Science

PARIS: In March, when researchers flip the switch to the world’s largest, most powerful particle accelerator, scientists from all over...

Motor proteins prefer slow, steady movement: Rice University researchers

WASHINGTON: Rice University researchers are modeling the movement of motor proteins along a microtubule by breaking the pathway down into...

ISS commercial crew missions: NASA astronauts rigged cables in 7-hour spacewalk

MEXICO: The first step in reconfiguring the International Space Station (ISS) for commercial crew missions was completed successfully over the...

Federal Minister expresses deep concern over different environmental issues

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan on Monday expressed deep concern over different environmental issues, particularly water...

Earth-sized planet could lie hidden on opposite side of Sun

MEXICO: Recent revelations that our corner of the galaxy was visited by an alien star in the distant past have...

Antarctica: Mystery continent holds key to mankind’s future

MEXICO: Antarctica Earth’s past, present and future come together here on the northern peninsula of Antarctica, the wildest, most desolate...

9 million tonnes of plastic expected to end at sea this year

HONG KONG: More than 9 million tons of plastic is expected to end at sea this year and researchers say...

Snail teeth to be Strongest known natural material

NEW YORK: The team of University of Portsmouth showed in a research that a natural material has surpassed the strength...

Astronomers make multiple-star system in first stages of formation

LONDON: The discovery and the first-ever observations of a multiple-star system during the earliest stage of formation supported one of...

Sea creatures to show growth in size

TOKYO: The life on earth started around 3.6 billion years ago. It was a time when all organisms were very...

Scientists now able to convert sunlight into liquid fuel

MEXICO: Renewal energy had its own shining star when in 2011, Daniel Nocera invented the artificial leaf. By harnessing the...

New satellite to improve monitoring of space climate

NEW YORK: A new satellite is on a 1.5 million-kilometer, 110-day journey toward the sun. Once it reaches its orbit,...

Scientists to discover effects of solar shockwave

NEW YORK: A scientist of University of Colorado has made his contribution to a latest published analysis of data related...

Dark Matter responsible for extinction of dinosaurs 66m years ago

SYDNEY: The extinction of dinosaurs has different causes but a scientist has said that the dark matter is responsible for...

Mice embryos show 12 percent growth when treat with human DNA

LONDON: Mice embryos showed 12 percent growth when it was injected with bits of human DNA. The embryos which were...

UK, Italy scientists discover natural material stronger than spider silk

MEXICO: A new natural material, stronger than spider silk, has been discovered by a collaboration of scientists from the UK...

Partial solar eclipse to be visible from Sussex next month

HONG KONG: The phenomena is set to darken the skies on Friday March 20, starting at around 8.20am, reaching its...

£1.4 million programme to focus on producing hand that can sense pressure, temperature

LONDON: Prosthetic limbs similar to the bionic hand used by Luke Skywalker in Star Wars could soon be a possibility...

How Greenland’s ice sheet reacted in warm period some 8,000yrs ago

LONDON: Providing a vital clue to the future of Greenland, scientists have measured how the island's ice sheet reacted to...

Sea creatures grew bigger and bigger in 2.5 billion years