An American scientist who played a key role in India's Chandrayaan mission in finding evidence of water on the Moon has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of spying for......
Dr Seshadri Ramkumar, associate professor, Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, has been honoured as Scientist of the Year, 2009, by the Lubbock Chapter of......
Forests in certain parts of the planet may actually warm the Earth, researchers say. A new study by researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows that forests in mid to high......
The United States has finalised a design for a new generation of nuclear warheads in a major step toward construction of the first new atomic weapon since the Cold War with the former Soviet Union......
'Why should we disclose classified information. to satisfy those who doubt our Hydrogen Bomb capability?' IMAGE: Dr Anil Kakodkar, former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, at the 'Machined to......
A new Chinese computer system that can make 93 quadrillions calculations per second has claimed the top spot on the list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. The computer called Sunway......
China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer was named the world's fastest for the fifth time on Monday, outperforming those from the US. Tianhe-2 has topped the world's fastest supercomputer at the......
Global warming is taking a heavy toll on cereal crops. A new study on the impact of global warming on global food production by researchers of a US university says that in 20 years since 1981,......
Global warming has taken a heavy toll on major cereal crops and since 1981 it has caused a loss of $5 billion. According to a study conducted by David Lobell, researcher of the Lawrence Livermore......
Japan could take top honors for the world's fastest supercomputer if it goes ahead with a plan to begin research next year on a new machine that would operate 73 times faster than IBM's current......