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  Missed Solar Eclipse today? 2020 has double delight for you

  December 26, 2019 16:24 IST

  Did you miss the last solar eclipse of the decade? No disappointments, please. You can witness the first solar eclipse of the next decade. The year 2020 will bring you two solar eclipses, one in June and another in December.

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  Scientists working on brain-like memory device

  December 26, 2019 15:40 IST

  Neuromorphic computing is concerned with emulating the neural structure and operation of the human brain, according to chip giant Intel. The team intends to design the memory device to operate using fundamentally different principles than those used in current computers.

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  Malaria carrying mosquitoes sense insecticide with leg proteins: Study

  December 26, 2019 11:14 IST

  In a first, researchers have shown that proteins in the legs of malaria carrying mosquitoes help them develop resistant to insecticides, an advance that may lead to new strategies against the disease which kills nearly 4,00,000 people each year.

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  Did you know? Human dancing skills may have evolved from Chimpanzees. Here's the inside story

  December 25, 2019 16:11 IST

  The human dancing skills may have evolved from Chimpanzees. Sounds bizarre, right? The possibility sparked questions after scientists observed two chimpanzees in a US zoo performing a duo dance-like behavior similar to a human conga-line, hitherto never-before-seen before demeanor. 

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  Over 1,000 experts call for global action on 'depleting' groundwater

  December 25, 2019 15:05 IST

  Nearly 1,100 scientists, practitioners, and experts in groundwater and related fields from 92 countries have called on the governments and non-governmental agencies to "act now" to ensure global groundwater sustainability. In a statement, the group noted that groundwater represents 99 percent of the Earth's freshwater. This makes it critical for supplying drinking water, ensuring food security, adapting to climate variability, supporting biodiversity, sustaining surface water bodies and meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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  Gearing up for the solar eclipse? Wait. NASA has a warning for you!

  December 25, 2019 23:48 IST

  Solar Eclipse 2019: The world is eagerly waiting to watch the solar eclipse on December 26 as it will be a rare celestial event. The "Ring of Fire" will put on a unique show for those in its path. But wait. NASA has a warning for you!

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  7 Interesting facts about Solar Eclipse tomorrow

  December 25, 2019 14:32 IST

  The world will witness a rare annular solar eclipse on Thursday. During the eclipse, the Sun will appear as a 'Ring of Fire' for a brief period. Here are 7 interesting facts about Solar Eclipse on December 26.

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  Solar Eclipse 2019: Date, time, Where and How to watch 'Ring of Fire' Live in India

  December 25, 2019 20:02 IST

  Solar Eclipse 2019:  India will witness a Solar Eclipse on December 26,  2019: just a day after Christmas. The 'Ring of Fire' will be visible over Earth's eastern hemisphere. It is the last solar eclipse of the year. You must be wondering what is the 'Ring of Fire'. Let us tell you that this is what makes this astronomical phenomenon even more special.

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  Scientists discover 40 million-year-old star surrounded by massive gas

  December 24, 2019 13:39 IST

  The amount of gas around 49 Ceti is comparable to those around much younger stars in the active planet formation phase, said a study published in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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  Indian-origin scientist creates 'Lemon' for better drugs

  December 23, 2019 8:22 IST

  An Indian-American drug discovery researcher-led team from Purdue University has created a new framework for mining data for training Machine Learning models.

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  This bird has got fastest vision speed with 130 frames per sec

  December 21, 2019 12:12 IST

  The peregrine falcon, one of the world's most common predatory birds, has the fastest vision in the animal kingdom, and can register nearly 130 frames per second, according to a study.

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  Earth's innermost layer is capped by 'iron-snow'

  December 20, 2019 18:44 IST

  The Earth's deepest layer, the inner core, is capped by snow made of tiny particles of iron, which are much heavier than the snowflakes seen in the atmosphere, a new study says. According to the study, published in the journal JGR Solid Earth, the iron-snow falls from the molten outer core, and piles up on top of the inner core, creating stacks up to 200 miles thick which cover the innermost layer of the planet.

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  Pinaka missile test-fired off Odisha coast

  December 20, 2019 18:07 IST

  Pinaka missile was successfully test fired off Odisha coast on Friday. The missile developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was test fired from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off Odisha coast.

