Blog Feed: Daniyal Jahangir

Electric Cars Are Coming !!!

Published on 2009-12-27 06:51:00

Rapid Improvement in Battery Technologies combined with light weight materials for car construction are making electric-powered cars the vehicles of the future. Now the US manufacturer of Tesla electric sports cars has set a world record at the Globa > read more

Global Economic Crisis Could not Stop Emissions Growth

Published on 2009-11-22 05:21:00

A study from Norwegian and Newzealand scientists provides updated number of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels. While the global financial crisis may have slowed down the emission growth, it has not been sufficient enough to stop it. From 200 > read more

'Doomsday' 2012 Prediction Explained

Published on 2009-11-17 09:03:00

According to Ann Martin, a doctoral candidate in Cornell University's Department of Astronomy, the world will NOT end on December 21, 2012, contrary to what the latest Hollywood Blockbuster movie suggests. Her research focuses on the hydrogen content > read more

New DNA Method Makes It Easier To Trace Criminals

Published on 2009-11-01 06:14:00

DNA samples often convict criminals. But many of today's forensic tests are so polluted by soil, tobacco and food remains, for example, that they can not be used. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden, working together with the Swedish Nationa > read more

Nanotech Protection

Published on 2009-10-22 09:28:00

Canadian engineers suggest that research is needed into the risks associated with the growing field of nanotechnology manufacture so that appropriate protective equipment can be developed urgently.Patricia Dolez of the Department of Mechanical Engine > read more

Computer Helps Deaf Children To Learn Sign Language

Published on 2009-10-21 07:34:00

Three PhD candidates have spent the last few years at TU Delft simultaneously working on sign language. One of these is Jeroen Arendsen: “Very little is known about the perception of sign language. The aim of this research was to expand our knowled > read more

New Technology Detects Chemical Weapons In Seconds

Published on 2009-10-20 08:22:00

Scientists at Queen's University Belfast are developing new sensors to detect chemical agents and illegal drugs which will help in the fight against the threat of terrorist attacks.The devices will use special gel pads to 'swipe' an individual or cri > read more

Video Camera That Records At The Speed Of Thought

Published on 2009-10-20 08:13:00

European Researchers who created an ultra-fast, extremely high-resolution video camera have enabled dozens of medical applications, including one scenario that can record ‘thought’ processes travelling along neurons.The Megaframe project scored a > read more

Unleashing The Power In Beer

Published on 2009-08-23 04:44:00

Wolfgang Bengel, the technical director at German biomass company BMP Biomasse Projekt, saw a business opportunity in solving the breweries’ grain waste headache. He reasoned that the leftover grain could be used to create steam and biogas, which w > read more

SOUTH AMERICA: Rich in Biodiversity, Lagging in Protection

Published on 2009-05-24 03:04:00

South America is the only region that has not submitted a report of its actions in the last year to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity, although it accounts for 40 percent of the world’s plant and animal species and the deadline was M > read more