United States

US researchers to develop eco-friendly asphalts

Washington, May 31 : A new research program in the US is finding ways of making asphalt more environmentally sustainable.

New method enables more cost-effective quantum key distribution

Washington, May 31 : Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US have demonstrated a simpler and potentially lower-cost method for distributing strings of dig

US “comfortable” with new Pak govt’s “tolerance” over unilateral strikes against Qaeda

Washington, May 31 : US intelligence agency CIA chief Michael V Hayden has said that they were “comfortable” with the new administration in Islamabad in as far as being as tolerant in respect of un

Researchers developing new technologies to store, recycle nuclear waste

Washington, May 31 : Researchers at Auburn University (AU) in the US are developing new technologies to store and recycle nuclear waste.

Technical and economic feasibility of rice fortification in developing nations identified

Washington, May 31 : A new report has identified the technical and economic feasibility of introducing cost-effective rice fortification programs in developing nations.

Indian American teen wins U.S. Spelling Bee contest

Washington, May 31 : An Indian American teen Sameer Mishra has won the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee contest held here.

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