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The Antennae Galaxies are much closer than previously thought

Berlin, May 10 : A new research by astronomers using the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, has shown that the Antennae Galaxies, which are a pair of interacti

Indian scientist’s super sensitive artificial nose inspired by ‘mouse urine’

London, May 10 : A team led by an Indian researcher has developed an electronic nose coated with ‘mouse urine’, which they say, can help sniff out trace quantities of explosives or pollutants, or p

New process can pave way for lighter, stronger, eco friendly concrete

Canberra, May 10 : Australian scientists have developed a process that can pave the way for lighter, stronger concrete, with a smaller greenhouse footprint, by utilising the waste “fly-ash” from coal-fired power stations.

Developed by researchers at the University of NSW (New South Wales), the new process has the potential to capture all of the 14 million tonnes of ash particles churned out each year by Australian energy plants and turn them into a form of aggregate, which bonds with cement.

According to Dr Obada Kayali, a civil engineering lecturer at the Australian Defence Force Academy and the University of NSW, “The environmental benefits are enormous, really huge, because you are looking at a much smaller volume of cement per cubic metre.”

Global warming brings tropical birds to Hong Kong, watchers say

Hong Kong  - Global warmingThe sighting of two rarely seen tropical birds in Hong Kong co

Missing link found in German rock - fossil record fixed

GermanyWuppertal, Germany  - A fossil which was hailed Friday as the missing link in a worldwide evol

Flesh eating insects feasted on dino bones

Washington, May 9: A new research has attributed the cause of most dinosaur skeletons exhibiting pits, grooves and furrows to flesh and bone-eating insects, which gnawed on the dinosaur bones.

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