Mobile handset apps have become an inseparable part of modern day lives -- and to leverage this reality, handset maker Nokia has added 1,200 apps on the Windows Phone store and launched the second season of 'Nokia Lumia-Your Wish is My App' campaign, P. Balaji, managing director, Nokia India said here Friday.


Nokia adds 1,200 apps, launches second season of app reality show


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Recent budget cuts have left a key ocean-monitoring warning system - built to track devastating El Nino and La Nina events in the eastern equatorial Pacific - near collapse.


Fund crunch leaves El Nino warning system crippled


After pushing through the first and second phases of digitising cable TV, there is a pause before the remaining two phases to accommodate the concerns of stakeholders, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said Friday.


Pausing before phases III-IV of TV digitisation: Tewari


The mystery behind free-flowing calcium in our body and its role has been unlocked for the first time.


Learn how 'free' calcium works in our body


Even diseases have particular smells. Hard to believe?


Just a smell may detect dangerous illnesses


It does take two to tango when it comes to performing a physical task better.


Human touch key to rehabilitate patients better


When it comes to protection from extreme temperatures, the polar bear fur is much more efficient than what we can develop for insulating our buildings.


Fur, feathers scatter light to keep animals warm


The world's oldest surviving cancer has been traced to an ancient dog who mated and transferred the cancerous cells to another dog before dying 11,000-year ago.


11,000 years ago, a dog transferred cancer that haunts canines


You are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes if your spouse has it.


Diabetes runs at home: Indian-origin researcher


India needs secure systems and networks to tackle the increasing threats against the cyber security of the country, Gulshan Rai, director general of the Indian government's Computer Emergency Response Team said Thursday.


'Cyber education needed to tackle threats'


To make India an ideal nation in the field of science and technology, science centres in the country must engage with the local community and create local ecosystems to own, support and nurture these "innovation hubs", National Innovation Council chairman Sam Pitroda said Thursday.


Science centres must engage with people for development: Pitroda


Scientists have identified five new genes that play a key role in deciding the size of belly fat, paving the way to treat obesity better.


Have paunch? Your genes are to be blamed


India should develop capacity for new technologies, rather than buying proven ones, which would become outdated anyway if they are not upgraded, cautioned R. Chidambaram, principal scientific advisor to the government of India.


India should develop new technologies: Scientific advisor


A natural pest-control plan from US-based Virginia Tech that halted the papaya mealybug - that created havoc in southern India causing mold and stunted growth of several crops - has saved up to $309 million in the first year itself.


Halting papaya pest saved over $300 mn for India


Eight Indian-American students are among the 40 finalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search competition, America's premier national science research competition for high school seniors.


8 Indian-Americans among 40 Intel Science Talent Search finalists


The National Coir Research Management Institute (NCRMI) is all set to unveil an indigenously-developed portable machine that can potentially revolutionise coir production in Kerala by extracting high-quality fibres from coconut husk at lower cost and labour than conventional technology, an official said.


Coir research institute to unveil new fibre extractor


The Geological Survey of India (GSI) will soon start exploring and mapping the mineral wealth of the country using the custom-made advanced light helicopter (ALH) Dhruv, dedicated for heli-borne surveys.


GSI to explore mineral wealth from chopper


Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj, a 69-year-old India-born professor at Stanford University, has won the prestigious Marconi Prize 2014 for his pioneering work on developing wireless technology to transmit and receive data at high speeds.


India-born Standford don wins Marconi Prize


Sam Pitroda, advisor to the prime minister on public information infrastructure and innovation, Wednesday hailed biotechnology as being "pervasive" and said the sector has the capacity to be bigger than IT.


Biotechn could be bigger than IT sector: Pitroda


Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj, India-born professor at Stanford University in the US, is the winner of the Marconi Prize 2014 for his pioneering work on developing wireless technology to transmit and receive data at high speed.


India-born Stanford don wins Marconi Prize 


In a major breakthrough, surgeons at India-based Medanta Hospital and Michigan-based Henry Ford Hospital have successfully transplanted kidneys into 50 recipients using an innovative robot-assisted procedure.

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