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Scientists need to rethink which genes linked to ageing process: Study

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health fed antibiotics to fruit flies to better understand the role of bacteria in health and disease.

Covid virus can evade vaccines, find alternate way to infect cells

Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, scientists identified how SARS-CoV-2 gets inside cells to cause infection. All current Covid-19 vaccines and antibody-based therapeutics were thus designed to disrupt this route into cells, which requires a receptor called ACE2.

Stars took birth 250 to 350 mn years after Big Bang: Study

Analysing images from the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, the researchers calculated the age of these galaxies as ranging from 200 to 300 million years, allowing an estimate of when their stars first formed.

Coronavirus epidemic hit East Asia 20,000 years ago: Study

The study found that the outbreak left traces in the genetic makeup of people from East Asia, an area that is now China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter completes 8th flight on Mars

The Mars helicopter was built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, which also manages this technology demonstration project for NASA Headquarters.

NASA sends squid from Hawaii into space for research

When astronauts are in low gravity their body's relationship with microbes changes, said University of Hawaii professor Margaret McFall-Ngai, who Foster studied under in the 1990s.

Astronauts finish installing first solar arrays outside International Space Station

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet in their eighth spacewalk of the year outside the ISS deployed the new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the far end of the left (port) side of the station's backbone truss structure (P6).

Hubble telescope on halt after trouble with payload computer: NASA

Hubble, which has been watching the universe over the past 30 years, faced trouble with its payload computer on June 13. An attempt to restart the computer failed on June 14, NASA said.

Footprints of last dinosaurs walked 110M years ago in UK found

A team of researchers in the UK has discovered footprints from at least six different species of dinosaur -- the very last dinosaurs to walk on the UK soil 110 million years ago.

EXPLAINER: The significance of China’s new space station

The three-member crew is due to stay for three months in the station’s main living module, named Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony. They will be carrying out science experiments and maintenance, space walks and preparing the facility to receive two additional modules next year.

Three Chinese astronauts enter new space station on 3-month mission

Three Chinese astronauts arrived Thursday at China’s new space station at the start of a three-month mission, marking another milestone in the country’s ambitious space program.  

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: History and significance

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed on June 17 every year. 

Spacesuit concerns briefly interrupt astronauts’ spacewalk

​Spacewalking astronauts resumed work to install powerful, new solar panels outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, after a brief interruption caused by problems with one of their suits.  

Scientists discover Covid's link to life threatening blood clots

A team of scientists has identified how and why some Covid-19 patients can develop life-threatening blood clots.

Covid: Common diabetes drug may help treat lung inflammation

Blood sugar-lowering drug Metformin can prevent pulmonary or lung inflammation, a major factor in Covid-19 severity and mortality, researchers have found in studies of mice infected by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Chinese researchers find batch of new coronaviruses in bats: Report

Chinese researchers said they had found a batch of new coronaviruses in bats.

AI predicts how patients with viral infection will fare

A team of researchers has used an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to sift through terabytes of gene expression data to look for shared patterns in patients with past pandemic viral infections.

China's Zhurong rover sends first selfie of Mars, 'touring' group photos

Zhurong joined NASA's Perseverance on Mars, making China the second country to land and operate a rover on the Red Planet

Astronomers spot a 'blinking giant' near Milky Way

An international team of astronomers has spotted a giant 'blinking' star towards the centre of the Milky Way, more than 25,000 light years away. 

Covid lockdowns cut NOx emissions, global ozone by 15%: NASA

Solar eclipse thrills world's northern tier- Stunning Pics

This so-called annular eclipse began at the Canadian province of Ontario, then swept across Greenland, the North Pole and finally Siberia, as the moon passed directly in front of the sun.

Rocket on pad, China ready to send 1st crew to space station

China said in March the astronauts training for the upcoming crewed missions were a mix of space travel veterans and newcomers and included some women. It has sent 11 astronauts into space to date, all of them pilots from the ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army.

Annular solar eclipse just two days away, to be visible in India only

An annular solar eclipse is going to occur on Thursday but it will not be visible in India except in some parts of Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh for a few minutes before the sunset, a prominent astrophysicist said. The annular solar eclipse occurs when the sun, moon and the earth come in a straight line and almost on the same plane.  

New study to help accurate estimation of black carbon over Himalayas

An accurate estimation of black carbon (BC), the second-most important global warming pollutant after carbon dioxide, will now be possible using optical instruments in the Himalayan region, thanks to a parameter called MAC specific to the region that scientists have estimated.

Jeff Bezos plans to go to space aboard Blue Origin flight in July

​In an Instagram post early Monday, Bezos said he, his brother, and the winner of an ongoing auction, will be aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft during it’s scheduled launch on July 20.  

Sharks went nearly extinct 19 million years ago: Study

Nineteen million years ago, sharks nearly disappeared from Earth's oceans, according to a new study, which provides evidence for a previously unknown mass ocean extinction event. 

Gene link behind asymptomatic Covid-19 identified

A team of scientists has identified a genetic link explaining why some people who catch Covid-19 don't become sick. 

Nasa has announced two missions to Venus by 2030 – here’s why that’s exciting

In the latest announcement from Nasa’s solar system exploration program, two missions have been given the go-ahead – and they’re both bound for Venus.