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Digital East-2019 IT Forum to be held in E Kazakhstan region

UST-KAMENOGORSK. KAZINFORM - Digital East - 2019 IT forum will be held in East Kazakhstan region, Kazinform reports with the reference to the East Kazakhstan information center.

Regions > East Kazakhstan region

18.11.2019 13:53

China Focus: China unveils experiment for landing on Mars

BEIJING. KAZINFORM - China on Thursday unveiled an experiment simulating the process of a probe hovering, avoiding obstacles and descending to land on Mars, Xinhua reported.

World News > World News

15.11.2019 16:22

China launches new remote-sensing satellite

JIUQUAN. KAZINFORM - China sent a new remote sensing satellite into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday.

World News > World News

13.11.2019 18:35

The International Space Station Russian state space corporation Roscosmos

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Specialists of Russia’s Mission Control Center will carry out a maneuver on November 8 to raise by 800 meters the average altitude of the International Space Station (ISS), the Central Research Institute of Machine-Building (TsNIIMash) told TASS on Friday.

Society > Science

02.11.2019 12:12

Al-Farabi Center to open doors in Almaty

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Al-Farabi Center will be opened in Almaty city, this was announced by Berdibek Saparbayev, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, at a meeting of the state commission for the preparation and holding of the 175th anniversary of Abay and the 1150th anniversary of Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi. The roundtable was held in Akorda Presidential Residence.

Society > Education and Science

30.10.2019 15:17

Japan tests robots as caregivers for the elderly

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - Talking humanoids, intelligent beds or exoskeletons that assist in walking are some of the robots being tested in retirement homes in Japan as possible solutions to the shortage of workers to take care of a rapidly-aging population.

Society > Science

24.10.2019 15:50

Qantas concludes test of longest commercial flight between New York-Sydney

NEW YORK. KAZINFORM - A test flight by Australian flag carrier Qantas landed in Sydney on Sunday after completing a record non-stop run of 19 hours and 16 minutes from New York City.

World News > World News

21.10.2019 13:11

NASA unveils new spacesuits for human lunar landing

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM 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.

Society > Science

17.10.2019 19:07

NASA unveils new spacesuits for human lunar landing

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM - 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.

World News > World News

16.10.2019 13:49

Toyota reveals revamped hydrogen sedan

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled a redesigned hydrogen-powered fuel cell sedan on Friday in its latest attempt to revive demand for the niche technology that it hopes will become mainstream.

World News > World News

13.10.2019 09:21

Moscow holds Conference devoted to 150th anniversary of Alexander Zataevich

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - The VIII international scientific conference is being held in Moscow on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the outstanding musicologist-ethnographer, People's Artist of Kazakhstan Alexander Zataevich, Kazinform correspondent reports.

Society > Society

11.10.2019 20:09

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO. KAZINFORM - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.

World News > World News

11.10.2019 16:19

Scientists attempt to breed new plants suitable for Arctic conditions

YEKATERINBURG. KAZINFORM Scientists of the Urals Federal University will try to grow in Yal-Sala (the Yamalo-Nenets Region) irises, barberry, Hungarian lilac and other plants, which are not typical for the Arctic, the university’s press service said.

Society > Science

11.10.2019 07:40

Satellites launched atop Russia’s Proton-M rocket put into designated orbits

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Two commercial satellites, Europe’s Eutelsat-5WB and US MEV-1, launched atop the Proton-M carrier rocket on Wednesday, were put into their designated orbits on Thursday, the International Launch Services (ILS) said on Twitter.

Society > Science

10.10.2019 16:00

Japan’s Akira Yoshino among 3 winners of Nobel Prize in chemistry

STOCKHOLM. KAZINFORM Japan's Akira Yoshino, German-born John Goodenough and Britain's Stanley Whittingham won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for their contribution to the development of lithium-ion batteries.

Society > Science

09.10.2019 20:29

Russia’s state commission greenlights Proton rocket’s launch with 2 foreign satellites

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Russia’s state commission has made a decision on the readiness of a Proton-M carrier rocket for its scheduled launch with two foreign satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Wednesday, the State Space Corporation Roscosmos reported on its Twitter.

Society > Science

09.10.2019 16:37

Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 awarded for contribution to study of the universe

STOCKHOLM. KAZINFORM The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Canadian scientist James Peebles «for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology» and Swiss researchers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz «for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star», the Nobel Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences informed on Tuesday.

Society > Science

08.10.2019 19:36

The Bronze Age burial site unearthed in Kazakhstan

AKTOBE. KAZINFORM The burial site was unearthed 300 meters away from Shenbertal village in Aktobe region. Archeologists led by Nursultan Bairov explored the findings in early October.

Society > Science

08.10.2019 19:11

Russia’s sample mission to Moon scheduled for 2026-2027

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - Russia’s Luna-28 mission to deliver samples of the Moon soil to the Earth is tentatively scheduled for launch in 2026-2027, the director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Lev Zeleny, told TASS.

Society > Science

08.10.2019 12:54

Three scientists share 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

STOCKHOLM. KAZINFORM Three scientists will share the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Nobel committee announced here on Monday.

Society > Science

07.10.2019 17:00

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