After 10 years in development, a new approach to medical imaging that does away with X-ray film is being used in hospitals. Digital X-ray imaging promises better pictures, reduced procedure time and

Five leading high-tech companies introduced a technology last week that can accelerate the convergence of mobile communications and computing by the wireless transfer of voice and data among mobile

The Osaka National Research Institute said it has combined graphite with silicon nitride to develop a high-strength composite ceramic material that is not brittle and also features high temperature

Kao Corp. said it has developed a new type of amylase that is five times better at degrading starch than existing forms of the enzyme. The new type of amylase, is made using a gene from a kind of

Three major heavy-machinery manufacturers will begin in fiscal 1999 developing a low noise, low-pollution supersonic-transport jet engine with government support. The three companies are

Senior scientists call it Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief and scientific advisor to the Union Defence Minister A.P.J.Abdul Kalam's dream project. The 'Single-Stage-to-Orbit

A Russian Proton rocket is due to place six scientific satellites in earth orbit late next month, the ITAR-TASS agency said Saturday, citing the Russian Space

An officer of the Indian Administrative Service has designed a computer programme which has helped cut down lower-lvel corruption in the district offices of South Delhi. The computer facility has

The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to ban exports of satellites and missile technology to China amid a growing probe into whether the White House allowed the export of sensitive missile

Five leading high tech companies introduced a technology that promises to accelerate the convergence of mobile communications and computing by allowing the wireless transfer of voice and data among