Martian devil
Giant whirlwind photographed as it snakes its way across a plain in northern Mars
Scientists studied the length of the shadow cast by this Martian dust devil and determined that the storm stood 12 miles high. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, UA
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Herschel:Herschel finds first evidence of Earth-like water in a comet
A team of astronomers using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory have discovered the first comet containing water that is similar in isotopic composition to that in Earth’s oceans. This detection, in the comet 103P/Hartley 2, shows [...]
1962 glass could be Corning’s next bonanza seller
Sturdy Corning glass from 1962 could be a multibillion winner in frameless TV market.
An ultra-strong glass that has been looking for a purpose since its invention in 1962 is poised to become a multibillion-dollar bonanza for Corning Inc.
The [...]
Quiet hybrids: An end to their sounds of silence?
Silence isn’t golden: Carmakers add sounds to hybrids, electric cars; pedestrian safety eyed. The age of the silent hybrid may be coming to an end.
Gas-electric hybrids, propelled by electric motors at low speeds, are well-known for their [...]
New Theory for Life’s First Energy Source
An obscure compound known as pyrophosphite could have been a source of energy that allowed the first life on Earth to form, scientists now say.
From the tiniest bacteria to the complex human body, all living beings require an energy-transporting [...]
Diamonds travel at 60 km per hour inside Earth
Diamond infused magma travel to the surface of the earth from deep within the planet at a blistering 60 kilometres per hour. Rising magma in Earth’s mantle is thought to ascend at just a few centimetres per year.
It was known that kimberlite, [...]
Things one can do with plastic waste
“We must save the world, plastics should be banned….blah, blah, blah!” There is a lot ofhullabaloo about why we shouldn’t use plastic and they are all correct. But while finding a more eco-friendly substitute to [...]
‘Wow’ Aluminium bats hit Indian cricket
Get over mongoose and double blade bats as its time for eco-friendly ‘Wow’ aluminium bats to further revolutionise cricketing in India.
Brain-child of an Indian IIT engineer, Wow aluminium bats are the latest innovations to hit [...]
Freeze-dry, eco-friendly burials set for global launch
Amid the potato starch coffins and bio-degradable urns at a recent Asian funeral expo, a freeze dry burial technique similar to cremation, but without the pyres, stood out as the ultimate green alternative.
The brainchild of a Swedish biologist, [...]
Jem Stansfield: ‘human spiderman’ scales 30 ft wall using only vacuum cleaner suctions
A British inventor, Jem Stansfield, has been labeled the “Human Fly” after impersonating Spider-man by scaling a school wall using suction from two Tesco vacuum cleaners.
The 39 year-old scientist, an aeronautics graduate, amazed [...]
