ISRO to launch 22 satellites in one mission next month
“After the current reusable launch vehicle, the next experiment that we have to do, we have to worry about that. Other than that, next month we have a launch where we will be launching about 22 satellites. Also, one of a cartographic series satellite will be launched,” Isro chairman Kiran Kumar said.
May 29, 2016, 12:00 PM IST
Mars once hosted habitable environments, reveals study!
"Identification of these ancient carbonates and clays on Mars represents a window into history when the climate on Mars was very different from the cold and dry desert of today," said Janice Bishop of the SETI Institute in the US.
May 25, 2016, 14:07 PM IST
Pune-based startup develops 'Q+' app to help hearing impaired people
This application can enable hearing impaired people customise their listening experience by using results of a simple, interactive hearing test.
May 18, 2016, 13:37 PM IST
India successfully test-fires supersonic interceptor missile
"The test conducted to validate various parameters of the interceptor in flight mode has been successful," Defence Research Development Organisation sources said.
May 15, 2016, 16:53 PM IST
ISRO embarks on launching first ever 'Made-in-India' space shuttle
The Indian space agency is all set to undertake the maiden launch of its very own indigenously version of a 'space shuttle', a fully effort. Today, a sleek winged body almost the weight and size of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) is being given final touches at Sriharikota awaiting the final countdown.
May 15, 2016, 12:23 PM IST
Cosmic dust unveils Earth's ancient atmosphere
Using the oldest fossil micrometeorites - space dust - ever found, the new study has made a surprising discovery about the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago.
May 14, 2016, 16:15 PM IST
WHO warns pregnant women about Zika ahead of Rio Olympics
In a statement issued today, the U.N. Health agency also said that since Zika can also be spread sexually, pregnant women should abstain from sex or practice safe sex with anyone who has recently returned from areas with outbreaks.
May 12, 2016, 23:08 PM IST
Google to ban payday lending ads, calling industry 'harmful'
Google said today it will no longer allow ads for loans due within 60 days and will also ban ads for loans where the interest rate is 36 percent or higher. The ban is effective July 13.
May 12, 2016, 00:17 AM IST
This smartphone game may help fight dementia early!
Experts say that this newly-created game may help determine how dementia affects the brain and it might also bring some new approaches of detecting the disease at an early stage.
May 05, 2016, 18:41 PM IST
Chinese scientists in a first develop mammal embryos in space
The SJ-10 research probe, launched on April 6, carried over 6,000 mouse embryos in a self-sufficient chamber the size of a microwave oven, Duan Enkui, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said.
Apr 17, 2016, 23:23 PM IST
Delhi govt bans sale of all forms of chewable tobacco for 1 year
According to the notification, unpackaged products of chewable tobacco, too, are covered under the ambit of the ban.
Apr 15, 2016, 00:12 AM IST
Greenland sees record early melting of ice sheet
"We had to check that our models were still working properly," climate scientist Peter Langen told the agency's Polar Portal website.
Apr 14, 2016, 23:21 PM IST
Building blocks of life may have originated from comets
To obtain this result, scientists at the National Centre for Scientific Research in France (CNRS) created an artificial comet and carried out a highly detailed analysis.
Apr 10, 2016, 19:10 PM IST
Ahmedabad to host three-day Astronomy Festival from Apr 15
According to amateur astronomer and president of the Astronomy Group of Ahmedabad, Dhananjay Raval, this is for the first time when such a festival is being organised here.
Apr 07, 2016, 20:40 PM IST
'Insect eyes' may allow drones to fly independently
After studying how insects navigate through dense vegetation, researchers at Lund University in Sweden came up with the system that can be applied to flying robots.
Apr 07, 2016, 17:50 PM IST
Mushrooms may help develop more efficient batteries
Researchers have created electrodes from a species of wild fungus called Tyromyces fissilis.
Apr 07, 2016, 17:27 PM IST
NGT favours least polluting crackers; asks govt to regulate
"We direct Environment Ministry to take such requisite steps for enforcing such standards of least air polluting crackers upon receipt of such standards expeditiously," the green panel said.
Apr 07, 2016, 17:00 PM IST
Narcissists more likely to post selfies on social media: Study
Researchers from the Korea University in South Korea, studied how narcissism relates to a person's selfie-posting behaviour on social networking sites such as Facebook and interest in the comments they receive.
Apr 07, 2016, 16:44 PM IST
Malaria may have evolved in prehistoric era: Study
Further to this research, the first vertebrate hosts of the fatal disease may have included the dinosaurs. This reserach contradicts the old one as till now, malaria was considered to be 15,000 to 8 million years old caused primarily by one genus of protozoa, Plasmodium, and spread by anopheline mosquitoes.
Mar 30, 2016, 12:43 PM IST
Heart attack patients getting more obese: Study
The study analysed heart disease risk factors among more than 3,900 patients who were treated for ST-elevation myocardial infarction, or ST segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) - the most severe and deadly type of heart attack - at Cleveland Clinic in the US between 1995 and 2014.
Mar 26, 2016, 18:27 PM IST
