Researchers have developed a portable racket with ultraviolet (UV) light which they say can disinfect almost every surface -- from groceries, e-commerce packets, keys, currency notes to vehicles -- simply by waving the device over them, and may help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Using reanalysed data from NASAs Kepler space telescope, a team of scientists has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water.
Social distancing measures such as restrictions on public gatherings may have to remain in place intermittently for at least a couple of more years to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the absence of a vaccine against the virus or dramatic increase in critical care capacities, researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have warned.
Scientists have discovered six new coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar -- the first time these viruses have been found anywhere in the world.
Scientists tracing signatures of the novel coronavirus across different species, have proposed that stray dogs -- specifically dog intestines -- may have contributed to the origin of the pandemic.
A new experiment carried out by a team of French scientists has asserted that coronavirus/COVID-19 can survive long exposure to reasonably high temperatures. The new experiment has shown that coronavirus needs to be exposed to temperatures close to the boiling point of water to kill the virus and ensure that no trace remains.
Scientists say they have discovered the brightest, most energetic, and likely most massive supernova -- a powerful and luminous stellar explosion -- ever identified.
Several people lost their sense of smell or taste weeks ago globally and are still waiting for it to come back and now, researchers have identified an association between sensory loss and novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection, indicating that loss of smell and taste may be considered as early symptoms of the deadly disease.
The prime minister appealed to the scientists and researchers to work towards making vaccines and drugs to cure COVID-19.
Scientists have identified six drug candidates from more than 10,000 compounds that may help treat COVID-19. The research, published in the journal Nature, tested the efficacy of approved drugs, drug candidates in clinical trials and other compounds.
The Ministry of Science on Saturday gave its go-ahead to a medical institute to treat coronavirus patients with the 'convalescent-plasma therapy'. The treatment aims at using immune power gained by a recovered person to treat a sick person.
As COVID-19 testing becomes more widely available, it's vital that health care providers and public health officials understand its limits and the impact false results can have on efforts to curb the pandemic, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin.
For the first time, scientists have directly measured wind speed on a brown dwarf, an object larger than Jupiter (the largest planet in our solar system) but not quite massive enough to become a star.
The drugs chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, being used to treat and prevent COVID-19 despite weak evidence for their effectiveness, may have adverse side effects on patients like irregular heartbeats and reduced blood glucose levels, a new study says.
New analysis of data from NASA's Cassini mission may finally explain why the upper layers in the atmospheres of gas giants -- Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune -- are hot, just like Earth's.
SUPER PINK MOON 2020, LIVE STREAMING: A supermoon rises in the sky tonight, looking to be the biggest and brightest of the year. The Super Pink Moon 2020 offers a spectacular sight, giving a visual treat to the stargazers. But where will you be able to catch the most sought-after sight?
The launch of GISAT-1 satellite has been pushed further due to lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, sources said on Tuesday. The launch of GISAT-1 onboard GSLV-F10 was planned for March 5 but it was postponed due to technical reasons.
A novel vaccine fully protects mice against a lethal dose of MERS, a close cousin of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, scientists said on Tuesday. The vaccine uses a harmless virus to deliver a MERS coronavirus protein into cells to generate an immune response, said the researchers from researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia in the US.
Seismic noise is a relatively persistent vibration of the ground that is usually an unwanted component of signals recorded by seismometers, according to the scientists.
In India, the super pink moon will appear on Wednesday morning at around 8:10 am. The super moon occurs when the distance between earth and moon is minimum making the moon appear much brighter and bigger.
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