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India, Germany launch science-industry initiative
New Delhi - Germany and India on Tuesday launched a strategic initiative which will foster cooperation between science and industry on innovation in skill development, industrial growth and life sciences. India's Science Minister Kapil Sibal and Germ...

[Posted on : 2008-09-09 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Norwegian prizes for astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience
Oslo - Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon Tuesday presented the newly created Kavli prizes to seven scientists for their discoveries in astrophysics, neuroscience and nanoscience. The prize categories are each worth 1 million dollars, and were jointly spo...

[Posted on : 2008-09-09 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Germany studying gas hydrates as ocean-floor energy source
Kiel, Germany - German scientists issued details Friday of a research project to extract an untapped source of energy on the ocean floors and at the same time replace it with unwanted carbon dioxide. The project, sponsored by the German government, c...

[Posted on : 2008-09-05 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Phantom noises of tinnitus can be muted
Berlin - Dorothea Neumann, a 57-year-old Berliner, had been having hearing problems for a while. Then came the phantom ear sounds. I wondered if the noises were coming from the heater or from an air hammer, she related. ...

[Posted on : 2008-09-01 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Spaniards invent packaging to keep bread fresh
Zaragoza, Spain - Spanish scientists have invented packaging that keeps bread and other baked goods from going mouldy for up to 10 days, authors of the study said Friday. The wax paper packaging contains cinnamon oil, which has high antimicrobial act...

[Posted on : 2008-08-29 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Spanish scientists find remains of gigantic dinosaur
Castellon, Spain - Spanish palaeontologists have found bones of a gigantic dinosaur which was 20 metres long and weighed between 40 and 70 tons, regional officials said Wednesday. The bones were unearthed in Morella near the eastern city of Castellon...

[Posted on : 2008-08-27 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Seals employed as surrogate scientists
Sydney - Elephant seals rigged with sensors are helping Australian scientists collect data in the Antarctic. They measure temperature and salinity as a function of depth as they dive down and up through the water column, and from that information, w...

[Posted on : 2008-08-12 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

1,000 rockets kept Olympic opening rain-free, China says
Beijing - Chinese meteorologists fired more than 1,000 rockets into clouds to prevent rain from reaching the Olympic opening ceremony at Beijing's National Stadium,, state media said on Saturday. The operation to fire shells filled with silver iodide...

[Posted on : 2008-08-09 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Bulgarian archaeologists unearth Thracian carriage
Sofia - Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed a fully preserved, 19-century horse-drawn carriage from a Thracian tomb, news reports said Wednesday. The opulently decorated vehicle, was found at Elchovo in south-eastern Bulgaria, along with other ar...

[Posted on : 2008-08-06 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Spanish scientists invent electronic tongue to assess wine quality
Barcelona/London - Spanish scientists have developed an electronic tongue for the rapid assessment of the age and variety of wine, Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry said Monday. The handheld device, which was described in the chemistry journal T...

[Posted on : 2008-08-04 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

 

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