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New vigour in quest for Higgs boson Heartened by a glimpse of what may be the Higgs boson, scientists at the CERN physics lab are smashing particles with new vigour in a quest to understand why matter has mass and other riddles of the natural universe.

01 August 2012 17:46

Lab-engineered jellyfish may mend a broken heart Using cells from rat hearts and a seer polymer film, scientists on Sunday reported they had created an artificial jellyfish that could one day help save patients with heart disease.

24 July 2012 10:31

'No excuse' for not turning tide on AIDS: expert Science has given the world "no excuse" to resist bold action against the spread of the 30-year AIDS pandemic, said a top US expert at the opening of the International AIDS Conference on Sunday.

24 July 2012 10:04

Are athletic records reaching their limits? Some scientists say sporting records are starting to flatline and one day will become near impossible to beat without drugs, gene splicing or futuristic technology.

18 July 2012 10:32

Kazakhstan invention can save $200 million a year for thermal power stations Kazakhstan scientists have developed a plasma technology for burning coal at thermal power stations.

17 July 2012 17:44

Sri Lankans baptise new fish genus for atheist Dawkins Sri Lankan scientists have identified a new genus of fresh water fish and named it after the evolutionary biologist and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins.

17 July 2012 10:34

Fat studies conference challenges supersize stereotypes Cat Pause proudly describes herself as "fat", can live with euphemisms like "curvy", "chunky" or "chubby", but baulks at what she believes are value-laden labels such as "overweight" or "obese".

14 July 2012 12:04

Scientists say NASA's 'new form of life' was untrue Two scientific papers published Sunday disproved a controversial claim made by NASA-funded scientists in 2010 that a new form of bacterial life had been discovered that could thrive on arsenic.

09 July 2012 16:01

Kazakhstan will squeeze oil from sand and clay Kazakhstan scientists have invented a new technology of oil extraction from sand and clay.

08 July 2012 12:06

Crunch time looms in quest for 'God particle' A nearly 50-year bid to explain a riddle of fundamental matter faces a key moment on Wednesday when physicists unveil fresh data in their search for a particle called the Higgs boson.

04 July 2012 18:17

Kazakhstan wants to sell innovative technologies Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and New Technologies has developed the projects to step up technologies commercialization in Kazakhstan.

02 July 2012 11:11

Kazakhstan nanotechnologists working on diamond coating Head of Optical and Electric Research Methods Laboratory told about the prospects of nanotechnologies development in Kazakhstan.

29 June 2012 18:43

Kazakhstan scientists in search for investors to produce validol Kazakhstan scientists have developed a technology to produce validol of high purity.

29 June 2012 15:29

Kazakhstan will start making oil from coal Kazakhstan scientists have developed a new technology of oil production from coal.

28 June 2012 22:47

High capacity solar battery invented in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan scientists have developed an improved solar battery that produces seven times more energy than its other existing equivalents.

27 June 2012 13:34

More than 80 people develop cancer in Kazakhstan daily More than 30 thousand people develop different types of cancer in Kazakhstan annually. This makes more than 80 people a day.

26 June 2012 17:07

Kazakhstan science is thrown back to 1960s: Dariga Nazarbayeva Majilis deputy Dariga Nazarbayeva is suggesting to create a new system of science management.

19 June 2012 12:45

Kazakhstan suggests to unite Islamic world's science Kazakhstan suggests to join efforts to achieve higher objectives in scientific development: deputy Prime-Minister.

25 May 2012 12:02

There will be no brain exodus from Kazakhstan: Ministry of Science and Education There will be no brain exodus from Kazakhstan, Valery Mogilny, deputy chairman of Science Committee of the Ministry of Education said.

29 February 2012 16:02

Zhumagulov pointed out low level of science in Kazakhstan Scientific development is being discussed at the government level; all the research initiatives are supported.

30 January 2012 13:44

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