Scientists
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'Dragon Man' discovered in China represents new type of human species: Scientists
Science | Jun 26, 2021, 10:53 AM ISTA massive fossilized skull was discovered by researchers in China's Dragon River region. Scientists now claim that this skull is actually the new species of ancient human.
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Oxford scientists to study ivermectin's efficacy for COVID treatment
World | Jun 23, 2021, 02:07 PM ISTPrevious studies of ivermectin, which show that early administration with ivermectin can reduce viral load and the duration of symptoms in some patients with mild Covid, have generally been small or low quality.
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Scientists devise novel method for early detection of tropical cyclones
India | Jun 09, 2021, 05:21 PM ISTThe method aims to identify initial traces of pre-cyclonic eddy vortices in the atmospheric column, prior to satellite detection over ocean surface, and track its spatio-temporal evolution, DST said.
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Sputnik V Phase 3 trial clear, transparent: Russian scientists
India | May 13, 2021, 07:20 PM ISTA team of scientists from universities in the US, the Netherlands, Italy, France and Russia had earlier flagged concerns over Sputnik V Phase 3 trial, specifically on discrepancies in data sharing, trial protocols, inconsistencies in data reported and numerical results.
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Japan scientists to study source of high heat on asteroid
Science | Feb 05, 2021, 05:29 PM ISTJapanese space experts said Thursday they will examine soil samples brought back from a distant asteroid in an attempt to find the source of heat that altered the celestial body, in their search for clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth.
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Scientists develop novel vaccine platform that may help prevent future coronavirus pandemics
Science | Jan 15, 2021, 05:41 PM ISTScientists have designed a vaccine candidate that induces protection in mice against "a wide range of related coronaviruses," an innovation that may help protect against future pandemic-potential viruses that jump from animals to humans.
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Scientists demand rollback of approvals for emergency use authorisation given to two vaccines
India | Jan 06, 2021, 04:13 PM ISTThe Progressive Medicos and Scientists Forum have demanded the rollback of approvals for emergency use authorisation given to two vaccine candidates by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI).
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'Scientists can play vital role in making India superpower': Rajnath Singh
News | Dec 18, 2020, 03:20 PM ISTDefence Minister Rajnath Singh during DRDO award function in Delhi on December 18 said scientists can play vital role in making India a superpower.
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100-year-old mystery solved! Here's what scientists revealed
Science | Dec 16, 2020, 05:23 PM ISTUsing brain imaging techniques, scientists, including those from The Center for the Study of Complex Malaria in Odisha, have unravelled the century-old mystery of how malaria affects the brain, an advance that reveals how the deadly disease causes different outcomes in adults and children.
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Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic
World | Jan 06, 2021, 05:12 PM ISTNight began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The researchers were on a mission: capture bats and help prevent the next global pandemic.
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Greenland ice sheet faces irreversible melting, say scientists
Science | Dec 03, 2020, 05:12 PM ISTThe massive Greenland ice sheet could be facing a point of no return, beyond which it may no longer fully regrow, permanently changing sea levels around the world, warns a new study.
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Indian-American scientists identify possible Covid-19 treatment
Science | Nov 21, 2020, 06:39 PM ISTA team of Indian-origin immunologists in the US has discovered a potential strategy to prevent life-threatening inflammation, lung damage, and organ failure in patients with Covid-19.
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Three reasons why coronavirus can cause silent hypoxia
Lifestyle | Nov 21, 2020, 08:31 AM ISTBoston University biomedical engineers and collaborators from the University of Vermont have begun to crack one of the most life-threatening mysteries behind the relationship between silent hypoxia and coronavirus following different scenarios.
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Scientists seek evidence over claim that cow dung chip can reduce cell phone radiation
India | Oct 19, 2020, 07:58 AM ISTMore than 600 scientists and science educators have written to Vallabhbhai Kathiria, the chairman of Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog, seeking scientific evidence to back his claim that a cow dung chip can reduce radiation from cell phone.
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Scientists develop new tool to uncover patterns in coronavirus mutations
Science | Oct 03, 2020, 01:09 PM ISTScientists have developed a method to quickly identify and label mutated versions of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 using information from a global database of testing information, an advance that may aid in the development of therapeutics against the deadly disease.
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Study suggests COVID-19 infects majority of bad dreams
News | Oct 02, 2020, 12:10 PM ISTIn a paper published in Frontiers in Psychology, scientists used artificial intelligence to help analyze the dream content of close to a thousand people and found that the novel coronavirus had infected more than half of the distressed dreams reported. The researchers crowdsourced sleep and stress data from more than 4,000 people during the sixth week of the COVID-19 lockdown in Finland. About 800 respondents also contributed information about their dreams during that time - many of which revealed shared anxiety about the pandemic.
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Scientists on Arctic mission make unplanned detour to pole
Science | Aug 20, 2020, 10:56 AM ISTA German icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international expedition in the high Arctic has reached the North Pole, after making an unplanned detour there due to lighter-than-usual sea ice conditions.
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Indian scientists make space bricks for lunar habitation
Science | Aug 17, 2020, 11:19 AM ISTThe Indian space agency launched two unmanned missions to the moon in 2008 and 2019 as part of its inter-planetary exploration to study the earth's natural satellite, though it failed to land on the lunar surface.
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Scientists use AI to identify hundreds of COVID-19 drug candidates
Science | Aug 13, 2020, 12:39 PM ISTA team led by an Indian-origin scientist has used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify hundreds of new potential drugs that could help treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2.
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Scientists find genes that help cancer cells to penetrate brain
News | Aug 13, 2020, 09:46 AM ISTIn an attempt to create new methods for cancer diagnosis and treatment, an international team of scientists, including a researcher from Sechenov University, reviewed scientific articles on proteins (and genes encoding them) that help cancer cells en