TOP SECRETS OF USA

 1. AREA 51 Barry King / WireImage / Getty Images No list of this sort would be complete without a nod to Area 51. The secret military base about 75 miles (120 km) northwest of Las Vegas has been fodder for many a tale — which is only natural, considering the rumors of secret alien experiments carried out there. But when CIA veterans who are finally relieved of their secrecy vows recount their time at Area 51, they make clear...

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INDIA'S TOP SECRET WEAPON " KALI 5000 "

New Delhi: Kali-5000 is India’s answer to any uninvited incoming missiles and planes. Moreover, the beam can also be used to cripple the enemy satellite and UAVs in no time.KALI stands for Kilo Ampere Linear Injector. It  is a linear electron accelerator being developed by the Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Earlier the Kali system was developed for industrial applications...

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TOP TEN SECRETS OF DEEP OCEAN

Mark Spear / Woods Hole Oceanogr The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the earth's surface, yet their depths remain largely unknown. It's a frontier that scientists are racing to explore using tools such as the deep-ocean submersible Alvin, shown here. Click the "Next" arrow above to learn about 10 deep-ocean secrets that have come to light. Deep-ocean octopuses have Antarctic origins Census of Marine Life Many deep ocean...

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FOR SURE THIS FUEL IS GOING TO CHANGE FUTURE OF CARS

Hydrogen-Ammonia Cycle. Credit: STFCUK researchers today announced what they believe to be a game changer in the use of hydrogen as a "green" fuel. A new discovery by scientists at the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), offers a viable solution to the challenges of storage and cost by usingammonia as a clean and secure hydrogen-containing energy source to produce hydrogen on-demand in situ. Hydrogen is considered...

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CMU DEVELOPED AN ALGORITHM TO AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE BORING PART OF ANY VIDEO

(Left) 15 video segments; (Right) reconstruction error for each video segment. Credit: researchersSmartphones, GoPro cameras and Google Glass are making it easy for anyone to shoot video anywhere. But, they do not make it any easier to watch the tedious videos that can result. Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists, however, have invented a video highlighting technique that can automatically pick out the good parts. Called LiveLight,...

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EARLY RESEARCH SHOWS EATING INSECTS DEVELOP BRAIN ACTIVITY... SO START EATING INSECTS :P

A capuchin monkey of the Cebus variety dines on a bright green katydid grasshopper. A steady diet of abundant ripe fruit and leaf-crawling insects may explain why Cebus can’t hold a stick to their Sapajus capuchin cousins when it comes to tool usage and other higher-level cognitive skills. Credit: A. Melin(Phys.org) —Figuring out how to survive on a lean-season diet of hard-to-reach ants, slugs and other bugs may have spurred the development...

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NANO TECHNOLOGY IN SOLAR CELLS... DOES THIS CHANGE MAKES IT MORE EFFICIENT

        This is a diagram of quantum dot. Credit: University of TorontoThink those flat, glassy solar panels on your neighbour's roof are the pinnacle of solar technology? Think again. Researchers in the University of Toronto's Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have designed and tested a new class of solar-sensitive nanoparticle that outshines the current state of the art employing...

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DO YOU KNOW HOW FAST BLACK HOLE SPINS

              Artist rendering of a supermassive black hole. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.There is nothing in the Universe more awe inspiring or mysterious than a black hole. Because of their massive gravity and ability to absorb even light, they defy our attempts to understand them. All their secrets hide behind the veil of the event horizon. What do they look like? We don't know. They absorb all the radiation...

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LOST EGYPTIAN CITY FOUND UNDERWATER AFTER 1200 YEARS

For centuries it was thought to be a legend, a city of extraordinary wealth mentioned by Herodotus, visited by Helen of Troy and Paris, her lover, but apparently buried under the sea. In fact, Heracleion was true, and a decade after divers began uncovering its treasures, archaeologists have produced a picture of what life was like in the city in the era of the pharaohs. The city, also called Thonis, was found during a survey of the Egyptian...

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