UN, CERN celebrate science for peace and development
New York, Oct 20 (IBNS): The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) celebrated science for peace and development highlighting the values of science and its ability to build bridges between nations.
India needs to step up medical research to keep pace with world: Modi
New Delhi Oct 20 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, delivering the Convocation Address at the 42nd Convocation of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, in New Delhi said India should step up its medical research to keep pace with the changing world.
NASA mission provides its first look at Martian Upper Atmosphere
Washington, Oct 14 (IBNS) NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft has provided scientists their first look at a storm of energetic solar particles at Mars, produced unprecedented ultraviolet images of the tenuous oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon coronas surrounding the Red Planet, and yielded a comprehensive map of highly-variable ozone in the atmosphere underlying the coronas.
PSLV-C26 to be launched on Thursday
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IBNS) The Centre on Tuesday said the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)`s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C26, is scheduled to be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
PSLV-C26 will launch on October 16: ISRO
Sriharikota, Oct 9 (IBNS): The launch of Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C26, is scheduled on next Thursday, October 16, 2014 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. On Thursday, a week ahead of the launch, ISRO released a statement saying, the launch window of the mission opens at 0132 hrs IST and lasts till 0147 hrs IST.
New NASA technology brings critical data to pilots over remote Alaskan territories
Washington, Oct 7 (IBNS): NASA on Tuesday said it has formally delivered to Alaskan officials a new technology that could help pilots flying over the vast wilderness expanses of the northern-most state.
NASA Aeronautics Research tests new tool for early wildfire detection
Washington, Oct 7 (IBNS) NASA's research in unmanned aerial systems (UAS) may soon provide a means for early detection and mitigation of fires in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, a nearly 50,000-square-acre region centered on the Virginia-North Carolina border.
Nobel prize for physics 2014 awarded to inventors of LED light
London, Oct 7 (IBNS) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded the Nobel prize for physics 2014 to three scientists for investing the a new energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source – the blue light-emitting diode (LED).
U.S. initiates prototype system to gauge national marine biodiversity
Washington,Oct 6 (IBNS) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA are funding three demonstration projects that will lay the foundation for the first national network to monitor marine biodiversity at scales ranging from microbes to whales.
NASA study finds Earth's ocean abyss has not warmed
Washington, Oct 6 (IBNS) The cold waters of Earth's deep ocean have not warmed measurably since 2005, according to a new NASA study, leaving unsolved the mystery of why global warming appears to have slowed in recent years.
DRDO launches Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS) Swachh Pledge was administered at the DRDO headquarters in New Delhi and also at various laboratories and establishments of DRDO across the country with the participation of its fraternity.
U.S., India to collaborate on Mars exploration, earth-observing mission
Washington, Oct 1 (IBNS) In a meeting Tuesday in Toronto, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed two documents to launch a NASA-ISRO satellite mission to observe Earth and establish a pathway for future joint missions to explore Mars.
Mangalyaan sends first image of Mars
New Delhi, Sept 25 (IBNS): "MOM" has started with her work and duties immediately after insertion into martian orbit.
Modern India must continue to lead the world: Modi
Bangalore, Sept 24 (IBNS) Sharing the joy of India's Mars Mission with ISRO scientists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said modern India must continue to lead the world.
President congratulates ISRO for the successful Orbit Insertion of 'Mangalyaan'
New Delhi: Sept 24 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee has congratulated the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the successful Orbit Insertion Maneuver of the Mars Orbiter Mission 'Mangalyaan'.