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- Abdul Kalam calls for space solar power research IANS - 4 hours ago
Chennai, May 25 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has called for drawing up a workable research document for marketing space solar power to space-faring More »
- When it comes to deadly viruses, what's in a name? Reuters Middle East - Wed, May 22, 2013
* Virus discovered last year has had at least five names * Proposed new name is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome * Could prove controversial given other naming rows More »
Huge China sinkhole kills five in Shenzhen AFP - Tue, May 21, 2013Five people died when a 10 metre (33 feet) wide sinkhole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese boom town neighbouring More »
- Russia retrieves mice, newts from space AFP - Sun, May 19, 2013
A Russian capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals returned from a month's mission in orbit on Sunday with data scientists hope will More »
- US researchers make embryonic stem cells from skin AFP - Thu, May 16, 2013
US researchers have reported a breakthrough in stem cell research, describing how they have turned human skin cells into embyronic stem cells for the first time. More »
- Researchers make embryonic stem cells from skin AFP - Thu, May 16, 2013
US researchers have reported a breakthrough in stem cell research, describing how they have turned human skin cells into embyronic stem cells for the first time. More »
- Internet, telecoms cut across Syria: SANA AFP - Wed, May 15, 2013
Internet and telecommunications in Syria were down across the country, the state news agency SANA reported on Wednesday, saying a fault with a fibre-optic cable was More »
- Canadian ISS astronaut returns to Earth a star AFP - Tue, May 14, 2013
Canadian spaceman Chris Hadfield on Tuesday returned to Earth along with two other astronauts after a half-year mission to the International Space Station that saw More »
- Online submission, tracking of grant proposals soon: … IANS - Sat, May 11, 2013
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The ministry of science and technology and earth sciences is set to have its online submission and tracking system of all competitive grant More »
- BARC to showcase technological achievements in agriculture … IANS - Thu, May 9, 2013
Chennai, May 9 (IANS) India's premier atomic energy research institution Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) will showcase its achievements in the fields of More »
- Stephen Hawking to boycott Israel conference AFP - Wed, May 8, 2013
Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has pulled out of a June conference hosted by Israel's President Shimon Peres, joining an academic boycott of the Jewish More »
- Ireland pardons soldiers who deserted to fight Nazis AFP - Tue, May 7, 2013
Thousands of Irish soldiers who deserted their neutral nation's military to fight with the Allies in World War II will be officially pardoned under a new law set to More »
- India to have five rocket launches, including Mars mission, … IANS - Mon, May 6, 2013
Chennai, May 6 (IANS) India's space agency is planning to have a total of five rocket launches in 2013 from its rocket launch pad at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, More »
- EU leaders, Nazi camp survivors say "never again" at … AFP - Mon, May 6, 2013
Leaders and Nazi camp survivors made a stirring appeal to combat racism as they commemorated the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp here Sunday, urging More »
- European Vega rocket launch delayed due to weather AFP - Sat, May 4, 2013
The launch Saturday of Europe's lightweight rocket, Vega, from Kourou in French Guiana was put off until an unspecified date because of poor weather conditions at More »
- Spike in suicides among middle-aged Americans AFP - Fri, May 3, 2013
Suicide rates are rising dramatically among middle-aged Americans, according to US government statistics, which showed a 28 percent spike from a decade ago in the More »
- Oldest male Nazi camp survivor dies aged 107: report … AFP - Thu, May 2, 2013
The oldest known male survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, Austrian-born Leopold Engleitner, has died at the age of 107, Austrian media reported Thursday. More »
- NASA Sees Giant Solar Wave Erupt from the Sun (Video … SPACE.com - Thu, May 2, 2013
The sun celebrated May Day with a spectacular solar eruption Wednesday, unleashing a colossal wave of super-hot plasma captured on camera by a NASA spacecraft. More »
- Archangel Gabriel features in Jerusalem exhibit AFP - Wed, May 1, 2013
A unique 2,000-year-old stone tablet takes centre stage at an exhibition that opened in Jerusalem on Wednesday and traces depictions of the Archangel Gabriel in More »
- World's first web page recreated 20 years on AFP - Tue, Apr 30, 2013
The world's first web page will be dragged out of cyberspace and restored for today's Internet browsers as part of a project to celebrate 20 years of the Web, More »