Google to sell Internet glasses to contest winners
Associated Press | Thursday February 21, 2013
Google is giving more people a chance to pay $1,500 for a pair of the Internet-connected glasses that the company is touting as the next breakthrough in mobile computing.
Google launches global kids science fair
Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 31, 2013
Science fair prizes include a $50,000 scholarship and a trip to the Galapagos with National Geographic Expeditions.
Lured by one crore lottery, student duped of two lakhs
Indo- Asian News Services | Friday January 11, 2013
Lured by a lottery prize of Rs one crore, a second-year bachelor of science (B.Sc.) student at the government women's college in Gurgaon was duped of two lakhs, a senior police official said on Friday.
Skyfall first Bond film to get Producers Guild nomination
Press Trust of India | Friday January 4, 2013
Daniel Craig-starrer Skyfall has become the first James Bond film to be nominated for the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards.
Infosys announces winners of Infosys Prize 2012
Friday November 23, 2012
Infosys today announced winners of Infosys Prize 2012 for outstanding research across six catogories - Engineering and Computer Science,Humanities, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
Nobel season wraps up with economics prize today
Monday October 15, 2012
This year's Nobel season wraps up on Monday with the announcement in Stockholm of the economics prize, which US researchers are once again tipped to win after years of dominance in the field, experts say. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will an...
Nobel Prize winner was told he was 'waste of time' by teacher
Associated Press | Tuesday October 9, 2012
John Gurdon's future success was almost nipped in the bud in 1949 when a schoolmaster at elite Eton College wrote on his report card that pursuing science would be a waste of time.
The art and science of guessing a Nobel Prize
Associated Press | Friday October 5, 2012
Guessing who will win a Nobel Prize is a bit like forecasting the stock market: Experts don't seem to do it any better than laymen.
The art and science of guessing a Nobel Prize
Associated Press | Friday October 5, 2012
Guessing who will win a Nobel Prize is a bit like forecasting the stock market: Experts don't seem to do it any better than laymen.
Indian American wins top prize in US science talent search
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 5, 2012
Nithin Reddy Tumma has won first place and $100,000 in the prestigious Intel Science Talent competition.
Hyderabad scientist selected for CNR Rao National Prize
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 1, 2012
A senior scientist of the Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has been selected for the prestigious CNR Rao National Prize for Chemical Sciences for 2012-13.
Indian American wins top prize in US science talent search
Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday March 15, 2012
Nithin Reddy Tumma has won first place and $100,000 in the prestigious Intel Science Talent competition.
Winners of Infosys Prize 2011 awarded
Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 10, 2012
The Infosys Science Foundation today awarded winners of the Infosys Prize 2011 in recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions in scientific research.
Daniel Shechtman wins Nobel chemistry prize
Associated Press | Wednesday October 5, 2011
Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for his discovery of quasicrystals. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Shechtman's discovery in 1982 fundamentally changed the way chemists look at solid ma...
Perlmutter, Schmidt, Riess win Nobel physics prize
Associated Press | Tuesday October 4, 2011
Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for a study of exploding stars that discovered that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said American Saul Perlmutter would share th...
