The UK Met Office has signed a contract with IBM for its next generation supercomputer that will underpin its weather forecast and climate research programmes until 2013.

Edward Lorenz, the father of chaos theory, who showed how small actions could lead to major changes in what became known as the "butterfly effect," died of cancer at the age of 90, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said.

COLUMBUS, Ohio----Battelle, which manages the nation's leading laboratories in the areas of energy, security, health and life sciences, today named an expert in creating successful scientific collaborations between universities, government, and industry

Bangalore, Sep 15 : Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur professor Manindra Agrawal has been chosen for the first Infosys Mathematics Prize, set up by the IT bellwether in association with the state-run National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)

The company targets to see double-digit annual growth Vaisala Stock exchange release, 5 November 2008 Continuing the strategy redefinition started in 2007, Vaisala is further developing its strategy and focusing on markets with the most growth potential.