United News of Bangladesh

Rotterdam, Oct 27 (AP/UNB) — Dutch inventor Boyan Slat is widening his effort to clean up floating plastic from the Pacific Ocean by moving into rivers, too, using a new floating device to catch garbage before it reaches the seas.

Washington, Oct 26 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The U.S. space agency NASA is planning to send a mobile robot to the South Pole of the moon in 2022 to get a close-up view on the water ice in the region and sample it for the first time.

Beijing, Oct 24 (Xinhua/UNB) -- China has developed a 5G intelligent unmanned mining truck, according to Science and Technology Daily on Wednesday.

Beijing, Oct 24 (Xinhua/UNB) -- In the wilderness of Daocheng, southwest China's Sichuan Province, 4,400 meters above sea level, Chinese scientists are constructing a cosmic ray observation station on an area equivalent to 200 soccer fields.

Yokosuka, Oct 24 (AP/UNB) — An electric car with smooth four-wheel drive and a virtual friend for the coming age of automated driving are among the technology in development from Nissan.

Chicago, Oct 24 (AP/UNB) — Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope — the very symbol of the medical profession — is facing an uncertain prognosis.

Changsha, Oct 23 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Yuan Longping, a globally renowned agronomist known for developing the first hybrid rice strains, just celebrated his 90th birthday in accordance with the traditional Chinese age counting system.

Dhaka, Oct 20 (UNB)- A scientific congress on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), first of its kind in the country, kicked off  on Sunday, aiming to develop a strong institutional platform and strengthen research collaborations between clinicians and public health researchers.

Cape Canaveral, Oct 18 (AP/UNB)— The world's first female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, floating out of the International Space Station to fix a broken part of the power network.

Cape Canaveral, OCT 18 (AP/UNB) — Men have floated out the hatch on all 420 spacewalks conducted over the past half-century.