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Meghnad Saha, the Dhaka-born scientist who dreamed a technological future

Very few scientists in the entire world would think about moving in the direction Saha had ventured for his country
6 October 2025

205 Bangladeshis listed in latest Stanford/Elsevier's Top 2% Scientist Rankings

The Stanford/Elsevier's Top 2% Scientist Rankings lists the world's leading researchers.
18 September 2024

Scientists turn chief global warming gas into harmless stone

Scientists have a found a quick way — but not a cheap one — to turn heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas into harmless rock.
10 June 2016

Never-before-seen life spotted by Hawaiian deep-sea expedition

After about eight dives into the deep water of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument of north-west Hawaii, some thousands of samples and images of never-before-seen life and landforms have been collected.
23 March 2016

Scientist makes case to edit embryos

A scientist has been making her case to be the first in the UK to be allowed to genetically modify human embryos.
13 January 2016

Scientist injects himself with 3.5m yr old bacteria for immortality

In quest for immortality, a Russian scientist has made a bizarre claim linking ancient bacteria to immortality.
2 October 2015

4-legged snake ancestor 'dug burrows'

A 113-million-year-old fossil from Brazil is the first four-legged snake that scientists have ever seen.
24 July 2015

Electric power transmitted wirelessly in Japan

There is a legitimate possibility of space-based solar power to be transmitted says Japanese scientists following a successful transmission of wireless electric power transmission into pinpoint target using microwaves
25 March 2015

Climate change: China official warns of 'huge impact'

Climate top weather scientist have warned that change could have a "huge impact" on China, reducing crop yields and harming the environment
22 March 2015