Stars’ flares can kill potential life on exoplanets: Study
Abu Dhabi, Dec 15 (IANS) NASA has identified over 4,100 exoplanets — planets that orbit stars outside the Solar System — but space researchers at …
Space failure part of big game: NASA-JPL CTO on Vikram lander
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Space missions are expected to fail which must not deter the scientific community in India that saw the Vikram lander …
Chennai-born Freshworks democratising Cloud-based software for all
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Not many Indian startups have a global story to tell, but the Cloud-based software company Freshworks with its roots in …
Milky Way is about 890 bn times the mass of our Sun: Study
New York, Dec 14 (IANS) While it is not possible to put the entire Milky Way on a scale, that has not deterred astronomers from …
Human teeth used as pendants in Turkey 8,500 years ago
London, Dec 14 (IANS) Researchers have discovered two 8,500-year-old human teeth, which were used as pendants in a necklace or bracelet, at a prehistoric archaeological …
Human speech 20mn years older than previously thought
London, Dec 13 (IANS) Human speech is nearly 20 million years older than previously thought and it actually evolved at a time when our common …
Scientists map winds in Mar’s upper atmosphere for first time
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) Using data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft, researchers have created the first-ever map of wind circulation in the upper atmosphere of Mars. …
NASA selects sample collection site on asteroid Bennu
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) After grappling with the rugged reality of asteroid Bennu’s surface, the US space agency has finally selected a sample collection site …
Over Rs 90 cr spike in Forex from satellite launch in FY19
Chennai, Dec 13 (IANS) The financial year 2018-19 saw a handsome Rs 91.63 crore spike in India’s foreign exchange earnings from launching of foreign satellites. …
Pfizer denies report on sex run by Irish sheep after drinking Viagra
London, Dec 11 (IANS) Drug manufacturer Pfizer on Wednesday denied a report which claimed that hundreds of sheep in Southern Ireland went on a week-long …
First 3D neural tissue model developed in lab
New York, Dec 11 (IANS) A team of US researchers has successfully used stem cells to engineer living biohybrid nerve tissue to develop 3D models …
OPPO looking to expand R&D operations in India
Shenzhen (China), Dec 10 (IANS) With OPPO planning to invest $7 billion in research and development globally in the next three years, the Chinese smartphone …
Our ancestors learnt to smile so that they can have sex
London, Dec 10 (IANS) Believe it or not but our forefathers were way smarter than us when it came to wooing the opposite sex for …
Last remaining tropical glaciers will melt away in 10 years
New York, Dec 10 (IANS) The last remaining tropical glaciers between the Himalayas and the Andes will disappear in the next decade owing to climate …
China releases 3D images based on Earth observation satellite
Beijing, Dec 10 (IANS) The China National Space Administration on Tuesday released the first batch of 3D images based on the data from the recently …
Dragon spacecraft delivers cargo to ISS
Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) A Dragon cargo spacecraft belonging to private space services company SpaceX delivered its payload to the International Space Station (ISS), providing …
World’s first pig-monkey hybrids created by scientists
Beijing, Dec 7 (IANS) In a world first, researchers have been able to produce pig-monkey hybrids in a Chinese laboratory, a media report said. Two …
Sea levels rising higher than expected, says UN varsity
Madrid, Dec 6 (IANS) Sea levels are rising faster and higher than previously expected. Long-term sea level rise will vary greatly depending on emissions, but …
SpaceX spacecraft with ‘mighty mice’ launches to space station
Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) SpaceX has launched a Dragon spacecraft with more than 2,585 kg of NASA cargo and science investigations, including studies of malting …
NASA’s 1st solar probe results unravel Sun’s mysteries
Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) Revealing the findings from its historic probe to “touch” the Sun for the first time, NASA has said that the results …
NASA launching a ‘robot hotel’ to space station
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) NASA is attaching a “robot hotel” to the outside of the International Space Station with the upcoming launch of the Robotic …
‘Spotting Vikram on moon challenge when NASA couldn’t’ (IANS Interview)
New York, Dec 3 (IANS) Shanmuga Subramanian, the eagle-eyed citizen space scientist who found Vikram moonlander said on Tuesday that he took spotting it as …
NASA finds Vikram moon lander’s debris
New York, Dec 3 (IANS) NASA has found the crash site and debris of India’s Chandrayaan-2 Vikram moon lander following a tip from an Indian …
NASA finds Vikram moonlander’s debris
New York, Dec 3 (IANS) NASA has found the crash site and debris of India’s Chandrayaan-2 Vikram moon lander following a tip from an Indian …
From now on, face scans for China’s mobile users
New Delhi/Beijing, Dec 1 (IANS) Customers in China who wish to register for new mobile phone services will be required to get their faces scanned, …
Pharmacist-led interventions may prevent heart disease
London, Dec 1 (IANS) Researchers have found that pharmacist-led interventions such as patient education, medication review, and medication management can be pivotal in preventing heart-related …
More than half of European women with HIV diagnosed late : WHO
London, Dec 1 (IANS) More than half of European women, particularly those in their 40s, diagnosed at a late stage of HIV infection when their …
Investment in R&D propelled growth despite trade war setback: Honor
Beijing, Dec 1 (IANS) Chinese technology giant Huawei’s sub-brand Honor said investment in research and development is yielding fruits, leading to its continuous growth despite …
Smartphones hotspots of cyberattacks in India: Check Point
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) If you thought only large critical infrastructure and big corporations would always bear the brunt of the rise in cyberattacks, …
Oracle dials SaaS 2.0 to help Indian businesses go digital
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Before the noise of Hybrid Cloud, multi-Cloud and various ‘As-a-Service’ offerings took over our minds, it was Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Cloud …
Chinese team spots monster black hole 70 times bigger than Sun
Beijing, Nov 30 (IANS) A team led by Chinese researchers has spotted a monster black hole with a mass 70 times greater than Sun — …
Magnetic wave-driven computing with no heat in the offing
New York, Nov 30 (IANS) Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have devised a novel circuit design that enables precise control of computing with …
Indian-origin researcher turns banana plant into packaging material
Sydney, Nov 29 (IANS) An Indian-origin researcher-led team at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) on Friday announced it has discovered a novel way …
Undersea telecom cables can detect earthquakes: Study
New York, Nov 29 (IANS) Researchers have demonstrated that fibre-optic cables that constitute a global undersea telecommunications network could help study offshore earthquakes and the …
Xiaomi to launch Mi Credit for personal loans in India
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Chinese handset maker Xiaomi will launch its Mi Credit platform for personal loans in India on December 3. It is …
Scientists produce complex glass from a 3D printer
London, Nov 28 (IANS) Creating glass objects using 3D printing is not easy but a groups of researchers including one of Indian-origin has now used …
Robots may cut cost of repairing broken satellites in space
New York, Nov 28 (IANS) As sending humans to space to repair broken satellites is very expensive, researchers are working on robotic satellites that can …
Israeli scientists develop bacteria which “eat” carbon dioxide
Jerusalem, Nov 28 (IANS) Israeli researchers have developed bacteria fed only with carbon dioxide, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in central Israel reported on …
Climate change making El Ninos more extreme: Study
New York, Nov 25 (IANS) Human-induced climate change has made El Ninos, La Ninas, and the climate phenomenon that drives them more extreme in the …
Bose Headphones 700: Ups the ante in noise cancellation
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Bose was once the undisputed king of active noise cancellation (ANC) headphones and its famed ‘QuietComfort’ series was known to …
NASA’s BRUIE to hunt for life on distant ocean worlds
Washington, Nov 24 (IANS) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA recently displayed a new underwater robot for a mission that could …