Rooting out cervical cancer
13 Jun 2012 7:57 AM GMTA scientific discovery about where and how cervical cancer takes root in the body has resolved a decades-long mystery and could lead to even better...
Largest land-based telescope cleared
13 Jun 2012 1:12 AM GMTA plan to build the biggest land-based optical telescope in the world has cleared an important hurdle, the European Southern Observatory [ESO]...
A tech tool for James Bond
13 Jun 2012 1:10 AM GMTEven James Bond would crave for this! In a new technology, a clever piece of software lets you carry your personal computer inside a pocket, use it on...
China breeds calf to produce low-lactose milk
12 Jun 2012 2:07 AM GMTChinese scientists claimed to have bred the world's first genetically-modified calf that would produce low-lactose milk in two years, state media said...
Biodiversity and transgenic crops
12 Jun 2012 12:57 AM GMTResearchers in Argentina have isolated a drought-resistant sunflower gene and spliced it into soy, bolstering hopes for improved yields as the South...
Scientists grow bone from fat
11 Jun 2012 1:47 AM GMTScientists have grown a human bone from stem cells taken from fat, paving the way for repair or replacement of broken bones with those grown from a...
NASA cancels space telescope project
9 Jun 2012 9:41 AM GMTNASA has announced the cancelling of its new space telescope project designed to seek out black holes and other cosmic mysteries through X-ray light...
Lonely joggers to have Joggobot’s company
7 Jun 2012 2:44 AM GMTBored of jogging alone in the park? A new jogger drone is coming your way as the aerial robot will motivate runners who don't have a human partner to...
Conquests of Indian science
7 Jun 2012 1:35 AM GMTOne hundred years back on 2 June, a small beginning was made when the first session of Indian Science Congress was held. Inaugurated by Sir Ashutosh...
Top computer scientists to meet in July
7 Jun 2012 1:19 AM GMTThe central government has convened a meeting of top computer scientists in Delhi on 4 July to work out a ‘common strategy and medium-term action...
On track of water on Mars
24 May 2012 12:49 PM GMTExcitement is building up as the scientists in-charge of NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity have begun operational readiness tests of the vehicle, this...
Life-bearing planets possible
15 May 2012 7:58 AM GMTA few hundred thousand billion free-floating life-bearing earth-sized planets may exist in the space between stars in the Milky Way, says a study. The...
