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  This mind-controlling fungus turns cicadas into 'aroused' zombies, manipulates them to infect more

  August 08, 2020 9:14 IST

  Researchers at the West Virginia Univerisity have discovered the 'Zombie cicadas'. These cicadas 'possessed' by a mind-controlling fungus drench spores that cause the same infection. Looking at this behaviour, the scientists nicknamed the cicadas as the "flying salt shakers of death".

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  27 human genes renamed to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading

  August 07, 2020 19:50 IST

  Scientists have renamed some 27 human gene symbols over the past year or so to prevent Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates, said a media report.

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  Scientists decode how immune system malfunctions in severe COVID-19 cases

  August 07, 2020 18:29 IST

  Scientists have found that severe COVID-19 does not solely result in a hyperactive immune system, but instead the body's defense response is caught in a continuous loop of activation and inhibition, an advance that may help develop better therapeutics to combat the deadly disease.

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  23-yr-old Student develops UV-E SAFE kit to sanitize money, documents and more

  August 06, 2020 18:24 IST

  A 23-year-old student, K. Goutam Kumar, has developed a UV-E SAFE kit that helps in sanitising money, documents, files, and other belongings within a minute.

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  Penguin poop patches spotted from space in high-resolution satellite images of Antarctica. Read on

  August 06, 2020 13:08 IST

  Researchers have spotted patches of penguin poop in new high-resolution satellite images of Antarctica. This discovery has revealed the presence of small emperor penguin colonies that were previously overlooked.

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  Radio Telescope discovers Saturn-like exoplanet. Check details

  August 06, 2020 11:09 IST

  Scientists have discovered a Saturn-like exoplanet using a radio telescope for the first time. The detected planet is known as TVLM 513b. This particular planet has a similar mass to Saturn and an orbit analogous that is pretty similar to Mercury.

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  Scientists decode how virus-carrying droplets disperse as infected people breathe

  August 05, 2020 17:55 IST

  Scientists have developed a new framework to understand the dispersion of droplets of different sizes which are ejected as people breathe, findings that shed more light on the transmission pattern of diseases such as COVID-19. 

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  Arthritis drug can shorten hospital stay for severe COVID-19 patients: Study

  August 05, 2020 15:23 IST

  The drug tocilizumab, which is used in the treatment of various forms of arthritis, can greatly shorten the time on ventilation and hospital stays for patients with severe COVID-19, according to a Swedish study.

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  Cancerous tumor found in dinosaur's bone for first time. Read on

  August 05, 2020 12:12 IST

  Scientists and paleontologists have identified the first known cancer in a dinosaur. The researchers at McMaster University and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have reported the aggressive malignant bone cancer--osteosarcoma in the dinosaur's bone. 

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  Indian researchers show how Covid-19 PPE can turn into biofuel

  August 04, 2020 16:16 IST

  Plastic from used personal protective equipment (PPE) can and should be transformed into renewable liquid fuels, according to Indian researchers.

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  Early to say high altitude can protect against Covid-19: Study

  August 04, 2020 15:25 IST

  Despite recent reports of lower Covid-19 incidence among high-altitude populations, current data is insufficient to conclude that high altitude could protect against contracting the Coronavirus, say researchers.

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  Hope for vaccine: Novel coronavirus strains show little variability, study finds

  August 04, 2020 13:22 IST

  Published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, the "most extensive" study ever carried out on SARS-CoV-2 sequencing drew from the analysis of 48,635 coronavirus genomes, which were isolated by researchers in labs all over the world.

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  Cooling of Earth caused by eruptions, not meteors: Study

  August 03, 2020 16:21 IST

  Some researchers believed the event - which cooled the Earth by about 3 degrees Centigrade, a huge amount - was caused by an extraterrestrial impact with the Earth, such as a meteor collision.

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  This screaming red parasitic Langsdorffia is called Vampire Plant. Find out why

  August 03, 2020 9:14 IST

  Langsdorffia flowers, which is a parasitic plant, consists of flashy flowers and suckers. These screaming red flowers are intricate. Several parasitic plant experts call these flashy showpieces as Vampire plants. 

