Washington, September 30 : A new research has suggested that as seawater becomes more acidic because of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere dissolving in the oceans, an unexpected side effect is taking place in the form of sounds traveling farther underwater.

The research has been conducted by marine chemists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California, US.

Conservative projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggest that the chemistry of seawater could change by 0.3 pH units by 2050.

Keith Hester and his coauthors calculate that this change in ocean acidity would allow sounds to travel up to 70 percent farther underwater.

Washington, September 30 : In a discovery that is nothing less than astonishing, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds.

A laser instrument designed to gather knowledge of how the atmosphere and surface interact on Mars, detected snow from clouds about 2.5 miles above the spacecraft’s landing site.

Data show the snow vaporizing before reaching the ground.

Washington, Sept 30 : Engineers from Georgia Tech Research Institute have developed a new honeycomb like materials that can reduce aircraft engine noise more effectively than conventional methods.

A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen.

The new microchanneled material developed by research engineer Jason Nadler can reduce engine noise by wearing it down through a process called viscous shear.

Viscous shear involves the interaction of a solid with a gas or other fluid. In this case, a gas - sound waves composed of compressed air - contacts a solid, the porous medium, and is weakened by the resulting friction.

Due to some adverse fault in the security of the Adobe Systems software, the freeloaders are enjoying their time by downloading free movies from the Amazon’s video streaming service. The flaw has given freedom to anyone to record and copy direct from Amazon’s video feed. 

Recently it was learnt that the first update to the DS is under the process of development at Nintendo, and the company will unveil it soon. This new upgrade, which will use photos in games, will also feature an integrated camera. 

The company has also undertaken the aim to expand the handheld's role as a wireless data device and further will invent a look for the system that is more user-friendly. A report however informs that the DS will be launched by Nintendo by December and the prices for the homeland will be kept under $189. 

Hewlett-Packard has made announcement about the launching of its new range of Compaq notebooks in the Indian market.

Targeting modern youth, the new range comprises nine notebook computers, which come packed with astounding multimedia features including finger print reader, backlit keyboard and HDMI 1.3 together with an integrated TV tuner card, an infra red remote control and Blue ray drive.

The new range of HP Compaq notebooks, which sport stylish and modish designs, integrate quality with cost effectiveness.