Man who decoded life atom-by-atom [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 6, Hits: 117]
Venkatraman Unravelled Mystery Of How Protein Is Built By A Ribosome
Updated On: 10/8/2009
Tags: Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Atom By Atom, Small Granules, Dna Molecules, Control Life At Chemical Level, Hemoglobin Transports Oxygen, Hormones, Insulin, Chemical Orchestra Of Our Body, Mysteries Confronting Scientists, Double Helix Of Dna, Structure Of Ribosome, Physical Molecule Of Protein, X-ray Crystallography, 3-d Photography, Human Health Care And Synthesizing, Antibiotics, Bacteria, Chemistry Nobel, Thomas A. Steitz Of United State, Ada E. Yonath Of Israel, X-ray Crystallography, Penicillin, Vitamins And Cholesterol, Diverse Minerals
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Scientists develop 'electronic nose' that can sniff out toxins by changing colors [Vote Average: 2, Total Votes: 18, Hits: 171]
A team of scientists has developed a sensor that works as an 'electronic nose' in sniffing out some known poisonous gases and toxins, simply by changing colors...
Updated On: 10/3/2009
Tags: Team of scientists, Electronic nose, Poisonous gases and toxins, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Serious health risks, Physicists, Radiation badges, Potentially toxic chemicals, Chemists and workers, GEI Exposure Biology Program, NIEHS, NIEHS Director Linda Birnbaum, Multiple airborne toxins, Kenneth S. Suslick, M.T. Schmidt Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Optoelectronic nose, Artificial nose for detection, Toxic industrial chemicals (TICs), Unique molecular fingerprint, Library of color fingerprints, Toxic industrial chemicals, Ammonia, Chlorine, Nitric acid, Sulfur dioxide, Health, Nose
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A house made of hair [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 30, Hits: 414]
Imagine living in a house made of human hair...
Updated On: 8/29/2009
Tags: House made of human hair, British countryside, Save energy and reuse waste, Carbon emissions, Delhi architect Gautam Bhatia, Lime mortar, Lime consumes less energy, Hair expert Dr. Apoovra Shah, Keratin, Tensile strength, 16th-century timberframed thatched house, Carbon footprint, Human Hair, Hair
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Artificial life a reality within 4 months? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 49, Hits: 304]
‘Critical Hurdle To Creating Life In Lab Cleared’
Updated On: 8/24/2009
Tags: Acontroversial scientist, Sequence human genome, Artificial life, Researcher Craig Venter, Laboratory, Synthetic species, Synthetic biology, Bacteria, Natural gas, Carbon dioxide, Hydrocarbon fuels, J Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, Transplanting DNA into bacteria, Mycoplasma mycoides, Transplant technique, Reboot, Host cells, Bacterial genomes, Chemicals
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Soon, intelligent harvesting robots to end UK's farmer shortage woes [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 45, Hits: 274]
British researchers are working on developing intelligent harvesting robots...
Updated On: 8/19/2009
Tags: British researchers, United Kingdom farmers, Harvesting Robots, Labor shortage for UK, Healthy Crops, National Physical Laboratory, Scientists in collaboration, KMS projects, Vegetable Harvesting Systems, Most Appropriate Technologies, Radio frequencies, Microwaves, Tera hertz, Far-Infra Red, Methodology, Cauliflower crops, Microwave Measurement Systems, Similar crops, Automated harvesting machine, Global Farming Industry, Project Lead, Dr Richard Dudley, NPL, United Kingdom, Robots, Farmers
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Computer game aims to solve world's energy problems [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 52, Hits: 357]
In a rare "thought experiment," scientists will try to find a solution to the world's energy problems with the help of a computer game.
Updated On: 8/19/2009
Tags: Thought Experiment, Scientists try to find a solution, World Energy Problems, Computer Game, American Chemical Society, National Meeting, Walter E, Washington Convention Center, April Orr, Assistant Director of Member Research and Technology, Collaborative think project, Future Energy Challenges, Green Energy Sources, Municipal solid waste disposal, Scientific community, Policy makers, Computer, World
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Why is the sun hotter outside than inside? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 47, Hits: 392]
The mystery of why temperatures in the sun's outer atmosphere soar to several million degrees...
Updated On: 8/19/2009
Tags: Sun Outer Atmosphere Soar, Several million degrees far, Temperatures near sun surface, Japan Hinode satellite, Hotter Outer Atmosphere, Heat and Energy, Magnetic Tube, James Klimchuk, Astrophysicist, Goddard Space Flight Center Solar Physics Lab, Maryland, Scientists, NASA, X-Ray Telescope, Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer, Ultra-hot plasma, Zero degree Celsius, Klimchuk, International Astronomical Union General Assembly meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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How Animals Communicate? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 58, Hits: 720]
We human being consider ourselves special because we can talk to each other. But animals also have ways of expressing themselves.
Updated On: 8/17/2009
Tags: United State, Female Chimpanzee, Monkey Friend, Human Being an Intelligent Animal, Chimpanzee Intelligent Animal, Animal Facial Expressions, Animals Communicate, Bird, European Robin, Hippopotamus, Deer, Mammals Communicate, Individual Animal Advantage, Male Animals Attract Females, Dogs, Beak Red Spot Bird, Social Animals, Insects Communication Methods
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Tiny battery traps solar power to run a house for 24 hrs [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 42, Hits: 432]
A small disc could be the solution for the efficient and cheap storage of the sun’s
energy.
Updated On: 8/3/2009
Tags: Efficient and cheap storage, Sun energy, Utah-based company, Solar energy, Small ceramic disk, Researchers at Ceramatec, New Battery, Sodium-sulfur composition, Lower temperature, Ralph Brodd, Energy conversion consultant, Positive sodium ions, Electrical current, Technologies, United State, Daniel Nocera, Professor of energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ceramatec advisory board, Dumb Technology
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Indian boffin creates camera with invisible flash that takes pics sans the glare [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 54, Hits: 354]
An Indian researcher along with a colleague has developed a camera that takes photos with an invisible flash of infrared and ultraviolet light points to a smarter way to take photos in the dark.
Updated On: 8/2/2009
Tags: London, Camera Invisible Flash Photos, Infrared, Ultraviolet Light, Dilip Krishnan, Rob Fergus, New York University, Dark Flash Camera, Visible Light, Camera Silicon Image, IR Rays, UV Rays, Flash-Free Photograph, Dark Flash Image, Normal Hues Pictures, New Orleans Siggraph Conference
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