Science News – Newsletter for March 2, 2011
Himachal may experience heavy snow, rain
SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh may experience heavy rain and snowfall in the next two days, a weather official said here Tuesday.
“There are chances of heavy snowfall and rainfall at some places in Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, Chamba, Kangra, Mandi, Kullu and Shimla districts till March 3,” meteorological office director Manmohan Singh told IANS.
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Science News – Newsletter for March 1, 2011
Team achieves record 1 trillion bits per second speed on single chip
WASHINGTON - A development team at at Infinera Corp. in Sunnyvale, Calif. Has achieved a record one trillion bits per second (1 Terabit/s) speed on a single integrated indium phosphide chip.
“Traditional transponder-based system architectures are inflexible and costly and time-consuming to upgrade,” said Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, research fellow at Infinera and a senior member of .... Original article on Gaea Times at : Team achieves record 1 trillion bits per second speed on single chip.
Science News – Newsletter for February 28, 2011
Radio-guided op safe, simple way to remove cancerous nodules in lung
WASHINGTON - Italian researchers have suggested that using tiny spheres of radioactive liquid to guide surgeons as they remove potentially cancerous material in the lungs is safe and more effective than other techniques.
Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi and colleagues from Santa Croce e Carle Hospital in Cuneo, Italy, studied a technique known as radio-guided surgery in ... Original source on Gaea Times at : Radio-guided op safe, simple way to remove cancerous nodules in lung.
Science News – Newsletter for February 27, 2011
Hundreds of ascetics march to save Yamuna
MATHURA - Hundreds of sadhus (ascetics) and Lord Krishna devotees from Mathura have left for Allahabad to begin their long march to New Delhi against pollution in the Yamuna river.
The sadhus of Braj Mandal — Mathura, Vrindavan, Goverdhan and Barsana — will begin the march from Sangam in Allahabad to the national capital [..] Read the original article: here.
Science News – Newsletter for February 26, 2011
Punjab, Haryana have rains, mercury dips
CHANDIGARH - Various parts of Punjab, Haryana and their joint capital city Chandigarh received light to moderate rainfall Saturday morning, slightly dipping the temperature in this region.
The region also witnessed showers late Friday night. However, Met department officials have forecast clear weather and bright sun in the coming days.
“We had light to moderate .... Original article on Gaea Times at : Punjab, Haryana have rains, mercury dips.
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