Microsoft releases newest version of Web browser

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp released the latest version of its Web browser, saying that it would work at faster speeds, deliver better graphics and be less obtrusive to users.
Internet Explorer 9, unlike previous versions and many competing browsers, pushes itself into the background. IE9 is available in a public beta, or trial version, ...

Organ of Sudanese Expatriates Working Abroad Organizes Lecture on the Applications of Nanotechnology and Importance of Space Sciences

Organ of the Sudanese Expatriates Working Abroad organized a lecture on “The Applications of Nanotechnology and the Implications and the Importance of the Space Sciences” presented by Dr. Abdul Majid Ahmed Al-Mustafa and Dr. Widad elMahboob, a lecturer in Hampton University :
Department of Mathematics and an expert in NASA. The General ...

Meetings on Radiation Processing for Human Health to begin Monday

The Sudanese capital of Khartoum will host Monday the coordinating meeting on the Project of Radiation Processing for Human Health.
The meeting is sponsored by the Sudanese Atomic Energy Authority in the framework of the technical cooperation program of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the umbrella of the African Regional Cooperation Agreement for research, development and training on nuclear ...

Industrial Production of Biodiesel Feasible within 15 Years

Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale. Technological innovations during this period should extend the scale of production by a factor of three, while at the same time reducing production costs by 90%. Two researchers from Wageningen UR (University &...

500 Million Users Worldwide on Facebook

Facebook is set to hit 500 million users worldwide, just six years after it started in a Harvard dorm room.
The milestone figure would mean the social networking site has reached about 8% of the world's population.
It is a huge increase for a company with such humble beginnings and which still only had 150 million users in January last year.
The l...