Japan Government's highest civilian award to be conferredon Professor C.N.R. Rao

New Delhi, May 2 (IBNS) Highest Civilian Award of Japan, that is conferred on academicians, politicians and military officers- the "Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star", will be conferred on Professor C.N.R. Rao for his 'contribution to promoting academic interchange and mutual understanding in science and technology between Japan and India'.

Harsh Vardhan orders laying of plans for Centenary of Bose Institute

Kolkata, May 2 (IBNS) Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan announced in Kolkata on Saturday that the centenary of Bose Institute, a premier institution for multidisciplinary research in fundamental sciences, founded by Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, will be marked by the unfurling of a Perspective Plan on R&D over the next few decades.

Harsh Vardhan urges scientific community to come up with innovative solutions

Kolkata, May 1 (IBNS): Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan urged the scientists and scholars whom he referred to as 'the creme of the society' to become role models for the country, bring more innovative approach in place of routine works and come up with out-of-the-box solutions for the country's problems.

NASA invests in hundreds of U.S. small businesses

Washington,May 1 (IBNS) NASA has selected research and technology proposals from 254 small businesses and 39 research institutions in the United States for grants to develop new technologies that will further NASA's journey to Mars.

NASA completes MESSENGER Mission with expected impact on Mercury's surface

Washington, May 1 (IBNS):A NASA planetary exploration mission came to a planned, but nonetheless dramatic, end Thursday when it slammed into Mercury's surface at about 8,750 mph and created a new crater on the planet's surface.

6 more satellites planned to be launched during 2015-16

New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS): Six more satellites are planned to be launched during 2015-16. These are two Communication satellites GSAT-6 & GSAT-15; three Navigation satellites IRNSS-1E, IRNSS-1F & IRNSS-1G; and one Space science satellite ASTROSAT.

Russian spacecraft plunging to Earth?

Moscow, Apr 29 (IBNS) The controlled deorbiting of a Russian cargo spacecraft is not possible, media reports said on Wednesday.

Bizarre 'platypus' dinosaur discovered

Birmingham, Apr 27 (IBNS) Although closely related to the notorious carnivore Tyrannosaurus rex, a new lineage of dinosaur discovered in Chile is proving to be an evolutionary jigsaw puzzle, as it preferred to graze upon plants.

ICARUS neutrino experiment to move to Fermilab

Geneva, Apr 22 (IBNS): A group of scientists led by Nobel laureate Carlo Rubbia will transport the world's largest liquid-argon neutrino detector across the Atlantic Ocean from CERN to its new home at the U.S. Department of Energy1’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 2.

NASA Spacecraft achieves unprecedented success studying Mercury

Washington, Apr 17 (IBNS) After extraordinary science findings and technological innovations, a NASA spacecraft launched in 2004 to study Mercury will impact the planet’s surface, most likely on April 30, after it runs out of propellant.

Physics community to discuss latest results of the AMS experiment

Geneva, Apr 15 (IBNS) The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) collaboration will present on Wednesday the latest results in its quest to understand the origin of cosmic rays and dark matter.

Driverless car by Gujarat scientists

Ahmedabad, Apr 11 (IBNS) Inspired by Google's driverless car project, two scientists from Gujarat have made a driverless car of their own design.

M Annadurai takes over as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre

Chennai, Apr 6 (IBNS) M Annadurai, Outstanding Scientist and Programme Director, Indian Remote Sensing Satellites (IRS) and Small Satellite Systems (SSS) of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore, has assumed the office of Director, ISAC on Apr 1, officials said.

Proton beams are back in the LHC

Geneva, Apr 5 (IBNS) After two years of intense maintenance and consolidation, and several months of preparation for restart, the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, is back in operation.

Uncovering the secrets of the Himalayas off the coast of Mumbai

Mumbai, Apr 2 (IBNS) Despite being thousands of kilometres apart, a team of international scientists are collecting samples from the bottom of the Arabian Sea to find out how the growth of the Himalayan mountain range has affected the Asian Monsoon over the last 50 million years.