Science News
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Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for development of cryo-electron microscopy
Oct 04, 2017, 04:02 PM ISTThe Nobel prize in Chemistry was won by three scientists for developing a technique to produce detailed images of life’s complex molecular machinery
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3 American scientists win Nobel in Medicine for decoding body clock
Oct 02, 2017, 08:58 PM ISTThe discovery will help doctors understand the mechanism behind sleep patterns, hormone release, blood pressure and body temperature
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'Unexpectedly strong' solar storm sparks global aurora on Mars
Oct 01, 2017, 03:01 PM ISTAn unexpectedly strong solar storm hit Mars this month, sparking a global aurora and doubling radiation levels on the red planet, Nasa scientists say
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Scientists discover last photo of Rosetta spacecraft taken moments before crash landing
Oct 01, 2017, 08:32 AM ISTAfter analysing the spacecraft’s final transmission, scientists uncovered one more image – a blurred photo captured a few feet away from the comet’s surface
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Decoded! Climate change responsible for Pluto’s ‘bladed terrain’, composed largely of methane ice
Sep 28, 2017, 04:17 PM ISTThe bowl-shaped ridges in Pluto’s ‘bladed’ or ‘snakeskin’ terrain composed largely of methane ice and are primarily a result of dramatic climate change.
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Scientists detect fourth gravitational wave from black hole collision 1.8 billion light-years away
Sep 28, 2017, 11:45 AM ISTScientists announced on Wednesday that they have detected a fourth gravitational wave signal coming from the merger of two black holes
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Europe’s fiery ‘Lucifer’ heatwave a result of global warming, claims study
Sep 27, 2017, 07:10 PM ISTScientists have claimed that the scorching temperatures across Southern Europe – nicknamed ‘Lucifer’ – were made at least ten times more likely by climate change.
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Tunnels on moon, Mars carved out by volcanoes could serve as human colonies
Sep 26, 2017, 03:33 PM ISTLava tubes - underground caves created by volcanic activity - could provide protected habitats large enough to house streets or even towns on the Moon and Mars
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Botanic gardens contain one-third of all known plant species, safeguarding the most threatened
Sep 26, 2017, 10:07 AM ISTA recent study has revealed that the botanic gardens across the world contain at least 30 per cent of all known plant species, including 41 per cent those which have been classified as “threatened”
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Made to run for six months, Mangalyaan completes three years in Mars Orbit
Sep 26, 2017, 09:31 AM ISTInterestingly, the mission of Mangalyaan, the satellite prepared with the lowest cost in history, was planned for just six months but is going strong even at this point
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Video: Jellyfish sleep even though they have no brain. Can other primitives sleep too?
Sep 25, 2017, 01:07 PM ISTA recent study has found that jellyfish go into a sleep-like state, making them the Earth’s first primitive animals without a brain or central nervous system to do so
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Sightings of ‘red admiral’ butterfly soar by 75 pc, over 73,000 seen across the UK
Sep 25, 2017, 09:24 AM ISTEven as the public sightings of the butterflies rose to their highest since 2010, the number of red admirals in Britain soared over the summer despite the wet weather conditions causing problems for other butterflies
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With synthetic muscle that can lift 1,000 times its own weight, Terminator-like robots closer to reality
Sep 21, 2017, 10:14 PM ISTThe idea of lifelike robots has moved a step closer to reality with scientists developing a new type of synthetic soft muscle capable of lifting 1,000 times its own weight
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Two Indian scientists discover closest-ever pair of supermassive black holes
Sep 21, 2017, 10:18 PM ISTTwo Pune-based scientists are involved in the discovery of two closest-ever black holes, in a super-massive binary black hole system, which is about 400 million light years from Earth
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Arctic Sea ice melting at an alarming level, hits eighth lowest on record
Sep 21, 2017, 10:20 PM ISTMeasurements of sea ice in the Arctic region at the end of summer show the ice cap at 4.64 million square kilometres, the eighth lowest in the consistent long-term satellite record
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Mercury not so hot as thought? Data from NASA’s ‘MESSENGER’ identifies icy deposits on scorching planet
Sep 20, 2017, 05:49 PM ISTScientists in their study claim to have found evidence of frozen water hidden away on crater floors that are permanently shadowed from the Sun’s blistering rays
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Cassini’s 13-year odyssey comes to end with a fiery plunge into Saturn
Sep 20, 2017, 12:14 PM ISTNASA received a final signal from its Cassini spacecraft on Friday, whose 13-year-old unparalleled journey came to an end with a meteor-link plunge into the Saturn’s crushing atmosphere
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Bright star Regulus spinning fast enough to ‘fly apart’, emitting light in 'unique' way
Sep 20, 2017, 01:54 PM ISTRegulus, one of the biggest stars in the night sky, is emitting light in a unique way and is rotating at such a speed that it is close to "flying apart"
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‘Exercise Pill’ soon to replace the real workout!
Lifestyle | May 03, 2017, 02:43 PM ISTFeeling too lazy to workout? Pop a pill!
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Winning Haiku is a way to Planet Mars
World | Jul 18, 2013, 11:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Nasa has offered a great opportunity to those who have ever dream of being on planet Mars, with its new Space mission, Mission “MAVEN”.NASA is going to send a spacecraft named MAVEN to