Monthly Archives: January 2010

ISRO ,India Launches 11 Rockets to Study Solar Eclipse

The longest annular solar eclipse of this millennium occurred on January 15, 2010. The eclipse was well visible in the southern parts of the India. On this unique occasion, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram successfully launched a total of … Continue reading

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No Google in China?

Google’s announcement  comes amid growing tensions between China and the United States over Internet freedoms, with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton set to announce a technology policy next week to help citizens around the world have access to an … Continue reading

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Evolutionary Surprise: Eight Percent of Human Genetic Material Comes from a Virus

The study, and an accompanying News & Views article by University of Texas at Arlington biology professor Cédric Feschotte, is published in the journal Nature.The research showed that the genomes of humans and other mammals contain DNA derived from the … Continue reading

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Pulsars May Make ‘Galactic GPS’ Possible

A pulsar is the rapidly spinning and highly magnetized core left behind when a massive star explodes. Because only rotation powers their intense gamma-ray, radio and particle emissions, pulsars gradually slow as they age. But the oldest pulsars spin hundreds … Continue reading

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