London, May 12: Stephen Hawking, the physicist of international acclaim, has launched a search for the “Einsteins of Africa”, which would seek some of the most brilliant scientists of Africa.

According to a report in the Telegraph, Professor Hawking announced the launch of this search with a lecture at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Cape Town.

AIMS was founded four years ago by Neil Turok, professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge University, and an education activist. The centre receives six applications for every place and 160 people have graduated from it so far.

Washington, May 12: A new report has established that the devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis, which hit Burma on May 2, could have been lessened if mangrove forests had been conserved along the n

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Washington, May 11 : Scientists at the Delft University of Technology, in conjunction with two South Korean and one German research groups have succeeded in demonstrating how light passes through t