Fifth navigation satellite launched : India a step closer to desi-GPS
Jan 20, 2016, at 04:19 pm
Sriharikota, Jan 20 (IBNS) India on Wednesday successfully launched its fifth navigation satellite in space -- IRNSS-1E on board PSLV-C31 rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Indian rocket blats off with navigational satellite
Jan 20, 2016, at 03:28 pm
Chennai, Jan 20 (IBNS) The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday launched fifth navigational satellite IRNSS-1E.
Astronaut posts picture of flower grown in space
Jan 19, 2016, at 02:45 am
California, Jan 18 (IBNS) Astronaut Scott Kelly has shared picture of a flower which he has grown in space.
Jason-3 launches to monitor global sea level rise
Jan 18, 2016, at 02:32 pm
Washington, Jan 18 (IBNS) Jason-3, a U.S.-European oceanography satellite mission with NASA participation that will continue a nearly quarter-century record of tracking global sea level rise, lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Sunday at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA to launch Jason-3 Ocean-Monitoring Satellite
Jan 17, 2016, at 08:12 pm
California, Jan 17 (IBNS) NASA on Sunday said the Jason-3 international oceanography satellite mission is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California.
New Crop Insurance Policy is a step in the right direction but needs improvements: CSE
Jan 15, 2016, at 08:37 pm
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IBNS) The Union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,has approved the new crop insurance scheme -- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY).
Jitendra Singh to inaugurate 'Hall of Nuclear Power' in New Delhi tomorrow
Jan 15, 2016, at 08:29 pm
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IBNS) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the "Hall of Nuclear Power" here on Saturday.
'Hall of Nuclear Power' to be inaugurated by Jitendra Singh in New Delhi
Jan 15, 2016, at 06:03 pm
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
Jan 15, 2016, at 03:26 pm
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
Jan 14, 2016, at 07:58 pm
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
Jan 13, 2016, at 10:33 pm
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
Jan 06, 2016, at 03:30 pm
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
Jan 05, 2016, at 05:45 am
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'
Jan 05, 2016, at 01:08 am
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
Dec 30, 2015, at 11:49 pm
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
Dec 19, 2015, at 09:09 pm
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
Dec 19, 2015, at 08:52 pm
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
Dec 19, 2015, at 08:13 pm
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
Dec 17, 2015, at 12:09 am
Chennai, Dec 16 (IBNS) India's PSLV rocket on Wednesday successfully launched six Singaporean satellites, officials said.
Dec 16, 2015, at 04:51 pm
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
Dec 16, 2015, at 02:19 pm
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
Dec 15, 2015, at 02:56 pm
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.
The LHC collides ions at new record energy
Nov 26, 2015, at 04:36 am
Geneva, Nov 25 (IBNS) After the successful restart of the Large Hadron Collider and its first months of data taking with proton collisions at a new energy frontier, the LHC is moving to a new phase, with the first lead-ion collisions of season 2 at an energy about twice as high as that of any previous collider experiment.
India's GSAT-15 communication satellite launched successfully
Nov 11, 2015, at 03:11 pm
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IBNS) GSAT-15, India’s latest communications satellite, was launched successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-227 launch Vehicle in the early morning hours of Wednesday, officials said.
World cannot afford to follow American consumption model: CSE
Nov 07, 2015, at 02:50 am
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IBNS): The world was following the unsustainable American consumption model which was leading to excessive demand for consumer goods and energy, said Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on the final day of the Annual Media Briefing on Climate Change.
NASA mission reveals speed of solar wind stripping Martian atmosphere
Nov 06, 2015, at 03:10 pm
California, Nov 6 (IBNS) NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment that might have supported surface life to the cold, arid planet Mars is today.
ISRO releases book on Indian Space Programme
Nov 06, 2015, at 04:46 am
Bengaluru, Nov 5 (IBNS): A book on Indian Space Programme was released on the second anniversary of India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, which successfully completed one year in orbit around Mars on Sept 24, 2015.
NovaLeadPharma announces successful completion of global phase I , II clinical trial for Galnobax
Nov 04, 2015, at 04:08 am
Mumbai/Kolkata, Nov 3 (IBNS): NovaLead Pharma, a drug discovery and development company, on Tuesday announced a potential breakthrough in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), which is a frequent complication of uncontrolled diabetes over a period of time.
Jitendra Singh inaugurates 7th Nuclear Energy Conclave in New Delhi
Nov 03, 2015, at 08:51 pm
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IBNS) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh said that India’s nuclear programme is ahead of many other nations and truly testifies the “Make in India†initiative.
LHC luminosity upgrade project moving to next phase
Oct 30, 2015, at 04:02 am
Geneva, Oct 29 (IBNS): This week more than 230 scientists and engineers from around the world met at CERN to discuss the High-Luminosity LHC-a major upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that will increase the accelerator's discovery potential from 2025.