Astronauts spacewalk to fix ammonia leak
byWashington, May 12 (IANS) Two US astronauts conducted an emergency spacewalk Saturday to inspect and replace a device believed to be the source of…
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Astronauts replace pump to tackle ISS ammonia leak
byMoscow, May 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Expedition 35 crew members have removed and replaced a pump on a cooling system of the International Space Station…
Astronauts working on space station leakage
byMoscow, May 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) NASA has said that the Expedition 35 crew members have begun a six-hour spacewalk in a bid to fix…
President calls for increasing expenditure on research
byNew Delhi, May 11 (IANS) India spends only 0.9 percent of its GDP on research and development, which is much below China, Britain and…
Online submission, tracking of grant proposals soon: Jaipal Reddy
byNew Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The ministry of science and technology and earth sciences is set to have its online submission and tracking system…
Leukemia drug targets Parkinson’s proteins
byWashington, May 11 (IANS) Scientists have tapped into the restrictive action potential of a leukemia drug to hinder accumulation of deadly proteins linked to…
Two Indians among 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows
byWashington, May 11 (IANS) Two Indian young entrepreneurs are among 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows chosen to “pursue innovative scientific and technical projects, learn…
Indian wunderkid is youngest Berkley topper in a century
byWashington: Kolkata-born Ritankar Das, a bioengineering and chemical biology double major at the University of California at Berkeley, has become the youngest student to receive…
New bacteria can make mosquitoes resistant to malaria parasite
byLondon, May 10 (IANS) Researchers from the Michigan State University in the US have found that a strain of bacteria called Wolbachia bacterium can…
Technology transfer institute to come up in Kerala: Chandy
byThiruvananthapuram, May 10 (IANS) To further scientific advancements in Kerala, the state government will set up a Central-State Institute for Technology Transfer jointly with…