Scientists
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Indian scientists discover planet 600 light years away from earth
Jun 08, 2018, 10:51 PM ISTThe host star itself is about 600 light years away from the Earth. The discovery was made by measuring the mass of the planet using the indigenously designed “PRL Advance Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search”
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Saudi Arabia introduces free visa for foreign scientists
World | Feb 19, 2018, 11:14 AM ISTThe new visa, which will be provided only to those who have proven their competency in different fields, is expected to attract top foreign experts who will take part in the research programmes in the kingdom.
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Mistook as 'meteor', 'very large rock' turns out to be human waste
India | Jan 21, 2018, 11:15 AM ISTAs the word spread, crowd gathered on the field to look, with many of them terming it a ‘meteor’ that shooted from the sky.
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25 years after 'warning' over environmental concerns, 15,000 scientists issue 'second notice' to humanity
Nov 15, 2017, 01:23 PM ISTThe warning in late 1992 had called on humankind to curtail environmental destruction and cautioned that “a great change in our stewardship of the Earth and the life on it is required, if vast human misery is to be avoided.”
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Jurassic-era 'fish lizard' fossil discovered for first time in India
Oct 26, 2017, 12:57 PM ISTScientists have for the first time discovered a skeleton of ichthyosaur -in India.
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Scientists witness huge cosmic crash, find origin of gold
Oct 16, 2017, 10:01 PM ISTIt was a faint signal, but it told of one of the most violent acts in the universe, and it would soon reveal secrets of the cosmos, including how gold was created.
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IIT Kharagpur scientists develop ‘wearable technology’ from silk.
Lifestyle | Jun 15, 2017, 11:19 AM ISTA team of scientists from IIT Kharagpur devised a wearable technology from silk protein fibroin.
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Super-Earth: Scientists discover planet that could contain liquid water, harbour life
World | Apr 20, 2017, 12:43 PM ISTAn international team of astronomers has discovered a so-called "super-Earth" that could contain liquid water, a situation that would make it a very good candidate for harbouring life.
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Scientists develop high quality graphene with soybean
World | Feb 17, 2017, 05:33 PM ISTA team of scientists has developed the world’s strongest and high quality material graphene using soybean. Graphene is a carbon material that is one atom thick. Its thin composition and high conductivity means it is
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In a first, world's smallest pacemaker implanted successfully in US
Lifestyle | Feb 05, 2017, 04:32 PM ISTThe world's smallest pacemaker that is as a large vitamin capsule was successfully implanted for the first time in a patient in the US to restore the heart's normal rhythm, scientists say. The pacemaker is
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Scientists discover long-lost ancient continent under Indian Ocean in Mauritius
World | Feb 02, 2017, 09:01 PM ISTScientists have discovered a lost gigantic continent called Mauritia hidden beneath the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. The piece of crust, which was subsequently covered by young lava during volcanic eruptions on the island, seems
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Scientists discover 100-million-year-old 'ET-like' insect species
World | Jan 26, 2017, 07:38 PM ISTA 100-million-year-old insect species with a triangular head has been discovered by a team of scientists at the Oregon State University. The features of the insect are so unusual that it has been placed in
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Scientists pinpoint the exact age of Moon and it’s older than we thought
World | Jan 13, 2017, 06:09 PM ISTScientists have claimed that our closest neighbour Moon is 4.51 billion years old, and was born just 60 million years after the solar system first formed. The revelation has come through a new study
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Now, a mind-reading robotic hand that will help the injured perform daily tasks
Dec 07, 2016, 05:14 PM ISTIn a major scientific advancement, researchers have developed a mind-controlled mechanical hand that permits individuals with specific sorts of spinal injuries to perform regular tasks. The low-cost device was tested in Spain on six people
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Honey best cure to treat oral cancer wounds, claim IIT Kharagpur scientists
Lifestyle | Nov 30, 2016, 10:35 AM ISTAn inter-disciplinary research group comprising chemical engineers, bio-technologists and doctors at IIT Kharagpur have developed a therapeutic patch which is made of silk and embedded with honey.
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Fire in Space! NASA scientists ignite second space fire experiment on cargo spaceship
World | Nov 22, 2016, 01:45 PM ISTIn an attempt to better understand how fire behaves in microgravity to ensure better safety for astronauts, NASA scientists will soon ignite nine different materials aboard an unmanned spaceship on its way to a
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Scientists discover oldest evidence of life on land, dates back 3.2 billion years
World | Nov 09, 2016, 07:03 PM ISTA recent study by scientists in Germany have found the oldest evidence of life on land suggesting that life took birth on land as early as 3.2 billion years ago. The research led by Sami
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Scientists discover a new type of atomic bond
India | Nov 07, 2016, 06:46 PM ISTFor the first time, scientists have observed a weak atomic bond – in which an electron can grab and trap an atom – that was theorised 14 years ago. Researchers at Purdue University in the
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Indian scientists find crack in Earth's magnetic shield. Know how it will impact us?
World | Nov 04, 2016, 12:36 PM ISTThe world’s largest and most sensitive cosmic ray monitor, located in India, has recorded a burst of galactic cosmic rays that indicates a crack in the Earth’s magnetic shield, which protects us from harmful radiation,
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China’s ‘Little Bee’ searches for strongest blasts in universe
World | Oct 27, 2016, 05:24 PM ISTIn endeavours to hunt down gamma-beam blasts, a square-shaped probe, dubbed "Little Bee" by Chinese scientists is currently searching for strongest explosion in the universe. The formal name of the probe, placed on Tiangong-2, is