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Sachin Tendulkar ‘The God of Cricket’ retires from ODIs

Sachin Tendulkar had announced his retirement from One-Day format of  cricket. It brings an end to his 23-year career in ODIs. He had made his debut in this...

December 26, 2012

INSDOC

INSDOC (Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre) is a premier organisation of India that works as knowledge and repository hub by dealing with library, documentation and information science, technology,...

December 26, 2012

What is Sappan Wood?

Sappan Wood or East Indian red wood is a multipurpose tree botanically known as Caesalpinia Sappan L. It is a natural dye yielding medicinal plant which grows up...

December 26, 2012

What is LaNiGa2?

Researchers at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have discovered a new class of unconventional superconductors. While in conventional superconductors the electrons in a Cooper pair (radical re-organisation of electrons...

December 26, 2012

What is Exabyte?

In computer terminology, an Exabyte is used as a unit of information or computer storage and memory capacity. Exa – stands for SI prefix EXA and Byte is...

December 26, 2012

What is Sympathetic Haptics?

Haptics is the process of simulating the sense of touch using computer. Sympathetic haptics is a method of transmitting the sense of touch to another person. This technology...

December 26, 2012

What is Virtual Reality Modelling Language (VRML)?

Virtual reality is a virtual (artificially simulated) environment that is created with computer programs and software and presented to the user in such a way that the user...

December 26, 2012

What is Piezoelectricity?

A definition of piezoelectricity – piezo being Greek for “subjected to pressure” – is the generation of the electrical polarisation of a material as a response to mechanical...

December 26, 2012

What is Vikas Engine?

Vikas Engine / UH25  is a liquid fuelled rocket engine indigenously developed by ISRO, India. It is used in the PSLV and GSLV vehicles for space launching satellites...

December 26, 2012

What are Stealth Aircrafts?

Aircraft that use stealth technology to avoid getting detected by radar while navigating in air are known as stealth aircraft. It also reduced visibility of the aircraft in...

December 26, 2012

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