Source: Wall Street Journal – By AMIR EFRATI A new company backed by two Google Inc. GOOG +0.07% billionaires, film directorJames Cameron and other space exploration proponents is aiming high in the hunt for natural resources—with mining asteroids the possible target. The venture, called Planetary Resources Inc., revealed little in a press release this week except to […]
RAWALPINDI: The first wind power generation project in Pakistan has recently been recognised by Project Finance Magazine. The financial magazine, in circulation for the last twenty years, is widely read by financiers, […]
Source: BBC As fuel costs spiral, powering aircraft with sunlight might seem like an attractive option. But is a solar powered plane feasible? It is easy to see the appeal […]
Source: Wired.com By Robert McMillan Amazon’s cloud computing infrastructure is growing so fast that it’s silently becoming a core piece of the internet. That’s according to an analysis done by DeepField Networks, a start-up that number-crunched several weeks’ worth of anonymous network traffic provided by internet service providers, mainly in North […]
Source: NY Times. A Web site that promised to connect people with much-needed jobs during the recession was actually a means to steal the applicants’ personal information in a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The site, http://www.jobcentral2.net, listed nonexistent jobs and used applicants’ identities to […]
By Zubair Khan Moulvi Dr A Wahab Adam, Amir (Head) of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Ghana once again took the lead and became the forefront runner to get the honor for AMM (Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission) Ghana. In collaboration with Academy of Medical Science (AMS) Germany, eighteen dental surgeons from Ghana, Nigeria […]
(NaturalNews) In the current episode ofMental Health Exposed, we enter the world of Leo Babauta, one of the most popular personal development bloggers today. Leo has an uncommon, laser focus on how to simplify your life, let go of unwanted habits and get more done with less distraction. Zen Habitsis […]
Ministry to meet with bidding companies next week by Hana Namrouqa | Apr 12,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The master developer of the Jordan Red Sea Project (JRSP) will […]
By MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Published: Apr 9, 2012 00:37 Updated: Apr 9, 2012 00:37 The Haramain Railway’s main station in Makkah will cost SR3.2 billion, Transport Minister Jabara Al-Seraisry said […]
Oliva, now six months, was born completely white because she had such a low count of haemoglobin – the chemical which carries oxygen in red blood cells – that it could not officially be classed as ‘blood’. She was given less than two hours to live but survived thanks to […]
Source: Times of India GUWAHATI, India: A proposal to implement an indigenously developed cost effective anti-erosion technology using plastic nets has been accepted by Assam’s water resources ministry. The technology was developed under the guidance of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, and a pilot project was carried out in 2007-10 […]
Source: CNN Money. FORTUNE — The longtime dream of sci-fi fans-cars smart enough to drive themselves-is still many years off. That doesn’t keep Google from trying. Its seven custom-equipped self-driving cars have logged more than 200,000 miles on the road without crashing. Well, one suffered a dent when a human […]
Source: NY Times. Cute as they are, they are not made of marshmallow. If only they were, nobody would have a problem with newborn chicks that are dyed in brilliant colors — neon, Fruity Pebbles, pastel, Crayola box — to serve as festive Easter gifts. The dye is either injected […]
Source: NY Times. Jeff Swensen for The New York Times READING, writing and — refactoring code? Colleges are taking widely different paths to teaching general concepts underlying computer programming language. Tom Cortina, offers a course in “Principles of Computation” at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Mark LeBlanc teaches “Computing for Poets” […]
Source: Scienceshot. To the unaided eye, the most striking feature of the human brain is its squiggly pattern of bumps and grooves. But within those curves is a latticework of nerve fibers that cross each other at roughly right angles (above), according to a study published in tomorrow’s issue of Science. The […]
Source: bitrebels I’ve been waiting for this to happen, and it finally has. If you think about it, doesn’t it seem inefficient forsupermarkets to store their groceries in several different stores around town? Doesn’t […]
Source: Huffington Post. If new computer simulations pan out in the real world, nuclear fusion, the power source that makes stars shine, may be a practical possibility here on Earth, scientists say. Simulations at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico revealed a fusion reactor that surpasses the “break-even” point […]
Source: Information Week Recent controversy over prospective employers requesting Facebook credentials has dredged up some big social questions. There has been a lot of fallout from recent stories, including my own, recounting the experiences of prospective employees who were asked to hand over their Facebook credentials during the job interview […]
Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization warns that resistance to antibiotics could bring “the end of modern medicine as we know it”. Already a scratch on the leg of a child could have fatal consequences. The problem is also caused by modern agriculture, where feeding antibiotics to cattle […]
SOUF/JERASH — Once known for its abundant pure springs and lush green farms, the small town of Souf in Jerash is now severely lacking in fresh water sources. Springs in […]