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  Pakistani authorities ban science text book

  World | September 21, 2013 18:45 IST

  Lahore: The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has banned a science book for Grade VI students of a chain of elite schools for containing material that could provoke “sexual desire”.The text book used by the

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  Japan receives 1st nuclear reactor fuel since 2011

  World | June 27, 2013 10:35 IST

  Tokyo, June 27: A power plant has received the first shipment of reprocessed nuclear reactor fuel sent to Japan since the 2011 disaster that forced it to shut down reactors.   The fuel, a mixture of

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  Now, a chip that detects disease in blood drop

  World | June 25, 2013 17:19 IST

  Los Angeles,June 25: Scientists have engineered a cutting-edge sensor chip that can detect diseases from a drop of blood, says a new study.A new study describes how Reginald Farrow and Alokik Kanwal, researchers at the

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  Indian origin researcher promotes science among poor US kids

  World | July 19, 2012 14:00 IST

  Harlem,Jul19 :He might be involved in high-profile cancer research as a scientist, but Indian-origin scholar Satyajit Bhattacharya is giving back to the local community in his adopted country by helping economically backward children realise their

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  China Far Ahead Of India In Science, Says PM

  India | February 26, 2012 17:42 IST

  Washington, Feb 26: China is in “many ways far ahead” of India in the field of science, says a concerned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who last month pledged to more than double the country's R&D

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  11-Year-Old Pak Girl Sets World Record By Passing O-Level

  World | December 11, 2011 22:41 IST

  Chiniot, Pakistan, Dec 11: Eleven-year-old girl Sitara Akbar has set a world record by passing O-level English, Mathmatics and Science, Geo News reported on Sunday.This is not the first time that Sitara from Chanab area

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  NASA Rover Curiosity Blasts Off Towards Mars

  World | November 26, 2011 22:14 IST

  Cape Canaveral, Florida, Nov 26: The world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer, NASA's Curiosity rover, rocketed toward Mars on Saturday on a search for evidence that the red planet might once have been home to itsy-bitsy life.It

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  Majority Wants Single Common Test For Science, Engg Admissions

  India | August 05, 2011 11:31 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 5: An overwhelming majority of people are in favour of reforms in the examination system like conduct of a single common test for admission to under graduate courses in science and engineering,

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  Where Next For NASA? Scientists Draw Up Wish List

  World | March 08, 2011 10:46 IST

  Los Angeles, Mar 8: Land a rover on Mars to collect rocks and soil samples that could later be returned to Earth. If that's a budget-buster, then orbit Jupiter's moon Europa, which may have a