The fossils collected over a century ago by the Scientists helped in identifying a new species of extinct marine reptiles that lived during the age of dinosaurs. The newly identified species of British Ichthyosaur,
Scientists are using 'Martian gardens' to find which are the best plants that astronauts could grow during future manned missions. One major challenge for human journey to Mars will be determining how to pack enough
David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, all three physicists from the United Kingdom, have won the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics. The British-born scientists have been selected for work that "revealed the secrets
Greenland's ice sheet is melting at a much faster rate than previously thought, said scientists this week after discovering a hotspot beneath the Earth's crust that was distorting their calculations. As per a new study,
In a move to help NASA’s new Mars rover, a novel spectroscopic technique has been developed by MIT scientists. NASA’s Mars rover, to be launched in 2020, will find signs of present or former
Two Indian-origin MIT scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have won prestigious award for their extensive inventions. Nasik-born Ramesh Raskar, an imaging scientist and inventor at MIT, has been awarded the $500,000 (Rs.3.3 cro
Scientists have discovered a new light-weight, conductive material which can convert body heat into electricity, and lead to T-shirts or arm bands that generate power for wearable electronics.
The scales of fish has the potential of becoming an instant source of green energy in future. A team of researchers at Jadavpur University in Kolkata has developed a biodegradable energy harvester from raw
Now the majority of dormant cancer cells will be destroyed with the combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy that may help prevent cancer recurrence, says scientists. Researchers found that chemotherapy alone leads to two types
Six scientists who lived like astronauts in an isolated dome for 12 months in Hawaii to explore challenges which a manned mission may face on Mars, have completed one of the toughest NASA-funded mission ever.
Understanding an animal’s mind has always been a difficult task, until now. In a first of its kind research, a team of scientists making use of a new technique has made it possible to see
In what signals a big leap in the quest for treatment, research and study into the Parkinson’s disease, scientists have now developed “mini-brains” which they claim will also help them find cures and conduct studies
Call it bizarre, but an international team of scientists have entitled cockroach milk as the 'super-food' of the coming time. It was after examining all the details that the scientists have made this claim. What
In a discovery that could potentially challenge the history of human evolution, an Indo-Spanish team of researchers caught hold of a centuries old, but still unknown descendant of a new family of early men in
Wouldn’t it be fantastic if no one ever suffered even minor injuries in everyday car crashes? Scientists have revealed that this may be possible, although you may need to compromise your looks. Researchers in Australia
Jerusalem: Researchers have studied the DNA of 6000 years old barley seeds, making these the oldest plant genome to be reorganized to date. The 6,000-year-old Chalcolithic barley grains was found in Yoram cave Israel, near
New Delhi: Scientists have found out the first physiological sign of Alzheimer's disease. It is a decrease in blood flow to the brain which is indicated as the earliest sign of the disease, according to
London: Ancient megalithic tombs found in Europe could be the first astronomical observing tools used to watch skies by humans 6,000 years ago before the invention of telescopes, according to scientists. The long, narrow
Los Angeles: Scientists have designed the world’s first chip containing 1,000 independent programmable processors, that can compute up to 1.78 trillion instructions per second and is thought to be the fastest ever designed at a
Boston: In a latest discovery by the scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed artificial software that can turn smartphone in to an eye tracking device. Eye-tracking technology - which can determine where in
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