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.
Russia to overhaul Gagarin launching pad at Kazakhstan’s Baikonur in 2014
Currently the launching pad is used to launch Soyuz TMA vehicles to the ISS as well as cargo vehicles Progress.
Titanic II to have 'safety deck' says Australian tycoon
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer Tuesday said his modern-day version of the Titanic will retain the first, second and third-class divisions of the original and include a new "safety" deck.
Taiwanese academics visit contested Spratlys
A group of Taiwanese academics has visited the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, defence officials said Monday, amid continued tensions over rival claims to the area.
Tata chief keeps high hopes for Nano despite slow start
The head of India's vehicle-to-steel conglomerate Tata Group says he still has high hopes for the Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, despite a slow sales start.
Wikipedia hits defining moment in social Web era
The public knowledge website is more than a decade old and remains among the top 10 Internet sites in the world, but some say it is becoming old and dowdy. Others want to keep it that way.
The eyes have it for disabled gamers
Engineers said Friday they had built a device using mass-produced video gaming equipment that lets disabled people control a computer with just their eyes -- with a price tag of under $30 (25 euros).
Kazakhstan tycoon building motor-racing track near Almaty
Kazakhstan tycoon Alidzhan Ibragimov is constructing Sokol motor-racing track with the area of 205 hectares in Ili Region of Almaty Oblast.
US, France mark 50th anniversary of first TV satellite
Fifty years ago Thursday a beach ball-sized satellite carried the first television images across the Atlantic, kicking off a new era of global communications decades before the Internet.