Archive for August, 2008

Life In Rock Glaciers?

Evidence of Microbial activity in a rock glacier high above tree line in the rocky mountains, a barren environment previously thought to be devoid of life has been discovered by a team from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Found in an intermittent stream draining from the glacier, the evidence  includes traces of dissolved organic materialand […]

Silicon Chip Based On ‘Raman Effect’

The research journal Nature published a communication announcing one of the most exciting advances built upon the landmark work of Nobel laureate Sir C. V. Raman called ‘Raman Effect’. Incidentally, it was the same journal in which phenomenal research of Sir C. V. Raman was brought out for the first time almost 80 years ago.
Mr. […]

Miracle X-Ray Reveals All In 3D

It has been held as the new X-ray “miracle” - a three dimensional scanner that strips away skin and muscle tissue to reveal the workings of vital organic blood vessels and bones.
Taking pictures only half a millimeter wide, the 64 Multislice CT scanner, as the Japanese built machine is known, penetrates the human body layer […]

Volcano On Titan

The European - American Cassini - Huygens space probe has detected traces of ice flowing on the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, suggesting the existence of an ice volcano.
The radar image sent back to earth by the probe looks very much like its something that oozed across the surface of the moon. The probes […]