United News of Bangladesh

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.

Washington, Oct. 16 (Xinhua/UNB) -- The U.S. space agency NASA unveiled on Tuesday the next-generation spacesuits to be used in its Artemis program that will send the first woman and next man to the Lunar South Pole by 2024.

Seoul, Oct 15 (Xinhua/UNB) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that his country aimed to commercialize autonomous driving cars by 2027 and expand the sales proportion of electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles to a third of the total by 2030.

Beijing, Oct 15 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Space engineers have made a key step in designing a new generation launch vehicle that could help start China's manned lunar exploration program, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

Canberra, Oct. 9 (Xinhua/UNB) -- Australia's national science agency has teamed up with a fast food restaurant to develop a plant-based alternative to beef hamburgers.

San Francisco, Oct 2 (AP/UNB) — Google is rolling out more tools for users to control their privacy settings.

Washington, Sept 12 (AP/UNB) — Researchers report two newly discovered species of electric eels in South America, one of which can deliver a bigger jolt than any other known animal.

Moscow, Aug 27 (AP/UNB) — A Russian space capsule carrying a humanoid robot has successfully docked at the International Space Station after a failed attempt last week.