The three-day long 2nd World Internet Conference was concluded on 18 December 2015 at Wuzen, located in Zhejiang Province in eastern China. The conference was…
WHO released estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases
The World Health Organisation has released its first ever report on foodborne diseases. The report was titled “Estimates of the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases”,…
China’s Tianhe-2 remained world’s most powerful supercomputer
Tianhe-2, the supercomputer of China, remained at number one position as the most powerful supercomputer in the world. This was revealed by the 46th edition…
Chinese scientists discovered worm that can eat plastic
Chinese scientists have discovered a method to decompose stubborn plastic waste. The study claims that it can be done with the help of a worm…
Nasa is planning ‘Earth Independent’ Mars colony by 2030s
According to the plans recently released by the US space organisation NASA, Humans will be living and working on Mars in colonies entirely independent of…
DRDO inaugurated world’s highest Research Centre in Ladakh
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) inaugurated an Extreme Altitude Research Centre at Chang La in Jammu and Kashmir at 17,600 ft above mean…
ASTROSAT – India’s 1st dedicated satellite for astronomy research launched
Indian Space Research OrgnaisationIndian Space Research Orgnaisation (ISRO) launched India’s first dedicated satellite for astronomy research, named ASTROSAT.
Nasa scientists found evidence of flowing water on Mars
New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide a strong evidence that liquid water flows intermittently on the present-day Mars.
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) successfully completed one year of the mission life around Mars
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) successfully completed one year of the mission life around Mars with a large data set acquired by all five payloads…
NASA developing world’s first space shotgun to blast asteroids
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is building a space shotgun to test the strength of asteroids and other space rocks. Brooklyn-based Honeybee Robotics announced…