Science & Health

Zika Virus: Tips, causes and prevention

The fact that none of the Zika infected patients, their spouses or relatives had travelled to any country with Zika virus transmission, is making it more of a cause for concern.

Jun 1, 2017

Is Moon habitable? NASA's LRO discovers water ice on the lunar surface's south pole

In the late 1990s, hydrogen-rich areas were found on Moon with the help of NASA's LRO, but it was hard to identify whether hydrogen was present in the form of water or not.

Jun 1, 2017

World's strongest X-ray laser beam creates 'molecular black hole'

Special mirrors were used by the researchers to focus the X-ray beams into a spot over 100 nanometres in diameter. One nanometer is equal to one-billionth of a metre.

Jun 1, 2017

Donald Trump pulls US out of Paris climate agreement

Axios news outlet, which first reported that Donald Trump would withdraw the US out of the Paris climate agreement, said details of the pullout are being worked out by a team including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. The choice is between a formal withdrawal that could take three years or leaving the U.N. treaty that the accord is based on, which would be quicker but more extreme.

May 31, 2017

Kenya marks industrial milestone as standard gauge railway transferred from China

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the standard gauge railways (SGR) first cargo train following its transferal from China. The train transported goods loaded from Mombasa port.The construction of the SGR was initiated in Dec 2014 by CRBC. It has a length of 480km and is the first overseas SGR entirely meeting Chinese standards. The final completion of the SGR is believed to be a win-win achievement for China-Africa cooperation under the framework of Belt and Road Initiative.

May 31, 2017

World No Tobacco Day 2017: Beating tobacco for health, prosperity, environment and national development

Tobacco use kills more than seven million people every year and costs households and governments over $1.4 trillion through healthcare expenditure and lost productivity.

May 31, 2017

Weird faceless fish found in Australian abyss

A bizarre faceless fish has been found during a voyage to one of the deepest parts of the ocean ever visited. Pulled up for the Australias eastern abyss, the strange creature is only the second specimen of the species ever to be found, the first found in 1873 in the waters off Papua New Guinea.

May 31, 2017

NASA: Cassini discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus may have tipped over due to asteroid collision

The area around the icy moon's current south pole is a geologically active region where long, linear fractures referred to as tiger stripes slice across the surface.

May 31, 2017

NASA's Curiosity rover discovers silica-rich 'halos' on Martian surface

The halos were first analysed in 2015 with Curiosity's science payload, including the laser-shooting Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument.

May 31, 2017

ISRO joins hands with Amul for fodder acreage assessment

The tie-up between Amul and ISRO will benefit the dairy farmers as ISRO will help in identification between food crops and fodder crops at village-level

May 31, 2017

Stunning Aurora Australis illuminates skies of Australia and New Zealand [VIDEO]

Aurora, sometimes referred to as polar lights or northern lights, is a natural light display in the sky, predominantly seen in the high latitude -- Arctic and Antarctic -- regions.

May 30, 2017

Smartphone thumb: Are you suffering from the latest plague?

Excessive texting could lead to thumb arthritis. Doctors advise that to keep this problem at bay, one should text using the forefinger or use voice to dictate the text message.

May 30, 2017

Bengaluru: Timely surgery gifts construction worker life after iron rod pierced his buttock

The 25-year-old man slipped while working on a site and fell on the 13-inch rod from a height causing him the life-threatening injury.

May 30, 2017

ISRO's 'fat boy' GSLV-Mk III launch to widen prospects of India's manned mission

ISRO is all set to launch the GSLV-Mk III, the heaviest rocket ever made by India on June 5 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

May 30, 2017

Cyclone Mora in Bangladesh: Around 2.5 million people at risk due to storm, 3 lakh evacuated

Cyclone Mora, which was formed by the depression in east central Bay of Bengal, is also expected to affect a few Indian states, particularly West Bengal and Odisha.

May 30, 2017