A high-tech push to stop wildfires
Scientists predict global warming will make wildfires more common. By 2050, experts predict, the annual extent of forests burned will rise by 50 percent in the United States. So officials and experts are increasingly relying on technology to counteract …
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Pursuing longevity, with body and mind
Their work provides a detailed scientific analysis of the wreckage time leaves behind: The face alone sustains almost two dozen assaults, from sunken cheeks to larger ears (the cartilage actually grows). Ms. Kessler investigates plastic surgery options.
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A camera that lets people 'read' John Markoff
It is different from other technologies that have been developed to give some vision to people who are blind, like the artificial retina system called Argus II, made by Second Sight Medical Products. That system, which was approved by the United States …
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Science and Technology Ministry reaffirms its support to COMSATS
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Zahid Hamid on Tuesday offered to promote COMSATS on international forum to attract more member countries and institutions to join the organisation and broaden its scope, in consultation with the …
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Governor appoints new SD Science and Technology Authority board member
PIERRE, S.D. — Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced today that he will appoint Ron Wheeler of Deadwood to the Board of Directors of the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority. The Authority owns and operates the Sanford Underground Research …
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Mandela birth town's first high school under construction
Former President Nelson Mandela's birth town of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape, is having its first high school built. The main construction contractor for the building of the school is Transtruct and the project is a collaboration between integrated …
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