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World's largest gamma telescope to study cosmic rays from Siberia
NASA image from 21 March, 2000 shows a “direct” picture of the first four years of Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory spacecraft’s Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope(EGRET) data.
A desolate site in Siberia will soon become the forefront of international research into the secrets of the Universe, after the world’s biggest gamma ray detection array scientists are creating there comes...
US Senate passes more Iran sanctions
The U.S. Senate passed unanimously an amendment to its budget resolution on Saturday, March 24, which supported attempts to block Iran’s access to its foreign exchange reserves and limit Iran’s ability to transact in Euros.
The amendment, proposed by Republican Mark Kirk of Illinois and Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia, follows a letter sent last month to European Council leaders by U.S....
German truck maker MAN to see lower sales in 2013
German truck manufacturer MAN expects lower sales and earnings in 2013 after the net profit of the company in 2012 contracted to 189 million euros (USD253 million) in the face of Europe’s faltering economy.
According to a statement released by the company on Friday, “MAN Group will see a … decline in revenue and a disproportionately large drop in operating profit in 2013.”
“Despite the...
German economy not immune to EU financial crisis: ECB
European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Erkki Liikanen
Member of the European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council Erkki Liikanen warns that the worsening financial condition in the eurozone may endanger the ‘German economy’.
“Economic developments are causing us concern. No country is immune to the effects of the (EU) debt crisis. Not even the German economy,” said Liikanen on...
World's oldest blood cells found in ice mummy Otzi
The 5300-year-old iceman mummy was found in the Alps in 1991.
Italian and German scientists have extracted the World’s oldest known human blood cells from the body of the 5300-year-old ’Otzi’ iceman mummy.
The discovery was made using an atomic force microscope that examined tissue sections of a wound in the body of the mummy and detected red blood cells.
The body of the Stone Age human has...
Brain Scanner Reads and Records People's Dreams
Most of us forget our dreams when we wake up - but scientists from German's Max Planck institute have demonstrated that it could be possible to 'read' and even record what people are dreaming about.
Most of us remember only a tiny fraction of our dreams – but that could soon change.
Scientists predict that we could soon use computers to ‘see’ what we have dreamed about...
Demjanjuk asks for millions in damages
John Demjanjuk’s attorney has filed a motion in the Munich state court where Demjanjuk is on trial saying his client’s rights are being violated by keeping him in jail and demanding damages “in the millions.”
Attorney Ulrich Busch says Demjanjuk should be given credit for time served in Israel and the U.S. and said in a motion Thursday the court was “depriving him of...
German electric car sets new distance record
Mirko Hannemann, chief executive of DBM Energy, gets out of the "Lekker Mobil", an Audi A2 with an electric engine, in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Tuesday. The electric car drove 600km (372 Miles) from Munich in southern Germany to Berlin without recharging its battery, setting what organisers hailed as a new world distance record for an everyday vehicle.
An electric car drove...
Hitler "was very nice and friendly", says Duchess of Devonshire
As she approaches her 90th birthday, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Deborah Cavendish, fondly known as ‘Debo,’ is preparing to unveil a captivating exhibition at Chatsworth House. The showcase offers an intimate glimpse into the remarkable life of the last surviving Mitford sister, spanning nearly nine decades.
Born in 1920, Deborah Cavendish was the youngest among the infamous Mitford...
China takes bold stance at Munich security conference, warns US violating International law
China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi is welcomed by Wolfgang Ischinger, chairman of the Conference on Security Friday before the start of the 46th Conference on Security Policy in Munich. Speaking with uncharacteristic bluntness, Mr. Yang accused the US of violating international law with its proposed arms sale to Taiwan.
Today Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi, speaking with unusual bluntness...
Bavarian official backs new Mein Kampf edition
Bavaria’s science minister wants to publish a new scholarly edition of Adolf Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf” ahead of 2015, when the state’s exclusive rights to the work expire, daily Handelsblatt reported on Monday.
“There is a danger that charlatans and neo-Nazis will usurp this infamous work when the copyright runs out,” Wolfgang Heubisch told the paper from Munich. “Which is why I believe...