Riding an asteroid: China's next goal in space
After sending a probe to Mars in 2020, China plans to explore three asteroids and land on one of them to conduct scientific research, according to a Chinese asteroid research expert. The "China's Space
Scientific And Technical Development
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Japan to launch `space yacht' propelled by solar sail
Japan is to launch a
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Sensor devices to predict freak weather
LUCY TOBIN The probes do not need a huge chunk of concrete or a power station to get them to run and they contain long-lasting batteries Accurate forewarning: Put together with meteorological predictions for rainfall and storms, the data from the sensors can show how and why things are moving, and indicate the start of a landslide.
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DRDO kit detects A(H1N1) virus in an hour
T.S. Subramanian CHENNAI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a diagnostic kit that can detect A(H1N1) virus in an hour. The kit does not need sophisticated instruments and can be used in villages where electricity is not available. It just costs Rs.1,500.
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SPU researchers invention to revive Ganges
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NIO device to assess environmental impact
EXPERTS from the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Kochi have set up equipment off Kodiakarai coast to carry out environ- mental impact assessment (EIA) for a new alignment of the Sethusamudram Ship- ping Canal project.
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Water calculator to assess needs of crops
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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Pune students design device to detect pollution near Village
Pranav Kulkarni Students at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, have designed a special device which will enable volunteers at the Commonwealth Games this October to collect primary data for transport emission around the Games Village.
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Biosensors for quality control
Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: With most people becoming conscious and aware of the quality of food, water and medicine, biosensors have started to play an important role in our lives. They are fast becoming an important tool in research and commercial applications as they can identify specific targets in the human body and environment.
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ISRO plans to use semi-cryogenic engines
T.S. Subramanian THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has embarked on a programme to induct semi-cryogenic engines, which will use kerosene as fuel, and this engine will form the booster for its future launch vehicles, ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan said on Sunday.
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Russia spacecraft to knock out asteroid, save earth
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV The Russian space agency will invite Nasa, the European Space Agency, the Chinese space agency and others to join the project once it is finalised ussia is considering sending a spacecraft to a large asteroid to knock it off its path and prevent a possible collision with earth, the head of the country's space agency said on Wednesday.