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Downward flight

BLEAK future awaits the aerospace engineering departments of the five Indian Institutes of Technology (11TS), which played a key role in the development of light combat aircraft, missiles,

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Low flow

Less water will now be needed while you use the toilet. The US government has passed a law restricting toilet flushes to a maximum of 1.6 gallons (about 7 .3Iitres} per flush. Eljer Industries

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Power game

FOR the first time in India, pre-engineered packages for liquid fuel power have been developed by Ansaldo Services Pvt Ltd, Bangalore. These plants, available in pre-specified ratings of 50 mw

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Mission: Planet Earth

NASA scientists have developed a new space based imager with very high resolution which will help foresters, farmers and geologists, and lay the foundation for future land imaging systems

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Measuring defects

A TEAM of scientists, led by R S Sirohi, at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, has developed a video halographic system which they say will provide a convenient way of quantifying the

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All for a hoist

Researchers in the US have developed an elevator software that will allow the dumb machines to act intelligently and decide where they have to go and how soon

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DIRTY DISCLOSURES

A recent federal court ruling spelled victory for the Environment Protection Agency over the chemical industry. The US district court for the District of Columbia, upheld the agency's decision

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Lean, not fall

Experts are now busy implementing an innovative technique for preventing the leaning tower of Pisa from going overboard

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BLEATING RETREAT

The UK was at the receiving end when the European Court of Justice ruled recently that a ban on export of live sheep imposed by it on Spain, was unlawful. The Luxembourg court ruled that the UK

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Stable switch

A flicker of brain signals received by a 'mind switch' and 10, disabled people can do a lot of handy work!

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