Science & Health

World Biofuel Day: India to save crores with ethanol blending

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that this would help with farmers' income as well as contribute to a greener environment.

Aug 10, 2018

Star cluster Omega Centauri, mini-version of our solar system but devoid of life, says study

The stars in that part of the Milky Way are packed in too tightly, so they are likely to interact with each other every million years or so.

Aug 10, 2018

New Zealand marches towards a greener future; bans single-use plastic bags

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage plan to phase out plastic bags in the country over the next year. It will be implemented gradually to allow people to adjust to the changes.

Aug 10, 2018

Hellish ultrahot Jupiters constantly create and destroy water in endless loop: NASA study

Dayside temperatures on these planets, which are closer to their host stars than Mercury is to the Sun, are estimated to be between 2,000 and 3,000 degrees Celsius. Nightside temperatures, on the other hand, are around 1,000 degrees Celsius cooler.

Aug 10, 2018

Climate change hack to reflect sunlight would cool Earth but kill crops, study finds

Using aerosols to cool down the planet could help food crops escape the heat, but it would also cut off sunlight.

Aug 10, 2018

Cancer cells release 'drones' to battle immune system, reveals study

The study showed that cancer cells release "drones" -- small vesicles called exosomes circulating in the blood and armed with proteins called PD-L1 that cause T-cells to tire before they have a chance to reach a tumour.

Aug 10, 2018

Single-celled protozoan that accelerates faster than F1 car is the world's quickest creature

Scientists say that finding out how these organisms achieve such fast acceleration can help them develop new robots.

Aug 9, 2018

ESO releases image of galaxy survey that shows NGC 5018 in stunning detail

The galaxy is located about 94 million light years from Earth and was captured by the ESO VST.

Aug 9, 2018

NASA explains why flying to the Sun is not easy - it's not the heat

NASA estimates that it would take a spacecraft, 55 times more energy to reach the Sun than it would to reach Mars and this is not just because of the distance it has to cover.

Aug 9, 2018

NASA announces names of astronauts for first four commercial crew flights

As part of NASA's Commercial Crew program, Boeing will be launching its Starliner capsules and SpaceX its Dragon capsules as test flights

Aug 9, 2018

Better be safe than sorry, says NASA ahead of deep space demo flights of Boeing, SpaceX

While SpaceX has named the test flight Demo-1; Boeing is calling it Orbital Flight Test

Aug 9, 2018

Real life San Andreas? Researcher predicts mega-earthquake this week as planets align

A researcher named Frank Hoogerbeets has sensationally claimed that a mega-earthquake will hit the earth between August 09 and 11,2018

Aug 9, 2018

What's Hothouse Earth? Destructive climate scenario might render our planet uninhabitable but when?

Authors of a new paper on the future of the planet and the effect of global warming, point out that the exact time and date of the trigger point that would inevitably scorch the Earth is not known, but they also say that several such trigger points might have already been breached.

Aug 8, 2018

How an animation app can help patients rate the severity of their pain

Doctors can use animations and graphics to help patients rate their pain. The new method can help reduce unnecessary treatment and opioid use.

Aug 8, 2018

Ganymede's electromagnetic waves are a million times more powerful than Jupiter's

Chorus waves are known to create the high-energy killer electrons that damage spacecraft. Considering how powerful the electromagnetic field is around Ganymede, scientists are questioning what kind of damage it can do to a spacecraft that gets close to it.

Aug 8, 2018