Science
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Odisha govt announces holiday on Dec 26 for solar eclipse
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday announced that state government offices, revenue, and magisterial courts will remain closed on December 26 in view of the solar eclipse. All schools and colleges in…
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Musk wishes troubled Boeing Starliner mission luck
Washington: The unmanned Boeing Starliner spacecraft, launched on Friday, didn’t reach the planned orbit, but SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent his best wishes to the mission. “Orbit is hard. Best wishes for landing…
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Scientists build ‘Tweezer clock’ to tell time more precisely
New York: Researchers at California Institute of Technology and NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have come up with a new design for an optical atomic clock that holds promise to be the most accurate…
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Study cracks Newton’s ‘Three-body’ theory problem
Jerusalem: Researchers of Hebrew University cracked Newton’s elusive ‘Three-body’ problem and helped scientists achieve a new understanding of the centuries-old Quandary. After Newton described the way planet Earth revolves around the Sun…
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Scientists develop method to make laser optics more effective
Washington D.C. [USA]: Researchers developed a fundamentally new method of manufacturing laser optics, which is based on the use of rare-earth metal ions of ytterbium and its oxide. The results of the…
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Indian-origin scientist creates ‘Lemon’ for better drugs
New York: An Indian-American drug discovery researcher-led team from Purdue University has created a new framework for mining data for training Machine Learning models. The framework called ‘Lemon’ helps drug researchers better mine…
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Centre of Milky Way Galaxy saw candy-cane like structure: Study
Maryland: A research team witnessed the presence of a candy cane-like structure at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy days before Christmas festival. Images from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
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Earth’s inner core could be covered by iron ‘snow’
New York: The Earth’s inner core could be covered by “snow” made of tiny particles of iron which are much heavier than any snowflake on Earth’s surface, says a study. These particles fall…
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Tendon stem cells can revolutionise healing of injuries: Study
Washington D.C. [USA]: Tendon stem cells can revolutionise the process of injury recovery, reveals a study. The research was published in the journal of Nature Cell Biology and was led by Carnegie’s…
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School students to be trained at CCMB
Hyderabad: For the 7th consecutive year, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad will conduct the two-week Young Innovators Program (YIP). During this program, 20-25 school students from grades 8-10 are…
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Stars’ flares can kill potential life on exoplanets: Study
Abu Dhabi: NASA has identified over 4,100 exoplanets — planets that orbit stars outside the Solar System — but space researchers at New York University in Abu Dhabi now say that not all…
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Lights on fishnets can save turtles, dolphins: Study
Washington: While fishnets are used to catch fishes for the seafood business. The fishnets also capture marine animals including dolphins, turtles and other sea creatures that form an indistinctive part of the…
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Scientists map winds in upper atmosphere of Mars for first time
Washington: Using data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft, researchers have created the first-ever map of wind circulation in the upper atmosphere of Mars. The new map of Mars winds helps scientists to better understand…
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Human teeth used as pendants in Turkey 8500 years ago
London: Researchers have discovered two 8,500-year-old human teeth, which were used as pendants in a necklace or bracelet, at a prehistoric archaeological site in Turkey. The rarity of the find suggests that the…
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NASA selects sample collection site on asteroid Bennu
Washington: After grappling with the rugged reality of asteroid Bennu’s surface, the US space agency has finally selected a sample collection site on asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-Rex mission team selected the site designated…
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Playing drums changes the brain
Washington: The structure and function of brains of long-time drummers differ from that of people who are not into music, says a new study. It suggests that people who play drums have…
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Isro successfully launches PSLV-C48
New Delhi: India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C48) carrying latest ‘spy’ satellite RISAT-2BR1 and nine foreign satellites successfully took off from Indian Space Research Organisation’s space port. Into its 50th mission, the…
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Four tiger fetuses found; 5 arrested for poaching
Jakarta: Authorities found the skin of a protected Sumatran tiger and four fetuses in a jar, following which; five people have been arrested for poaching. An official from the Environment and Forestry…
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This NASA-ISRO mission set to crunch keyspace data in Cloud
Las Vegas: As the humankind aims for deeper space missions like Mars in couple of years from now, the time is to democratize humongous data available via NASA and space agencies like…
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Sea levels rising higher than expected, says UN varsity
Madrid: Sea levels are rising faster and higher than previously expected. Long-term sea level rise will vary greatly depending on emissions, but could reach nearly four meters by 2300 if emissions are not…
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‘Junk DNA’ affects risk of inherited cancer: Study
London: Shedding new light on why some people develop cancer while others do not, a new study has found that a person’s risk of developing cancer is affected by genetic variations in regions…
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NASA’s 1st solar probe results unravel Sun’s mysteries
Washington: Revealing the findings from its historic probe to “touch” the Sun for the first time, NASA has said that the results will help scientists rewrite the models they use to understand…
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IIIT-Hyderabad hosted Learning for Science Symposium
Hyderabad: IIIT Hyderabad conducted “Machine Learning for Science: Symposium and Discussion Meeting” from 29 November – 1 December, 2019. The symposium was organised by Center for Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics (CCNSB) and ML for Science…
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Researchers find ways to make medical equipment infection-free
Washington D.C. [USA]: Researchers have found a way to identify the presence of deadly microbes present on medical devices, such as catheters, and ways to keep them infection-free. This study was conducted…
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Tamilisai inaugurates crafts mela at NIRD Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The 17th Rural Technology Crafts SHG Mela inaugurated at Rural Technology Park at NIRD&PR by the Governor of Telangana Tamila Sai Soundara Rajan on Friday. In the Mela women Self Help…
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Conf on Agri-technology Innovation to be held in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), as a part of its initiatives to promote agriculture, food processing and its allied sectors, organizing the 2nd edition of Agri Tech South, a 3-day exhibition which…
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Study looks at biological enzymes as a source of hydrogen fuel
Washington: A new research at the University of Illinois and the University of California has made chemists one step closer to recreating nature’s most efficient machinery for generating hydrogen gas. This new…
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CCMB Hyderabad celebrated 32nd anniversary
Hyderabad: The CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad celebrated its 32 years since its foundation as an independent present day campus in Habsiguda in 1987 on Tuesday. In all these…
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ISRO posts pictures of PSLV-C47 ahead of launch
New Delhi [India]: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday posted pictures of the journey of India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C47 on their official Twitter handle. “Journey of PSLV-C47 from…
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This place on Earth has no life despite water presence
Addis Ababa: There is one confirmed place on Earth which does not harbour any form of life despite presence of water: hot, saline, hyperacid ponds in the Dallol geothermal field in Ethiopia. It…
