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Mobile phones will be hackers’ main target in the future, according to a network security report. About 7.12 million Internet-capable smartphones were infected with malicious programmes in 2011, and the number has been increasing rapidly, according to the China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team. The team found and terminated 6,249 malicious programmes last year, more than twice as [...]
A new invention, being funded by billionaire Bill Gates, aims to turn used toilet water into drinking water, a British nanotechnology expert says. According to Manchester University’s Sarah Haigh, the invention could make waste water from toilets safe to drink, the Daily Mail reported. She believes a new range of materials could extract energy from human waste. The innovation could [...]
Google’s techno-glasses offer emails, video chat and even directions over your view of the world. You can experience all these through a built-in screen in front of your eyes. The glasses are a product of Google’s “Google X” blue-sky ideas lab – and the search giant is looking for ideas to improve them, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. “We think [...]
Cosmic dust that fills space could be playing a part in climate change, scientists say. A study is now trying to ascertain how much of this dust enters the Earth’s atmosphere – in a bid to find out how it might affect our climate. Far from being empty, space is made up of tonnes of dust caused in part by [...]
Rising cost of a wedding photo-shoot is forcing some Chinese couples to get their wedding albums prepared with the help of morphing offered by various online photography-related agencies. With the help of computer software like Photoshop, a couple’s ordinary photo can be added with wedding dresses, flowers or even a tropical island setting to create faux wedding images. He Wen, [...]
The Anechoic Chamber in the US is the world’s quietest room where sound doesn’t bounce off the walls the way it does in a regular room. The room is located in Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis. The recording studios where “Funkytown”, a 1980 disco hit song by the band Lipps Inc., and Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks” were recorded are [...]
Thorium plays a pivotal role in Indian Nuclear power program, in fact, right at the beginning of our nuclear power program, use of thorium as an energy source has been contemplated during the third phase. Right from the inception of Indian nuclear power program, work has been carried out on various aspects of thorium utilization-mining and extraction of thorium, fuel [...]
Indian space research organization (ISRO) has initiated pre-project Research and Development activities focusing on critical technologies for Human Space Fight Program. The funds allocated towards this are to the tune of 145 crore rupees. The distribution of funds for the various technical activities are under the major heads, Crew Module System (61 crore rupees), Man rating of launch vehicle (27 [...]
In tune with the dynamic nature of Information Technology ( IT) , continuous efforts are on to prevent and recover from cyber attacks The area of Information Technology is characterised by rapid developments and fast changing obsolescence. With every IT product introduced into the market, newer vulnerabilities are discovered, leaving scope for malicious actions. . As such, the protection of [...]
Stargazers in the capital will Saturday get a chance to observe celestial bodies in a sky free from light pollution as the city will turn off its lights to mark the Earth Hour 2012 beginning 8:30 p.m. Science awareness organisation, SPACE (Science Popularization Association of Communicators and Educators) will set up telescopes at India Gate Saturday evening between 7:30 p.m. [...]
Stimulating the brain can boost one’s ability to solve complex problems, a new study suggests. “The results suggest non-invasive brain stimulation could assist people in solving tasks that appear straightforward but are inherently difficult,” said Allan Snyder, professor at the University of Sydney. Our minds have evolved to solve certain problems effortlessly, yet we struggle to solve others that appear [...]
The latest evidence based on lunar material collected by Apollo astronauts nixes the theory that a giant collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object resulted in the moon’s formation. A comparative analysis of titanium from the moon, Earth and meteorites indicates the moon’s material came from Earth alone, says a new study conducted by University of Chicago researchers. If two [...]
Hydro power is one of the largest renewable sources of energy to be utilized for the generation of electricity. Small Hydro Power (SHP) in India has been standardized up to the level of 25MW. India has an estimated SHP potential of about 15,000MW of which only 20% has been tapped. Hence, there is lot to be utilized in the near [...]
Transparent and flexible memory chips that can shrug off temperatures twice as hot as a kitchen oven and survive other hostile conditions are likely to usher in the next-generation keychain drives, cell phones and computers. “These new chips are really big for the electronics industry because they are now looking for replacements for flash memory,” said James M. Tour, from [...]
Engineers are developing an innovative laser-based technique to zap asteroids with greater probability of success. This could prevent asteroids from exploding on earth. The technique hinges on a flotilla of smaller satellites simultaneously firing solar-powered lasers at an asteroid, overcoming difficulties linked with current methods relying on large unwieldy spacecraft. Massimiliano Vasile, mechanical and aerospace engineer at the University of [...]
Vitamin B12 morphs into a gymnast as soon as it gets into your body, twisting and turning its molecules as part of a crucial reaction called methyl-transfer, say scientists who recorded its activities for the first time. University of Michigan Health System and MIT scientists captured these contorting images in 3-D for the first time, by aiming intense beams of [...]
Computer scientists, taking inspiration from the human face, are exploring whether machines can detect lies. In a study of 40 videotaped conversations, an automated system that analyzed eye movements correctly identified whether subjects were lying or telling the truth 82.5 percent of the time. That’s a better accuracy rate than expert human interrogators typically achieve in lie-detection experiments, said Ifeoma [...]
The Government is implementing the National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) scheme for providing backhaul connectivity to village Panchayats by extending the existing optical fiber network utilizing the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). Backhaul technology is used in telecom and information technology sector including mobile and broad band services. It uses optical cable, radio and satellite system. The backhaul technology using [...]
In tune with the dynamic nature of Information Technology ( IT) , continuous efforts are on to prevent and recover from cyber attacks The area of Information Technology is characterised by rapid developments and fast changing obsolescence. With every IT product introduced into the market, newer vulnerabilities are discovered, leaving scope for malicious actions. . As such, the protection of [...]
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has well established system for development of new varieties suitable for varied agro-climatic zones of the country. So far, more than 4000 varieties of different crops have been developed by ICAR which are suitable for various cropping pattern. In some crops like Bt. cotton, hybrid maize, vegetable, etc. the requirement of farmers are [...]
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