in the liver of mice. It was noticed that platelets, which are conventionally known to play ..

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Tianhe-2: World’s fastest Supercomputer developed by China

June 19, 2013

China achieved a big breakthrough in the field of supercomputers as it successfully developed fastest supercomputer in the world, named, Tianhe-2. About Tianhe-2: Supercomputer developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology Processing speeds of 33.86 petaflops (1000 trillion calculations) per ..

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U.S. Supreme Court forbids human genes from being patented

June 18, 2013

Giving a jolt to medical and biotechnology industries, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes. This judgment reverses three decades of patent awards by government officials. It dismisses patents held by Myriad Genetics ..

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Fact Box: H.265 / High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard

June 16, 2013

HVEC to replace the MPEG-4 standard New H.265 or High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard will be the successor to the MPEG-4 standard and will be used for delivering high definition images on the small screen of mobile handsets. What is ..

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ISRO to launch INSAT-3D launch on July 26, 2013

June 16, 2013

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is slated to put advanced meteorology satellite INSAT-3D on July 26, 2013 after putting the regional navigation satellite IRNSS-1A from Sriharikota on the light-lift PSLV rocket on July 1, 2013. INSAT-3D  The satellite which weighs 2,090 kg is ..

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Fact Box: What is Citrus greening?

June 13, 2013

Citrus greening or Huanglongbing is a deadly disease of citrus which greatly affects the production of the fruits in several parts of India. Causing agents: It is caused by motile bacteria, Candidatus Liberibacter Symptoms: Yellowing of leaf veins and adjacent tissues Premature defoliation Dieback of ..

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India-US collaborate on Space Solar Power Initiative

June 13, 2013

Working in the direction of realizing the idea of tapping solar energy from space and beaming it to earth to meet the energy needs of the future and mitigate climate change, India and a top US science body have forged an ..

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Rangachang gets Early Tsunami Warning System to alert in three minutes

June 13, 2013

In order to forecast Tsunami early, the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has installed the Early Tsunami Warning System (ETWS) at Rangachang in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.  The system can forecast a tsunami within 3 minutes after the initial tremors are felt and can send alerts. Following the alerts sent from ..

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