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'Hall of Nuclear Power' to be inaugurated by Jitendra Singh in New Delhi

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IBNS) On Jan 16, Union Minister Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the 'Hall of Nuclear Power – Atoms Serving the Nation' at the National Science Centre (NSC) in Delhi.

NASA awards International Space Station Cargo Transport contracts

California, Jan 15 (IBNS) NASA on Friday said it has awarded three cargo contracts to ensure the critical science, research and technology demonstrations that are informing the agency’s journey to Mars are delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) from 2019 through 2024.

NASA Advisory Panel Releases 2015 Safety Report

California, Jan 14 (IBNS) The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has issued its 2015 annual report examining NASA's safety performance over the past year and highlighting accomplishments, issues and concerns to agency and government officials.

NHAI signs MoU with ISRO and NECTAR

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS): The Centre on Wednesday said the NHAI has signed Memorandum of Understanding with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and North East Centre for Technology Application and Research (NECTAR) for use of spatial technology for monitoring and managing National Highways.

NASA research could save Commercial Airlines Billions in new era of aviation

California, Jan 6 (IBNS) The nation’s airlines could realize more than $250 billion dollars in savings in the near future thanks to green-related technologies developed and refined by NASA’s aeronautics researchers during the past six years.

Periodic Table's 7th row finally completed, gets 4 new elements

Zurich, Jan 4 (IBNS) The existing periodic table in science books around the world have been outdated by the addition of four new elements in the new one, thus enabling the completion of the seventh row in the table.

Now Mark Zuckerberg wants to create his own 'Jarvis'

California, Jan 4 (IBNS): Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants to create an artificially intelligent butler like Jarvis from popular Hollywood sci-fi movie Iron Man.

Harsh Vardhan unveils India's National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-2020

New Delhi, Dec 30 (IBNS) – The National Biotechnology Development Strategy 2015-20, aimed at making India a world-class bio-manufacturing hub, was unveiled Wednesday by Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, and his junior minister of same department YS Chowdary.

NASA orders second Boeing Crew Mission to International Space Station

California, Dec 19 (IBNS) NASA on Saturday said it took an important step Friday to establish regular crew missions that will launch from the United States to the International Space Station with the order of its second post-certification mission from Boeing Space Exploration of Houston.

NASA astronauts to conduct spacewalk as early as Monday

California, Dec 19 (IBNS) Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA are preparing for a previously unscheduled spacewalk outside the International Space Station on either Monday or Tuesday.

CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer passes the baton to Fabiola Gianotti

Geneva, Dec 19 (IBNS) The 178th session of the CERN Council witnessed the handover ceremony from Rolf Heuer, CERN’s Director-General for the past seven years, to Fabiola Gianotti, who will take up her functions at the head of the Organization on Jan 1, 2016.

India successfully launches six Singaporean satellites: ISRO

Chennai, Dec 16 (IBNS) India's PSLV rocket on Wednesday successfully launched six Singaporean satellites, officials said.

At high-level forum, top UN officials urge bridging digital divide to ‘power’ sustainable development

New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Citing remarkable achievement of the information and communication technologies (ICT) for development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that the focus now lies on bridging the digital divide to facilitate inclusive Internet access for all in order to enable the implementation of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.

NASA examines Global Impacts of the 2015 El Nino

California, Dec 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) People the world over are feeling, or soon will feel, the effects of the strongest El Nino event since 1997-98, currently unfolding in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. New satellite observations are beginning to show scientists its impact on the distribution of rain, tropospheric ozone and wildfires around the globe.

New NASA satellite maps show human fingerprint on global air quality

Washington, Dec 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Using new, high-resolution global satellite maps of air quality indicators, NASA scientists tracked air pollution trends over the last decade in various regions and 195 cities around the globe.