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  COVID-19 spreads easily among people who live together: Lancet study

  June 18, 2020 12:33 IST

  The research, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal on Wednesday, also suggests the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 may spread more easily in households than severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).

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  Security forces kill terrorist in Pulwama encounter; operation still on

  June 18, 2020 10:11 IST

  Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation at Meej in Pampori area of Pulwama, in South Kashmir, this morning after receiving specific information about the presence of terrorists, a police official said.

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  Venus spotted during day time in Jaipur: Expert

  June 17, 2020 23:33 IST

  Planet Venus was spotted during day time in Jaipur on Wednesday, the assistant director of BM Birla Planetarium said.

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  Saturn's moon Titan has volcano-like features

  June 17, 2020 10:22 IST

  A study has revealed that volcano-like features were witnessed in the polar region of Saturn's moon Titan with the help of NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The study titled: 'Morphological Evidence for Volcanic Crater near Titan's North Polar Region' was published by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Charles A Wood and co-author Jani Radebaugh of Brigham Young University. 

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  Milky way galaxy home to 36 active civilisations besides humans, reveals study

  June 17, 2020 9:31 IST

  A new study led by the University of Nottingham has revealed that there is a possibility of over 30 active, communicating, intelligent civilization in the milky way galaxy.

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  AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will likely protect for a year: CEO

  June 16, 2020 23:33 IST

  AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by researchers from Oxford University will likely provide protection against the disease for one year, the British drug maker's CEO told Belgian radio station Bel RTL on Tuesday.

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  Photon in a double-slit: Understanding Sushant Singh Rajput's Twitter line and Van Gogh painting

  June 19, 2020 15:41 IST

  Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, Bollywood actor, was found dead at his Mumbai Bandra apartment on Saturday, initial police observation says that the actor committed suicide.

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  New bat study may provide clues to protect against coronavirus

  June 16, 2020 19:34 IST

  Researchers are investigating how coronaviruses would affect cells upon entry into the bat host in the nasal passages, to explain why symptomatic disease does not occur. 

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  COVID-19 vaccine at least a year away, say scientists

  June 16, 2020 17:26 IST

  Vaccine design is still an empirical, trial and error process and a preventive against COVID-19 could be at least a year away, say scientists as information on developments in therapeutics to combat the infection flows in a steady trickle from across the world. 

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  Novel super-potent human antibodies provide protection against COVID-19

  June 16, 2020 12:25 IST

  Scientists have discovered antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients that provide powerful protection against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the disease, when tested in animals and human cell cultures. 

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  'Ring of fire': India to witness solar eclipse on June 21

  June 15, 2020 20:47 IST

  India will witness a solar eclipse on June 21 and it will be annular in some parts of the country, where skygazers will get an opportunity to observe the "ring of fire" during the phenomenon, an official said on Monday. However, for most parts of the country, the eclipse will be partial.  

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  International satellite to track sea level rise completes testing

  June 14, 2020 13:08 IST

  An international satellite that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea levels around the world, a key indicator of how Earth's warming climate is affecting the oceans, weather and coastlines, has completed all the tests ahead of its scheduled launch in November.

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  First solar eclipse of this year to occur on June 21. Check details

  June 14, 2020 9:13 IST

  The solar eclipse of the year is scheduled on June 12 and this will be an annular eclipse that will take place for over 6 hours. During the annular solar eclipse, the Moon is farthest from the Earth and comes in between the Sun and the Earth. 

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  Earth's temperature spikes to record high for May, say US meteorologists

  June 13, 2020 7:40 IST

  The last seven Mays, from 2014 to 2020, have been the seven warmest Mays on record. This past spring was the second hottest on record, behind 2016. And this year so far is the second hottest five-month start of a year. 

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  Scientists detect widespread structures near Earth's core

  June 12, 2020 23:11 IST

  Analysing thousands of recordings of seismic waves, or sound waves travelling through the Earth, scientists have detected widespread, heterogenous structures -- areas of unusually dense, hot rock -- at the core-mantle boundary than previously known.

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  Scientists looking at tuberculosis, polio vaccines to ward off coronavirus: Report

  June 12, 2020 12:47 IST

  Researchers in the US are looking at the possibility of using tuberculosis and polio vaccines in providing protection from the deadly coronavirus, according to a media report. 

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  Small molecules that can block novel coronavirus identified

  June 12, 2020 12:46 IST

  The team of researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) in the US noted that the SARS-CoV-2 protein PLpro is essential for the replication and the ability of the virus to suppress host immune function.

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  New simplified COVID-19 antibody test developed, say scientists

  June 12, 2020 12:20 IST

  The study, published in the journal Science Immunology, describes a new blood test which pinpoints the immune system molecules called antibodies in infected individuals that specifically target a unique piece of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2''s spike protein.

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  COVID-19 tests may yield false negative if used too early on infected people: Study

  June 11, 2020 12:43 IST

  Testing people for COVID-19 too early in the course of infection may result in a false negative diagnosis, even though they may eventually test positive for the virus, according to a study which says it is best performed three days after the symptoms appear

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  Saturn's moon Titan drifting away 100 times faster than thought

  June 09, 2020 22:57 IST

  Using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists have discovered that Saturn's moon Titan is drifting a hundred times faster than previously understood -- about 11 centimeters per year.

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  US researchers identify targets for Covid-19 vaccine

  June 09, 2020 20:54 IST

  Researchers in the US have identified regions of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) to target with a vaccine, by harnessing tools used for the development of cancer immunotherapies.

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  Covid-19 patients at risk of developing fatal bacterial infection: Study

  June 09, 2020 23:04 IST

  A study by Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland has revealed that Covid-19 infection makes a patient susceptible to developing bacterial infections. This, in turn, may increase the risk of death in a patient.

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  China's unmanned submersible Haidou-1 takes 10,907-meter dive at world's deepest point in new record

  June 09, 2020 12:14 IST

  "Haidou-1" set the record by submerging under the Pacific Ocean surface of the Mariana Trench, the deepest area in the world.

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  'Mirror image' of earth, sun found 3000 light-years away

  June 09, 2020 10:00 IST

  Scientists have discovered a massive exoplanet that orbits a star located some 3,000 light-years away from us and it may be potentially habitable. 

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  REVEALED: World's biggest, oldest temple built in Maya civilisation, bigger than Pyramid of Giza

  June 09, 2020 10:28 IST

  The search for any clues of any remains from the world's ancient civilizations has kept the archaeologists occupied. Now with the latest laser technology, the archaeologists have made a breakthrough in this regard. Archaeologists have revealed the world's biggest, oldest Maya civilisation temple in Mexico that covers more ground than even the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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  World's oldest millipede found in Scotland

  June 07, 2020 11:43 IST

  Scientists have found a 425-million-year-old millipede fossil from the Scottish island of Kerrera is older than any known fossil of an insect, arachnid, or other related bugs. A team of scientists at The University of Texas at Austin has used fossil dating techniques and discovered the world's oldest bug.

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  Chance of finding young Earth-like planets higher than previously thought: Study

  June 06, 2020 15:47 IST

  Researchers in the UK have found that the chance of finding Earth-like planets in their early stages of formation is much higher than previously thought. 

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  Oxford study says Hydroxychloroquine is not helping COVID-19 patients

  June 05, 2020 23:31 IST

  Coronavirus has currently no vaccine or medicine that effectively eliminates the infection. A ray of hope was briefly seen as Hydroxychloroquine was touted to work against Covid-19.