Rooting out cervical cancer
13 Jun 2012 1:27 PM ISTA 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 6:42 AM ISTA 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 6:40 AM ISTEven 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 7:37 AM ISTChinese 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 6:27 AM ISTResearchers 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 7:17 AM ISTScientists 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 3:11 PM ISTNASA 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 8:14 AM ISTBored 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 7:05 AM ISTOne 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 6:49 AM ISTThe 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 6:19 PM ISTExcitement 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 1:28 PM ISTA 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...
