Science
Govt plans National Science and Engineering Research Board
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government proposed to establish a National Science and Engineering Research Board on the lines of National Science Foundation in the US.
Astronauts busy collecting recycled urine samples
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — With just two more days together, the astronauts of the linked space shuttle and space station busily collected as many recycled urine samples as possible from a machine that they coaxed into operation.
India moon probe hit by heat rise
Indian scientists are exploring various options to cool down a sudden surge of temperature inside the county's first unmanned lunar craft, Chandrayaan 1.
Alien-like Squid Filmed at Ultra-Deep Oil-Drilling Site
A mile and a half (two and a half kilometers) underwater, a remote control submersible's camera has captured an eerie surprise: an alien-like, long-armed, and—strangest of all—"elbowed" Magnapinna squid.
Michigan Students Set World Record for Longest Flight by Fuel Cell Powered Plane
A group of students from the University of Michigan have set a new world record for the longest flight ever by a fuel-cell powered plane.
Home computer could diagnose diseases
Scientists are one giant step closer to turning the CD/DVD player of an ordinary computer into a home-based medical diagnostic device, thanks to some breakthrough research at Simon Fraser University.
Sustainable Agriculture - What Ants Knew 50 Million Years Before We Did
One of the most important developments in human civilization was the practice of sustainable agriculture, but we were not the first - ants have been doing it for over 50 million years.
"Broken Windows" Theory validated by experiment
A PLACE that is covered in graffiti and festooned with rubbish makes people feel uneasy. And with good reason, according to a group of researchers in the Netherlands. Kees Keizer and his colleagues at the University of Groningen deliberately creat...
Obama vows climate 'engagement'
US President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to "engage vigorously" on climate change, ahead of next month's UN summit on the issue. Mr Obama will not be at the talks in Poland but said the US would "help lead the world" once he has taken office.
Hydrogen fuel bus from ISRO to hit roads
BANGALORE: After the success of Chandaryaan- 1 mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists have now successfully developed another project which will further enhance their reputation.
Industrialized countries' emissions on the rise
(CNN) -- The greenhouse gas emissions of 40 industrialized nations that signed the Kyoto Protocol treaty in 1997 have collectively dropped by an average of 5 percent below 1990 levels, the UN reported on Monday.
Greenpeace: Japanese whalers leave for annual hunt
TOKYO (AP) — The mother ship in Japan's whaling fleet left Monday for the country's annual hunt in the Antarctic, the environmental group Greenpeace said, as anti-whaling activists vowed to disrupt the expedition once again after high-seas clashes...
San Francisco artist looks to replace lost eyeball with webcam
A one-eyed San Francisco artist wants to replace her missing eye with a Web cam - and tech experts say it's possible. "I'd always given thought to using cameras to restore sight to the blind," said Dr. William Danz, whose patient, Tanya Vlach, wan...
Race on to build world's first space elevator
AUSTRALIA could play a key role in the 21st century space race, with competition heating up between Japan and the US to build the world's first "space elevator".
Australia presses Japan to end whale hunt
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia urged Japan to abandon its yearly whale hunt on Monday, launching its own scientific whaling study in the Southern Ocean to prove it was not necessary to kill the ocean mammals to study them.
Are Our Brains Becoming “Googlized?”
Are our brains being rewired by using the Internet? The evidence tends to be pointing that way. As somebody interested in how the mind works, I read with interest the results of a recent study at UCLA that used the sexiest research tool around tod...
Space shuttle Endeavour races toward space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour raced toward the international space station on Saturday for a home makeover job after a brilliant moonlit launch that had NASA managers in awe.
Indian tricolour lands on the moon
The Indian space programme achieved a historic milestone on 14 November 2008 with the placing of the Indian tricolour on the moon's surface on the occasion of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday. ISRO said the Moon Impact Probe (MIP), one of the 11...
Artificial diamonds - now available in extra large
Diamonds are a girl's best friend, they say - and soon they could be every girl's best friend. A team in the US has brought the world one step closer to cheap, mass-produced, perfect diamonds. The improvement also means there is no theoretical lim...
Shuttle mission to attempt repairs critical to science
CAPE CANAVERAL — Three space shuttle Endeavour spacewalkers will attempt potentially messy repairs to a damaged International Space Station joint that, if not fixed, could limit the outpost's productivity as a science lab, during a mission schedul...