Science
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Saturn’s moon Titan drifting away faster than previously thought
Washington DC: A new research led by scientists at NASA and the Italian Space Agency has implications for the entire Saturn system as well as other planets and moons. Just as our…
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Hyderabad physicist Sidharth claimed universe is flat 23 yrs ago
Daneesh Majid Hyderabad: The theory presented by a Hyderabad-based physicist Dr. B G Sidharth some quarter century ago claiming that the Universe is flat has turned out to be more acceptable by…
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Universe is flat, say astronomers at Portsmouth
Hyderabad: Astronomers at Portsmouth have concluded after observation of millions of galaxies that the Universe is “Flat” and not curved as the standard big bang cosmology had assumed. This paper has been…
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Students in Hyderabad develop disinfectant drone to combat COVID
Hyderabad: Students of Hyderabad based Lords Institute of Engineering & Technology designed & developed innovative equipment to keep their campus COVID-19 free, students developed Smart – Vaporized Disinfector Cave, Pedal Driven Sanitize, Drone…
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ISRO signs MoU with ARIES for cooperation in Space Situational
Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has entered into an agreement with Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) for cooperation in the field of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Astrophysics.…
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Giant asteroid to fly by Earth this week
Washington: NASA is tracking a giant asteroid that may be taller than the Empire State Building in the US, and it will be flying near the Earth on June 6 (Saturday). Given…
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New method to help epidemiologists map COVID-19 spread
New York: Researchers have developed a method they believe will help epidemiologists predict more efficiently the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, published in the journal Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, outlines a…
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Clinical trial shows promise in treatment of rare blood cancer
Tokyo: Chemotherapy combined with the drug “rituximab” coupled with the treatment for secondary Central Nervous System (CNS) problem has shown promising results for patients suffering from a rare subtype of Lymphoma, also known…
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SpaceX propels two NASA astronauts into orbit
Washington: A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company on Saturday successfully blasted off with two NASA astronauts into orbit from the US state of Florida on their way to the…
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NASA, SpaceX postpone historic astronauts launch
Washington: NASA and SpaceX postponed historic launch of two astronauts to space from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday due to bad weather. “Due to the weather conditions, the launch is…
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Coronavirus cell culture to make vaccines and test drugs at CCMB
Hyderabad: CCMB’s ability to culture the virus in the lab has enabled it to work towards vaccine development and testing potential drugs to fight COVID-19. It also makes CCMB a potential donor…
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Historic SpaceX launch postponed because of stormy weather
Cape Canaveral: The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit was called off with less than 17 minutes to go in the countdown…
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Astrophysicists capture new class of transient objects
Washington D.C.: Move aside, AT2018COW. There is a new astronomical transient in the universe, and it is faster, heavier and brighter at radio wavelengths than its mysterious predecessors. After astronomers visually spotted…
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Molecular shock absorbers buffer axonal tension of nerve cells
Pune: Scientists from Raman Research Institute (RRI), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science &Technology along with IISER Pune and Paris Diderot University, have found out that spectrin, which are flexible…
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COVID-19: Hamdard plans clinical trial for immunity booster
New Delhi: Hamdard Laboratories (Medicine Division), a progressive, research-based health and wellness organization plans to conduct a clinical trial of its immunity booster medicines to assess its effectiveness against COVID-19. The company…
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Study links 29 gene variants to problematic alcohol use
Washington D.C.: In a breakthrough study, researchers have identified 29 genetic variants linked to problematic drinking in a genome-wide analysis of more than 435,000 people. The researchers at Yale University School of…
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Galactic crash may have triggered Solar System formation
Washington D.C.: The formation of the Sun, the Solar System and the subsequent emergence of life on Earth may be a consequence of a collision between our galaxy, the Milky Way, and…
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Study unveils novel strategy for diabetes treatment
Washington D.C.: Combining a once-popular but largely abandoned treatment for Type 2 diabetes with another drug could be used again to eliminate problematic side effects, say the findings of a novel study.…
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Lava-like mud flows on Mars
Washington DC: Scientists have long suspected that the ‘fire-breathing’ volcanoes that spread large quantities of flowing lava over Mars were not the only kind. The numerous mountain cones in the northern hemisphere…
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Astronomers spot twinkling heart of milky way using ALMA
Washington: Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found quasi-periodic flickers in millimeter-waves from the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius (Sgr) A*. The team interpreted these blinks to be due…
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Astronauts arrive for NASA’s 1st home launch in decade
Cape Canaveral: The two astronauts who will end a nine-year launch drought for NASA arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, exactly one week before their historic SpaceX flight. It will be…
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NASA astronauts enter quarantine ahead of SpaceX Demo-2 mission
New York: NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have entered quarantine two weeks ahead of their upcoming flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission. They will…
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Why men are more vulnerable to COVID-19 than women?
Massachusetts: Men have higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in their blood than women, suggests evidence from a large study of several thousand patients. Since ACE2 enables the coronavirus to infect…
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Jupiter’s moon Europa: New evidence of watery plumes
Gottingen: A group of scientists, including researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany have found new evidence of the presence of a plume of water near…
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Researchers develop AI algorithm to spot brain injuries
London: Researchers claim they have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can detect and identify different types of brain injuries. The research team from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London,…
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Reagene Innovations incubated at ASPIRE-BioNEST of UoH
Hyderabad: Reagene Innovations incubated at ASPIRE-BioNEST of University of Hyderabad (UoH) along with INDRAS Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad is collaborating with Tech Mahindra, the IT giant, to identify FDA approved drugs which can…
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Antibody fragment-based therapy against COVID-19 underway
Hyderabad: University of Hyderabad (UoH) and CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology are collaborating with Vins Bioproducts Ltd, a well-known antisera manufacturing company which is also incubated at University of Hyderabad BioNEST…
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Astronomers decipher rhythm among young stars
Honolulu: An international team of astronomers including researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa detected a rhythm of life for a class of stellar objects that puzzled scientists until now, by…
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AI helps researchers up-cycle waste carbon
Washington D.C.: In a breakthrough study, researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate progress in transforming waste carbon into a commercially valuable product with record efficiency. The study led by researchers…
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Terrestrial life unlikely to contaminate Mars: Study
New York: Exploring Mars may not pose risk of contaminating the Martian ecosystems as the climate on the Red Planet is not suitable for terrestrial life as we know it, says a new…
