Apple's ResearchKit to give scientists ready access to study subjects

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 00:38

Apple Inc on Monday released ResearchKit, an open-source software tool designed to give scientists a new way to gather information on patients by using their iPhones.

Australian scientists awarded for spotting water efficient crops

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 17:11

Two Australian scientists have been awarded the British-based Rank Prize for developing an innovative method of identifying crops with superior water efficiency, the Australian National University (ANU) said Wednesday.

CERN scientists create antihydrogen atoms

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 21:53

CERN physicists have succeeded for the first time in producing a beam of antihydrogen atoms, an advance that brings scientists closer to solving the antimatter mystery.

Facebook pokes fun at study saying it will lose 80pc users

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 19:29

Facebook has debunked the recent study by the Princeton University that the social networking website would lose 80 per cent of its users by 2015-2017.

`Fastest ever` broadband speeds achieved by UK scientists

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 19:55

Raising hopes of millions of net users for more efficient data transfer in the current infrastructure, scientists in the UK have achieved the "fastest ever" broadband speeds in a test.

China honours its top scientists

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 18:36

Two Chinese scientists, both academics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, won the country`s top science award Friday for their outstanding contribution to scientific and technological innovation, a leading Chinese daily reported.

Scientists believe some whales flee from sonar

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 02:06

The Navy plans to increase sonar testing in US waters over the next five years even as studies it funded reveal worrying signs that the loud underwater noise could disturb whales and dolphins.

Second-hand memory cards pose identity theft risk, warn experts

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 19:48

Selling old memory cards on sites like eBay without proper deletion of previous data may lead to identity theft, security experts have warned.

Five eminent scientists awarded Infosys prize

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 00:06

Five eminent scientists, a noted historian and a reputed linguist from premier Indian institutes and overseas were Tuesday declared winners of the Infosys Science Foundation awards for 2013 here.

Indian scientists in Mars mission

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 21:56

The following are the Indian scientists who have made the Mars Orbiter Mission possible:

Scientists digitally reconstruct one of world`s largest dinosaurs

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 11:46

Experts have digitally reconstructed one of the world`s largest dinosaurs, allowing it to take its first steps in over 94 million years.

Australian scientists find gold in trees

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 13:06

Researchers from Perth have found tiny particles of gold hidden in eucalyptus trees, in a discovery which could help future prospectors to find deposits of the precious metal.