Researchers find "alarming" decline in bumblebees

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 11:16

Four previously abundant species of bumblebee are close to disappearing in the US, researchers said.

Mini `Big Bang` recreated in lab

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 14:47

Researchers at Large Hadron Collider have succeeded in recreating Big Bang on a miniature scale.

Wool fibres make bricks stronger, more eco-friendly

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 20:08

Spanish and Scottish researchers have made bricks that are stronger and more environmentally-friendly.

Probe of South Korea ship sinking flawed: US researchers

Last Updated: Friday, October 1, 2010, 08:57

Results published by S Korea held North torpedo responsible for ship sinking.

Researchers raise doubts over S-Korean ship sinking

Last Updated: Friday, July 9, 2010, 23:52

A South Korean-led investigation into the sinking of a warship near its disputed border with North Korea was inconclusive, may have contained fabricated data and should be reopened, two American-based researchers said on Thursday.

Researchers create 3-D invisibility cloak: Study

Last Updated: Friday, March 19, 2010, 18:41

European researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter`s invisibility cape after they made an object disappear using a 3-D "cloak," a study published in a US-based journal Science showed.

Researchers design archaeological `time machine`

Last Updated: Monday, February 15, 2010, 14:49

Researchers have designed a new archaeological tool which could answer key questions in human evolution.

Researchers take first steps towards mind-machine interface

Last Updated: Monday, December 7, 2009, 14:03

Neuroscientists have taken the first few steps towards a mind-machine interface, says a new study.

Researchers working on ocean forecast system

Last Updated: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 14:19

Researchers are developing a high- tech system to enable fishermen to get the ocean forecast much in advance so as to save their lives and property at sea.

Pups from 1st cloned dog to be distributed to public

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 13:32

Puppies born from the world`s first cloned dog will be offered to good homes later this year, South Korean researchers said on Thursday.

Researchers can now study how an ecosystem develops

Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2009, 15:48

Alaska`s Kasatochi volcano eruption has provided a rare research opportunity to see how an ecosystem develops from the very first species to colonize the island.

Researchers develop new seedless, juicy citrus fruit

Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2009, 15:28

Researchers have developed a new seedless citrus fruit named DaisySL which is finely textured and juicy, with a rich, sweet and distinctive flavour when mature.