New soil tester to assess earth's healthOctober 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Our planet has a fever. But global warming's effects on farming and water resources is still a mystery.
Indian boffins' baby mp3 heart monitor could save many livesAugust 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists from Manoharbhai Patel Institute of Engineering and Technology, in Gondia, India have developed a novel fetal heart monitor that could save the lives of unborn infants in complicated pregnancies. Dr A.K. Mittra and colleagues have come up with a simple device that is based on a two-microphone system that can monitor fetal heart rate during the mother's rest times and sleep and send an alert to the woman and her physician.
Indian origin scientist finds tropical storms endure over wet land, fizzle over dryAugust 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A scientist of Indian origin from Purdue University, in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, has determined in a new research that tropical storms endure over wet land, and fizzle when conditions are dry. More than 30 years of monsoon data from India showed that ground moisture where the storms make landfall is a major indicator of what the storm will do from there.
Indian origin scientist's supercomputer can perform 28.16 trillion calculations per secondAugust 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A scientist of Indian origin has created a new supercomputer, called Cystorm, which can carry out 28.16 trillion calculations per second. Cystorm, a Sun Microsystems machine, was developed by Srinivas Aluru from the Iowa State University.
Now, a device that 'translates a dog's barks into words'July 21st, 2009 LONDON - Your dog will soon start talking to you, all thanks to Japanese inventors who have come up with a device that can detect a dog's emotion from its bark and translate it into human words. The talking gadget called Bowlingual Voice is developed by Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy.
Indian origin scientist makes breakthrough in developing "spintronic devices"June 27th, 2009 LONDON - A team of researchers led by a scientist of Indian origin has created new 'superatoms' with magnetic properties for the first time, a breakthrough that could be used to make "spintronic devices", faster computer processors and denser memory storage. According to a report in New Scientist, the research was led by Shiv Khanna from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Indian-origin student stands first in NASA annual lunar art contestJune 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - NASA has announced the winners in its second annual NASA Lunar Art Contest, with a student of Indian origin standing first in the High School or Secondary School Division. The competition saw high school and college students participating from around the globe.
Indian-origin girls bag first, third spots in Scripps National Spelling BeeMay 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Kansas-based, Indian-origin girl Kavya Shivashankar, 13, has become America's spelling champion by winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The budding neurosurgeon from Olathe took home more than 40,000 dollars in cash and prizes and the huge champion's trophy.
Indian origin student wins supersonic research contest in USMay 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sidharth Krishnan, a student of Indian origin from Singapore, has won top honors in the non-US category of a high school supersonic research contest. Teenagers from eight states and 11 foreign countries took part in the competition, which was sponsored by NASA.
Homeland Security's Napolitano: "Passive surveillance' of US borders sufficient to contain fluApril 28th, 2009 Gov't: Stern border monitoring not yet necessaryWASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is arguing that "passive surveillance" of the U.S. border with Mexico is sufficient and that tougher monitoring measures are not yet necessary.
New device controls electron spin at room temperatureApril 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at North Carolina University, US, have developed a device that controls electron spin at room temperature. The researchers have designed a magnetic semiconductor memory device, using GaMnN thin films, which utilizes both the charge and spin of electrons at room temperature.
Invisibility cloak to soon become a realityMarch 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have created a metamaterial that could lead to the development of a cloaking device that makes a person invisible, among other applications. Developed by Naomi Halas and graduate student Nikolay Mirin from Rice University, US, the material collects light from any direction and emits it in a single direction, using very tiny, cup-shaped particles called nanocups.
Tech students offer device to track calorie burningMarch 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Georgia Institute of Technology students have crafted a device that allows individuals to constantly compute the calories they burn - even as they sleep. 'It's a completely converged device,' said Garrett Langley, 21, a senior at the Georgia School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) who spearheaded the project.
The HappyHR device that tracks calorie burning, even while sleepingMarch 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of students at the Georgia Institute of Technology has designed a device that allows individuals to constantly compute the amount of calories they burn - even while sleeping. The device, dubbed HappyHR, is a personal monitor that allows users to measure and compare day-to-day physical and caloric activity.
Researchers find ways of making laser more efficientDecember 22nd, 2008 WASHINGTON - A Princeton-led team of researchers has discovered an entirely new mechanism for making common electronic materials emit laser beams. The finding could lead to lasers that operate more efficiently and at higher temperatures than existing devices, and find applications in environmental monitoring, homeland security, medical diagnostics and other areas that require extremely sensitive detection of different chemicals.
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