Defence lab sending 3 tonnes food to Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 00:41

The Defence Food Research Laboratory here is sending Monday three tonnes of pre-cooked food for the rain and flood-hit people in Uttarakhand, an official said Sunday.

Soon, mobiles to use bat echolocation method to map rooms

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 22:01

At EPFL, a team from the Audiovisual Communications Laboratory (LCAV), under the direction of Professor Martin Vetterli developed the computer algorithm.

Scientist develops body-double robot

Last Updated: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 20:38

A Japanese scientist has developed a body-double robot which resembles him closely, with tiny human-like movements and blinking eyes.

Mars rover Curiosity approaching its biggest turning point

Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 12:14

NASA`s Curiosity rover will soon head for an area at the base Mount Sharp.

NASA identifies 28 new asteroid families

Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 19:05

Astronomers using data from NASA`s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have identified 28 new families of asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter.

NASA`s 9-year-old Mars rover breaks 40-year-old record

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 10:22

NASA`s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has broken the record for the farthest total distance driven by any NASA vehicle on another world.

US Navy`s Ion Tiger drone shatters own endurance record

Last Updated: Saturday, May 11, 2013, 14:56

Researchers at US Naval Research Laboratory flew fuel cell powered Ion Tiger unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for 48 hours and 1min on April 16-18 by using liquid hydrogen in cryogenic fuel storage tank.

New dark matter detector hears first particle pops

Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2013, 11:29

A new dark matter experiment has begun its search for the invisible particle, which astrophysicists think accounts for about a quarter of the matter and energy in the universe.

NASA`s Cassini sees meteors colliding with Saturn` rings

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 13:02

Thanks to NASA`s Cassini spacecraft, scientists have found the first direct evidence of small meteoroids breaking into streams of rubble and crashing into Saturn`s rings.

Scientist thinks of ways to collide with asteroid

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 19:33

Indian origin deep space navigator Shyam Bhaskaran thinks about how to collide with asteroids.

Trinamool denies party involvement in Presidency vandalism

Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013, 21:27

Trinamool Congress on Friday called for an investigation into the vandalism at the Baker Laboratory in Presidency University on April 10 and reiterated that the party was not involved.