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India Developing Winged Reusable Rocket Bangalore, India (PTI) Mar 30, 2010 India is developing a winged reusable rocket and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has configured a Technology Demonstrator as a first step towards realising it, the space agency said in a report. India's space scientists have already configured a winged Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD). This is a first step towards realising a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO) fully re-reusable launch vehicle, according to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The agency sai ... read more |
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Scientists create smallest superconductor Athens, Ohio (UPI) Mar 29, 2009 U.S. scientists say they have created the world's smallest superconductor - a sheet of four pairs of molecules less than one nanometer wide. The Ohio University-led study is said to provide the first evidence that nanoscale molecular superconducting wires can be fabricated and used for nanoscale electronic devices and energy applications. "Researchers have said that it's almost ... more Geely's Volvo buy signals new world order: Swedish media Stockholm (AFP) March 29, 2010 Chinese carmaker Geely's deal to buy Sweden's iconic Volvo brand offers a glimpse of a new world order clearly headed up by China, Swedish editorials said Monday. "A new chapter in industrial history is being written in Gothenburg," the southwestern Swedish city where the 1.8-billion-dollar (1.3-billion-euro) deal was announced Sunday, financial editorialist Patricia Hedelius wrote in the Da ... more Japan considers end to cellphone 'SIM lock' Tokyo (AFP) March 29, 2010 Japan is moving towards ending restrictions on mobile telephone users switching operators or using an overseas network by changing the SIM memory card, a government official said Monday. The government has launched a review of the "SIM lock" system used by Japanese cellphone carriers to prevent people from using a handset from one operator on a rival network by replacing the SIM card. A ... more |
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China gives 'harsh' jail terms to Rio Tinto four Shanghai (AFP) March 29, 2010 China jailed an Australian executive with mining giant Rio Tinto for 10 years and handed stiff terms to three of his colleagues Monday for stealing trade secrets and pocketing millions in bribes. The climax to the trial in Shanghai - which stoked foreign investors' anxiety about the rule of law in China - provoked protests from Australia, which said the prison term for Stern Hu was "very tough" and "harsh". But the Anglo-Australian mining firm, a prime supplier of the raw materials that China ... read more |
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