Here comes a new laser technology that can make you feel a lot better while at a queue for full-body scan at airports. Researchers have invented a more precise and direct method for using that ‘terahertz’ (THz) technology to detect explosives from greater distances. The method could ultimately lead to detectors that survey a wider […]
At a time when scientists the world over are experimenting with making cheaper alternative energies for our future, a team of scientists has invented a new technology that increases the odds of helping algae-based biofuels cross the gap and come closer to reality. The team’s invention – the environmental photobioreactor (ePBR system) – is the […]
Charosa Wineries has announced its debut here with a host of wines and an eye on the Goa market, which accounts nearly 20 percent of Indian wine trade. According to the company’s chief operating officer (COO) Parag Kamat, the brand plans to first consolidate in southwestern Indian states like Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala and Karnataka before […]
Debunking earlier theories that big stars form within very massive, isolated ‘cores’ weighing at least 100 times the mass of the sun, research offers insights into how cosmic seeds can grow into massive stars. Astrophysicists studied Snake nebula which is located about 11,700 light years from earth from Smithsonian’s Submillimeter Array (SMA) telescope. It was […]
New Zealand had a record number of overseas visitors last month, thanks to the Chinese New Year holiday, the government statistics agency announced Thursday. The number of visitors last month was up 12 percent year-on-year to 292,400, the highest ever for a January month, according to Statistics New Zealand. “New Zealand saw more visitors arrive […]
Former Lyon coach Alain Perrin is reported to be the Chinese national football team’s new head coach and a confirmation from the Chinese Football Association (CFA) is awaited. A web company quoted CFA’s vice president Yu Hongchen saying that the 57-year-old Frenchman Perrin will take over from caretaker Fu Bo, who has been in charge […]
World and Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica are among 42 sporting giants nominated for prestigious Laureus Awards to be presented next month. Three times winner Bolt and Fraser-Pryce have been nominated among the six men and six women shortlisted in the sportsman and sportswoman of the year categories. Three other athletics […]
Top-seeded David Ferrer, three-time winner, has reached the Mexican Open ATP quarterfinals by defeating fellow-Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (1), 6-2 Wednesday. Ferrer will next play South Africa’s Kevin Anderson, who ousted American Sam Querrey, 7-6 (2), 6-4, reports Xinhua. Sixth-seeded Gilles Simon of France beat Donald Young of the US 6-4, 6-3. Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov […]
Ten years ago, on May 18, 2004 to be precise, the Central Hall of the Indian parliament witnessed political theatrics of an exceptional variety. Two hundred Congress leaders extremely dejected, feeling almost orphaned, desperately pleading with Congress president Sonia Gandhi to reconsider her “renunciation”, sat on one side of the rectangular table. Ten years is […]
Bags are prohibited from this year’s Boston Marathon for security concern following last year’s deadly bombing, authorities announced. Marathon runners typically are allowed to bring bags or backpacks to keep personal items. But this year, runners will not be allowed to bring backpacks or bags, which will also not be allowed in certain areas near […]