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  Some immunosuppressants do not increase COVID-19 risk: Scientists

  September 15, 2020 16:45 IST

  Therapeutics which suppress the immune system in those with inflammatory diseases like psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis "are not associated with a significantly greater risk" for contracting COVID-19, according to a study which says these patients should continue taking their medicine as prescribed.

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  COVID-19 will likely become seasonal, but not yet, say scientists

  September 15, 2020 11:47 IST

  Once herd immunity is attained, the novel coronavirus may follow suit and become a seasonal virus in countries with temperate climates, but until that time, COVID-19 will continue to spread across the seasons, a new study says.

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  Lymphoma patients highly vulnerable to coronavirus

  September 15, 2020 8:58 IST

  Patients suffering from lymphoma, and having low levels of immunity, are considered among the groups at high risk of contracting Covid-19, and even falling prey to the deadly virus, say doctors. 

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  Extraterrestrial: Scientists detect potential sign of life on Venus

  September 15, 2020 6:50 IST

  In an extraordinary discovery, an international team of astronomers has spotted a possible marker of life on Venus, a planet that has not been a significant part of the search for life because of its extreme temperatures, atmospheric composition, and other factors.

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  Computer-designed antiviral proteins inhibit COVID-19 in lab-grown human cells, scientists find

  September 14, 2020 16:36 IST

  Computer-designed synthetic antiviral proteins have been shown to protect lab-grown human cells from SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, scientists say.

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  New Hubble image shows colourful stars packed close together

  September 14, 2020 14:44 IST

  NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have released a stunning image of a globular cluster captured by Hubble Space Telescope that features thousands of colourful stars packed close together.  

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  Dining in restaurants may increase Covid-19 spread risk: Study

  September 14, 2020 12:27 IST

  Fro the findings, the research team examined data from adults at 11 facilities across the nation who tested positive for COvid-19 and compared that with a control group of adults without virus infection.

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  Scientists publish images of coronavirus infected cells

  September 13, 2020 16:21 IST

  Scientists have produced images of the novel coronavirus infecting lab-grown respiratory tract cells, findings that illustrate the number of virus particles that are produced and released per cell inside the lungs. 

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  New coronavirus seen up close in graphic details inside lungs

  September 13, 2020 15:03 IST

  In a laboratory setting, the researchers at University of North Carolina School of Medicine inoculated the new coronavirus into human bronchial epithelial cells, which were then examined 96 hours later using scanning electron microscopy.

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  Jupiter's Galilean moons are heating each other up. Find out why

  September 13, 2020 12:24 IST

  Jupiter's moon Europa, Ganymede, Io, and Callisto are warming each other up, according to a recent study. Due to a process called tidal heating, gravitational tugs from Galilean moons and the planet stretch and squish the moons enough to warm them. 

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  Major study of Himalayan turbulence promises more accurate weather predictions

  September 12, 2020 19:36 IST

  The study by scientists at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), which works under the government’s Department of Science and Technology (DST), has been published in Radio Science journal.

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  NASA is looking for private companies to mine Moon's surface. Check Details

  September 12, 2020 12:49 IST

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that it is looking for private companies from around the world that can collect dirt and rock from the Moon's surface.

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  Social distancing reduces chance of Covid-19 infection: Study

  September 11, 2020 11:39 IST

  While using public transportation, visiting a place of worship, or otherwise travelling from the home is linked to a significantly higher chance of getting infected from Covid-19, the study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, reported.

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  Mysteries of Dark matter may be unveiled soon, reveals study

  September 10, 2020 8:09 IST

  A team of scientists from the Harvard and Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Institute for Computational Cosmology of Durham University, the UK, Max-Planck Institute in Germany and Key Laboratory for Computational Astrophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ran a detailed simulation of dark matter.

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  Researchers unearths 13-million-year-old fossil ape in Uttarakhand

  September 09, 2020 17:30 IST

  An international team of researchers has unearthed a 13-million-year-old fossil of a newly discovered ape species in Uttarakhand, which is the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon.

