European skies were a virtual no-fly zone for a fourth day on Sunday, with volcanic ash drifting from Iceland reaching as far as Russia, stranding tens of thousands of people as over 17,000 flights were cancelled.
Sending your favourite and costly suit to the dry cleaners could soon become an obsolete practice. Researchers have invented a new fabric which can clean by itself. Using nano-technology, the researchers from Monash University in Australia and Hong Kong Polytechnic University have successfully developed the special fabric which can be made into self-cleaning clothes.
A University of Texas team has proposed a fusion-fission hybrid reactor using current technology.
A technique to 'crack-the-code' of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus had been developed by a team of researchers, led by Professor Mark von Itzstein at Griffith University Institute for Glycomics, Queensland, in collaboration with the Hong Kong University-Institute, said ScienceDaily.
Researchers from Tel Aviv University have discovered a link between depression and the loss of a sense of smell. They showed those who are depressed lose sensitivity in their olfactory glands at the same time and thus unwittingly splash too much scent about.
A team of scientists, led by non resident Indian Dr Kasturi Venkateswaran, is spearheading a study that will advance the search for possible life on Mars.
The behaviour of one ring in particular -- the 'G' ring -- has baffled experts.
The glaciers provide a lifeline for billions of people by feeding the major rivers in the region, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.
Accumulation of atmospheric brown clouds caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases is significantly contributing to the melting of Himalayan glaciers.
The common notion is that HIV evolves to grow better over time following Darwin's theory of natural selection, eventually killing the patient.
After an investigation, researchers from Queensland University of Technology have revealed that some laser printers emit potentially dangerous levels of tiny toner-like materials in the air which could harm one's lungs.
China has banned the import of a particular batch of 'Gentlease infant milk powder' produced by a US-based company since it contained unidentified metal particles.
We can only calculate the probability of change in prices just like the probability of outcomes from the toss of an unbiased coin.
Al Gore warns that black carbon from India's use of biomass fuels that contribute to global warming can adversely impact India's great rivers, the life-blood of the country's agriculture.
A recent court ruling in the US on allowing the declaratory judgment provision in the US patent law has come as a boost to Indian pharmaceutical companies such as Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy's, Sun Pharma and Lupin.
In a fresh round of patent battle over the launch of generic drugs in the US market, domestic pharmaceutical majors Orchid, Sun Pharma and Ranbaxy Laboratories have been sued by Cima Labs, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co and Abbott Laboratories, respectivel
An atmospheric scientist, Ramanathan focuses his research on global climate dynamics, the greenhouse effect, aerosols, clouds, and the earth radiation budget.
Sunita and Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria completed the last of the internal assembly tasks for the startup later this year of the new Oxygen Generation System in the Destiny laboratory.
Both countries have seen huge increases in their economies, which mean more large factories and power plants to sustain such growth.
Demand payment of sugarcane arrears, company says there are no dues.
Your office isn't as sanitary as you think. Follow these fixes for a clean-as-a-whistle workspace.
"One should stay away from silver and red colours because they are more toxic. These colours are carcinogenic. They are metal oxides," Dr R K Joshi, consultant dermatologist in Apollo Indraprastha Hospital, told PTI.
Kakodkar had come to inaugurate the fourth Asian Particle Accelerator Conference at the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology near Indore.
Recent research that suggests that office keyboards have more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat. So is your workstation clean enough?
Nanotechnology can bring down farm production costs through precise and more efficient use of inputs.
According to Andrew Coates of the Mullard Space Science Lab, the impactors would represent the first time there had been a detailed study of the Moon's sub-surface.
A study by the agency has claimed that the smog was caused by excessive fossil fuel combustion (mainly coal) in India's north-eastern region.
Simply replacing the chulha won't help, we have to help the poor use clean renewable energy.
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican in the adaptation of Angels & Demons, a prequel to the 2006 smash hit Da Vinci Code.
Radon is a carcinogenic gas and therefore is hazardous to inhale this element since it emits alpha particles. Radon in water may therefore present dual pathways of exposure for individuals -- through drinking water and inhalation of air containing radon released from groundwater, says Dr Nitish Priyadarshi
It has been six years since Bharat Gold Mines Ltd closed down mining operations at the Kolar Gold Fields near Bangalore.
Moser Baer Photo Voltaic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Moser Baer India, has acquired minority stake in Stion Corporation, a nanostructures technology company based in California, formerly NStructures.
The researchers said arsenic contamination in drinking water is a global problem.
When it comes to age adjusted incidence rates of other common types like cancer of uterine cervix and breast (for female), the northeastern states were not far behind. Mizoram ranked third in the country in these types.
GVK-owned three companies will be merged with another group company -- Novopan Industries Ltd -- for a consideration of Rs 25.32 crore (Rs 253.2 million) to consolidate the particle boards operations of the group.
Under the partnership, Bharat Biotech will use the patented virus like particle technology platform of Novavax to develop the single dosage pandemic influenza vaccine and undertake clinical trials before manufacturing and marketing the same.\n\n
TIFR scientists have found and proposed an experimental test for the quantum theory of gravity, the first step to unify the forces of nature that rule the universe.
The construction of the facility is expected to begin in 2007 and 75 per cent of the construction cost will be borne by Germany.
Beijing has vowed the Olympic Games will take place under blue skies, not the murky "sauna" haze that has shrouded the city recently, but even on apparently clear days pollution levels may not be safe for athletes. Officials lavished 120 billion yuan ($17.6 billion) on cleaning up the capital with factories dozens of miles away closed down, construction halted, and over half the city's 3.3 million cars cleared from the roads.
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