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ISRO Launches First Student-Designed Rocket Called Vyom ISRO Launches First Student-Designed Rocket Called Vyom
  • May 16th, 2012

  • For the first time in the history of India’s space program, a student-designed rocket was launched at the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station on Friday.

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» India’s Kudankulam Atomic Power Plant Approved After One-Year Delay

» Indian Mars Mission Receives Ten-Fold Budget Increase To Rs. 125 Crores

» Kudankulam Officials Urge Tamil Nadu Govt To Approve Nuclear Plant

» Mars Society India Launched Today In Collaboration With Nehru Center

» India To Host African Delegates At Ministerial Conference In New Delhi



Featured Research »
Scientists Discover Volcanic Activity In Moon’s Tycho Crater

Scientists Discover Volcanic Activity In Moon’s Tycho Crater

Contrary to the popular theory, the moon had a lot of volcanic activity and was not a dead place, according to India’s Chandrayaan-1 and NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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 04/16/12

» Black Hole Jets May Cause Galaxy NGC 3801 To Die And Lose Its Stars

» India May Have Significantly Higher Potential For Wind Energy Than Estimated, Study

» Scientists Discover New Family Of Legless Amphibians, Chikilidae

» National Geographic Saves Endangered Languages With Talking Dictionaries

» Survey: The World Is A Happier Place Than In 2007

» Scientists At India’s Physical Research Laboratory Embark On Planet Hunting Mission

» Study: Human Embryonic Stem Cells Acquire Mutations From Long-Term Culture

» The Mystery Of Arsenic Poisoning In India’s Bengal Delta Groundwater Deepens

» Drought-Tolerant Rice Varieties To Provide Food Security For Farmers In Bangladesh

» Crucifix Crab, Charybdis feriatus, Spotted In The Straits Of Malacca



Health & Medicine »
Study: Heart Disease Risk In India Greater Than US, Europe

Study: Heart Disease Risk In India Greater Than US, Europe

The Indian Heart Watch study reveals a growing cardiovascular disease epidemic in India: the risk for heart disease is now higher there than in the U.S. and Western Europe.

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 04/23/12

» Study: More Than Half Of Hookah Websites Don’t Include The Word “Tobacco”

» India, Formerly The World’s Epicenter Of Polio, Celebrates A Polio-Free Year

» World Diabetes Day: One Fifth Of All Diabetic Adults Live In Southeast Asia

» Neglected Tropical Diseases Continue To Plague South Asia Despite Economic Growth

» “Tobacco Control Is Tuberculosis Control,” Study Says.

» UN General Assembly Opens High-Level Meeting On Non-Communicable Diseases

» Study: Six Genetic Variants Linked To Type 2 Diabetes In South Asians

» UNICEF: Lack Of Optimal Breast Feeding In Developing Countries

» Gates Foundation Grant To Reduce Maternal, Infant Deaths In India

» 50 Million Indians To Be Screened For Diabetes


Academia »
OPINION: Rethinking Science Education In India

OPINION: Rethinking Science Education In India

Prof. K. P. Mohanan discusses the key challenges for India’s science education, and how to help a significant number of these students develop into high-caliber scientists.

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 04/26/12

» UNSW To Host IIT Ropar Students For Solar Energy Workshop

» Deakin & TERI Open Nanobiotechnology Lab In Gurgaon, India

» Indian Teen Wins YouTube Space Lab Science Competition For APAC Region

» HHMI’s First International Early Career Award: Nine Awardees From Asia

» Sony Launches Sony University In Singapore

» New NSF Report Highlights Growth Of “Asia-10″ Countries In Science & Technology

» UNICEF Launches Schools For Asia To Improve Education For Millions

» Science Minister Deshmukh: India’s R&D Investment To Double By 2017

» PM Singh: China Has Overtaken India In The World Of Science

» Indian Environmentalist Dr. Ashok Khosla Receives WWF Conservation Medal



Tech & Pharma »
Phase I Trial For Leishmaniasis Vaccine Underway

Phase I Trial For Leishmaniasis Vaccine Underway

A vaccine against one of the most neglected yet fatal tropical diseases is being tested for the first time in a clinical trial in India and the United States.

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 05/11/12

» Abbott, Syngene To Open First Nutrition R&D Center In India

» Ranbaxy Unveils Synriam: India’s First Anti-Malarial Drug

» Biocon Inaugurates New Research Center In Bangalore, India

» Covidien Opens R&D Facility In Hyderabad, India

» First Vaccine Against Fatal Visceral Leishmaniasis Enters Phase I Trial

» Bristol-Myers Squibb To Support Hepatitis B, C Research In Asia

» Ricoh Innovations Opens R&D Headquarters In India

» Accenture Opens R&D Lab In Beijing To Develop Smart-Grid Technology

» IBM Opens New Branch Office In Visakhapatnam, India

» 10,000 Solar-Powered ATM Machines To Supply Cash To India’s Rural Poor



Editorials »
OPINION: How To Protect The Inventions Of The Poor

OPINION: How To Protect The Inventions Of The Poor

New models of intellectual property rights are needed to protect – and promote – local knowledge and innovations, says Professor Anil Gupta, founder of the Honey Bee Network.

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 05/04/12

» Aging Asia Faces Issues Of Isolation And Poverty, Experts Warn

» India Can Go To Mars, Says PRL Director J. N. Goswami

» Vega’s Lift-Off A Milestone For Arianespace, ASEAN Director Says

» India’s First Man In Space, Rakesh Sharma, Chats With Asian Scientist Magazine

» Antrix-Devas Deal: Ex-ISRO Chief Madhavan Nair Speaks To Asian Scientist Magazine

» “Totally Drug-Resistant” Tuberculosis Is A Misnomer, Scientists Say

» Asian Scientist Magazine Talks To 2011 Physics Nobel Prize Laureate, Brian Schmidt

» The Asian Scientist: 2D Barcode Transaction Inventor, Pradeep Das Of Pitney Bowes

» A Daughter’s Musings On Yuri Gagarin, The First Man In Space

» The Megha-Tropiques Launch: A New Chapter In India’s 48-Year Space Program