Science
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IIT researchers help find evidence for ‘humming’ of the universe
New Delhi: A team of researchers from IITH has published results from monitoring pulsars, nature’s best clocks, using six of the World’s most sensitive radio telescopes, including India’s largest telescope uGMRT which…
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NASA seals 4 volunteers on isolated Mars-like habitat for a year
Washington: NASA has sealed four participants to embark on the agency’s first one-year analogue mission in a habitat to simulate living on Mars. CHAPEA, or Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, is…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe makes 16th close flyby of Sun
Washington: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed 16th closest approach to the Sun, or perihelion, the agency said. On June 22, the sun-kissing spacecraft came within 5.3 million miles of the solar…
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Quasar ‘clocks’ show Universe running 5 times slower soon after Big Bang
Sydney: Scientists have for the first time observed the early universe running in extreme slow motion, unlocking one of the mysteries of physicist Albert Einstein’s expanding universe. Einstein’s general theory of relativity…
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Sun releases strong X-class solar flare, triggers radio blackouts on Earth
New Delhi: The Sun has emitted a strong X-class solar flare triggering a strong radio blackout on various places on Earth, according to NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) which recorded the extreme…
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New image from NASA’s Webb Telescope reveals Saturn’s iconic rings
San Francisco: Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have revealed a new image of Saturn and its rings which seem to glow eerily in the infrared picture, plus it unveiled unexpected…
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ISRO aims to launch QKD satellite, Ahmedabad to play key role
Ahmedabad: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) aims to launch its own Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) satellite, with Ahmedabad poised to play a pivotal role in the development of the nation’s secure…
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Medical robotic market set to witness 8% CAGR by 2030: Report
New Delhi: The surgical robotics market is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8 per cent to $15.8 billion in 2030 from $8.6 billion in 2022, according…
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30 min daytime nap may boost brain health, delay ageing by 7 years: Study
London: People who take about 30 minutes of nap during daytime may have improved brain health that can significantly lower risk of dementia, according to a study. The study led by researchers…
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Gas stoves raise indoor benzene levels above secondhand smoke
New Delhi: Indoor levels of the highly flammable, carcinogenic benzene rise above those in secondhand tobacco smoke upon lighting a gas stove, common in residential living, a new Stanford-led analysis has found.…
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Groundwater pumping tilting Earth’s spin, may impact climate: Study
New Delhi: Groundwater pumping has shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimetres east between 1993 and 2010 alone, which could impact our planet’s climate, according…
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Rocket Lab’s 1st private Venus mission delayed till 2025: Report
Washington: The first-ever private mission to Venus by Rocket Lab has been delayed till 2025, according to a media report. The mission to Venus, originally scheduled to launch last month, is “not…
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Webb telescope detects universe’s most distant ‘smoke’ molecules
New York: An international team of astronomers has detected complex organic molecules in the most distant galaxy to date using the next generation James Webb Space Telescope. The molecules, detected from the…
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Scientists find new type of cosmic threads in Milky Way
New York: A team of astrophysicists has discovered a new type of cosmic threads hidden in the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. In the early 1980s, a radio astronomy expert in…
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Tiny video capsule shows promise as an alternative to endoscopy
New York: In a first-of-its-kind, US researchers have developed a miniature video capsule, which physicians can remotely drive to all regions of the stomach to visualise and photograph potential problem areas. This…
