Sunday, May 19 2013 3:59PM IST Moscow: The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite landed in Russia Sunday, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various micro-organisms and plants back to Earth ... | Saturday, May 18 2013 2:55PM IST Panaji: Ecologist Madhav Gadgil has picked holes in former ISRO head K. Kasturirangan''s high-level working group report on the environmentally sensitive Western Ghats, saying it endorses ... |
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:24AM IST
Lima: Genrent do Brasil has been awarded a concession to build a 70 MW thermoelectric plant and temporarily supply electricity to the Peruvian Amazon city of Iquitos, authorities said.
Peru''s ...
Friday, May 17 2013 9:31AM IST
Washington: The sun has put on a spectacular light show in recent days, firing off solar flares and coronal mass ejections that have sent particles from the sun hurtling into space ...
Wednesday, May 15 2013 1:08PM IST
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Tuesday, May 14 2013 12:49PM IST
Washington: Canadian astronaut and outgoing International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield has recorded the first music video in space while floating in zero gravity, strumming ...
Monday, May 13 2013 3:31PM IST
Teotihuacan (Mexico): A robot that weighs just 25 kg is helping scientists explore the underworld of Teotihuacan, an archaeological complex.
The complex is located some 50 km north ...
Sunday, May 12 2013 9:54AM IST
Moscow: Expedition 35 crew members have removed and replaced a pump on a cooling system of the International Space Station (ISS) that may be leaking ammonia, NASA said.
The astronauts ...
Friday, May 10 2013 9:16PM IST
London: Researchers from the Michigan State University in the US have found that a strain of bacteria called Wolbachia bacterium can infect mosquitoes and make them resistant to the ...
Friday, May 10 2013 4:25PM IST
Moscow: An ammonia leak was detected in the cooling system in the US section of the International Space Station, a Russian space agency official said Friday.
"Yes, there was indeed ...
Friday, May 10 2013 3:29PM IST
New Delhi: In a bid to reach out to young Indians, the German embassy here Friday launched a new interactive programme on its website, which it said it was designed specially for school ...
Thursday, May 9 2013 3:57PM IST
Chennai: India''s premier atomic energy research institution Bhabha Atomic Research Centre will showcase its achievements in the fields of agriculture and food sciences at an ...
Thursday, May 9 2013 12:04PM IST
Rio de Janeiro: A group of scientists aboard a submarine capable of diving to depths of 6,500 meters discovered an "oasis" of biodiversity around the South Atlantic''s largest undersea ...
Tuesday, May 7 2013 5:40PM IST
Chennai: The first unit of the 1,000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), set up by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL), is almost ready for beginning the fission ...
Monday, May 6 2013 11:07AM IST
Quito: Countries that share the Amazon basin resolved in the Ecuadorian city of Coca to create an observation center charged with promoting studies and coordinating actions to protect ...
