Science & Health

After Oktoberfest: The inevitable spike in Covid cases stifle Germany

At the federal level, the incidence rate has doubled to 577.5 over the same period, Xinhua news agency reported citing the RKI as saying.

Oct 8, 2022

Study finds Ultrasound can move, break up kidney stones in awake patients

The ultrasound can then be used to move and reposition the stones to promote their passage, a process called ultrasound propulsion, or to break up the stone, a technique called burst wave lithotripsy (BWL).

Oct 8, 2022

NASA's Hubble does it again, this time captures spectacular pair of interacting galaxies

The interacting galaxies are part of an effort to build up an archive of interesting targets for more detailed future study with Hubble, ground-based telescopes, and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.

Oct 8, 2022

Gadgets: Acer Swift Edge launches world's lightest OLED laptop priced $1,499.99

The new laptop comes with AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 Series and AMD Ryzen 6000 Series processors.

Oct 8, 2022

Arun Bali died of Myasthenia gravis: What it means, what happened in the last few hours

Arun Bali died of Myasthenia gravis: What happened in the last few hours of his death

Oct 7, 2022

Avalanche at Uttarakhand's Danda-2 peak, 28 mountaineers trapped; 8 rescued, 4 feared dead [details]

While eight mountaineers have been rescued so far, efforts are on to bring others to safety with rescue operations being conducted by Indian Air Force, NDRF and ITBP.

Oct 4, 2022

Svantee Paabo: Swedish academician, who cracked Neanderthals' DNA, wins Nobel for Medicine

Swedish geneticist Svantee Paabo, whose work provided key insights into human evolution and and how humans spread around the planet by achieving "the seemingly impossible task" of cracking the genetic code of the Neanderthals was Monday announced as the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Oct 4, 2022

iPhone 6 added to list of vintage products by Apple

When the iPhone 6s was launched, the tech giant continued to sell the iPhone 6 as its lower-cost offering. It finally stopped sales once the iPhone 7 was released in 2016.

Oct 2, 2022

COVID-19 update: India logs 3,375 fresh cases, 18 deaths [details]

Active caseload presently stands at 37,444 cases, accounting for 0.08 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

Oct 2, 2022

66 Percent of All Deaths in India Caused By Non-communicable Diseases: WHO [Details]

The NCD Data Portal, that was launched alongside a recent report by World Health Organization, stated that 60.46 lakh people died from NCDs in India in 2019.

Oct 1, 2022

Bhagirathi river pollution: NGT asks panel to inspect alleged wastes by Uttarakhand ashram

In the plea, applicant Madan Singh Gusain said that Arya Vihar Ashram, situated on the banks of the river and running the soap manufacturing unit, is discharging untreated effluent in Eco-Sensitive Zone.

Oct 1, 2022

NASA seeks SpaceX help to boost Hubble telescope to reach higher, stable orbit

Reboosting Hubble into a higher, more stable orbit could add multiple years of operations to its life, according to the US space agency.

Sep 30, 2022

'Treat me like an engineer instead of CEO', Parag Agrawal tells Musk [details]

A new treasure trove of texts exchanged between Musk and Twitter executives like Agrawal and Jack Dorsey has now been leaked in the public domain.

Sep 30, 2022

Beware, fake Patanjali websites mushrooming

The victim, Rajat Giri of Telibagh, has lodged an FIR on charges of criminal breach of trust, cheating and dishonesty.

Sep 30, 2022

US reports 25,341 monkeypox cases, California highest

The US has reported a total of 25,341 monkeypox cases as of Wednesday since the outbreak earlier this year, according to CDC figures

Sep 28, 2022