London, Dec 29 : In what is being considered as an embarrassing series of incidents for the British Government, nearly 3,000 Government computers have been nicked or reported lost since 2002, along with other electronic equipments.

This means that the government has lost a laptop every single day over the course of seven years

According to a report in The Sun, the huge haul includes 1,774 laptops, plus a further 1,035 large desktop computers.

New Delhi, Dec 27 : China has officially started construction of a Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), which when completed, would be the world's largest radio telescope.

The dish-like telescope, as large as 30 football fields, will stand in a region of typical Karst depressions in Guizhou Province in China, when it's completed in 2013.

Chinese scientists and officials selected Dawodang, Pingtang County as the site, where a Karst valley will match the shape of the huge bowl-like astronomical instrument.

Washington, Dec 26 : Physicists at the University of Toronto (U of T) have cracked the mystery behind the strange and uncannily well-ordered hexagonal columns found at such popular tourist sites as

London, Dec 26 : Chinese scientists have devised new low cost platinum-free fuel cells that promises to offer cheaper green power.

These cells use alkali membrane and may make it possible to replace the expensive platinum metal with low cost nickel catalyst.

In a standard fuel cell, a platinum catalyst at one electrode breaks down hydrogen into protons and electrons.

The protons pass through a proton exchange membrane to a second electrode where they react with oxygen to produce water. The electrons are syphoned off as electric current.

New Delhi, Dec 24 : India''s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today said that the design for the country''s second moon mission Chandrayaan II is ready.

Talking to the mediapersons here on the sidelines of a function organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to felicitate the members of the Chandrayaan I team, ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair said that it is all set for a 2012 launch.

"Chandrayaan II, the design is complete, we hope by 2012, we will be ready for the launch," he added.

The launch of Chandrayaan-2, approved by the Indian government will include a rover that will land on the moon.