CERN, APS announce partnership for Open Access
Sep 19, 2014, at 12:22 am
Geneva, Sept 18 (IBNS): The American Physical Society (APS) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Thursday jointly announced a partnership to make all CERN-authored articles published in the APS journal collection to be Open Access.
Indian scientist gets Midori Prize in Biodiversity
Sep 09, 2014, at 03:13 am
Tokyo, Sept 8 (IBNS) Indian scientist Kamal Bawa, who has made intellectual contributions to biodiversity science through research on conservation and rural livelihoods in biodiversity hotspots, publishing nearly 200 research articles and 10 books or monographs, won the 2014 Midori Prize in Biodiversity.
NASA to investigate climate impacts of Arctic Sea ice loss
Sep 05, 2014, at 04:59 pm
Washington, Sept 5 (IBNS) A new NASA field campaign will begin flights over the Arctic this summer to study the effect of sea ice retreat on Arctic climate.
NASA-UCI study indicates loss of West Antarctic Glaciers appears unstoppable
Sep 05, 2014, at 04:46 pm
Washington, Sept 5 (IBNS) A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, finds a rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in an irreversible state of decline, with nothing to stop the glaciers in this area from melting into the sea.
NASA launches satellite to study how sun's atmosphere is energized
Sep 05, 2014, at 04:46 pm
Washington, Sept 5 (IBNS) NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched on Thursday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
NASA telescopes uncover early construction of giant galaxy
Sep 05, 2014, at 04:44 pm
California, Sept 5 (IBNS) Astronomers have for the first time caught a glimpse of the earliest stages of massive galaxy construction. The building site, dubbed “Sparky,†is a dense galactic core blazing with the light of millions of newborn stars that are forming at a ferocious rate.
India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft to reach red planet in 33 days
Aug 23, 2014, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): India's ambitious Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft is all set to reach the red planet in just 33 days.
Soyuz rocket with Galileo satellites lifts off: ESA
Aug 23, 2014, at 03:28 am
Brussels, Aug 22 (IBNS) The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday said the Soyuz rocket launched Europe's fifth and six Galileo satellites from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Cassini Spacecraft reveals 101 geysers and more on icy Saturn moon
Jul 29, 2014, at 06:19 pm
Washington, July 29 (IBNS): Scientists using mission data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have identified 101 distinct geysers erupting on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus.
CERN all set for the second edition of TEDxCERN
Jul 29, 2014, at 02:35 am
Geneva, July 28 (IBNS): Following the success of the first TEDxCERN event last year, CERN will be hosting a second TEDx conference on Sept 24 on the theme 'Forward: Charting the future with science'.
India preparing for GSLV-D6: Singh
Jul 24, 2014, at 03:20 am
New Delhi, July 23 (IBNS) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Science and Technology, M/o Earth Sciences, D/o Atomic Energy and D/o Space Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said the GSLV project has successfully launched GSLV-D5 flight with indigenous Cryogenic engine and stage on Jan 5 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota and is currently preparing for the next flight GSLV namely, GSLV-D6.
NASA turns over next-generation air traffic management tool to Federal Aviation Administration
Jul 16, 2014, at 04:30 pm
Washington, July 16 (IBNS) A new NASA-developed computer software tool designed to aid air traffic controllers was presented to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a ceremony Monday at the agency's headquarters in Washington.
ISRO launched 14 India, 15 foreign satellites in last 3 yrs
Jul 10, 2014, at 02:29 am
New Delhi, July 9 (IBNS): Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that during the last three years and the current year, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched 14 Indian satellites and 15 foreign satellites
Indian, Aussie students "experience" Mars in South Australia outback
Jul 04, 2014, at 07:34 pm
New Delhi, July 4 (IBNS) Indian and Australian space scientists and students are carrying out a range of experiments in the Flinders Range in South Australia, a rugged environment that simulates the planet Mars.
OCO-2 lifts off on Carbon-Counting Mission
Jul 03, 2014, at 04:21 am
California, July 2 (IBNS): A Delta II rocket blazed off the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California early Wednesday morning to begin a landmark mission to survey carbon dioxide gas in Earth's atmosphere.
