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Star Crust 10 Billion Times Stronger Than Steel Bloomington IN (SPX) May 07, 2009 
Research by a theoretical physicist at Indiana University shows that the crusts of neutron stars are 10 billion times stronger than steel or any other of the earth's strongest metal alloys. Charles Horowitz, a professor in the IU College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Physics, came to the conclusion after large-scale molecular dynamics computer simulations were conducted at Indiana Un ... read more
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US urges India, Israel, Pakistan, NKorea to join NPT
United Nations (AFP) May 5, 2009A top US arms control negotiator at the United Nations on Tuesday urged presumed atomic powers India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. "Universal adherence to the NPT itself, including by India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea ... remains a fundamental objective of the United States," said Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller. ... more India holds wargames near Pakistan border 
New Delhi (AFP) May 5, 2009The Indian military said Tuesday it has held large-scale military exercises involving its main strike corps close to the tense border with nuclear-armed rival Pakistan. The three-day manoeuvres, code-named Hind Shakti ('Indian Power'), were held in the arid plains of northern Punjab state and wrapped up on Tuesday, officials said. "The exercise entailed participation by mechanised and in ... more US anti-outsourcing plans won't hit India: lobby group 
New Delhi (AFP) May 5, 2009A US plan to clamp down on outsourcing could make many American companies uncompetitive but would not affect India's flagship IT services industry, a top Indian business body said Tuesday. US President Barack Obama, decrying "egregious" tax abuses, announced Monday plans to save 210 billion dollars by squeezing US firms' ability to profit from outsourcing jobs and offshore havens. The ne ... more New Evidence That Meteorite Did Not Wipe Out Dinosaurs 
Princeton NJ (SPX) May 05, 2009A Princeton University geoscientist who has stirred controversy with her studies challenging a popular theory that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs has compiled powerful new evidence asserting her position. Gerta Keller, whose studies of rock formations at many sites in the United States, Mexico and India have led her to conclude that volcanoes, not a vast meteorite, were the more likel ... more Indian Ocean buoys help predict monsoon: scientists 
Washington (AFP) May 4, 2009Scientists said Monday they had reached the halfway point in a project to set up buoys across the Indian Ocean, helping farmers predict the monsoon in some of the world's poorest areas. The buoys measure wind, rainfall, temperature and other figures around the Indian Ocean, which has lagged behind the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in data collection. The international project, which began ... more |
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Washington, April 27, 2009 India has poor special forces, but its enormous manpower gives it a powerful advantage in maintaining security and fighting guerrilla conflicts. This model flies in the face of the fashionable and currently widely accepted theories of military force deployment and weapons procurement spearheaded by the United States and followed by almost of all of the major industrialized democracies. ... more Outside View: If Pakistan fails -- Part 2 
Lusaka, Zambia, April 27, 2009 The terror attacks last November in Mumbai, the economic and cultural capital of India, helped focus the international community on the sources of terrorism in South Asia. The Indian government and security services believe the attackers, who came by sea, were trained and equipped in mujahedin camps in northern Pakistan. For those who had ignored the progressive radicalization of Pakist ... more A Bright Future With Solar Lanterns For India's Poor 
Taiwan (SPX) May 01, 2009Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country's future energy security, according to Professor Govindasamy Agoramoorthy from Tajen University, who is Tata-Sadguru Visiting Chair, and Dr. Minna Hsu from the National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. Their study, looking at the benefits of solar lanterns ... more EF Johnson Technologies Highlights New Products At Fire Services Conference 
Irving TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2009EF Johnson Technologies has announced that it will highlight its award-winning ES Series of Project 25 radios and new products including the Lightning Control Head for the 5300 Series Mobile Radio and the Discover GPS Speaker Microphone for the 5100 ES Series Portable Radio at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) April 23 - 25, 2009 at the Indiana Convention Center. "Our award ... more |
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New Delhi (PTI) Apr 17, 2009The Biophysics section of the Department of Physics of the University of Pune (UoP) has tied up with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to send a satellite named Space Recovery Experiment II (SRE-II) into space to study the effects of micro gravity on the production of rice. The experiment is the brainchild of Pandit Vidyasagar, head of the biophysics section, and will be sent ... more India says France's Dassault out of 12-bln dollar fighter deal 
New Delhi (AFP) April 16, 2009India has decided not to buy Rafale fighters from French firm Dassault Aviation as part of a 12 billion dollar upgrade of its air force, an Indian defence ministry official said Thursday. The official said the company, one of six contenders in the race for the mammoth contract, had failed to meet India's technical requirements. "The Rafale is out of the race for the tender process, becau ... more Indian Lunar Orbiter Sends Back Images To Establish Water Presence On Moon 
New Delhi (XNA) Apr 16, 2009A radar imaging camera on board Indian lunar orbiter, Chandrayaan-1, has sent back some amazing images which will give scientists definite clues about the presence or absence of water on the Moon surface, according to a report by local tabloid Mail Today Friday. The camera, known as Mini- SAR, is one of the key payloads of the mission and has been developed by scientists from the United St ... more India tests nuclear-capable missile: official 
Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) April 15, 2009India Wednesday successfully tested a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a facility in eastern Orissa state, defence sources said. The test of an improved version of Prithvi-II (Earth) was carried out from Integrated Testing Range at Chandipur-on-sea, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of state capital Bhubaneswar. "It was a user trial of the army version of the 15 ... more
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