Science & Health

Who is Rajiv V. Joshi, winner of 'Inventor of the Year' award: His remarkable feats

For those of you who do not know, Rajiv V. Joshi was inducted into the New Jersey Inventor Hall of Fame in August 2014 along with the pioneer Nicola Tesla.

May 31, 2020

Coronavirus vaccine could be ready by October, Pfizer CEO claims as clinical trials underway

Pfizer is conducting clinical trials in the US and Europe for the BNT162 vaccine programme to prevent Covid-19 in collaboration with German mRNA company BioNTech.

May 30, 2020

Mass extinction event awaits Earth as scientists warn of ozone layer erosion

Several top scientists believe that a mass extinction event is awaiting earth as the planet has already passed all the seven markers

May 28, 2020

Top researcher says coronavirus still in early stages, real chaos yet to unfold

Experts believe that coronavirus could now start spreading in rural areas, causing a rise in positive cases and deaths

May 27, 2020

How drones can better monitor explosive volcanoes

Due to the difficult accessibility and the high risk of collapse or explosion, the imaging of active volcanoes has so far been a great challenge in volcanology.

May 26, 2020

COVID-19 silent carriers: CDC warns of asymptomatic coronavirus patients again

The warning from CDC comes at a time when countries like India are planning to ease coronavirus lockdown measures.

May 22, 2020

What is happening in NASA? Space chief mysteriously quits just days before historic flight

Ken Bowersox, a former astronaut will replace Loverro as an acting capacity in NASA's human spaceflight office

May 22, 2020

COVID-19 patients who recovered, tested positive again pose no danger: See why

Researchers claim 285 Covid-19 survivors who were re-tested positive again after they had recovered initially, show no risk of contagion and thus aren't capable of transmitting the infection again to other humans. They could possibly have the antibodies that prevent them from falling sick again.

May 20, 2020

What is sonic boom that Bangaloreans are talking about?

Some people are saying they have heard a loud 'boom,' while many Bengaluru residents felt their homes shaking and windows rattling.

May 20, 2020

Investigational COVID-19 vaccine shows promising results; mutation fears intact

The coronavirus that originated from a Chinese seafood market has already claimed the lives of more than 3,09,086 people worldwide. A cure for the deadly virus hasn't been discovered yet.

May 16, 2020

China's coronavirus coverup exposed; data shows over 6 lakh cases

China has officially revealed that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country is just 82,900, lower than India and Canada.

May 16, 2020

Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw to head India's indigenous innovation consortium

In efforts to make India self-reliant and meet the biotech, biomedical needs of the nation, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, CMD of Biocon has been appointed to lead indigenous innovation, National Biomedical Resource Indigenisation Consortium (N-BRIC).

May 15, 2020

How nuclear tests during the time of the cold war changed the rainfall pattern in the world?

Researchers believe that these new findings could help to enhance future climate research based on cloud geoengineering.

May 15, 2020

Incredibly rare Super-Earth raises hope of discovering alien life

Scientists believe that exoplanets located in the Goldilocks zone are more likely to host alien life

May 14, 2020

How cats with no symptoms can transmit Coronavirus to other cats

New research follows a study published in Science by scientists at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences that also showed cats (and ferrets) could become infected with and potentially transmit the virus.

May 14, 2020