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US lab sent N-secrets over e-mail

Los Alamos National Laboratory officials have discovered in recent weeks that secret information at the nuclear weapons facility was repeatedly transmitted over an unclassified e-mail system,......

'India solely responsible for Pak going nuclear'

India is solely responsible for prompting Pakistan to pursue a nuclear weapons capability, says Retired Pakistani Brigadier General Feroz Khan, erstwhile insider in Islamabad's nuclear weapons......

Mars rover's laser instrument hits first martian rock

NASA's Mars rover 'Curiosity' has fired its laser for the first time on the red planet, using the beam from a science instrument to interrogate a fist-size rock. The mission's Chemistry and Camera......

Indian-American techie faces trial for espionage

India-born Noshir Gowadia, a former engineer of B-2 stealth bomber accused of selling sensitive American defence technology to China for its cruise missiles for $110,000, will face trial in a US......

'China tested first N-bomb for Pakistan in 1990'

China had tested for Pakistan its first nuclear bomb as early as in 1990, enabling Islamabad to respond within weeks to the Indian atomic tests eight years later, a top US nuclear expert has......

The world's 10 fastest supercomputers

Supercomputers are super achievers, giving highest and most enviable performance at any given time. Cray 1, released in 1975, is considered to be the first real supercomputer. Supercomputers were......

Rebuilding America's job machine

As staff at the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering wait patiently in a conference room, a loud rumble shatters the silence. "Must be him," someone says. Alain E. Kaloyeros has just pulled......

Looking for energy, Google goes to hell

Deep underneath your feet is a hellish stone soup, kept hot by a torrent of radiation from poisonous isotopes of uranium, thorium and potassium in the earth's superheated mantle. This is the heat......

Indian American designs 3rd fastest supercomputer

Scientists led by a 30-year-old Indian American have amazed the computing industry by putting together the world's third fastest supercomputer in a record time of three months, and at record low......

Soccer 'the most exciting sport'

It's official. Football has been the most exciting sport for the last 100 years, but baseball is catching up.A team of scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico studied a......

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Q. what is super computer.
: A. A supercomputer is a computer that is at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation. Supercomputers introduced...... more

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Q. What does roadrunner refer to?
Kusum: A. It's the world's fastest supercomputer built by scientists at IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory for the US military. It can compute about...... more

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Q. Who is the founder of atom bomb ?
ANURADHA PATHAKJ: A. J. Robert Oppenheimer is known as the 'father of the atomic bomb'. Under his direction the first nuclear weapons was developed at the secret Los...... more

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Q. What is the IBM Roadrunner?
Pavitran Vittal: A. Roadrunner is a supercomputer at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, USA. Currently the world's fastest supercomputer, the US$133...... more

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Q. Which is the fastest computer?
Sumeet : A. SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- A Japanese supercomputer that studies the climate and other aspects of the Earth maintained its ranking as the world's...... more

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New catalyst could jumpstart e-cars, green energy

Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have designed a new type of nanostructured-carbon-based catalyst that could pave the way for reliable,... ...

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North Korea nuclear test still shrouded in mystery

The outside world may never find out what type of fissile material North Korea used in its nuclear test four months ago, leaving a key question... ...

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DOE report faults $450K payments to ex-Rep. Wilson

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Texas site begins taking federal nuclear waste

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US lab sent N-secrets over e-mail

'India solely responsible for Pak going nuclear'

Mars rover's laser instrument hits first martian rock

Indian-American techie faces trial for espionage

'China tested first N-bomb for Pakistan in 1990'

The world's 10 fastest supercomputers

Rebuilding America's job machine

Looking for energy, Google goes to hell

Indian American designs 3rd fastest supercomputer

Soccer 'the most exciting sport'

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