Seafloor can impact height of Tsunami waves

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 13:14

The height of a tsunami wave when it approaches a coastline is influenced greatly by the topography of the seafloor near the coast.

Pulsars can help detect gravitational waves

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 09:32

Pulsars are perhaps the most extraordinary physics laboratories in the Universe.

Ghaziabad, Noida schools to be closed till Jan 12

Last Updated: Friday, January 6, 2012, 21:35

All schools in Noida and Ghaziabad on the outskirts of Delhi will remain closed till January 12 in view of intense cold, the district authorities on Friday ordered.

Cold conditions persist in UP; 2 dead

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 27, 2011, 20:24

Cold wave conditions persisted in parts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday with some areas witnessing heavy fog resulting in an accident which claimed two lives.

UP continues to reel under cold waves

Last Updated: Friday, December 16, 2011, 19:01

Large parts of Uttar Pradesh continued to reel under cold wave conditions with thick fog throwing normal life out of gear and claiming six lives.

700 Mhz spectrum auction may cause loss to govt: Experts

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 16:32

Auctioning of spectrum in the valuable 700 MHz band to new telecom players who have not been allocated any radio waves, as proposed by the Trai, could cause loss to government exchequer, experts have said.

Lady Gaga wants to put pop into performance art to make waves in music

Last Updated: Sunday, July 10, 2011, 12:53

Lady Gaga wants to ‘assimilate pop music into performance art’ and make that mainstream in the music industry.

Trombone’s shock waves captured on film

Last Updated: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 17:31

Scientists used schlieren photography to catch the shock wave.

Now, Maoists using HF waves to escape surveillance

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 17:53

Naxal cadres have now begun to communicate through High Frequency (HF) radio waves which the security forces are finding hard to "tap".

Tsunami waves kill one in Indonesia: Official

Last Updated: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 21:25

A man in Indonesian eastern Papua province was killed by tsunami waves from Japan`s massive earthquake, an official said.

Top 10 global weather events in 2010

Last Updated: Friday, January 14, 2011, 15:39

A panel of experts has ranked the top 10 global weather and climate events of 2010.

North faces another frosty day; 6 more deaths, toll reaches 68

Last Updated: Saturday, January 8, 2011, 20:45

It was another frosty day in North India on Saturday which continued to battle bitter cold waves with the chill claiming six more lives in UP, taking the toll to 68 this season in the state.