Riding an asteroid: China's next goal in space
After sending a probe to Mars in 2020, China plans to explore three asteroids and land on one of them to conduct scientific research, according to a Chinese asteroid research expert. The "China's Space
Scientific And Technical Development
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Pen friend
A hi tech 'pen' can soon make keyboards and mice obsolete
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Paint it black
A new paint will soon warn us of damage to buildings and cars
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Winnowing made easy
A simple technology is now available for separating grains from chaffs
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Beastspeak
So you always wanted to talk to your pet dog, but did not know how. Cheer up for now there is a way. Experts say some animals prick up their ears to get messages across. Taking a cue from them,
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New casting
German automobile giant Daimler-Benz has developed a new method of casting aluminium engine blocks that cuts carbon dioxide emissions by 36 per cent. Traditionally, the block is cast in a sand mould,
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Enemy mine
Hunting mines has become easier
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Looks good, smells better
The idea of aroma-emitting televi-sion sets is being extended to Websites by Ricoh of Japan, which wants to equip both television sets and computers with devices that would eject smells that will go
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Smooth operators
Tiny snake like robotic appendages that worm into the human body and perform complicated operations. That's surgery of the future
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Programmed to kill
Farmers of the world are under attack. A new technology threatens to make them totally dependent on multinational corporations
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Blueprint of life
WITH the 21st century being projected as the biotech century, proponents and opponents have often been engaged in a war of words on various issues