London, Dec 4: A new study, by a leading coffee company, has warned that international tea and coffee production is in danger, thanks to climate change.
London, Dec.4: Keen to provide a comfortable stay for Muslim patients in hospitals, Britain’s National Health Service has ordered nursing staff to stop all medical work five times every day to allo
London, Dec 4: Reports indicate that China would launch its first Mars probe Yinghuo-1 atop a Russian launch vehicle in October 2009.
The probe will travel 350 million km in 11 months before entering planet's orbit.
"Yinghuo-1 will reach the preset circling orbit and send back the first images of the red planet in September 2010," said Chen Changya, a researcher with the Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering.
"The 110-kg Mars probe will circle around the planet for one year, though it has a designed life of two years. It will conduct scientific exploration tasks, including exploring the Martian space environment, and relay back the first Mars images taken by a Chinese satellite," said Chen.