Articles from the ‘Science’ category
Posted by Contributor on September 1, 2010 at 2:53 pm in Education, Science
Accra, 1st September: Today, Google Ghana announced its second monthly internet search trends results. It reveals that August’s fastest rising Google searches in Ghana included ‘BECE’ (Basic Education Certificate) results and ‘WAEC’ (West African Examinations Council), as thousands of young Ghanaians and their parents logged on in anticipation of their exam results. Google “Zeitgeist” explores [...]
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Posted by Contributor on August 19, 2010 at 11:48 am in Other Top Stories, Science
If a human ever sets foot on Mars, will it be a giant step or an exhausted shuffle? Long-term space flight so weakens fitness that an astronaut heading to the Red Planet may lose up to half the power in key muscles in the course of the mission, scientists have found. The loss — equivalent [...]
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Posted by Contributor on August 17, 2010 at 10:28 am in Local News, Science
GNA – Three farming communities along the Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire border in the Dormaa municipality now have access to Information Communication Technology (ICT) and a Community Library. The beneficiary communities of the two projects, which cost GHC 7000, are Babianeha, Benekrom and Kofibadukrom. The library containing a variety of books and the ICT Centre, which has [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:49 am in Local News, Science
ScienceDaily – Every day, millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region — by flying. Louis Pasteur demonstrated back in 1861 that germs can move through the air, but it was only recently discovered that bacteria, fungi and viruses can travel thousands of kilometers stuck onto dust particles. Satellite images [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:42 am in Local News, Science
by Hennie Loubser Regional General Manager for West, East, Central Africa & Indian Ocean Islands Language preservation is a familiar debate for many government leaders, policymakers and humanitarians searching for development solutions in Africa. With their complex implications for identity, communication, social integration, and education, languages are the vital, but fragile, ties that can bind [...]
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Posted by Contributor on August 13, 2010 at 10:50 am in Other Top Stories, Science
Radiation from mobile phone masts is not harmful to humans. That is according to the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. Many Ghanaians have fiercely resisted the erection of telecommunication towers in their communities for fear it will negatively impact on their health over time. Mobile phone companies in particular have cited the phobia as one of [...]
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Posted by Contributor on July 1, 2010 at 5:56 pm in Science
By MIGUEL HELFT Just 48 days after Microsoft began selling the Kin, a smartphone for the younger set, the company discontinued it because of disappointing sales. The swift turnabout for the Kin, which Microsoft took two years to develop and whose release was backed with a hefty ad budget, is the latest sign of disarray [...]
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Posted by Contributor on June 24, 2010 at 8:39 am in Other Top Stories, Science
It’s big, it’s bold, it’ll handle Flash (eventually) and it’s got a cool-sounding name. Set to land next month, Verizon is clearly hoping to give the iPhone a run for its money with Motorola’s eye-catching, Android-powered Droid X. Verizon Wireless officials — accompanied by the CEOs of Google, Motorola and Flash developer Adobe — unveiled [...]
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