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When uranium supply lowers capacity factor Supplies worldwide are adequate for energy needs for at least 100 years Spray cooling in zero-gravity Seven students from the UW-Madison ZeroG team worked at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, designing and testing an experiment of their choice in varying gravity conditions. The results from the UW-Madison experiment show a particular ... Flatfish fossils fill in evolutionary link Amphistium species were early flatfishesThe evolution was indeed gradual in nature SNAPSHOTS 
Prototype of a new walking assist devicePrototype of Honda Motor Co.’s new walking assist device. The electric-powered device is designed for people whose leg muscles are weakened. ... 
Clues to climate change from the ocean bottomA box corer is lowered from the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent in the Davis Strait. The box corer is a device that gathers mud and sediment from the bottom of the ocean floor. This will help in studying climate change. ... 
Trakr, the canine hero of 9/11, to be clonedTrakr, a German shepherd, is the dog that sniffed out survivors from under the rubble of New York’s World Trade Center after the 2001 terror strikes. It is to be cloned, the California-based firm conducting the procedure said. ... 
Naming rights bought for new worm speciesJeff Goodhartz holds an image of a new species of Belize Featherworm. He bought the naming rights for the worm from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which unveiled its name-a-species programme earlier this year. ... Mercury’s volcanos’ role in plains formation An image of the planet Mercury taken by the Messenger spacecraft. The image shows that volcanoes were involved in plains formation and suggests that Mercury’s magnetic field is produced in the planet’s core. ... Solar powered housing complex in Kolkata A newly constructed solar housing complex of 25 houses in Kolkata is integrated with photovoltaic technology. The complex is constructed by West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency. ...
Performing art preceding plastic artProfessor Iegor Resnikoff of the University of Paris is an expert in acoustics. His specialization is the study of the acoustics of concert halls, auditoria and churches. The latter are of particular interest because many of them have been ...
Australian scientists find invisible gold The total quantity of gold that is available for mining has increased with the latest discovery by Australian scientists. Scientists in Australia claim to have discovered for the first time traces of nanoparticles of gold, too tiny to see with ...
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK Getting full mileage from small acreage through diversified farming The farmer is able to get an income of rupees two lakhs a year Automatic insect removal bin An insect removal bin developed by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu promises to remove insects automatically from stored food grains. The structure has four major parts namely outer container, inner ... FARM QUERIES Water conservation Can you suggest any simple, affordable method to conserve water for my 45 mango trees, as I find it difficult to irrigate them during summer? S. Parthasarathy Thanjavur, Tamil NaduDig circular trenches ...
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