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Mars Orbiter Mission: ISRO successfully completes engine test firing

NewZNew (New Delhi) : ISRO's Mars Orbiter or Mission (MoM) on Monday successfully completed the fourth trajectory correction manoeuvre and test fire of the main liquid engine on the spacecraft. "#MarsOrbiter Main Liquid Engine test firing successful!," tweeted ISRO. This was one of the biggest tests...

World’s first water-based nuclear battery developed

NewZNew (New York) : Researchers at the University of Missouri have created a long-lasting and more efficient nuclear battery that could be used as a source of reliable energy in automobiles and space flight. The battery uses a radioactive isotope called strontium-90 that boosts electro-chemical...

App turns job search into social experience

NewZNew (Washington) : Two Boston University graduates have developed a new smartphone app to turn job hunting into a thrilling social experience. The app called Coffee helps people build a social network quickly. Once the users sign in and enter information about them, the app automatically...

NASA mission to take sample from Earth-bound Asteroid

NewZNew (Washington) : The US space agency has approved to launch a $800 mission in 2016 to return sample from an asteroid that may collide with the Earth in the 21st century. "In 2019, the mission called OSIRIS will touch Bennu's surface like a pogo...

Apple unveils watch, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus

Apple unveiled a watch, two larger iPhones and a mobile payments service on Tuesday as Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook seeks to revive the technology company's reputation as a wellspring of innovation. The first new product to be developed and introduced under Cook's reign...

Google’s latest object recognition tech can spot everything in your living room

Automatic object recognition in images is currently tricky. Even if a computer has the help of smart algorithms and human assistants, it may not catch everything in a given scene. Google might change that soon, though; it just detailed a new detection system that can easily spot lots of objects in...