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  ALARMING! Greenland's ice is melting much faster than expected, claim scientists

  World | September 23, 2016 10:28 IST

  Greenland's ice sheet is melting at a much faster rate than previously thought, said scientists this week after discovering a hotspot beneath the Earth's crust that was distorting their calculations. As per a new study,

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  MIT scientists develop spectroscopic technique to help NASA’s Mars rover

  World | September 18, 2016 17:30 IST

  In a move to help NASA’s new Mars rover, a novel spectroscopic technique has been developed by MIT scientists. NASA’s Mars rover, to be launched in 2020, will find signs of present or former

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  Two Indian origin scientists wins US award for their latest inventions

  India | September 14, 2016 23:50 IST

  Two Indian-origin MIT scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have won prestigious award for their extensive inventions. Nasik-born Ramesh Raskar, an imaging scientist and inventor at MIT, has been awarded the $500,000 (Rs.3.3 cro

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  These T-shirts will turn body heat into electricity

  World | September 14, 2016 11:32 IST

  Scientists have discovered a new light-weight, conductive material which can convert body heat into electricity, and lead to T-shirts or arm bands that generate power for wearable electronics.

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  Indian scientists develop method to convert fish-bio waste into green energy

  India | September 13, 2016 10:21 IST

  The scales of fish has the potential of becoming an instant source of green energy in future. A team of researchers at Jadavpur University in Kolkata has developed a biodegradable energy harvester from raw

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  Scientists crack way to prevent cancer recurrence

  Lifestyle | September 04, 2016 0:03 IST

  Now the majority of dormant cancer cells will be destroyed with the combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy that may help prevent cancer recurrence, says scientists. Researchers found that chemotherapy alone leads to two types

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  These six scientists end year-long Mars mission

  World | August 29, 2016 10:36 IST

  Six scientists who lived like astronauts in an isolated dome for 12 months in Hawaii to explore challenges which a manned mission may face on Mars, have completed one of the toughest NASA-funded mission ever.

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  In a first, scientists decode dog's mind in real time

  World | August 24, 2016 16:40 IST

  Understanding an animal’s mind has always been a difficult task, until now. In a first of its kind research, a team of scientists making use of a new technique has made it possible to see

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  Scientists develop 'mini human brains' to fight Parkinson's disease

  World | August 01, 2016 12:43 IST

  In what signals a big leap in the quest for treatment, research and study into the Parkinson’s disease, scientists have now developed “mini-brains” which they claim will also help them find cures and conduct studies

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  Scientists dub cockroach milk as the ‘super-food’ of future. Dare to drink?

  World | July 26, 2016 22:37 IST

  Call it bizarre, but an international team of scientists have entitled cockroach milk as the 'super-food' of the coming time. It was after examining all the details that the scientists have made this claim. What

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  Renewing history! Scientists locate unknown ancestor of man in Andaman

  India | July 26, 2016 16:40 IST

  In a discovery that could potentially challenge the history of human evolution, an Indo-Spanish team of researchers caught hold of a centuries old, but still unknown descendant of a new family of early men in

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  Meet Graham, the humanoid that shows what humans would look like if they evolved to survive car crashes

  Life | July 27, 2016 19:14 IST

  Wouldn’t it be fantastic if no one ever suffered even minor injuries in everyday car crashes? Scientists have revealed that this may be possible, although you may need to compromise your looks. Researchers in Australia

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  For the first time in history, scientists sequence genes of 6000 year old barley seeds

  World | July 28, 2016 16:33 IST

  Jerusalem: Researchers have studied the DNA of 6000 years old barley seeds, making these the oldest plant genome to be reorganized to date. The 6,000-year-old Chalcolithic barley grains was found in Yoram cave Israel, near

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  Earliest sign of Alzheimer's discovered, reveal scientists

  Lifestyle | July 14, 2016 7:50 IST

  New Delhi: Scientists have found out the first physiological sign of Alzheimer's disease. It is a decrease in blood flow to the brain which is indicated as the earliest sign of the disease, according to

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  These 6,000-year-old tombs could have been used as telescopes, say scientists

  World | July 04, 2016 12:27 IST

  London: 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

  June 19, 2016 16:03 IST

  Los 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

  June 18, 2016 21:32 IST

  Boston: 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 | June 06, 2016 7:15 IST

  Washington: 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 21:02 IST

  A 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 | March 26, 2016 19:05 IST

  NASA to undertake globe-spanning research campaigns