Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Ramakrishnan, Steitz, YonathSTOCKHOLM - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, it was announced in Stockholm Wednesday. Excerpts from the citation for the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistryExcerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.” Ramakrishnan, Steitz, Yonath win Nobel for ChemistrySTOCKHOLM - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, it was announced in Stockholm Wednesday. Cable & Wireless beats slowdown blues, grows by 35 percentBANGALORE - World’s leading communication services provider Cable & Wireless grew by 35 percent in the first six months (April-Sep) of this fiscal despite the economic slowdown, a top company official said Wednesday. Yet another ring discovered around SaturnWASHINGTON - Astronomers have identified yet another ring around Saturn, says a new study. This barely visible ring, because of its icy temperature hovering at minus 193 degree Celsius, and distance from the Sun, also includes the planet’s famous moon, Phoebe, said the Jet Propulsion Lab in California. Water scarcity will create global security concerns: PachauriWASHINGTON - Water scarcity as a result of climate change will create far-reaching global security concerns, Nobel laureate and Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Rajendra K. Pachauri has warned. How dinosaurs coped with slippery slopesWASHINGTON - Trackway analysis by researchers at the University of Michigan, Argentina’s Universidad de Buenos Aires, and the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town, South Africa has shown how early dinosaurs made on-the-fly adjustments to their movements to cope with slippery and sloping terrain. 70-million-year-old evidence of dinosaur cannibalism foundWASHINGTON - A University of Alberta researcher has found 70 million year old evidence of dinosaur cannibalism. Water shortage will create far-reaching global security concerns
Arctic sea ice extent third lowest since 1979WASHINGTON - Arctic sea ice extent in 2009 was the third lowest since satellite measurements were first made in 1979. New game lets you take virtual space station spacewalksWASHINGTON - A new game has been developed by NASA to give young people an “out of this world” virtual opportunity to experience the thrill of working on a mission to the International Space Station from their computers. Footballers’ field success changes their perception of goal postWASHINGTON - Footballers who successfully kick a goal perceive the goal post to be farther apart and the crossbar lower to the ground, while those who fail perceive their target to be much smaller, according to Purdue University research. People can actually communicate via power of thoughtWASHINGTON - Telepathy is no longer a myth, for researchers from the University of Southampton have shown that people can communication with each other through the power of thought alone. Largest ring around Saturn discoveredLONDON - An enormous ring around Saturn - by far the largest of the giant planet’s many rings - has been discovered by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Home gensets emit 100 times more carbon monoxide than car exhaustWASHINGTON - A diesel-powered, portable genset, switched on during power breakdowns at home can emit 100 times greater quantity of carbon monoxide (CO) than a car exhaust. Researchers find evidence of dinosaur cannibalismWASHINGTON - A researcher has found evidence dating back 70 million years to suggest that a dinosaur preyed on and ate other dinosaurs. Israeli woman, Americans potential Nobel chemistry winnersSTOCKHOLM — If Nobel judges are looking to improve the balance of women winning the chemistry prize, Israeli scientist Ada Yonath could be a strong candidate when the award is announced Wednesday. NASA’s Spitzer telescope discovers gigantic never-before-seen ring around SaturnPASADENA, Calif. — The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced late Tuesday. A list of recent Nobel Prize in chemistry winnersRecent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation: Study: Endangered AK beluga whale group declining, raising concerns over survivalANCHORAGE, Alaska — A government study found that a group of endangered beluga whales in Alaska is declining, raising concern that bolstered protection for the animals is not coming quickly enough. Federal study says winter rains bring high risk of huge debris flows in Calif. wildfire areaPASADENA, Calif. — Rainstorms could send huge flows of water laden with mud, rocks and other debris toward cities below steep slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains stripped bare by a wildfire near Los Angeles this summer, federal scientists said Tuesday. Robert Gates calls Nobel laureate Borlaug a ‘warrior against hunger’ at memorial ceremonyCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Colleagues and friends of Norman Borlaug remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Tuesday as a humanitarian who “built armies of agricultural workers” to combat famine in the world’s developing countries. Gmail,Yahoo hit by phishing schemeSAN FRANCISCO - Users of Google’s Gmail and Yahoo Mail were also targeted in the large-scale phishing attack that harvested at least 10,000 passwords from Microsoft’s Live Hotmail, according to reports Tuesday. Gates calls Nobel laureate Borlaug a ‘warrior against hunger’ at memorial ceremonyCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Colleagues and friends of Norman Borlaug remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Tuesday as a humanitarian who “built armies of agricultural workers” to combat famine in the world’s developing countries. Defense, Agriculture secretaries pay tribute to Nobel laureate Borlaug at memorialCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Colleagues of Norman Borlaug memorialized the Nobel Peace Prize winner as a great hunger fighter. ATK Space Systems laying off 550 space shuttle engineers, other workers in UtahSALT LAKE CITY — The phase-out of the space shuttle program brought 550 layoffs on Tuesday to a Utah company that makes the booster rockets. ‘India’s scientific research grew 80 percent since 2000′NEW DELHI - There has been an 80 percent increase in India’s scientific research output since 2000, a news study revealed Tuesday, forecasting that the country will overtake all other countries between 2015 to 2020. Bharti Airtel partners with US firmNEW DELHI - Telecom major Bharti Airtel has partnered with US-based network equipment maker Cisco Systems to offer services for small, medium and large enterprises. Nobel laureates to attend science conclave in AllahabadLUCKNOW - The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A), Tuesday announced that it would host the second science conclave Dec 8-15 which would be attended by several Nobel laureates. European Commission wants total overhaul of research policy to close gap with US, othersBRUSSELS — European authorities and industry must increase funding for scientific research and improve cooperation to try to close the technology gap with the United States, the European Commission said Tuesday. |
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WASHINGTON - Water scarcity courtesy climate change will create global security concerns, according to Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, chair of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
