London, October 4: Scientists in Greece have theorised an idea to make a material that can pave the way for a new generation of hydrogen fuel tanks for cars that can store significant amounts of gas.
University of Crete researchers say that the new material would be able to absorb 6.1 per cent of its weight in hydrogen at room temperature and pressure.
Their work attains significance because the US Department of Energy had set for scientists the challenge create materials capable of holding 6% of their weight in hydrogen five years ago.
The new design comprises sheets of graphene, atom-thick carbon sheets, separated by 1.2-nanometre-tall carbon nanotube pillars.
London, Oct. 4: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband believes that military rule in Pakistan has been the root cause of that country’s myriad problems.
“My own view is that 30 out of 60 years of military rule is an important part of explaining the Pakistani problem,” the Dawn quoted Miliband as saying in an interview organised by the Council on Foreign Affairs during his recent visit to New York.
London, Oct 3: Princess Diana’s ex butler Paul Burrell has made a secret trip back to Britain, it has emerged.
Burrell, who these days resides in Florida, has not been in Britain since his embarrassing appearance at his late employer’s inquest at the beginning of the year.
However, now the 50-year-old has been spotted back in the Cheshire village of Farndon, home of his wife Maria and the location of his flower and gift shop.
London, Oct. 3: Nearly half of Britain’s teachers believe Muslim headscarves should be banned in schools.
Quoting a new research, The Telegraph says forty-six percent of primary and secondary school teachers have suggested that allowing pupils to wear religious symbols goes against British values.
They also feared it would undermine the drive to promote religious and racial harmony in schools.
The findings, in a poll carried out by YouGov, will fuel the controversial debate about the wearing of religious symbols in schools.
London, Oct. 3 : London’s Metropolitan Police has charged three men for attacking the home of a man who is seekin to publish a controversial novel about Prophet Mohammed.
Ali Beheshti, 40, Abrar Mirza, 22, and Abbas Taj, 30, are to appear before a court for their role in carrying out a suspected petrol bomb attack on the north London home of Martin Rynja, the director of Gibson Square, an independent publishing house last Saturday.
The three men are charged with conspiring without lawful excuse to damage the premises between September 8 and 27, intending to destroy or damage property with intent to endanger life, and "being reckless as to whether the life of another would thereby be endangered".