Four Indian Americans win top science and maths awards

Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 11:52

Four Indian American professors are among the 13 mathematicians, theoretical physicists and theoretical computer scientists who have won 2013 Simons Investigators awards.

Embryonic-like stem cells can`t be found: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 14:43

A US company that promoted its stem cell discovery in partnership with the Vatican has come under fresh scrutiny by independent scientists who said today the cells do not exist.

Great white sharks use stored liver oil while travelling long distances

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 13:28

Great white sharks power their non-stop journeys of more than 2,500 miles with energy stored as fat and oil in their massive livers, a new study has found.

Hummingbird shakes `the fastest`

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 13:21

An ultra-slow-motion camera has helped show that the hummingbird is not only the fastest moving living thing on Earth but is also the fastest shaker.

Douglas Engelbart, inventor of computer mouse, dies at 88

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 11:23

Douglas Engelbart, the man who invented the computer mouse, has died aged 88.

Earthquake acoustics could warn of impending tsunami

Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2013, 14:09

Stanford scientists have identified key acoustic characteristics of the 2011 Japan earthquake that indicated it would cause a large tsunami, and suggested that the technique could be applied worldwide.

`Space dust` could be main culprit behind failing satellites

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 12:04

A Stanford scientist has come close to solving a mystery that has long bedevilled space exploration: Why do satellites fail?

Stanford University is 1st college to raise USD 1 bn

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 17:31

Stanford University has set a new record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than USD 1 billion in a single year.

Now, artificial skin that can sense touch and heal itself

Last Updated: Monday, November 12, 2012, 13:13

Stanford University scientists have succeeded in making the first material that can both sense subtle pressure and heal itself when torn or cut.

How humans spread out of Africa 60000 years ago

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 19:30

A new, comprehensive review of humans’ anthropological and genetic records has provided the most up-to-date story of the “Out of Africa” expansion that occurred about 45,000 to 60,000 years ago.

Hybrid car battery inventor Stanford Ovshinsky dies at 89

Last Updated: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 11:03

American physicist, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, who designed the battery used in hybrid cars, has died at the age of 89 after suffering from prostate cancer.