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Grail-A and Grail-B

GRAIL refers to Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory. Recently, NASA has succeeded in putting the first of two gravity mapping satellites in orbit around the Moon. The Grail-A...

September 24, 2012

Solar Paint

Scientists led by one of Indian origin Prashant Kamat have developed a “solar paint” that could one day replace solar cells and make renewable energy much cheaper. As...

September 24, 2012

PTEN gene

PTEN refers to Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) Protein which is encoded by the gene of a same name. This gene has been a focus of various cancer...

September 24, 2012

QDTV (Quantum Dot Television)

British scientists have developed a technology which they claim could be used to produce TV that can be rolled up and carried in a pocket. A team at...

September 24, 2012

Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector (AVOID)

AVOID is the name of a new instrument that will allow aeroplanes to fly through volcanic ash clouds and combat unnecessary disruptions. Volcanic ash clouds are very difficult...

September 24, 2012

BCX 4945

BCX 4945 is the name of a new Malaria drug developed by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. This new anti-malarial agent clears infections...

September 24, 2012

Kepler 22b

Kepler 22b / Gliese 581d / HD 85512b / GJ 667Cc Kepler 22-b is an earth like planet that lies about 600 light-years away and is 2.4 times...

September 24, 2012

Vitamin P

Flavonoids / Vitamin P Vitamin P was the term used once upon time for flavonoid. This term is not in use in now. The flavonoids are plant secondary...

September 24, 2012

Planum Australe / Planum Boreum

Mars has polar ice caps. They consist of primarily water-ice with a few percent dusts. Frozen carbon dioxide makes up a small permanent portion of the Planum Australe...

September 24, 2012

Tunnel FET Technology

The scientists have claimed that by 2017, a quantum phenomenon known as the tunnel effect will help reduce energy consumption of consumer electronics, such as computers and cellular...

September 24, 2012

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