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  World's oldest fossil forest dating back 386 million years discovered in US

  December 20, 2019 12:20 IST

  The world's oldest forest dating back 386 million years to 'the age of the fish' has been discovered near New York. The fossilised roots of trees that were thought to be up to 65ft tall were found at the bottom of a quarry in the Catskill region near the small town of Cairo.

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  New method ramps up protein production by thousandfold

  December 20, 2019 11:55 IST

  Researchers have discovered a method to supercharge protein production up to a thousandfold, an advance that may drive down costs of protein-based drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics. Proteins are made of long chains of building block molecules called amino acids, and the process of producing them for medical or commercial applications can be complex, expensive, and time-consuming.Protein-based medicines such as insulin are synthesised by turning engineered bacteria into tiny protein-making factories, the scientists, including Indian-origin researcher Manasvi Verma from Washington University in the US, said.

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  Earth's Magnetic Field racing towards Siberia at unprecedented speed, scientists baffled

  December 21, 2019 8:00 IST

  The Earth's magnetic North Pole has been racing towards Siberia at an increasing pace, according to a Science Alert report. For the first time in its recorded history, the magnetic north pole even crossed the Greenwich meridian, the invisible line that determines time zones.

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  Ancient female's 'chewing gum' reveals details about stone age people's diet, oral microbes: Study

  December 18, 2019 12:16 IST

  The researchers, including those from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, extracted the complete ancient human genome from a sample of birch pitch -- a gummy substance derived from the distillation of the birch tree's bark.

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  Most of Milky Way's stars may have formed in a relatively short time span: Study

  December 17, 2019 17:41 IST

  ​Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed a star burst at the central part of the Milky Way, and found that the formation of most stars in the galaxy may have happened in a relatively short time span.

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  Flares from stars can kill potential life on exoplanets: Study

  December 16, 2019 19:37 IST

  In the study, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, research scientist Dimitra Atri explores how flares from stars affect a planet's surface radiation dose, and if that can disrupt the planet's ability to host life.

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  Solar Eclipse 2019: Here's how you can watch the Ring of Fire in India

  December 17, 2019 13:23 IST

  Solar Eclipse 2019: India will witness a Solar Eclipse next week. The celestial event or the Ring of fire will be visible over Earth's eastern hemisphere. The astronomical phenomenon will be the last solar eclipse of the year.

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  Scientists claim to have found 'deepest point on Earth'. Know where it is located

  December 15, 2019 13:42 IST

  Developed by the scientists of the BedMachine project, the latest topographical map of Antarctica is believed to reveal the mountains, valleys, and canyons hidden under Antarctica's ice with high precision.

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  Novel bandage may help fracture recovery by trapping body's healing molecules

  December 15, 2019 11:14 IST

  Researchers have engineered a bandage that aggregates and holds one of the body's own pro-healing molecules at the site of a bone break, an advance that may lead to new ways of accelerating the natural healing process. 

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  Milky Way is about 890 billion times the mass of our Sun: Study

  December 14, 2019 17:57 IST

  ​While it is not possible to put the entire Milky Way on a scale, that has not deterred astronomers from trying to make measurements of our home galaxy. According to a new "robust" estimate of Milky Way's mass measurement, it is about 890 billion times the mass of our Sun.  

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  NASA confirms sample collection site on asteroid Bennu

  December 13, 2019 17:26 IST

  Over the last few months, the OSIRIS-REx team has been evaluating close-range data from four candidate sites to identify the best option for asteroid sample collection.

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  How whale body sizes are kept in check decoded

  December 13, 2019 14:35 IST

  The energy that whales spend during feeding may exceed what they get from their prey, keeping the body size of the Earth's largest animals in check, according to a study.

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  NASA scientists map wind flow pattern on Mars, first for any planet: Study

  December 13, 2019 12:03 IST

  The researchers, including those from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in the US, reprogrammed probes aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft to collect wind measurements on the Red Planet.

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  NASA scientists develop map showing presence of water ice on Mars

  December 12, 2019 17:46 IST

  NASA scientists have developed a map detailing the presence of water ice on Mars, with some believed to be as little as 2.5 centimetres below the Red Planet's surface. 

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  Telecom cables can be used to detect rumbles of thunder

  December 12, 2019 12:07 IST

  Researchers have discovered that telecommunication lines, which carry internet and phone service, can pick up the rumble of thunder underground, an advance that can offer scientists a new way to detect environmental hazards, and image deep inside the Earth.