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India, US launch open government platform


June 12th, 2012 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 12 (IANS) India and the United States have unveiled the Open Government Platform, a bilateral effort aimed at fostering transparency and enhanced citizen engagement by making government data, ... Read more...

Posted in World |

‘China may overtake US as premier nation for scientific and technological innovation’


February 20th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): US President Barrack Obama's science adviser has warned that China could overtake America as the premier nation for scientific and technological innovation, if "we don't lift our game". ... Read more...

Posted in World |

NASA names Waleed Abdalati as chief scientist to oversee scientific endeavors


December 13th, 2010 - 11:26 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Monday named Waleed Abdalati as chief scientist to oversee all of the agency's scientific endeavors.The position of chief scientist was initially discontinued ... Read more...

Posted in Sci-Tech |

NASA to lead global asteroid protection plan


October 25th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 25 (ANI): NASA is set to play a leading role in protecting the world from the threat of a dangerous asteroid strike, it has emerged.According to letters sent by John ... Read more...

Posted in Health Science |

US to provide free health tips to new moms on mobile phones


February 5th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) Pregnant women and new mothers in the US will be able to get health information delivered regularly to their mobile phones by free text messages under an ... Read more...

Posted in Sci-Tech |

US to suffer serious effects from climate change


June 17th, 2009 - 2:54 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 17 (DPA) The US is already being struck by the effects of climate change and the threats will only grow if the world does not speed up its efforts to ... Read more...

Posted in Environment |

President Obama Announces Members of Science and Technology Advisory Council


April 28th, 2009 - 1:29 am ICT by admin
WASHINGTON – Today, during remarks at the National Academy of Sciences, President Barack Obama announced the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The full membership of PCAST is ... Read more...

Posted in Technology Industry News |

‘Obama move will lure India into climate change fight’


December 22nd, 2008 - 10:11 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 22 (IANS) US president-elect Barack Obama's groundbreaking move to appoint two global warming specialists as his main scientific advisers is the first step towards persuading India, China and Brazil to ... Read more...

Posted in Politics |

Obama names science team


December 21st, 2008 - 5:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 21 (DPA) US president-elect Barack Obama Saturday named his top scientific advisors, including a climate expert, a Nobel prize winning cancer researcher and a researcher involved in mapping the human ... Read more...

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Call for deeper research on health effects of wireless technologies


January 19th, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by admin
Washington, January 19 (ANI): A committee established by the US National Research Council has recommended conducting more research on the potential health effects of exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy that emanates ... Read more...

Posted in Health Science |

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