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26,000 hectares in Bagalkot will have Drip irrigation

November 27, 2012

Drip irrigation project is planned to irrigate nearly 26,000 hectares of land in the command area of the Krishna in Bagalkot district. The project would cost Rs. 800 crore. What is Drip Irrigation? Drip irrigation or trickle irrigation or micro ..

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Aflibercept: Drug that can halt cancer growth

November 27, 2012

Scientists have developed a new drug ‘Aflibercept’ for stopping the cancerous cells from multiplying. The new drug makes cancerous cells to sleep thus inhibiting them from multiplying. The drug functions by exchanging the molecular switches in cancer structure so that ..

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Scientists find the mechanism of replication of flu viruses in cells

November 27, 2012

In a major scientific advancement, researchers have come very close to understand how the replication of flu viruses within infected cells takes place. The research would provide for development of more effective vaccines. What has been discovered? The primary focus ..

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Scientists discover dwarf planet “Makemake” with no atmosphere

November 27, 2012

“Makemake”: A dwarf planet in our solar system discovered by astronomers. Orbits in the outer solar system Has no atmosphere About two thirds the size of Pluto Travels around the Sun in a distant path that lies beyond that of ..

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Scientists Discover “Super-Jupiter” Planet- 13 times bigger than Jupiter

November 22, 2012

Super Jupiter: Astrophysicists at the University of Toronto declared that they have discovered a new planet which is 13 times bigger than the the largest planet in our solar system "Jupiter". Located 168 light years from Earth orbiting the star ..

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Scientists: Greenland losing 200 million tonnes ice every year

November 22, 2012

Using satellite data, Scientists confirmed via Glacier-covered Greenland has had an average net loss of 200 billion tons of ice every year since 2003. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) which can detect mass changes on the surface of ..

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WMO: Greenhouse Gases Level Reached Record High in 2011

November 22, 2012

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) In its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, WMO held that that the atmospheric volume of the greenhouse gases, which are often blamed for the change in atmosphere, reached a record high in 2011. As per the survey, ..

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Sunita Williams back to Earth

November 21, 2012

Indian- American Sunita Williams spending four-months in orbit, returned back to Earth The Soyuz TMA-05M capsule, carrying Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Sunita Williams, landed at the Kazakhstan space station at 7.50 am IST. ..

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MACS0647-JD : possibly the oldest and farthest galaxy ever seen from Earth

November 19, 2012

Astronomers spotted the furthest galaxy ever, a little cluster named ‘MACS0647-JD’ b/w the Big and Little Dippers. Probably the most distant, and thus oldest, galaxy ever seen. Distance from Earth: 13.3 billion light years that created the Universe 13.7 billion ..

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Savita Halappanavar: Persons in News

November 17, 2012

Savita Halappanavar’s death has led to a widespread protests in Ireland and a call to re-look at the abortion laws. She was 31 year old dentist originally from Belgaum, India who moved to Ireland in 2008. She died on October ..

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