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A system has been developed to help passengers avoid flight related problems

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Artificial eyes

A camera primarily built to assist golfers study their swing, is helping traffic police cut the number of accidents in Tokyo. Mitsubishi Electric in Japan has developed the camera. The microphone of

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A smart guide

Researchers at the University of Birmingham, uk, have developed a navigation and orientation device, called MoBIC (Mobility of Blind and Elderly People Interacting with Computers). The device would

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Radioactive areas

a scientific investigation by the Russian and Norwegian governments has found that radioactive contamination from the production of plutonium for the former Soviet Union's nuclear weapons was far

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Dirt detector

Wastewater pollution from industries could now easily be monitored by using a new BODSEED technology. Researchers at the Centre for Biochemical Technology (CBT), New Delhi, have devised this

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NO TREE FELLING

The Delhi High Court has restrained the Municipal Corporation of Delhi from felling trees in Moradabad Pahari area

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Timid genes

Fear may be in built in your genes. A team led by Jeanne Wehner at the University of Colorado, USA, has discovered a range of DNA that are responsible for putting terror into the hearts of mice. The

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COMBATING MALARIA

The Panjim bench of the Mumbai High Court has given several directions to the state government of Goa to control malaria in the state. The bench comprising of Justice R M Lodha and Justice R K

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Homing instinct

How do squirrels know where they buried their nuts, and bees successfully return to their hives? Alan Kamil and Juli Jones at the University of Nebraska, USA, say that some animals possess internal

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INDUSTRY OPEN

The Madras High Court has closed the writ petition filed by Sterlite Industries, following the permission granted by the Chief inspector of factories, Chennai, and the deputy inspector, Tirunelveli,

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