Civil Engineering has never ceased to surprise mankind. From the times of Pharaoh to today’s age of skyscrapers, huge structures are made not only to stand, but survive harsh conditions. Most of these are meant for value addition, but many are a result of human needs such as inaccessible places in mountains. One such amazing piece of engineering is the Aizhai bridge, that extends almost 4000... 

Sukhoi Superjet 100, a new 100-seater plane by Sukhoi and currently on a series of demo flight across the Asia has gone missing in Indonesia reportedly with about 40 people onboard. The aircraft was operating a demo flight in Indonesia in a bid to attract potential buyers for this new brand of aircraft. According to reports, the plane went missing at 2:33 PM local time around West Java after it had... 

From the tranquil decks overlooking beautiful turquoise seas, visiting exotic islands and enjoying fine dining and first class entertainment, cruises are the holiday of choice for many travellers. But do these intrepid explorers ever pause to marvel at the feat of engineering that has created their luxurious floating hotel? How exactly is a cruise ship made? Image Credits: Wikipedia Building a cruise... 

A Boeing 727 was deliberately crashed in a desert to provide a real coverage of an air crash for a documentary on air safety. The pilot flew 727 Image Credits: Aviationspectator.com over a desert and then ejected safely to let the plane crash which was recorded from various angles. The desert where this act was performed is Sonoran desert in Baja California, Mexico. The filming was being done for a... 

Mercedes Design Head Gorden Wagener has confirmed that company is working on a successor to SLS series which would be released in 2014. The new band concept is named as “SLC”. The first details regarding the specs has only 4.0L V8 engine with the SLS style doors replaced by a newer design. The production version would be called “CLA”. Before CLA is available for purchase in... 

A Japanese Bank Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank has unveiled ATM machines which require customers to use their palm to identify themselves instead of inserting an ATM card. To use this kind of machine, the customers will be required to first visit a nearby branch of bank to get their biometric data entered into bank’s system which would then make it possible to use palm as identifying source while using... 

It might surprise you but Microsoft’s latest flight simulation “Microsoft Flight”, which was released on 29 February 2012, is available for download on its official web site. The game is successor to the last simulation, Flight Simulator X with improved flying experience. Microsoft offers the game free of cost, however, to add more aiports, planes and effects, you will have to buy... 

How now brown cow: Do you take milk with that? We all know someone with a food disorder, whether it’s Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Celiac Disease (gluten intolerance), wheat intolerance or lactose intolerance.  Lactose intolerance has become far more common in recent times with almost 90-95% of black individuals and 20-25% of white individuals throughout the world showing symptoms for being lactose... 

Microsoft has announced that it is going to end the support (including fixes, updates and other stuff) for its most popular operating system Windows XP, with effect from April 8, 2014. Office 2003 accompanies Windows XP which will also loose official support of microsoft in the same time. The announcement was made by marketing director of Microsoft, Stella Chernyak in a blog post. Stella commented: Windows... 

Graphene continues to make it s name in the world of science with the developments in areas that were not possible before. One such recent Image Credits: Alivisatos, Lee and Zettl research groups, LBNL development is the application of graphene to analyze objects immersed in liquid using a ‘graphene sandwitch’. The development eases the inspection of objects using electron microscopy which...