The world of ocean exploration will forever remember 18 June, 2023, when Titan submersible with five persons on their way to see the wreckage of Titanic, died. The search and rescue efforts for the missing Titan craft on 22 June, Read More …
Roger Payne, the US scientist who galvanised a worldwide environmental conservation movement with his discovery that whales sing, has died. He was 88. His wife, actress Lisa Harrow, said he died of pelvic cancer on June 10, 2023 in his Read More …
Theodore Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber for his deadly bombing campaign against scientists, died in his prison cell on 10 June, 2023. He was aged 81 years. Ted Kaczynski was sentenced to life imprisonment, without an option of parole, after Read More …
The 400-year-old kapok tree in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa, fell during a rain storm on the night of 24 May, 2023. The tree known in Sierra Leone as the Cotton Tree, is a national symbol adoring bank notes and Read More …
Studying and Preserving Cultural Heritage Using Nuclear Science and Technology by Artem Vlasov Nuclear science and technology are often used in the study and preservation of valuable cultural objects. These objects include everything from paintings, clothing and musical instruments, to Read More …
The United States says it has 1,419 nuclear warheads. Out of this, 662 are deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles and those that can be launched by heavy bombers. The US Department of State gave the figures on 16 Read More …
Scientists in the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, an international research team in US, has published a Pangenome or a draft of combined, complete gene map of 47 diverse persons. The 47 persons include individuals from Africa, Asia, America and Europe. Read More …
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, the Nigerian regulator for food and medicine, says it regulates only Indomie noodles manufactured in Nigeria. Those manufactured abroad are banned in Nigeria and do not carry its stamp Read More …
Nigeria’s 31 kw nuclear research reactor, NIRR-1, celebrates 20 years anniversary in 2024. Activities lined-up for the event include a symposium in the Conference Hall on 2 May, 2024, on the achievements, challenges and prospects since it started operation.The reactor, Read More …
Two nuclear centres under the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, NAEC, have taken their protest over non-payment of hazard and high-risk allowances to the House of Representatives. In a letter to the Speaker, Abass Tajudeen, in January, 2024, they claimed that Read More …