CERN, UNESCO celebrate the anniversary of CERN's signature Convention
Jul 02, 2014, at 04:48 am
Paris, July 1 (IBNS): CERN and UNESCO are commemorating the signature of the CERN Convention at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris and thereby celebrated 60 years of science for peace on Tuesday.
Sriharikota: PM visits first Launch Pad and GSLV Vehicle assembly building
Jun 30, 2014, at 04:38 am
Sriharikota, June 29 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited the first Launch Pad at Sriharikota where he was briefed about the PSLV C-23 Launch Vehicle Mission by senior scientists.
CERN supports new business incubation centre in Netherlands
Jun 27, 2014, at 03:27 am
Geneva, June 26 (IBNS): CERN along with Nikhef, the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics, on Thursday announced the opening of a new Business Incubation Centre (BIC) hosted at the Amsterdam Science Park, where Nikhef is located.
India decides to open civilian nuclear programme to greater scrutiny
Jun 24, 2014, at 04:29 am
New Delhi, June 23 (IBNS):India on Monday said the Central government has decided to ratify an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to expand oversight of the country's civilian nuclear programme.
CERN announces LHC restart schedule
Jun 23, 2014, at 09:20 pm
Geneva, June 23 (IBNS) The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world, has started to get ready for its second three-year run.
CERN experiments report new Higgs boson measurements
Jun 23, 2014, at 06:13 pm
Geneva, June 23 (IBNS). In a paper published in the journal Nature Physics on Monday, the CMS experiment at CERN reports new results on an important property of the Higgs particle, whose discovery was announced by the ATLAS and CMS experiments on 4 July 2012.
PSLV-C23 launch scheduled on June 30: ISRO
Jun 21, 2014, at 03:29 am
New Delhi, June 20 (IBNS): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday said the launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C23, is scheduled on June 30 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR at Sriharikota.
Spain to host international event on particle physics
Jun 11, 2014, at 03:58 am
Valencia, June 10 (IBNS): From July 3-9, around one thousand particle physicists will fly in from around the world to Valencia to take part in the 37th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), organized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), CERN informed.
Kudankulam unit 1 attains full power
Jun 08, 2014, at 02:09 am
Chennai, June 7 (IBNS): In a significant development, the unit 1 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant reached full capacity generation of 1,000MW on Saturday.
CERN announces winners of its first beam line for schools competition
Jun 07, 2014, at 04:06 am
Geneva, June 6 (IBNS): CERN on Friday announced the winners of its first beam line for schools competition.
Agricultural Science Congress to be held in 2015
Jun 06, 2014, at 03:35 am
New Delhi, June 5 (IBNS): The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) will be organizing the 12th Agricultural Science Congress at National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) in Karnal in February 3 to Feb 6 next year.
Astronomers find the 'Mega-Earth'
Jun 04, 2014, at 06:30 am
Cambridge, June 3 (IBNS): Astronomers have announced that they have discovered a new type of planet - a rocky world weighing 17 times as much as Earth.
CERN's ALPHA experiment measures charge of antihydrogen
Jun 04, 2014, at 03:25 am
Geneva, June 3 (IBNS): In a paper published in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday, the ALPHA experiment at CERN's Antiproton Decelerator (AD) reported a measurement of the electric charge of antihydrogen atoms, finding it to be compatible with zero to eight decimal places.
NASA poke hole in Black Hole 'Doughnut' theory
May 23, 2014, at 05:07 pm
Washington, May 23 (IBNS) A survey of more than 170,000 supermassive black holes, using NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), has astronomers reexamining a decades-old theory about the varying appearances of these interstellar objects.
CERN openlab publishes a whitepaper on future IT challenges
May 23, 2014, at 04:31 am
Geneva, May 22 (IBNS): CERN openlab, the public-private partnership between CERN, leading IT companies and research institutes, on Thurday released a whitepaper on future IT challenges in scientific research to shape its upcoming three-year phase starting in 2015.