BRICS S&T News
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The Guardian, 20 August 2017 Some of the world’s leading robotics and artificial intelligence pioneers are calling on the United Nations to ban the development and use of killer robots. Read more... |
The China Post, 18 August 2017 Taiwan's technology minister on Thursday laid out an ambitious plan to spend NT$16 billion to beef up the domestic artificial intelligence (AI) industry. In a news conference, Minister of Science and Technology Chen Liang-gee said his ministry would imple Read more... |
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Pravda, 15 August 2017 Roscosmos announced the time for the launch of the super-heavy Angara rocket and Federation spacecraft from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The rocket and the spacecraft will be launched in 2021 and 2030 respectively. "We have received an approval for the devel Read more... |
The Washington Post, 15 August 2017 For many Western observers in the 1960s and ’70s, India’s fledgling space program seemed the result of wishful, even misguided thinking — a clumsy, multimillion-rupee effort to launch satellites and rockets rather than antipoverty programs and literacy ca Read more... |
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Firstpost, 15 August 2017 Shedding its hesitant and cautious approach of the past with regard to participating in global mega science projects, India has taken bold steps in recent years to join international scientific quests.,The Science Technology and Innovation policy of 2013 Read more... |
The Hindu, 12 August 2017 Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have fabricated a 3D cardiac tissue patch using silk protein membranes seeded with heart muscle cells. The patch can potentially be used for regenerating damaged heart tissue. Read more... |
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Outlook, 11 August 2017 Canada and India will jointly host the Tech Summit 2017 from 14 - 15 November in New Delhi. Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains, will lead a strong business delegation to participate in the event. The Summit is Read more... |
Aljazeera, 10 August 2017 Thousands of scientists and their supporters have marched across India to promote their work and demand that the government invest more in the field. Inspired by the global March for Science earlier this year, rallies were held in more than 25 cities acro Read more... |
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The Economist, 10 August 2017 After the events of March 11th 2011, when an earthquake and tsunami led to a meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant in Japan, you might be forgiven for concluding that atomic power and seawater don’t mix. Many engineers, Read more... |
CNN, 10 August 2017 In 1964 Edward Mukuka Nkoloso, high school teacher and self-appointed director of Zambia's national space program, had the bold ambition of beating the USA and the Soviet Union in the space race, and landing a Zambian on the Moon. Nigeria, South Africa, Read more... |
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The Economic Times, 10 August 2017 India will launch its eighth navigation satellite this month-end as a spare or back-up for its constellation in the geo-orbit, a top space agency official said on Thursday. Read more... |
Business Tech, 7 August 2017 The University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) was recently published, ranking 16 of South Africa’s universities among among 2,500 higher education institutes (HEI) across the world. As with most assessments of South Africa’s local universities, th Read more... |
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The Economic Times, 7 August 2017 While India reaped the benefits of the Green Revolution in the 1960s, her neighbour China is now taking the lead in another area of sustainable agriculture -- developing crops that meet the challenges posed by global warming. Read more at: http://econom Read more... |
South China Morning Post, 28 July 2017 Chinese scientists have created the largest virtual universe on Sunway TaihuLight, the world's fastest computer, according to a lead researcher on the project. Experts said that China was learning to take full advantage of its raw calculation power, which Read more... |
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The Guardian, 25 July 2017 Google and a leading nuclear fusion company have developed a new computer algorithm which has significantly speeded up experiments on plasmas, the ultra-hot balls of gas at the heart of the energy technology. Tri Alpha Energy, which is backed by Microsoft Read more... |
The Economic Times, 24 July 2017 Eminent space scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao passed away here in the wee hours today due to age related ailments. Read more... |
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CNN, 21 July 2017 In China, cutting-edge innovation often comes with orderly, numbers-heavy government mandates. Artificial intelligence is no exception. Beijing laid out a timeline on Friday for when it expects the country to become a global leader in the frontier technol Read more... |
Forbes China, 20 July 2017 Forbes China, the Chinese-language edition of Forbes, today unveiled the 2017 edition of its annual “30 Under 30 China” list featuring 300 young innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders who are challenging conventions and making an impact in the world. The Read more... |
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Xinhua, 20 July 2017 BRICS member signed cooperation to boost science and technology by Minsters of Science and Technology and innovation on Tuesday. It focus on enhancing innovation on existing mechanism and joint research program Read more... |
The Indian Express, 19 July 2017 Applying science to solve the country’s problems is a priority for the government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said and asked officials to come up with specific targets which could be achieved in the field of science by 2022. He asked officials to br Read more... |