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  Mutant mice retain muscle mass in space. Read on

  September 09, 2020 13:03 IST

  Several genetically engineered mice spent 33 days abroad the International Space Station (ISS) and surprisingly retained more muscle and bone density than control mice that had not been tempered. 

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  Northrop Grumman names spacecraft in honour of Kalpana Chawla

  September 09, 2020 8:10 IST

  In 1988, Kalpana Chawla started work at NASA Ames Research Center in the area of powered-lift computational fluid dynamics. Her research concentrated on simulation of complex air flows encountered around aircraft such as the Harrier in "ground-effect."

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  Indian researchers demystify process of transformation of glass into crystal

  September 08, 2020 14:42 IST

  A team of Indian researchers has demystified devitrification, which is the transformation of glass into a crystal, and visualised the process for the first time in experiments, the Indian Institute of Science said. Glass is amorphous in nature its atomic structure does not involve the repetitive arrangement seen in crystalline materials.

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  Glaciers in Jammu and Kashmir melting at 'significant' rate, suggests study

  September 08, 2020 13:22 IST

  Glaciers in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh are melting at a "significant" rate, according to a first-of-its-kind study that used satellite data to find that over 1,200 glaciers in the Himalayan region saw an annual reduction in mass of 35 centimetres (cm) on average between 2000 and 2012. 

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  Presence of antibodies may not guarantee protection from COVID-19: Scientists

  September 08, 2020 12:06 IST

  As worries over India's COVID-19 spike mount - the country added 90,062 cases on Monday to take its tally past the 42-lakh mark - scientists are grappling with the pivotal issue of antibodies and trying to understand how they impact on the progression of the disease.

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  Space suits for Gaganyaan astronauts under production in Russia

  September 07, 2020 23:08 IST

  Research, Development and Production Enterprise Zvezdahas started manufacturing personal flight equipment for the Indian cosmonauts undergoing training in Russia, Glavkosmos said on Monday.

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  GREGOR telescope captures disturbingly-close pictures of sunspot. Take a look

  September 07, 2020 19:38 IST

  GREGOR Telescope has captured highest-resolution pictures of the sun and they are undoubtedly eerie and amazing at the same time. The European telescope at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, Spain, and operated by German scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Solar Physics.

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  India successfully tests Hypersonic missile vehicle; joins US, Russia, China in elite club

  September 07, 2020 18:35 IST

  India on Monday entered the elite missile club joining United States, Russia and China after it successfully flight tested hypersonic technology that will pave the way towards development of missiles travelling at six times the speed of sound.

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  Moon rusting along poles. Photo from ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 reveals

  September 08, 2020 10:35 IST

  Moon is rusting. Images captured by ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 suggests the moon is rusting along the poles.

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  NASA releases stunning pictures of cosmic world

  September 06, 2020 17:00 IST

  NASA recently has released some stunning and phenomenal pictures of the universe -- galaxies, supernova remnants, stars, planetary nebulas processed by the world's most powerful x-ray telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

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  Antibodies against coronavirus stay in body for at least 60-80 days, study reveals

  September 04, 2020 22:29 IST

  A sero survey conducted at a leading hospital in New Delhi over five months has found that the prevalence of antibodies, in a person who has recovered from coronavirus infection, persists for 60-80 days. 

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  Climate change likely led to fall of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study

  September 04, 2020 12:13 IST

  Shifting monsoon patterns linked to climate change likely caused the rise and fall of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, according to a study by an Indian-origin scientist which analysed data from North India covering the past 5,700 years. 

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  Odisha: Rare fish found in Puri's Bhargavi river

  September 03, 2020 19:42 IST

  A fisherman caught a rare fish on Wednesday in Brahmagiri area in Odisha's Puri district. According to reports, a fisherman had gone for fishing to the Bhargavi river on Wednesday night. He caught the fish that weighed 1kg and brought the fish to the village.