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Mar
20
2010

Highest energy achieved at Cern

In an official announcement by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Switzerland, set a new energy record. This is a new record, three times the energy of any other machine on earth. Along with this the time seems near to observe the toward full-power operation of the collider.
The [...]

Mar
17
2010

Mars Express craft captures images of Phobos

The European Space Agency recently announced that the sharpest images taken of Mars’ moon, Phobos revealed features as small as 4.4 meters.
The images were taken by the Mars Express spacecraft.
Researchers measured the moon’s tug on Mars Express by examining shift in the frequency of radio signals beamed by the spacecraft to Earth. This was performed during [...]

Mar
2
2010

New evidence of water on the moon : NASA

NASA announced today the discovery of more than a lot of ice in the lunar north pole.With the help of instruments on board Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India, the scientists could measure about 600 million tons of water and ice.
The radar called the Mini-SAR analysis performed in hundreds of craters in the region, most of them permanently [...]

Feb
28
2010

IPCC turning to independent reviews

Coming under criticism for its four 2007 reports, Noble-Prize winning scientific panel of US, the IPCC has decided to include independent reviews.
The global-warming studying, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is now seeking independent reviews.
Critics have found a few unsettling errors, including projections of retreats in Himalayan glaciers, in the thousands of pages of the reports.
Scientists [...]

Feb
26
2010

Micro-ear created to study the behavior of tiny creatures

A recent research has shown that a micro-ear can soon help us listen to hidden world voices. It’s reported that it’s to hearing the way microscope is to visibility. Now the scientists can keep a check on small events with much accuracy.
Initially they will use it to snoop on cells as they go about their [...]

Feb
22
2010

Endeavor landed safely on Sunday at Kennedy Space Center

The shuttle Endeavor landed on Sunday at Kennedy Space Center after a 14-day mission intended to continue building the International Space Station. The shuttle, with six crew members aboard, landed safely at 22:20 (0320 GMT) completing the 130th mission of this kind conducted by NASA.
One aim of this mission was the installation of [...]

Feb
16
2010

Verizon Wireless Weds Skype offering Skype App on Smartphones

Verizon Wireless customers can have a jolly good time making free calls on the other phones using the Internet phone service Skype. This would be the first U.S. operator to permit the Internet phone company on its network.
A free skype application can be downloaded from next month. Verizon phone customers who have [...]

Feb
16
2010

MWC 2010: HTC HD Mini mobile released

High Tech Computer Co., Ltd. (HTC) officially released the new HD Mini mobile phone Mobile World Congress today. This phone is WM’s flagship product, the slim HD version.
It is understood that this HTC HD Mini will be powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.3 operating system, and still uses Sense interface. In appearance, this [...]

Feb
13
2010

Microsoft to unveil Windows Mobile 7

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer should unveil Windows Mobile 7 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on Monday.
Microsoft has announced a major overhaul of its mobile phone software on Monday, the software company seeking to retrieve lost ground in a market where it has been seriously lagging behind its main contenders.
CEO Steve [...]

Feb
12
2010

Solar Dynamic Observatory science observation mission initially for 5 years

United States successfully launched Solar Dynamic Observatory observation mission for the five-year . On the 11th Feb. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida NASA’s “Solar Dynamic Observatory,” was successfully launched. The United States space agency said that it is by far the most advanced spacecraft for the study of the Sun and its dynamic [...]