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Myristica swamps

India’s Western Ghats are one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world. The region is specially rich in endemic fauna and flora. This region is also known for...

September 28, 2012

Murray Valley Encephalitis

Murray Valley encephalitis is a viral disease caused by Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV). The virus is endemic to northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. The virus is...

September 26, 2012

MarsOne

MarsOne is a project was a Dutch firm which plans to colonize Mars by 2023. The firm plans to send four astronauts to the Red Planet to start...

September 26, 2012

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)

The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is a "rebel" Muslim organization active in southern Philippines. The MILF has been fighting for an autonomous Muslim homeland in the Philippines,...

September 24, 2012

Mangroves for Future (MFF)

  Mangroves for Future is an Indian initiative. The full title of the project is "Mangroves for Future (MFF): a strategy for promoting investment in Coastal Ecosystem Conservation"....

September 24, 2012

Moore’s law in context with computing

Moore’s law is basically a thumb rule in computing (hardware) that says that the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit doubles approximately...

September 24, 2012

Marvin Robot

Marvin(Mobile Autonomous Robotic Vehicle for Indoor Navigation) is an automobile robot that can carry out transport, security and entertainment tasks in office environment as well as in industrial...

September 24, 2012

Mars 500

An isolation experiment in Russia simulated a 520-day human mission to Mars. Six volunteers were locked away in windowless cells in June 2010. The $15-million Mars500 experiment, which...

September 24, 2012

MSL Mission

In later half of 2011, NASA had launched the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) with the aim to land and operate a rover named Curiosity on the surface of...

September 24, 2012

Metallic microlattice

Metallic microlattice is a metal developed by a team of researchers from University of California at Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology. The image in...

September 23, 2012

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