Current Affairs

A ssection for useful news clippings

• 3 min tour of CERN
• Calcium: The Secret To Honeybees' Memory
• Chandrayaan 1 - India's first scientific mission to moon
• Copper found effective against Swine Flu
• First beam in the LHC - accelerating science
• Global warming claims island
• Google offers $10 mn for world's best ideas
• Human Genetics
• India Successfully Conducts First Cryogenic Rocket Test
• Knee Brace Generates Electricity From Walking
• Mandyam Srinivasan, a professor of biological science at the Australian National University wins Australia's top science prize
• Mega-tsunamis more common than we think
• Messenger Sapce Craft
• Nobel Peace Prize - 2006
• NSG lifts sanctions on India
• Open source software: The net opens up
• Scientists see the light then make it disappear
• Windmill With A Twist Can Provide Fresh Water From Seawater Directly