The peregrine falcon, one of the world's most common predatory birds, has the fastest vision in the animal kingdom, and can register nearly 130 frames per second, according to a study.
The Earth's deepest layer, the inner core, is capped by snow made of tiny particles of iron, which are much heavier than the snowflakes seen in the atmosphere, a new study says. According to the study, published in the journal JGR Solid Earth, the iron-snow falls from the molten outer core, and piles up on top of the inner core, creating stacks up to 200 miles thick which cover the innermost layer of the planet.
Pinaka missile was successfully test fired off Odisha coast on Friday. The missile developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was test fired from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off Odisha coast.
The world's oldest forest dating back 386 million years to 'the age of the fish' has been discovered near New York. The fossilised roots of trees that were thought to be up to 65ft tall were found at the bottom of a quarry in the Catskill region near the small town of Cairo.
Researchers have discovered a method to supercharge protein production up to a thousandfold, an advance that may drive down costs of protein-based drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics. Proteins are made of long chains of building block molecules called amino acids, and the process of producing them for medical or commercial applications can be complex, expensive, and time-consuming.Protein-based medicines such as insulin are synthesised by turning engineered bacteria into tiny protein-making factories, the scientists, including Indian-origin researcher Manasvi Verma from Washington University in the US, said.
The Earth's magnetic North Pole has been racing towards Siberia at an increasing pace, according to a Science Alert report. For the first time in its recorded history, the magnetic north pole even crossed the Greenwich meridian, the invisible line that determines time zones.
The researchers, including those from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, extracted the complete ancient human genome from a sample of birch pitch -- a gummy substance derived from the distillation of the birch tree's bark.
Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed a star burst at the central part of the Milky Way, and found that the formation of most stars in the galaxy may have happened in a relatively short time span.
In the study, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, research scientist Dimitra Atri explores how flares from stars affect a planet's surface radiation dose, and if that can disrupt the planet's ability to host life.
Solar Eclipse 2019: India will witness a Solar Eclipse next week. The celestial event or the Ring of fire will be visible over Earth's eastern hemisphere. The astronomical phenomenon will be the last solar eclipse of the year.
Developed by the scientists of the BedMachine project, the latest topographical map of Antarctica is believed to reveal the mountains, valleys, and canyons hidden under Antarctica's ice with high precision.
Researchers have engineered a bandage that aggregates and holds one of the body's own pro-healing molecules at the site of a bone break, an advance that may lead to new ways of accelerating the natural healing process.
While it is not possible to put the entire Milky Way on a scale, that has not deterred astronomers from trying to make measurements of our home galaxy. According to a new "robust" estimate of Milky Way's mass measurement, it is about 890 billion times the mass of our Sun.
Over the last few months, the OSIRIS-REx team has been evaluating close-range data from four candidate sites to identify the best option for asteroid sample collection.
The energy that whales spend during feeding may exceed what they get from their prey, keeping the body size of the Earth's largest animals in check, according to a study.
The researchers, including those from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in the US, reprogrammed probes aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft to collect wind measurements on the Red Planet.
NASA scientists have developed a map detailing the presence of water ice on Mars, with some believed to be as little as 2.5 centimetres below the Red Planet's surface.
Researchers have discovered that telecommunication lines, which carry internet and phone service, can pick up the rumble of thunder underground, an advance that can offer scientists a new way to detect environmental hazards, and image deep inside the Earth.
A team led by an Indian-origin scientist has identified a dead probiotic that can reduce age-related leaky gut and control harmful, ageing-related inflammation. Leaky gut, in which microbes and bacteria in the gut leak into the blood stream through holes or cracks in the intestinal lining, causes an increase in low-grade inflammation, and these conditions are common in older people.
Believe it or not but our forefathers were way smarter than us when it came to wooing the opposite sex for mating. According to a new study, Neanderthals learnt how to smile and make expressive faces in order to attract less-aggressive mates.
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