Research
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi win Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in climate, complex physical systems
Three scientists from US, Germany, and Italy were on Tuesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 for their contributions in d...
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian jointly win Nobel Medicine Prize for the discovery of receptors for temperature and touch
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 has been jointly awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian...
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics discover three supermassive black holes merging together
Indian researchers have discovered three supermassive black holes from three galaxies merging together to for...
Marcia Sekhose
Scientists discover a flexible fabric that can be used to make a real-life superhero suit
The lightweight flexible fabric has been 3D-printed from nylon plastic polymers. It stiffens up when put inside a vacuum-pac...
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Scientists detect light behind a black hole for the first time, proving Einstein's Theory
Black holes are often gigantic, enigmatic, invisible and possess extremely strong gravitational pull, making them the most s...
Indian-origin scientist spots genes that fight Covid infection
A group of scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have gained new insights into how the virus exploits the human cells it i...
Prabhjote Gill
Drink like an Egyptian: Historians discover the world’s oldest beer factory in Egypt
A joint US-Egypt discovery team has found a beer factory in ruins of ancient Egypt going back 5,000 years. According to New ...
IIT Guwahati researchers find important clues to understand why stars die
New Delhi, Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, claim to have found important clues to understand ...
Scientists decode how Coronavirus interacts with proteins in human cells
Boston, Scientists have charted the first atlas showing how the genetic material of the novel coronavirus interacts with the...
Scientists find novel compound as COVID-19 triggers superbug threat
New Delhi, A rising tide of antibiotic-resistant bacteria -- if left unchecked, could kill an estimated 10 million people annually by 2050 -- was a f...
Study says Working in pyjamas does not lower the productivity
In a recent study, researchers have found that while working from home in pyjamas during the Covid-19 pandemic did not lower productivity, it was linked to poorer mental health.
Study says social media activity can adversely affect job performance
New Delhi, Social media activity can actually make you worse at your job, says a new study which assessed how seeing social ...
Prabhjote Gill
Nobel Prize 2020 in Economics goes to Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson
The Nobel Prize 2020 in Economic Sciences has been awarded to US-based economists Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson. Milg...
Prabhjote Gill
Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 goes to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for discovering ‘the darkest secrets of the universe’
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 will be shared by three laureates for discovering ‘the darkest secrets of the...
Prabhjote Gill
Walls can be power banks for houses as red bricks turn into energy storing batteries
Researchers have found a way to turn the red bricks in our walls into power banks that can be used to store energy. Bricks, ...
Navdeep Yadav
NASA warns of a massive asteroid bigger than the famous London Eye approaching Earth on July 24
The space boffins in the United States have named it as Asteroid 2020 ND. Asteroid 2020 ND will be almost 50% bigger than th...
Prabhjote Gill
The Earth is making 'music' at speeds faster than 1,000 kilometres an hour
Just as the Moon creates tides, it also moves the atmosphere along with Sun’s influence. The Earth is making ‘music’ with vi...
Severe weather threatens India's electricity infrastructure — the threats have been building up over the last 10 years
More than nine in 10 executives at electric utilities believe that climate change has contributed to increased extreme weather events that their electricity networks have experienced over the past 10 years, said a study by Accenture.
Prabhjote Gill
Ancient tools found in India suggest the Toba supervolcano eruption didn't leave humanity on the brink of extinction
Ancient tools discovered in northern India provide new evidence that humans were able to survive one of the l...
Prabhjote Gill
Exploring the deep sea to moving mountains — Modi lays out over 20 challenges for India’s young scientists to solve at ISC 2020
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, laid out over 20 challenges for young scientists in India to solve. Mod...
Now, you can check how smart your child is using an MRI
Moscow, Dec 30 () Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- a common technique used to obtain images of human internal organs and tissues -- may help predict intelligence levels in children, a study suggests.
Prabhjote Gill
Scientists have a dusty new way to create a star on Earth
A new study by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) claims that boron powder could be the key to unlocking the holy grail of limitless ener...
Prabhjote Gill
Not an asteroid but massive volcanic eruptions in India might have set off mass extinction 66 million years ago
New evidence has been found the support the theory that a series of volcanic eruptions in the Deccan Traps mi...
Prabhjote Gill
Flying penguins chilling on tropical islands may have existed before the dinosaurs went extinct
New fossils show that penguins swam tropical waters before the solar ice cap even existed. The discovery published in Palaeo...
Prabhjote Gill
This army of tiny robots can build entire planes and space habitats
A scientist at MIT has built a prototype army of tiny robots. The inchworm-looking tiny robots can build airplanes, bridges and entire space settleme...
