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Transcend’s V95 USB Flash Drive Introduced In India

Transcend has launched new V95 USB flash drive in the Indian market. The device will prove extremely helpful to people for its elegant data storage capacity.

The new flash drive is very thin with the dimensions of just 40.6 x 18.04 x 7.2 mm. The drive comes in 4GB data storage capacity with ultra thin body.

The chip of newly launched flash drive is constructed on extra-durable COB (Chip On Board). It also supports retractable USB connector. The connector fully supports USB2.0 Plug & Play installation in real time. The drive is provided with cutting edge technology for data management and data storage. The drive is available in two colors namely Onyx Black and Satin Red.

Finnish nuclear watchdog approves welding work at nuclear plant

Finnish nuclear watchdog approves welding work at nuclear plant Helsinki - Claims of poor quality welding work at a Finnish nuclear reactor under construction were rejected Wednesday by the Finnish nuclear watchdog.

The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) said allegations of "faulty" checks of the welding work being built at Olkiluoto, south-western Finland were "false."

A week ago, environmental group Greenpeace cited "confidential documents" for its call to halt work on the reactor.

Hot rocks technology may provide a solution to climate change

Canberra, August 20 : Scientists have suggested that hot rocks technology, also known as geothermal, may provide a possible solution to climate change.

Hot rocks technology works by pumping water deep below the earth’s surface, to areas that generate plenty of heat.

The water converts to steam and shoots back up to the surface, where it is used to make electricity. The technology generates very few greenhouse gas emissions.

According to a report carried out in www. news. com. au, good progress in this field has been made by Australia, which could have its first super-hot power plant within four years.

Algae may become the biofuel of the future

Algae may become the biofuel of the futureWashington, August 20 : A team of researchers from the University of Virginia in the US is trying to determine exactly how promising algae biofuel production can be by tweaking the inputs of carbon dioxide and organic matter to increase algae oil yields.

According to a report in ENN (Environmental News Network), algae are tiny biological factories that use photosynthesis to transform carbon dioxide and sunlight into energy so efficiently that they can double their weight several times a day.

Patriot anti-missile system

Patriot anti-missile systemHamburg - The "Patriot" weapons system is designed to protect against both airplane and missile attacks.

In the US-developed system, each unit consists of eight mobile launching ramps, each with four rockets.

Complete with launching ramps, radar and control station, the system is mounted on lorries. It can detect several targets simultaneously, but its effectiveness is, however, a matter of dispute.

Researchers control behavior of quantum dots with lasers

Washington, August 20 : Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), have reported a new way to fine-tune the light coming from quantum dots by manipulating them with pairs of lasers.

Their technique could significantly improve quantum dots as a source of pairs of “entangled” photons, a property with important applications in quantum information technologies.

The accomplishment could accelerate development of powerful advanced cryptography applications, projected to be a key 21st-century technology.

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