January 14, 2015 | TechieTonics

Electric Planes to serve Training Markets: The New Era of Aviation

January 14, 2015January 14, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

Airbus in collaboration with a Chinese aviation manufacturer envisions that the time has come for electric airplanes hitting the mainstream aviation projects including training flights. It’s been quite some time now since electric aviation have been working towards creating electric trainers because of its affordability, cleanliness and vibration-free quality relatively.

Pitcher Plants switch off their Traps for luring more Prey: Exploiting Insects social instincts

January 14, 2015April 15, 2015 Neha Shukla

Carnivorous vegetation like pitcher plants has adapted to thrive in areas scarce of nutrients. Unlike other plants that derive nutrients from soil, pitcher plants have evolved to derive essential nutrients by gorging on insects trapped in their pitcher like traps. Experts from the University of Cambridge, UK and the University of Bristol, UK, studying the pitcher plants say that the plants are smart enough to plan a strategy to attract more prey into their deadly traps.