The Italian air force acrobatic team, “Frecce Tricolori” (Tri-colour Arrows), leave trails of green, white and red smoke, the colours of the national flag, during a flypast over Rome November 9, 2008. The team was performing in observance of the 90th anniversary of the end of World War One. The First World War ended at 11 a.m on November 11, 1918 with an armistice signed in a railway carriage at Compiegne, France, which brought to a close a conflict in which more than 10 million people died.
Posted by Kiran | Under Crime and War, Photo of the Day
Particle accelerators, it seems, are serving us in other ways than just to inquire into the dynamics and structure of matter, space, and time.
French scientists have devised a way to test the authenticity of vintage wines and to determine their date using particle accelerators. This test was developed in coopearation with London-based wine dealer The Antique Wine Company.
This method of testing wines uses ion beams produced in a particle accelerator, and then passes the bottles through these beams. The bottles then emit X-rays which are analysed to determine their age, according to the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Kiran | Under Food, Science, Technology and Gadgets
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama (L) greets France’s first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at the inauguration of the Buddhist Lerab Ling temple in Roqueredonde, southern France on August 22, 2008
Posted by Kiran | Under Photo of the Day, Society and People, Spirituality and Religion
