By Karin Zeitvogel WASHINGTON, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– An American man has become the first person to walk using a bionic leg controlled by his own thoughts, researchers who helped develop the ground-breaking…
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(Nightlead) Bangladesh inaugurates construction of 1st nuclear power plant
DHAKA, (PNA/Xinhua) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the construction work of the country’s first nuclear power plant Wednesday. The Bangladeshi government has already approved a 265 million U. S. dollars…
After successful spacecraft docking, U.S. orbits 5 satellites
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– Sunday saw two successful space debuts for the United States: hours after the Cygnus cargo spacecraft eventually reached the International Space Station (ISS), a new version of the…
Russia launches first proton rocket after July failure
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– A Proton-M carrier rocket with a European telecoms satellite lifted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Monday, the first time since the launch failure in…
Russia, US neck and neck in hypersonic research – Rogozin
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti)–Russia and the United States are running neck and neck in their research of hypersonic military technologies, Russia’s deputy PM in charge of the defense industry said on Monday. “Both…
Tablet adoption in PH gets boost from affordable plans, devices
MANILA, (PNA) — As telcos and device manufacturers offer tablet products and plans at a price point affordable to most Filipinos, tablet adoption is seen to skyrocket in the coming years and…
Globe-SJC interconnection ushers high-point in Asian telecommunications
MANILA, (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III and Globe Telecom Chairman of the Board Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala lead in the ceremonial inauguration of the Globe-South-East Asia Japan Cable interconnection…
Fukushima 1 NPP resumes operation of radioactive water treatment system
TOKYO, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — After another failure, the operation of the radioactive water treatment system at Japan’s nuclear Fukushima Daiichi (Fukushima 1) nuclear power plant, partially resumed on Monday. Operations stopped last August…
Cassini spacecraft finds plastic ingredient on Saturn moon
WASHINGTON, (PNA/Xinhua) — U.S. space agency NASA said Monday its Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene, a chemical used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other consumer products, on Saturn’s moon Titan….
Trainings for crew of PN’s AW-109 helicopters now ongoing
By Priam F. Nepomuceno MANILA, (PNA) — Philippine Navy spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Fabic announced Sunday that trainings for the maintenance, avionic, and flight crews of the three AW-109 “Power” helicopters of…
US space freighter Cygnus to dock with ISS
WASHINGTON, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — A new U.S. space freighter Cygnus, which has been orbiting already for ten days, is to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The docking will begin…
DSTC invites teachers, school leaders for Digital Science Forum
MANILA, (PNA) — Teachers and school leaders have been asked to attend the International Digital Science Education Forum to be conducted by the Data Science Technology Corporation (DSTC) on October 4, 2013….
India, US seal first commercial deal on civil nuclear power
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON, (PNA/PTI) — Five years after India and the US signed a landmark civil nuclear deal, the two countries have clinched the first commercial agreement on civilian nuclear…
UN GA high-level meeting participants call for prohibition of nuclear tests
NEW YORK, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — A world without nuclear weapons is a goal to be pursued by the international community. The most important step to achieving it would be the prohibition of nuclear…
Curiosity rover finds ‘abundant’ water in Martian soil
WASHINGTON, (PNA/Xinhua) — The first scoop of soil analyzed by the Curiosity rover reveals that fine materials on the Martian surface may contain “abundant” water, U.S. researchers said Thursday. Curiosity touched down…