Space Shuttle managers selected June 2 as the official date for the launch of Shuttle Discovery on the ninth planned docking mission with the Russian Space Station

The US justice department and 20 states formally filed antitrust law-suits against Microsoft Corp today, launching what may be one of the biggest battles in history with big business. The antitrust

Today's systems show only the caller's telephone number, but researchers at Ericssor's research and development laboratory in Lund, Sweden, believe the photo system is only a few years away. They

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are bioengineering spinach's photosynthesis centers, adapting them to serve as ultratiny photodiodes. If all goes well, these devices will use photons to

The fifth satellite in the INSAT series, INSAT 2-E, will be ready for launch in October-November this year and will provide impetus to the growing telecommunication sector in the country, Dr. K.

The United States has launched a new six-tonne satellite to spy more effectively on India and Pakistan, according to a magazine."The satellite will be able to spy better than earlier satellites on

The health ministry is in a dilemma on whether to impose a ban on chewing tobacco products

In an age of global competition, small tobacco companies have been swallowed by conglomerates. The remaining decide the prices among themselves, and punish growers who decide to sell elsewhere.

The Supreme Court has ordered the relocation of nearly 50,000 industrial units from non-conforming residential areas to end environmental degradation. The Delhi chief minister signalled the first

At last a refrigerator without an ice-cube maker or the standard compressor has been developed by researchers in the U.S. What it has are just two cylinders of powdered gadolinium - a dense, grey,