Science & Health

COVID survivors develop deadly fungal infection; 6 deaths baffle experts

Healthcare experts revealed that fungal infections after coronavirus recovery could increase the mortality rate by 50 percent.

Dec 27, 2020

Mysterious giant asteroid is lurking in solar system and it hurled a big meteor at earth, study finds

Scientists revealed that this meteor broke off a parent asteroid that had never hurled rocks at the earth

Dec 27, 2020

Expert predictions and new mutant strain indicate coronavirus is here to stay for one decade

The coronavirus that originated from Wuhan has already claimed the lives of more than 1.7 million people worldwide

Dec 27, 2020

California surpasses other US states, reports more than 2 million Covid-19 cases

California Governor Gavin Newsom said the county had just 35 available ICU beds available, while health officials urge people to avoid festive season gatherings on Christmas Day and New year Eve

Dec 25, 2020

Bangalore-based ISRO opens regional centre in Varanasi at IIT-BHU campus

IIT-BHU said that the ISRO's RAC-S will act as a major facilitator for promoting space technology activities in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh

Dec 24, 2020

Delhi choking as AQI plunges to severe category, to deteriorate in coming days

The forecast of AQI is that it would further deteriorate to 'very poor category' by Wednesday and Thursday going up to the 522-mark

Dec 23, 2020

A silent spine-related epidemic building up, warns doctor

With longer hours spent working from home, the spine problems are bound to arise among many, especially women and care is required urgently to mitigate the long term impact, say doctors

Dec 22, 2020

AI-backed Indian sero-survey tech to map and help prioritize Covid vaccine process

Instead of general sero-surveys which take months to conduct, the IT company claims that Garuda could conduct sero-prevalence study of one crore samples within a week's time.

Dec 22, 2020

Covid-19 vaccination to begin next month: Harsh Vardhan

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has claimed that amongst all the vaccine platforms such as an mRNA-based vaccine, DNA-based vaccine, vector-based vaccine, or live attenuated vaccines, the inactivated vaccines being developed by it for Covid 19 are safest with lesser adverse reactions

Dec 21, 2020

With temperature, coronavirus particles break down; Humidity plays little role, finds study

To survive, the SARS-Cov-2 membrane needs a specific web of proteins arranged in a particular order and when it falls apart, it becomes less infectious, hence temperature is crucial to break down coronavirus particles, while humidity plays little role, finds new study

Dec 20, 2020

Dogs for Mars: Besides rovers, helicopter, NASA plans to send these dogs to explore Mars

Researchers believe that exploring Mars using these robotic dogs could help to unravel several Martian secrets

Dec 20, 2020

Proxima Centauri mystery continues as scientists detect unexplained radio signals from distant star

These signals were detected by researchers at Breakthrough Listen, the largest ever scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of civilizations beyond Earth

Dec 20, 2020

COVID-19 vaccinations commencing in India next month; has sufficient stockpile

In what is seen as the best news so far, COVID-19 vaccinations will finally commence in India as early as next month. Read on for more details on stockpile, action plan and more.

Dec 19, 2020

Zombies in Denmark; new fungi species eat flies' organs while insect lives

A new species of fungi is infecting files, turning them into zombies while they are eaten inside out. The insect lives normally until its internal organs are eaten by the fungus.

Dec 18, 2020

After China, Japan's success, NASA kicks off Mars Sample Return mission

Following the success of Japan's Hayabusa2 in bringing samples from asteroid Ryugu and China's Chang'e 5 bringing samples from the moon, NASA is gearing up for its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission in collaboration with the European Space agency

Dec 18, 2020