Washington, Feb 26 : Using data from the satellite-based MIPAS and GOME-2 instruments, scientists have for the first time detected important ozone-depleting species in the atmosphere.
These new measurements will help scientists to better understand sources of these bromine species and to improve simulations of stratospheric ozone chemistry.
Despite the detection of bromine monoxide (BrO) in the atmosphere some 20 years ago, bromine nitrate (BrONO2) was first observed in 2008 when scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology discovered the gas's weak signal with data from MIPAS (the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding).
London, Feb 26 : A new research by a team led by the University of Nottingham, UK, has identified interstellar space dust from a dead star, which could unlock some of the mysteries of the early universe.
Interstellar dust is found throughout the cosmos. It is responsible for the dark patches seen in the Milky Way on a moonless night.
It consists of carbon and silicate particles, about the size of those in cigarette smoke.
Washington, Feb 26 : A new study has indicated that small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost in the future.
The study, by Astrobotic Technology and Carnegie Mellon researchers, analyzed mission requirements and developed the design for an innovative new type of small lunar robot under contract from NASA's Lunar Surface Systems group.
The pace of adoption of open source software (OSS) among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) has not gained traction, despite the slowdown and IT costs hitting a downside. “We have about 8,000 MSME members in the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) MSME division and hardly, any of them use the OSS. CII has planned a host of initiatives to promote OSS considering that it can improve productivity considerably,” said a CII official at a seminar on open source software and MSMEs organised by CII on Wednesday.
If all goes well, a new management will take control of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services in the next six to eight weeks. This is what the top management of the company told staffers in a communication on Wednesday.
The company's board is meeting here today to finalise the terms for bidding.
"The company has made firm and steady progress by securing the Company Law Board's order, which exempts the company from obtaining approval of shareholders to increase the authorised share capital," the communication said.
Google admitted on Tuesday a technical snag paralysed its email service for the last few days. The problem aggravated on Tuesday as thousands of users, unable to log in, flooded the internet with panic messages. "We're aware of a problem with Gmail affecting several users," Google said on its support site which is accessed by clicking on the 'help' icon at the top of a Gmail page.
Over 100 million people use Gmail worldwide. "For the last two days, I am having trouble logging in," Anubhuti Garg, a graphic designer, said.
A number of users DNA spoke to said they could not log in for most of Tuesday. "I was able to connect only at 6 pm," marketing consultant Sharad Shelar said.
London, Feb 26 : A new research by a team led by the University of Nottingham, UK, has identified interstellar space dust from a dead star, which could unlock some of the mysteries of the early universe.
Washington, Feb 26 : A new study has indicated that small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost in the future.
If all goes well, a new management will take control of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services in the next six to eight weeks. This is what the top management of the company told staffers in a communication on Wednesday. 
