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Indian forests absorb 11 per cent of annual greenhouse gas emissions: Jairam Ramesh

New Delhi, Aug. 29 (ANI): Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, said on Saturday that about 11 per cent of the annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) is being absorbed by the country’s forests.

According to the World Resources Institute, India’s total GHG emissions stood at 1,853 [...]

Slow-moving faults may help protect some cities against destructive quakes

Washington, August 29 (ANI): A new research by scientists from the University of Arizona (UA) in Tucson has determined that some slow-moving faults may help protect some regions of Italy and other parts of the world against destructive earthquakes.

Until now, geologists thought when the crack between two pieces of the Earth’s crust was at a [...]

New instrument can detect explosives up to range of 100 meters

Washington, July 4 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new explosives detector with incredible sensitivity and a range of up to 100 meters that could save lives and thwart the efforts of terrorists.

The detector, developed by a team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is based on photo-induced acoustic spectroscopy (PIAS).

Using PIAS, the military and [...]

Astronomers obtain first detection of magnetic field on bright star Vega

Paris, June 24 (ANI): Astronomers, using the NARVAL spectropolarimeter of the Bernard-Lyot telescope in France, have obtained the first detection of a magnetic field on the bright star Vega.

According to an article [...]

Eyes have given us real ’superpowers’, says expert

Washington, June 20 (ANI): Making a startling discovery, a scientist has claimed in his new book that the evolution of vision has provided humans with four real superpowers: telepathy, X-ray vision, seeing the future, and speaking with the dead.

And, as it turns out, these superpowers have been instrumental in shaping the way people interact with [...]

Indian Mar qtr deal volumes tumble on global crisis

Indian fund raising and M and A volumes tumbled in the March quarter, with the value of IPOs falling more than 99 percent from year ago as the global crisis bit, and bankers expect muted activity for the rest of 2009.
Debt volumes held up better as cash-starved firms had few other avenues to raise funds [...]

Antarctica is warming more than previously thought

Washington, Jan 22 (ANI): New research has shown that much of Antarctica is warming more than previously thought, and for the past 50 years, it has been getting warmer at a rate comparable to the rest of the world.

“In fact, the warming in West Antarctica is greater than the cooling in East Antarctica, meaning that [...]