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Orbital Sciences ready for first launch of Antares rocket Orbital Sciences, one of two private US firms chosen by NASA to shuttle cargo to the International Space Station, is preparing for the first launch of its Antares rocket Wednesday.

18 April 2013

Salt-tolerant rice bred at Philippines institute Scientists have successfully bred a rice variety that is salt-tolerant, which could enable farmers to reclaim coastal areas rendered useless by sea water.

17 April 2013

Scientist's DNA letter to son fetches $6 million A letter the British scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA wrote to his son announcing the news sold Wednesday for a record sum of just over $6 million.

12 April 2013

World's biggest creature tracked by its song An Australian-led group of scientists has for the first time tracked down and tagged Antarctic blue whales by using acoustic technology to follow its songs.

27 March 2013

NASA Curiosity rover back online after memory glitch NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since it landed to much fanfare last August, is back on active status Tuesday, after a memory glitch set the robot back.

22 March 2013

Scientists find active community at Earth's deepest spot Scientists said Sunday they had discovered an unexpectedly large and active community of single-cell organisms living on the Pacific sea floor at the deepest site on Earth.

19 March 2013

'Underground Galapagos' excites scientists Diverse underground ecosystems buried deep beneath the Earth's crust may offer clues to the origins of life on Earth, several recent studies have revealed.

18 March 2013

New data 'strongly indicates' particle is Higgs boson New data unveiled on Thursday strengthens the belief that a subatomic particle discovered last year is the elusive Higgs boson.

15 March 2013

Ancient people also had clogged arteries, mummy scans show Scans of mummies from as long ago as 2,000 BC have revealed that ancient people also had clogged arteries, a condition blamed on modern vices like smoking, overeating and inactivity.

11 March 2013

Scientists use brain electrodes to treat anorexia Scientists said Thursday they had, for the first time, helped women with severe anorexia through electrodes implanted into their brains.

07 March 2013

International Physics Olympiad to be held in Kazakhstan in 2014 It is expected that more than 500 students will come to Kazakhstan to take part in the International Physics Olympiad in 2014.

03 March 2013

New study links extreme weather to climate change Scientists said Monday they have identified a physical mechanism behind the extreme weather that has plagued many parts of the world in recent years -- and that it is tied to climate change.

27 February 2013

Former Kazakhstan's Supreme Mufti appointed Director of Oriental Studies Institute Absattar hajji Derbissali has been appointed Director of Suleimenov Oriental Studies Institute.

26 February 2013

Rover finds gray rock beneath Red Planet's surface So much for Mars being "The Red Planet."

21 February 2013

Kazakhstan and U.S. doctors tap into anti-aging medicines Kazakhstan and U.S. scientists are planning to jointly study aging processes and methods of their retardation.

20 February 2013

EXPO-2017 buildings in Astana to serve science Part of the exhibition facilities and platforms in Astana may be used as scientific laboratories, scientific centers and research institutes after the exhibition is over: Kazakhstan official.

18 February 2013

Bisphenol A may not be negatively affecting humans: studies A total of 150 scientific studies have shown that bisphenol A (BPA), a controversial component of plastic bottles and canned food linings, may be used in quantities too small to negatively affect human health.

16 February 2013

Wild weather strands Shackleton adventurers Two adventurers attempting to recreate an epic 1916 Antarctic expedition by Ernest Shackleton were Saturday stranded on a plateau above a glacier after wild weather hit the final leg of their journey.

09 February 2013

Asteroid strike did in the dinosaurs: study Scientists said Thursday they are a step closer to proving the death blow for dinosaurs 66 million years ago was a gigantic comet or asteroid that struck near Mexico.

09 February 2013

Earth-like planets may be closer than thought: study Scientists looking for habitable planets may not have to stray far from our galactic neighborhood, which calculated an Earth-size planet could be orbiting a red dwarf as near as 13 light years away.

08 February 2013

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