China to launch first student satellite for scientific education
NANJING Jan 18 (TNS): China's first nano-satellite with primary and middle school students involved in the development and building process will be launched into...
Space drones to extend life of ageing satellites
LONDON Jan 18 (TNS): A UK company aims to give ageing communications satellites a new lease of life by launching small space vehicles to...
US scientists design new data encryption tool for cyber security
SAN FRANCISCO Jan 17 (TNS): Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) in the United States have used laser pulses to design a...
Broadband users cross 50 million mark in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD Jan 16 (TNS): The number of broadband subscribers including those using 3G and 4G in Pakistan has crossed the 50 million mark, showing...
UK satellite to make movies from space
NEW DELHI Jan 16 (TNS): A British satellite has gone into orbit on an Indian rocket to acquire full-colour, high-definition video of the surface...
Citizen scientists discover five tightly packed planets outside our solar system
MASSACHUSETTS, Jan 13 (TNS): Citizen scientists have discovered five tightly packed planets outside our solar system, nearly 620 light years from Earth, using data...
Man’s best friend goes high tech at gadget fest
LAS VEGAS Jan 13 (TNS): Technology is going to the dogs. And to cats and horses, for that matter, as high-end gadgetry showcased at...
Facebook edits feeds to bring less news, more sharing
LONDON Jan 13 (TNS): Facebook is changing what its users will see to highlight posts they are most likely to engage with and make...
China launches remote sensing satellites SuperView-1
TAIYUAN Jan 10 (TNS): China launched a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi...
New ’emotional’ robots aim to read human feelings
LAS VEGAS Jan 11 (TNS): The robot called Forpheus does more than play a mean game of table tennis. It can read body language...
