Scientists
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These 6,000-year-old tombs could have been used as telescopes, say scientists
World | Jul 04, 2016, 12:27 PM ISTLondon: Ancient megalithic tombs found in Europe could be the first astronomical observing tools used to watch skies by humans 6,000 years ago before the invention of telescopes, according to scientists. The long, narrow
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Scientists create world’s first 1,000-processor chip
Jun 19, 2016, 04:03 PM ISTLos Angeles: Scientists have designed the world’s first chip containing 1,000 independent programmable processors, that can compute up to 1.78 trillion instructions per second and is thought to be the fastest ever designed at a
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Scientists develop artificial intelligence software to turn smartphones into eye-tracking device
Jun 18, 2016, 09:32 PM ISTBoston: In a latest discovery by the scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed artificial software that can turn smartphone in to an eye tracking device. Eye-tracking technology - which can determine where in
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Finally! This enzyme identified by scientists will protect from Alzeheimer's
Lifestyle | Jun 06, 2016, 07:15 AM ISTWashington: Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative brain disease which causes the damage of central nervous system leading to a loss of mental ability. Till now, this disease was considered incurable. Now researchers have identified an
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Indus era at least 8,000 years old, not 5,500 years: IIT, ASI scientists
India | May 29, 2016, 09:02 PM ISTA group of scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has claimed that the Indus valley civilisation is at least 8,000 years old and not 5,500 years
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NASA to undertake globe-spanning research campaigns
World | Mar 26, 2016, 07:05 PM ISTNASA to undertake globe-spanning research campaigns
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Scientists detect gravitational waves, prove Einstein's prediction right
World | Feb 12, 2016, 08:21 AM ISTWashington: In what is hailed as the breakthrough of the century, the international team of scientists on Thursday observed gravitational waves or ripples in the fabric of space-time arriving at Earth from a cataclysmic event
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PM Modi advises scientists to make innovation helpful for masses
National | Feb 07, 2016, 04:56 PM ISTBhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked scientists to make innovation useful for the people and develop technology that is affordable to the masses with "zero defect" and "zero effect" on the environment."Everybody engaged in
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Scientists develop shape-changing, stretchable keyboard
Dec 02, 2015, 09:28 PM ISTLondon: Scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand have developed a soft, flexible, stretchable keyboard using a type of rubber known as a dielectric elastomer."A key benefit of our keyboard is that essentially,
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Scientists dive into precious Pluto data
World | Nov 11, 2015, 11:12 AM ISTWashington: From possible ice volcanoes to twirling moons, NASA's New Horizons science team is busy analysing more than 50 exciting discoveries about Pluto that the probe has revealed so far."The New Horizons mission has taken
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How do parrots talk?
World | Jun 25, 2015, 09:04 PM ISTWashington: Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have found key structural differences in the brains of parrots that may explain the birds' unparalleled ability to imitate sounds and human speech.These brain structures had gone unrecognised in
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Sex flows freely for art students
Lifestyle | Apr 06, 2015, 11:13 AM ISTLondon: Are students studying in arts stream better off in terms of having sex than their science counterparts? Yes, says a survey. According to the survey by British student newspaper The Tab, 10 percent of computer
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Aryabhatta knew about gravity before Newton: Former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair
India | Feb 22, 2015, 12:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: Leding scientist and former Indian Science and Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair propounded the theory that some shlokas in the Vedas mentioned about the presence of water on the moon and
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Scientists find hard to maintain work-life balance
Lifestyle | Sep 12, 2014, 04:13 PM ISTWashington: In what could highlight the challenge of work-life balance that male academic scientists face, researchers have found that one-third of them in the US are willing to scale back their careers to focus on
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Indian scientists devise new technique to hasten rescue of air-crash victims
India | May 07, 2014, 05:06 PM ISTGandhinagar: In a technique that could be of immense global interest, Indian scientists have devised a method to not only predict the time a plane will hit the ground after losing contact but also the
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Scientists create prosthetic hand that feels in real-time
World | Feb 06, 2014, 07:43 AM ISTWashington : European researchers said Wednesday they have created a "revolutionary" prosthetic hand that helped an amputee who had not experienced the sensation of touch for over nine years to feel differences again in real-time.The
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Scientists discover a planet similar to earth
World | Jan 07, 2014, 01:30 PM ISTWashington: Scientists have discovered a planet, known as KOI-314c, which they claim is Earth's gassy twin in another solar system 200 light years away.Scientists believe KOI-314c has a thick gaseous atmosphere as it weighs the
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Scientists identify drug for AIDS treatment
World | Dec 21, 2013, 03:12 PM ISTNew York: In a major breakthrough, new research has identified how HIV infection causes mass suicide of immune cells and how an existing anti-inflammatory drug can block cellular self-destruction.Further, they have identified an existing anti-inflammatory
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James Bond was an alcoholic, say scientists
World | Dec 14, 2013, 06:54 AM ISTNew Delhi: The British spy James Bond may routinely get himself out of dangerous situations with skill and charm, but his body may be suffering all the while because of his drinking habits. British researchers
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Scientists unfold the mystery of bubbling beer bottles
World | Nov 28, 2013, 06:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: Beer is often called a man's best friend for obvious reasons.Its foaming nature have always attracted everyone finally the Researchers from Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain and Universite Pierre et Marie Curie,