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October 7, 2009 5:35 AM

Communication pioneers win 2009 Physics Nobel

Three scientists who created the technology behind digital photography and helped link the world through fibre-optic networks shared the 2009 Nobel Prize<br/>in Physics <br/><br/>Charles K Kao was cited for his breakthrough involving the transmission of light in fibre o...

October 6, 2009 6:31 PM

Communication pioneers win 2009 Physics Nobel

Charles Kao, Willard Boyle, and George Smith will share this year's Nobel Prize for physics. UK-based Kao is lauded for his work in helping to develop fibre optic cables, the slender tubes that carry data, such as telephone calls. Boyle and Smith, who work out of the US, are recognized for thei...

October 6, 2009 6:31 PM

Communication pioneers win 2009 Physics Nobel

Charles Kao, Willard Boyle, and George Smith will share this year's Nobel Prize for physics. UK-based Kao is lauded for his work in helping to develop fibre optic cables, the slender tubes that carry data, such as telephone calls. Boyle and Smith, who work out of the US, are recognized for thei...

October 5, 2009 6:47 PM

3 Americans share Nobel Prize for medicine

Australian-American researcher Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider and Jack Szostak of the United States won the Nobel Medicine Prize today for identifying a key molecular switch in cellular ageing.<br/><br/>The trio were honoured for the discovery of how chromosomes are protec...

October 5, 2009 6:24 PM

3 Americans share Nobel Prize for medicine

This year's Nobel Prize for medicine goes to the three US researchers who discovered how the body protects the chromosomes housing vital genetic code. Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak jointly share the award. Elizabeth Blackburn, of the University of California, San Francisco...

October 5, 2009 5:09 PM

3 Americans share Nobel Prize for medicine

This year's Nobel Prize for medicine goes to the three US researchers who discovered how the body protects the chromosomes housing vital genetic code. Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak jointly share the award. Elizabeth Blackburn, of the University of California, San Francisco...

October 1, 2009 12:37 PM

Space scientists developed electric propulsion technology

India's space scientists have developed electric propulsion technology that is expected to boost the life of geostationary satellites by up to five years. <br/><br/>ISRO chairman Madhavan Nair said that the system would be tested in GSAT-4 spacecraft slated to be launched on...

October 1, 2009 12:33 PM

Pace scientists developed electric propulsion technology

India's space scientists have developed electric propulsion technology that is expected to boost the life of geostationary satellites by up to five years. <br/><br/>ISRO chairman Madhavan Nair said that the system would be tested in GSAT-4 spacecraft slated to be launched on...

September 30, 2009 9:25 PM

Mummy's death mystery resolved

The cause of death of an Egyptian mummy has puzzled pathologists for 200 years. Now, scientists have found clear evidence that Irtyersenu died of tuberculosis in Thebes around 600 BC. Earlier it was believed that Irtyersenu died of ovarian cancer. But around 20 years ago, the remains of the mummy we...

September 30, 2009 8:20 PM

Mummy's death mystery resolved

The cause of death of an Egyptian mummy has puzzled pathologists for 200 years. Now, scientists have found clear evidence that Irtyersenu died of tuberculosis in Thebes around 600 BC. Earlier it was believed that Irtyersenu died of ovarian cancer. But around 20 years ago, the remains of<br/&#06...

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