Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna
Oct 07, 2020, at 09:35 pm
Stockholm: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry to French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna.
Planet Mars closest to Earth on Oct 6: PSI Director
Oct 05, 2020, at 09:19 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Planet Mars will be closest and it can get to Earth on Tuesday.
Russia may send in 2027 mission to Venus to study biomarkers in atmosphere
Oct 03, 2020, at 10:30 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Russia may send an urgent space mission to Venus in 2027 to study possible signs of life in the planet’s atmosphere, a spokesperson for the Russian aerospace company NPO Lavochkin said on Saturday.
NASA lifts off cargo spacecraft named after Kalpana Chawla, carries 8000 pound supplies
Oct 03, 2020, at 03:26 pm
Washinton: A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft, which has been named after late India-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla, is on its way to the International Space Station with nearly 8,000 pounds of scientific investigations, technology demonstrations, commercial products, and other cargo after launching at 9:16 p.m. EDT Friday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.
New scientific study suggests evidence of liquid water bodies under surface of Mars
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:50 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: A new scientific study has put forward evidence of the presence of bodies of water under the surface of Mars, with these findings potentially offering crucial insights into whether there is life on the planet.
Scientists find potential sign of life in Venus
Sep 15, 2020, at 11:24 pm
An international team of astronomers today announced the discovery of a rare molecule — phosphine — in the clouds of Venus.
Images sent by Chandrayaan-1 indicate possible impact of Earth's atmosphere on Moon
Sep 07, 2020, at 03:41 am
New Delhi/UNI: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and MoS Space, Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that ISRO’s maiden mission to the Moon has sent images, which show that Moon may be rusting along the poles.
Aussie researchers repurpose SARS treatment to fight COVID-19
Aug 31, 2020, at 08:29 pm
Sydney/Xinhua: In the race to find a cure for COVID-19, Australian researchers have discovered that a compound originally designed to fight SARS can also stop COVID-19 growth in the laboratory.
Asteroid 2011 ES4 to make closest approach to Earth on Sept 1
Aug 31, 2020, at 02:57 am
Hyderabad/UNI: Asteroid 2011 ES4 will make the closest approach to the Earth and will be closer to our planet than the moon on September 1.
Chandrayaan-2 completes a year around the Moon
Aug 21, 2020, at 05:51 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: India's second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 completed one year around the Moon, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Thursday.
Car passengers can reduce pollution risk by closing windows and changing route, says study
Aug 12, 2020, at 02:23 am
Birmingham/IBNS: Drivers and passengers can inhale significantly lower levels of air pollution by setting their vehicle’s ventilation systems more effectively and taking a ‘cleaner’ route to their destination, a new study reveals.
South Korea launches first military satellite
Jul 21, 2020, at 09:26 pm
Seoul/UNI: A Space X rocket on Tuesday launched South Korea's first military communications satellite into space as Seoul tries to build up its defence capabilities against a nuclear-armed, North Korea.
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy launches rocket carrying UAE's Mars orbiter
Jul 20, 2020, at 02:15 pm
Tokyo/Xinhua: Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. on Monday launched a rocket carrying a Mars orbiter developed by the United Arab Emirates.
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid set to fly past Earth on Jul 24 : B M Birla Science Centre
Jul 18, 2020, at 10:29 pm
Hyderabad, Jul 18 (UNI) Travelling at a staggering speed of 13.5 kilometres per second or 48,000 kilometres per hour, an asteroid will come within just 0.034 astronomical units (Astronomical unit is the distance between the Earth and Sun) of the earth on July 24, B M Birla Science Centre Director Dr B G Sidharth said.
IIT Guwahati researchers produce biofuel from non-edible waste seeds
Jul 17, 2020, at 01:27 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati researchers have developed methods to produce biofuels from non-edible seeds.
Jul 04, 2020, at 04:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Stevioside (STE), isolated from the leaves of Honey yerba and widely used as the non-caloric natural sweeteners, can sweeten our lives in more ways than one, say scientists.
Digital tools being used to track people as never before, warns UN rights chief
Jun 26, 2020, at 10:03 am
New York/IBNS: The internet and new digital tools are being manipulated as never before to infringe on people’s right to free assembly, the UN’s top rights official said on Thursday, in a call for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology during peaceful demonstrations.
European and Chinese variants of coronavirus most found in India
Jun 03, 2020, at 10:16 pm
Kolkata/ IBNS: A Zoological Survey of India study has revealed mainly two variants of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) virus from China and Europe are most active in India among the 198 variants of the pathogen identified in the country, said a Hindustan Times report.
ISRO congratulates NASA and SpaceX over their manned mission
Jun 01, 2020, at 03:45 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday congratulated NASA and SpaceX for their manned mission and termed it as ''historic''.
SpaceX-Nasa Mission: Astronauts on historic mission enter space station
Jun 01, 2020, at 08:38 am
Washington/UNI: US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on Monday docked with, and entered, the International Space Station (ISS).
May 31, 2020, at 09:17 am
Florida/IBNS: Ushering in a new era in space travel, a SpaceX spacecraft carrying two NASA astronauts headed into outer space, the first in nearly a decade, from Florida's Kennedy Space Center in the United States on Saturday.
Top Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli says new discovered viruses are 'just tip of iceberg'Â
May 26, 2020, at 09:51 pm
Beijing/IBNS: A noted Chinese virologist, who is famous for her work on researching coronavirus in bats, said the new discovered viruses are 'just the tip of the iceberg'.
IIT Guwahati develops low-cost UVC light-based disinfectant box
May 22, 2020, at 10:39 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati research team has developed a low-cost UVC light-based disinfectant box for disinfecting disposable medical accessories like gloves, masks etc. along with disinfecting the household wastes before going to the community bins.
Scientists find hot gas bridge between two galaxy clusters
May 12, 2020, at 01:07 pm
Washinton/IBNS: Several hundred million years ago, two galaxy clusters collided and then passed through each other. This mighty event released a flood of hot gas from each galaxy cluster that formed an unusual bridge between the two objects. This bridge is now being pummeled by particles driven away from a supermassive black hole.
Chinese scientists discover natural supercritical carbon dioxide
May 10, 2020, at 04:29 pm
Qingdao/Xinhua/UNI: Chinese scientists identified bubbles from some hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific Ocean as supercritical carbon dioxide, and this is the first time that natural supercritical carbon dioxide has been discovered on Earth.
Theaflavin in black tea inhibits COVID-19, increases immunity: Studies
May 05, 2020, at 11:52 am
Kolkata/UNI: As the International Tea Day is nearing, it is now widely discussed whether Tea, the Wellness Drink, as many researchers claim, is potential enough to keep COVID-19 at bay.
Sewage water can help detect asymptomatic cases of COVID-19: Reports
Apr 27, 2020, at 05:41 pm
New Delhi/ IBNS: A group of scientists in the United States is testing sewage water to detect hidden cases of novel coronavirus, a CNN report said.
COVID-19: Death toll touches 559 in India
Apr 20, 2020, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The death toll due to COVID-19 in India touched 559 on Monday, as per the latest government figures released.
Space tourists will get unique chance to celebrate new year 2022 in orbit
Apr 20, 2020, at 12:35 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Two space tourists who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the Russian Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft in late 2021 will have a unique opportunity to celebrate New Year in orbit, officials said on Monday.
Earth-size, habitable zone planet found hidden in early NASA Kepler data
Apr 19, 2020, at 06:47 pm
Washington/IBNS: A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water.