Trending
ALMA Inspires New Models for the Evolution of Planet-Forming Disks
By combining ALMA observations and simulations, the ODISEA team traces how planets may form and reshape their disks
System lets robots identify an object’s properties through handling
With a novel simulation method, robots can guess the weight, softness, and other physical properties of an object…
Ireland to become an Associate Member State of CERN
CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti and the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science of Ireland,…
Ping pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision
MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design that returns…
Science Meets Romance: New Tool Unlocks the Body’s “Messages in a Bottle” to Detect and Treat Disease
Have you ever dreamed of writing a heartfelt letter, sealing it in a bottle, and letting the ocean…
European Space Agency announces new cooperation with Indian Space Research Organisation
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have signed a joint Statement of…
Culture
Regional Water-Energy-Food Nexus Workshop Held in Kathmandu
Kathmandu– A South Asia Regional Fulbright Alumni Workshop on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus has been convened in Kathmandu on February 10-12, 2015. The workshop assembled 45 South Asian alumni of the Fulbright, Humphrey, and International Visitors Leadership Programs, and another 40 regional and international experts, to promote shared understanding on water, energy, and food issues. Fulbright Commission […]
PolyU’s Strikes a Deal with Kinex Pharmaceuticals
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) entered into a license agreement today with a global oncology specialist company, Kinex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Kinex). Under the agreement, Kinex will adopt the patented Apigenin…
‘Special award’ to The IoE Pulchowk Campus
Kathmandu– Rabin Dhakal and Sirapa Shrestha, students of Institute of Engineering(IoE )Pulchowk Campus, participated in Capstone design context-CORE 15 has been awarded with the “special award” for their project entitled “Design Optimization of basin…
New techniques in the performance practice and compositions of the Malay Gamelan
Assimilating traditional musical instruments into contemporary musical composition. Globalization has brought about changes in the music scene. Traditional music from all over the world is being incorporated into a contemporary…