Opinion: Political Gamesmanship and the 30 Meter Telescope on Manua Kea Mountain in Hawaii
By Devendra Dubey
BOSTON--When the mountain Manua Kea was selected by a team of eminent astronomers, as the site for one of the world’s largest...
NASA astronaut reaches Earth after spending record 355 days in space
Washington-- Mark Vande Hei, who spent 355 days in low-Earth orbit- the longest continuous stay in space by an American - has safely returned...
Can silk replace microplastics?
New York-- Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have developed a biodegradable system based on silk to replace harmful...
Pakistan-Born MIT Professor Nergis Mavalvala helps detect Einstein’s gravitational waves
CAMBRIDGE, MA—It is perhaps the biggest scientific news of this century and probably of many centuries: the detection of Einstein's gravitational waves; and Pakistan-born...
Record late season snowfall helps abate drought conditions in US
Washington--Rain and snow in the central and northern mountains of the US and across the eastern half of Colorado state improved drought condition.
Blue Valley,...
China overtakes US as world leader in scientific research output, ‘high impact’ studies
Tokyo-- China has overtaken the US as the world leader in both scientific research output and "high impact" studies, according to a report published...
Hawking at Harvard tackles the contradictory qualities of black holes
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MIT physicists confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for first time
New York-- Fifty years after physicist Stephen Hawking derived the black hole theorem, physicists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have confirmed it for the...
Two Indian-Americans win first place in science contest
New York--Breaking a three-year dry spell for Indian-Americans, two 17-year-old high school students have won the top prize of $150,000 with their medical-related projects...
Moon may have harbored life 4 billion years ago
Washington--While the Moon is presently unsuitable for habitation, there could have been life on its surface about four billion years ago, researchers have suggested.
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