NEW DELHI: The CBI carried out searches at three locations in Noida and the national capital in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the procurement and supply of Tatra all terrain vehicles to the Army. Three teams of the agency officials reached residences of two retired army officials…
London: Bungling NASA scientists are believed to have found tiny live microbes on Mars – but mistakenly killed them by boiling them alive. Two spacecraft that landed on the Red Planet in 1976 are now thought to have detected microbes in Martian soil. But scientists at the time failed to…
Cape Canaveral (US): Space shuttle Discovery has one last mission to complete. At daybreak, the oldest of NASA’s retired shuttle fleet will leave its home at Kennedy Space Centre for the final time, riding on top a modified jumbo jet. Its destination: the Smithsonian Institution’s hangar outside Washington. The plane…
Cape Caaveral, Florida: NASA cleared a cargo ship owned by Space Exploration Technologies for a test flight to the International Space Station that is scheduled to launch on April 30, NASA officials said. The Dragon mission would be the first time a privately owned and operated vessel visits the space…
Washington: Planetary scientists claim they may have discovered how “chondrules”, tiny particles found in meteorites, formed at the beginning of the solar system, thus solving the decades-old cosmic conundrum. Chondrules are spherical particles of molten material found in meteorites but their origins have long been a mystery. No longer than…
Washington: Craters on Earth made by asteroid impacts may provide clues in search for life on other planets, scientists have suggested. They made the conclusion after researchers from the University of Edinburgh discovered tiny organisms thriving deep underneath a site in the US where an asteroid crashed some 35 million…
Beijing: An estimated 100 billion spam messages harassed China’s one billion mobile phone users in the past year, a study said. Of them, more than 10 billion were intercepted by a security software for around 70 million users. On an average, cell phone users receive 11 unwanted messages each week,…
Washington: US naval robocopters, carrying powerful sensors, will be able to ferret out small pirate boats even if they are indistinguishable from other vessels. Somalian pirates are again in the news for holding a Nigeria-bound oil tanker to ransom, with 17 out of the 22 crewmen being Indians, which is…
London: The plethoric array of media choices has engrossed twenty-something young consumers so much so that they switch between electronic devices and media platforms every two minutes, according to a new study. The study, which was commissioned by Time Inc. and conducted by Boston’s Innerscope Research, intended to understand the…
London: Scientists have come up with a phone app that subliminally influences people as they sleep and gives them their perfect dream by playing a ‘soundscape’. Users can choose from a range of options including peaceful rural settings, busy street scenes, or even dramatic adventures set in space. Professor Richard…
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