Science &amp; Technology

LONDON: NASA's New Horizons images have showed some geological activity that recently took place over the surface of the planet....

NASA detects fast-moving pulsar

HONG KONG: It has been reported that a pulsar moving at a rapid speed has been discovered by NASA. As...

Blue moon will shine over Kent and Sussex skies on July 31

MEXICO: A Blue Moon will shine over Kent and Sussex this Friday, July 31.The rare coloured moon has not be...

How cold-tolerant fungus can stimulate thin strands of ice growth ?

MEXICO: Scientists have determined how a cold-tolerant fungus can stimulate the growth of thin strands of ice that sprout from...

Researchers, universities work together on Red Butte Creek

PARIS: According to Paul Brooks, professor of hydrology and biochemistry at the University of Utah, this effort is the first...

Scientists create a new variety of rice

WASHINGTON: By transferring a barley gene into a rice plant, scientists have created a new variety of rice. Of course,...

NASA discovers fast moving pulsar

WASHINGTON: It has been reported that a pulsar moving at a rapid speed has been discovered by NASA. As per...

70-million years old fossil marine reptile bones found in Alaska

CANADA: Researchers said they are very happy with the new discovery because it is the first plesiosaur ever discovered in...

Algae concentration gives bluish color in Lake Tahoe, research

HONG KONG: It is algae concentration that has given bluish color in Lake Tahoe, finds a research team from the...

Hot water kills thousands of migratory salmon in Columbia River

FRANCE: Unseasonably hot water has killed nearly half of the sockeye salmon migrating up the Columbia River through Oregon and...

Climate change may cause extinction of woolly mammoths and other species

MEXICO: The debate about what caused the extinction of charismatic megafauna in both Europe and North America is heating up....

Latest photos by New Horizons Probe show Pluto’s atmosphere, surface features

LONDON: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is the gift that keeps on giving. After completing a historic flyby of Pluto on...

Huawei Y5’s superb camera built to create and share

LAHORE: The latest Huawei prodigy Huawei Y5 has many incredible and cool features to offer to its users. This gadget...

Sea levels may rise by up to 10 feet as early

WASHINGTON: Sea levels may rise by up to 10 feet as early as now, says James E. Hansen, the veteran...

Researchers create light-emitting device

EUROPE: Researchers have been able to develop a light-emitting device that is able to turn on and off as many...

ALMA telescope gives 1st glimpse at interior of distant galaxies

BRENT: Data obtained using the European Southern Observatory's ALMA telescope in Chile has given astronomers their first glimpse at the...

Earth like planet, Kepler 452b discover

LONDON: The Kepler Mission of NASA recently found a planet which is quite similar to the Earth. This planet is...

All we alone in the Universe?

Two separate news items last week focused attention on one big question: are we alone in the universe? First, physicist...

Six new spider species discovered in Kerala

WASHINGTON: Trivandrum: Six new spider species have been discovered in Kerala as a result of research conducted by Biodiversity Research...

Robot passes classic self awareness test for 1st time