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Rare Earth element found in ancient stars

2012-02-22

Rare Earth element found in ancient stars
DNA India
A team of researchers from institutions including MIT has for the first time detected traces of element tellurium— which is very rare on Ear...

Fastest wind from stellar-mass black hole recorded

2012-02-22

Fastest wind from stellar-mass black hole recorded
DNA India
Scientists have clocked the fastest wind yet discovered blowing off a disk around a stellar-mass black hole. This result by astronomers, who used ...

UK's most dangerous spider 'bites shopper' Watch 03:38

2012-02-22

UK's most dangerous spider 'bites shopper' Watch 03:38
BBC News
Imagine if you were out shopping and suddenly felt something biting your neck... It happened to one man when the UK's most dangerous spider, ...

Falling clouds may combat rising global warming: Study

2012-02-22

Falling clouds may combat rising global warming: Study
DNA India
Falling levels of cloud height across the world, possibly triggered by increasing global temperatures, may have a cooling impact on global warming...

Workers on Foxconn production line in China

2012-02-21

Workers on Foxconn production line in China
BBC News
ABC presenter Bill Weir has been granted exclusive access to a factory in China run by Foxconn, one of the biggest suppliers for software giant Ap...

Ants remember their enemy's smell

2012-02-21

Ants remember their enemy's smell
DNA India
Ants retain memories of their enemies’ odours, which help them in protecting their colonies from intruders, say scientists. According to the...

Revealed! What eases pain of financial loss in the brain

2012-02-21

Revealed! What eases pain of financial loss in the brain
DNA India
Financial market traders and keen gamblers take note. Scientists have found that a chemical in the region of the brain involved in sensory and rew...

Five planets to be visible in rare celestial event

2012-02-20

Five planets to be visible in rare celestial event
DNA India
In a rare celestial coincidence, as many as five planets including Saturn will be visible in the night for two weeks starting from February 23. &q...

Fermi telescope unveils gamma-ray bursts' highest power side

2012-02-20

Fermi telescope unveils gamma-ray bursts' highest power side
DNA India
The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has recorded the highest energy portion of the gamma-ray bursts, which last for a few seconds. Detectable for ...

World�s most powerful X-rays reveal Moon has no active volcanoes

2012-02-20

World�s most powerful X-rays reveal Moon has no active volcanoes
DNA India
Using powerful X-rays to measure lunar rock densities, a team of scientists have found why our Moon, contrary to Earth, has no active volcanoes, a...