Science & Medicine

Researchers create Element 118 again, this time for real

Reminiscence of one of Physics' most embarrassing cases of scientific misconduct came alive on Monday, when a team of Russian and American scientists said that they have created a new super-heavy elem

Ariane-5 Successfully Launches Satellites into Orbit

Extending its successful Ariane programme, Arianespace late on Friday (Oct. 13), placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). A heavy-lift Ariane-5 rocket carrying these satellites took-off from French Guiana yesterday at 5.56 p.m.

No more Bullying for 'Bully'

The premium content development division of game publisher ‘Take Two Interactive’ and best known as the makers of ‘Grand Theft Auto’ series, Rockstar Games is ready with its new title ‘Bully

Blinkx Site refurbished

Blinkx, the San Francisco startup company that builds search software products to allow searching and classification of audio files, video clips and streaming media, is all set to unmask the new versi

Sony's 50GB Blu-ray discs hitting market shelves tomorrow

Sony, the Japanese multinational corporation and one of the world's largest media conglomerates, announced that its 50GB Blu-ray Disc is all set to hit the market shelves from tomorrow.

New images help NASA to plot Mars Rover’s next move

Scientists have started plotting the next move for the Mars rover Opportunity, which has successfully reached the edge of Victoria Crater that is nearly 730 meters wide, and approximately eight times

NASA detects tiny hole in Atlantis

During a routine inspection of the shuttle Atlantis, a team of technicians spotted a tiny hole in Atlantis' right-hand payload bay door radiator. According to the NASA officials, a micrometeoroid hit

Hubble detects 16 new Extrasolar planets in Milky Way

The central region of Milky Way galaxy has 16 more planets orbiting a variety of distant stars, NASA scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have announced on Wednesday.

AOL Uses Refurbished Software to Woo Customers

AOL, the American online service provider, bulletin board system, and media company operated by Time Warner, has aforethought to initiate a new adaptation of its software, which will allow its users t

Smoot and Mather share physics Nobel Prize

John Mather of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and George Smoot of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, won the Nobel in Physics for their work with a satellite that provided increased support for the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.

Firefox defects delineated by Hackers

Two hackers said on Saturday that Firefox, an open source, cross-platform, graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation, usually comprehended as the more dependable and customizable substitute to market chief Internet Explorer, is critically flawed.

Red planet- caught on camera

NASA said Friday that they have started receiving high resolution images from the space craft sent to the red planet. The images show every detail of Mars and the scientists have labeled it as “unex