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  SpaceX’s Crew Dragon with 2 astronauts splashes down in Gulf of Mexico. Watch Video

  August 03, 2020 8:26 IST

  Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space Station to complete a test flight that marks a new era in human spaceflight.

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  Major coronavirus weakness figured out by scientists. Check Details

  August 02, 2020 12:54 IST

  While the world is busy finding an effective cure and preventive shield against COVID-19, scientists have now discovered coronavirus’ weak spot. Researchers from Russia’s VECTOR State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology in Novosibirsk, Siberia, have discovered that ordinary water can help restrict the growth of the virus.

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  Low-cost moist heat treatment of N95 masks eliminates coronavirus: Study

  August 02, 2020 12:46 IST

  Scientists have found that moist heat treatment of N95 masks eliminates the novel coronavirus which causes COVID-19, an advance that could allow reuse of these scarce resources in hospitals and long-term care facilities.

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  Weird swimming pattern of human sperm revealed — They don't wiggle, they roll

  August 02, 2020 10:31 IST

  Over 300-year-old notion that the human sperm swim like a snake towards eggs has been proved false. According to a new study, sperms roll around like an otter.

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  SpaceX Dragon undocks from ISS; NASA astronauts returning home — Video

  August 02, 2020 7:16 IST

  SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Bouglas Hurley has taken off from the International Space Station and is now on its way to the Earth. The Dragon separated successfully in the wee hours of Sunday (IST).

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  Is Chandrayaan-2 rover intact? Hopes revive as Chennai techie gives tip off to ISRO

  August 01, 2020 23:20 IST

  What if we tell you that the Chandrayaan-2 mission is still much alive? Well, hopes have revived again after a Chennai-based techie, in a tip-off to ISRO, said that Chandrayaan-2's rover Pragyan seems to be "intact" on the moon's surface and had rolled out a few meters from Vikram lander.

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  SpaceX capsule returns with 2 NASA astronauts from space station

  August 01, 2020 22:48 IST

  The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that carried two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station two months ago was set to depart the orbiting laboratory on Saturday.

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  ISRO checking space enthusiast's claim of moon rover rolling on lunar surface

  August 01, 2020 22:28 IST

  Space enthusiast Shanmuga Subramanian, who found the debris of India's moonlander Vikram, said on Saturday that Chandrayaan-2's rover Pragyan seems to be intact on the moon's surface and had rolled out a few metres from the lander.

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  'Inseparable': Anglerfish fuse bodies with partners while mating

  August 01, 2020 10:36 IST

  The Anglerfish that are found in deep-sea, 'fuse' bodies with their partners when they mate. The smaller male anglerfish becomes permanently attached to the relatively gigantic female. This results in their tissue fusing together and the two animals establishing a common blood circulation system.

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  ESO Telescope captures extremely rare 'Space Butterfly'

  August 01, 2020 9:12 IST

  European Southern Observatory's (ESO) has captured a mesmerizing photo of a gas bubble that looks like a butterfly. The bubble-identified as NGC 2899-has been never been captured with such details before. 

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  Mars 2020 rover mission healthy and on its way: NASA

  July 31, 2020 18:13 IST

  NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, which is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to Earth, is healthy and on its way after experiencing some technical difficulties, the US space agency said.

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  Breathtaking aerial pictures of NASA Perseverance launch are filling people with wonder

  July 31, 2020 9:03 IST

  NASA launched its latest Mars mission yesterday with rover Perseverance and helicopter Ingenuity, now on their way to the red planet. Several images of the launch have already been released but the ones we are showing you today are special. These are aerial images taken from the skies. The show the NASA rocket in the sky with a smoke trail all the way down to the earth. A spaceflight photographer by the name John Kraus posted these images on Twitter.

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  Onward to Mars! NASA's Perseverance Rover lifts off | Highlights

  July 30, 2020 18:08 IST

  NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Catch Live Updates of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Launch.

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  Scientists find COVID-19 may increase risk of blood clots in pregnant women

  July 30, 2020 11:30 IST

  COVID-19 may increase the risk of blot cots in pregnant women, or in those taking estrogen with birth control or hormone replacement therapy, say scientists who call for the development of innovative animal experiment models to further study this association.