Tag: technology

Gene transfer from a completely different plant species can significantly boost the built-in immunity of rice plants, suggests a new study.

An Atlas 5 rocket has blasted off from Florida with a quartet of NASA science satellites designed to map bursts of energy and charged particles triggered by criss-crossing magnetic fields around Earth.

The Anthropocene – a new geological time period that marks the “Age of man” – began in 1610, a study suggests.

A Californian start-up will be allowed to advertise a mail order DNA test that screens for a rare genetic condition, after a U-turn by the US regulator.

An alien star passed through our Solar System just 70,000 years ago, astronomers have announced.

An international team of scientists is to try to develop a wholly artificial vaccine to combat polio.

MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in a historic move.

Norovirus, the most common cause of gastroenteritis in the world, can be killed with “cold plasma,” researchers in Germany have reported.

Scientists who claimed last year to have found a pattern in the sky left by the super-rapid expansion of space just fractions of a second after the Big Bang were mistaken.

The American space agency’s (Nasa) mission to Pluto is about to get under way in earnest.

Scientists say they have made a forensic breakthrough in the fight against wildlife crime.

The privately built Dragon capsule has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) carrying a much needed cargo of supplies.

The American SpaceX firm says its experiment to bring part of its Falcon rocket down to a soft landing on a floating sea platform did not work.

Mars rover Opportunity, which has been exploring the Red Planet for more than 10 years, is suffering from memory problems, Nasa has said. The six-wheeled vehicle – not to be confused with Curiosity, which launched in 2011 – keeps resetting…

The digitised web portal has been launched at Pirganj Upazila Land Office here for providing quicker land management related government services easily in a hassle-free manner to the common people.

Microsoft and Sony have been working to restore internet platforms for their Xbox and PlayStation gamers’ consoles.

The three-day-long ‘Digital Innovation Fair-2015’ will begin here at Zila Parishad Auditorium in the district town tomorrow (Friday).

Richard Bilton reports from Shanghai: ”An exhausted workforce” Apple has said it is “deeply offended” by a BBC investigation into conditions for workers involved in manufacturing its devices.

Apple has said it is “deeply offended” by a BBC investigation into conditions for workers involved in manufacturing its devices.

US software giant Microsoft is suing alleged scammers who phone people pretending to represent the firm and offer bogus technology support.

Blackberry has launched what it calls a “no-nonsense” smartphone, the Blackberry Classic.

Technology giant Apple says it cannot sell products online in Russia because the rouble’s value is too volatile for it to set prices.

Google has been threatened with a fine of up to 15m euros (£12m) if it does not do a better job of protecting the privacy of Dutch citizens.

Apple and eBay are among those supporting Microsoft’s stand against handing over data stored in Ireland to the US government.

A hardware store in San Jose has a new star employee. It can speak English and Spanish, recognise any part at sight, and knows what the shop has in stock on a second by second basis.

London airspace has been closed until 19:00 GMT after a computer failure, air traffic controllers have said.

A fully operational Apple 1 computer has been sold at auction for $365,000 (£230,000).

The web is becoming less free and more unequal, according to a report from the World Wide Web Foundation.