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First Proton Collisions in the LHC
The world’s largest particle accelerator has performed its first collisions, and its first beam acceleration.Progress on the giant experiment has been rapid in the four days since the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was restarted.According to sever...
Can the Sun Help Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel?
U.S. researchers have demonstrated a technology that uses the sun’s heat to convert carbon dioxide and water into the building blocks of traditional fuels, a reverse combustion process that may emerge as a practical alternative to sequestration of ...
Bad News :Oceans Absorb Less Carbon Dioxide as Marine Systems Change
The oceans are largest carbon sink on the planet. Some 93 percent of carbon dioxide is stored in algae, vegetation, and coral under the sea. But oceans are not able to absorb all of the carbon dioxide released from the burning of fossil fuels. A rece...
25 Everyday Technologies That Came from NASA
Though associated mainly with aerospace innovations, NASA holds a significant influence over daily life as well. Many people do not realize that everything from toys to sunglasses and even horseshoes have benefitted from technologies originally inten...
Mumbai to have satellite mapping to avoid Encroachments
The city would soon have satellite mapping and land audit to avoid encroachments on open spaces, as per Maharashtra government’s mission to make the financial capital slum-free. Satellite mapping and third party land audit would be conducted, a...
Indian students design satelite set for launch
A team of engineering students from southern India have been designing a small light-weight satellite that is set to be sent into space soon. The Indian Space Research Organisation is supporting the project in the hope that it will encourage more stu...


