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Tobacco goes from villain to biofuel hero 01 March 2012
A team of scientists led by researcher Christer Jansson of Berkley University is exploring a way to produce gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from the plant. Their goal is to engineer tobacco plants that use energy from sunlight to produce...
Keywords: Berkley University, Berkley University, Gasoline, Tobacco plants
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Scientists image working brain cell in real time 07 February 2012
Scientists have, for the very first time, recorded live yet detailed images of the nerve cells in the brain of a mouse. Stefan Hell’s team at the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen, Germany, used STED microscopy to explore the most...
Keywords: Max Planck Institute, STED microscopy, neuroscientists, Max Planck Institute
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New storage technology could speed up hard drives 08 February 2012
Researchers have now come up with an avant-garde technology, which could make future hard drives super quick and record thousands of gigabytes per second. According to University of York researchers, the new storage method would use heat to write information...
Keywords: super hard drives, University of York, future hard drives, super hard drives
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Ex-Apple CEO to launch smartphones 18 April 2014
Inflexionpoint, a global focused IT supply chain company co-founded by former Apple CEO John Sculley will promote Obi Mobiles brand in India. The official announcement by was made on Thursday, that Obi Mobiles will be foraying into the Indian smartphone...
Keywords: John Sculley, Technology News, John Sculley, Obi Mobiles
Read More Tech show provides platform to the disabled 08 February 2012
Taha Haaziq is blind, but his disability never stopped him from following his dreams. He teaches Indian classical music and even provides lessons on popular internet-based video-calling software Skype. He also works with National Association for the Blind (NAB), Goa,...
Keywords: National Association for blind, National Association for blind, Taha Haaziq, National Association for blind
Read More Motorola introduces cheapest Android phone 14 May 2014
In the last six months or so, Motorola has done exceedingly well in the smartphone market and now it has launched an entry level Android phone into the market. Moto E will be available from today and is priced at...
Keywords: Android KitKat version, Motorola launches cheapest Android phone, Moto E price in India, Motorola introduces cheapest Android phone
Read More Micromax launches Doodle 3 22 April 2014
India smartphone maker Micromax has unveiled the new Doodle into the market. The Canvas Doodle 3 is a 6 inch display phone that comes up with a 1.3 GHz dual core processor. However the only drawback of this phone is,...
Keywords: Technology News, Micromax, price of Doodle 3, Micromax Doodle 3
Read More Samsung adds Anti-theft feature in S5 07 April 2014
The world's largest smartphone maker Samsung is said to add the 'anti-theft' option in its flagship mobile Galaxy S 5. "Find My Mobile" and "Reactivation Lock" anti-theft features will be inducted in the phone which will be releasing later this...
Keywords: Reactivation Lock, Technology news, Galaxy S 5, Samsung Galaxy S5
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Video games help people with cataract 17 February 2012
Playing video games could improve the vision of people born with cataracts, a new research has found. Surgery and contact lenses do not always work and people experience visual difficulties into adulthood. However, some of these effects can be reversed...
Keywords: Cataracts in eyes, Playing video games, Sci tech news updated, tech news
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Why aliens haven't reached Earth yet 01 February 2012
According to a new study, calculations indicate that either we are alone in the galaxy, or ET is ignoring us. "We're either alone, or they're out there and leave us alone," the Discovery News quoted mathematician Thomas Hair, with Florida...
Keywords: Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Sci Tech news., Tech news updated
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Two New Planets Discovered Orbiting Double Suns 12 January 2012
The newly confirmed planets, called Kepler-34b and Kepler-35b, were announced in January 11 online edition of the journal Nature, said Eric B. Ford, UF associate professor of astronomy. William F. Welsh, associate professor at San Diego State University, is the...
Keywords: NASA's Kepler mission, Circumbinary planets, Two planets, Sci tech news
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