Science & Health

2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to US, UK scientists for evolution research

Frances H Arnold and George P Smith from the US and Sir Gregory P Winter from the UK were on Wednesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Oct 3, 2018

Black holes, not the dark matter physicists are looking for: Study

For a brief while, physicists around the world did consider attributing dark matter to black holes, right after gravitational waves were detected in 2015.

Oct 3, 2018

Planet X: New Solar System object found, confirms presence of undiscovered super-Earth

TG387 is two and a half times farther from the Sun than Pluto. Its orbit is about 40,000 years long.

Oct 3, 2018

Meet Awá tribe: The most endangered, uncontacted tribe that lives in Amazon forest

The tribe hunt using bows and arrows, eat armadillos and honey and stay in the forest, away from "modern" humans.

Oct 2, 2018

Indonesia earthquake: Death toll climbs to 1,234; over 2 million affected

The twin disasters on Friday left the coastal city of Palu and the adjoining areas in ruins. Authorities said tens of thousands of people were growing increasingly desperate for food, fuel and water.

Oct 2, 2018

Mars travel could destroy astronaut guts and give them cancer: NASA-funded study

Mice developed GI disorders and long-term functional alterations to their digestive system, when subject to ion radiation in the long term. Also, the stomach, colon, and other organs in the gut could inadvertently develop serious tumours.

Oct 2, 2018

Contaminated polio vaccine given to kids in Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

The health ministry and the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) have initiated preventive measures to keep a check on the impact.

Oct 2, 2018

Earth's vegetative history might hold clues to finding habitable exoplanets in future

The search for habitable exoplanets could be made easier if we just look for planets that support plant life out there.

Oct 2, 2018

Particle accelerators could compress Earth to a ball 100 metres across, destroying the planet

A mishap at the LHC, could hypothetically destroy not just Earth, but trigger the destruction of the entire universe.

Oct 1, 2018

Life on Earth was kick-started by falling objects from outer space, claims new study

Phosphorous is one of the main ingredients that make up chromosomes and carry genetic information.

Oct 1, 2018

Banned chemicals in the sea causing a mass death of killer whales after nearly 50 years

Out of the 19 groups of orcas studied, 10 of them were designated as at a "high risk of collapse" over the coming century because of PCB exposure alone.

Sep 30, 2018

From hurricanes to asteroid landings, ESA releases best space images of the week

The ESA has had a busy week -- here are some of the most spectacular images from the European Space Agency.

Sep 30, 2018

First case of rat hepatitis in humans recorded in Hong Kong

The disease was found in a 56-year-old male patient who had undergone a liver transplant and then persistently showed abnormal liver function tests.

Sep 30, 2018

Novel tool may improve quality of life for epilepsy patients

Researchers have developed a new tool that may help neurologists screen for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in people with epilepsy -- a disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures.

Sep 30, 2018

Goa and Portugal ink two-year-long MoU for water and sewage management

The signing of the two-year long arrangement is a significant move to work in tandem to develop common initiatives for water supply and waste water management in the state, Goa's PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar said.

Sep 29, 2018