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Wireless cooling: Magnets to keep your fridge cool

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 15:47

Magnets may soon act as wireless cooling agents for your refrigerators, laptops and other devices if a theory propounded by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US finds application.

`Perfect sequence of events` behind dinosaurs extinction revealed

`Perfect sequence of events` behind dinosaurs extinction revealed

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 15:09

A new study has revealed that dinosaurs were killed by a series of changes in the climate and environment such as changing sea levels, varying temperatures and extensive volcanic activity that ultimately created a perfect storm.

Cool flames in space to lead better engines on Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 13:21

A new space experiment can change the way humans travel. In a series of trials on board the International Space Station (ISS), researchers have discovered a type of cool-burning flames that could lead to cleaner, more efficient engines for cars.

Space theatre offers a peek into life in Antarctica

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 13:19

The vast blue and white expanse of Antarctica, the least explored continent on earth, has now come alive at a space theatre here.

Timberwolf, the `lucky` koala who survived 88-km ride clinging to a car

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 11:46

Meet Timberwolf, the survivor and an implausibly strong koala, who survived an hour long high speed drive clinging to the bottom of a car that travelled 88km on a busy Australian freeway.

TNAU develops Hexanal to minimise post-harvest losses of mango

Last Updated: Monday, July 28, 2014, 21:32

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), University of Guelph in Canada, Industrial Technology Institute, Colombo and Mysore Resettlement and Development Agency, Erode have jointly developed Hexanal formulation to minimise post-harvest losses of mango.

New vision-correcting display to replace glasses

Last Updated: Monday, July 28, 2014, 21:27

You may soon be able to ditch your glasses and contact lenses, thanks to a new display technology that automatically addresses vision problems.

New `smart` watch vibrates to keep you from nodding off

Last Updated: Monday, July 28, 2014, 18:48

A new `smart` watch tracks the wearer`s movements and `buzzes` them awake if they start to doze off.

Chinese search engine Baidu mulling Google-like `self-driven` car

Last Updated: Monday, July 28, 2014, 13:50

Chinese search engine Baidu, widely known as Google of China , is reportedly planning its own ` self- driven` car, matching up with the tech giant Google.

Dinosaurs extinct because of `colossal bad luck`

Last Updated: Monday, July 28, 2014, 13:25

Dinosaurs may have survived the asteroid strike which wiped them out if it had happened slightly earlier or later in history, a new study has found.