Science & Health

Three American scientists awarded 2017 Nobel Prize in physics for detection of gravitational waves

Albert Einstein had predicted the existence of gravitational waves over a hundred years ago

Oct 4, 2017

By Poulami Nag

skipping breakfast leads to a major destroy in a artery

Heart byte: Skipping breakfast leads to hardening in arteries

Skipping breakfast is more likely to develop atherosclerosis, condition which destroys the major artery.

Oct 4, 2017

By Bikash Rai

Nobel Prize 2017 for Medicine given to US Biologists for 'Biological clocks' in fruit flies

Nobel Prize 2017 for medicine was awarded to U.S. biologists for their research on biological clocks.

Oct 4, 2017

By Rahul K R

Super plant Moringa: Check out its health benefits and medicinal qualities

The Moringa tree can also be treated as a food item, medicine, purifying agent and component in herbal products.

Oct 3, 2017

By Adrita Biswas

Humans to make first contact with aliens within 20 years, bets SETI astronomer

Seth Shostak, a SETI scientist told that humans will find extra-terrestrial intelligent life within 20 years.

Oct 3, 2017

By Nirmal Narayanan

Christian, 28, a former U.S soldier who volunteered for the Syrian Democratic Forces to fight against Islamic state in Raqqa as a sniper shows his tattoos in Harqala, west of Raqqa, Syria August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Not smartwatches but smart tattoos to monitor health

Researchers from Harvard University and MIT have invented an ink that helps smart tattoos to let users easily check their health.

Oct 3, 2017

By Jagmeet Singh

Massive solar blast hit Mars, causes brightest ever global aurora: NASA

The global aurora created by this solar event was much brighter than any of the previously recorded ones

Oct 1, 2017

By Poulami Nag

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Hubble Space Telescope spots farthest active inbound comet

Comets are essentially the frozen bits and pieces that were left behind after the formation of the solar system around 4.6 billion years ago

Oct 1, 2017

By Poulami Nag

Protein identified to cure deadly viral diseases

Researchers have found that a protein - retrocyclin101 can be used to cure influenza and infectious diseases. The research on mice have found lesser deaths from infection when it was treated with the protein.

Oct 1, 2017

By Rahul K R

Space agencies compete to colonize Mars

The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) meeting in Adelaide, Australia on September 29 became a platform for Space companies and agencies to deliver their idea for mankind's mission to Mars.

Sep 30, 2017

By Rahul K R

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You can now explore moon's surface using this 3D-printed model, AR app

San Francisco-based firm AstroReality has created the model and the app both which allow users to explore the surface of the moon.

Sep 30, 2017

By Poulami Nag

ESA unveils last surprise from Rosetta

Rosetta probe by ESA had ended in 2016 after its 12-year long journey

Sep 30, 2017

By Poulami Nag

Fourth gravitational wave detected with help of Italy-based Virgo detector

The first ever signal wave signal was detected in 2015

Sep 30, 2017

By Poulami Nag

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NASA delays launch of the world's most powerful space telescope

James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, will now be launched in 2019

Sep 30, 2017

By Poulami Nag

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Tsunami debris drives Japanese marine species to migrate to US

Around 300 marine species from the Japanese coast have been found on the western coast of United States, indicating that the marine organisms had traveled through the ocean to evade the plastic debris formed after the devastating tsunami in Japan March 2011.

Sep 30, 2017

By Rahul K R