More than 3 million people in the US are affected each year by cataract. One of these people was Rajiv Bhushan’s father, who was diagnosed with cataract six years ago, the only solution being surgery.
Rajiv Bhusan, an electrical engineer, wanted to avoid this, so he started working on a chemical solution that would clear his [...]
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NASA has launched Discovery
Saturday night NASA launched the space shuttle Discovery into orbit, for a 14 day mission on the International Space Station. The shuttle is transporting into orbit one of the key sections of the Japanese Kibo laboratory and a set of installations for the toilet facilities onboard the Space Station.
The crew is made up of 7 [...]
Stonehenge was cemetery first and foremost
New radiocarbon dating suggests that Stonehenge represents giant tombstones to the dead for centuries, perhaps for the members of a ruling prehistoric dynasty.
Research suggests that the site was initially intended to be a cemetery since the time it was built 5000 years ago. The analysis of ancient human remains which were found at the [...]
Japanese Brewery introduces “Space Beer”
Japan’s famous Sapporo Holdings Ltd. is planning to launch a new product which will take beer to a whole new level. This new type of beer will be produced in collaboration with scientists at the Okayama University in Japan, by using a third generation of barley grains which have spent five months on the International [...]
Possible ice on Mars
Scientists have discovered that when NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed on Mars, it exposed what seems to be ice when the soil was blown away.
Still, scientists are unsure whether this was actually ice or not. They will get full confirmation when the probe excavates and analyzes the layers in the nearby workspace.
The Phoenix is equipped [...]
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