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  • India offers technical assistance to produce cheap tablets in Indonesia

    Fri, February 3 2012 19:18

    The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Rajasthan, which has gained fame for manufacturing the least expensive tablet computers in the world at a price of only 35 US dollars per unit, announced it will assist Indonesia in manufacturing low-priced tablet computers. According to a press ....

  • U.S. scientists identify protein contributing to symptoms of Parkinson`s disease

    Fri, January 27 2012 19:44

    Scientists at the San Francisco-based Gladstone Institutes, an independent and nonprofit biomedical-research organization, have identified a protein that exacerbates symptoms of Parkinson`s disease..

  • Bio Farma receives avian influenza vaccine prototype

    Thu, January 26 2012 07:26

    National vaccine manufacturer PT Bio Farma here on Wednesday received the prototype of an Avian Influenza (AI) vaccine developed by University of Indonesia (UI) researchers..

  • China to expand registration rules for microblog users

    Thu, January 19 2012 19:45

    China will expand real-name registration for microblog users, the government`s propaganda and information arm said on Wednesday, in its latest step to better control China`s wildly popular Twitter-like websites. Officials acknowledge that microblogs are useful as an outlet for critical ....

  • One in five Americans mentally ill in past year-study

    Thu, January 19 2012 19:18

    One in five adults in the United States, or nearly 50 million people, suffered mental illnesses in the past year with women and young adults suffering disproportionately, a government report released on Thursday found. The survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ....

  • US radar may have damaged Russian Mars probe

    Tue, January 17 2012 19:25

    A powerful electromagnetic emission from a U.S. radar in the Pacific could have caused the malfunctioning of the Russian Phobos-Grunt probe, the Kommersant daily said on Tuesday..

  • Industrial sector still relying on foreign technology

    Tue, January 17 2012 19:06

    The industrial sector in Indonesia is still relying on foreign technology, State Minister for Research and Technology Gusti Muhammad Hatta said here on Tuesday..

  • Global pc market to grow 4 percent in 2012

    Mon, January 16 2012 15:29

    The world`s personal computer (PC) market is expected to expand 4 percent in 2012, up from the estimated 0.5 percent growth reached last year, largely due to more global demand for laptops, a report showed Monday..

  • Pool chlorine tied to lung damage in elite swimmers

    Sat, January 14 2012 14:05

    Competitive swimmers who train at indoor chlorinated swimming pools may have lung changes similar

    to those seen in people with mild asthma, according to an international study, although there is no evidence those changes lead to actual asthma..

  • PTDI to make 15 n-219 planes for Papua

    Thu, January 12 2012 13:09

    Aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) is to build 15 N-219 airplanes for service on so-called "pioneer" routes in Papua province, a company official said here on Thursday..

Karunia Bhakti driver runs, afraid of being beaten up

Karunia Bhakti driver runs, afraid of being beaten upLukman Iskandar (43), the driver of Karunia Bhakti passenger bus that plunged into a ravine killing 14 people on ...

RI calls for end to violence in Syria

RI calls for end to violence in SyriaForeign Affairs Minister Marty M Natalegawa has again urged an end to the escalating violence against civilians in ...

OJK to have three executive commissioners

OJK to have three executive commissionersThe future Financial Services Authority (OJK) will have nine commissioners, including three executive commissioners, ...

Inter Milan team to visit RI in May

Inter Milan team to visit RI in  May A team of Italian football club Inter Milan is going to visit Jakarta next May 2012 to hold an exhibition match with ...

"Gillard shoe" put on eBay

A shoe advertised as the one Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard lost when she was bundled to a car by her ...