Science

PARIS: NASA's spacecraft has captured a solar shockwave in action for the first time ever. On Oct. 8, 2013, an...

NASA delays crucial spacewalk to examine spacesuit problem

PARIS: Spacewalks scheduled for travelers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have been delayed, due to possible problems with a...

Aquatic animals increasing day by day, up to150% in size: Research

HARROW: A latest marine research suggests that aquatic animals are getting bigger day by day. After the Cambrian period, the...

Long term unemployment can change people’s personalities: New research

NEW YORK: A new tranche of research has found that longer-term unemployment alters people's personalities in different ways. This includes...

Gorgeous Greenland having 56,000 population finally mapped online

NEW YORK: Every street on the small island of Greenland, where just 56,000 people live, has been finally mapped online....

Gene can help to decrease GM contamination

TORONTO: Researchers have identified a gene that may help to reduce contamination of conventional crops by genetically modified (GM) crops....

Filipina’s couple tries to 1st human being who ever step on Mars

MANILA : A couple of Filipina hopefuls, are still in the running to become one of the first humans to...

Dark matter may have caused extinction of dinosaurs

LONDON: Could dark matter have an extremely dark history indeed? It could according one scientist who believes that the elusive...

Bees take medicine from flowers’ nectar for own safety

LONDON: The findings of a new research study have found how bees actually use different aspects of different flowers that...

Curiosity’s experiments on Martian soil may be inadvertently eliminating traces of organics

CLIVE: Curiosity's experiments on Martian soil may be inadvertently eliminating traces of organics, British researchers reported this week. One of...

As noise level increases, our sense of silence can change

MEXICO: As noise levels build up around us, there is a fear we are tuning out from hearing certain sounds....

About 1000 small parrots vaccinated to protect against salmonella in SD zoo safari park

SAN DIEGO: About one-third of the small parrots that reside in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's aviary have been...

How galaxy’s mysterious dark matter determines size of central black hole

22/02/2015

NEW YORK: A new study has provided a deeper insight into how the amount of galaxy's mysterious dark matter determines...

Strange Dark Matter controls size of supermassive black hole

22/02/2015

LONDON: A new study has revealed a deeper insight into how the amount of galaxy’s mysterious dark matter determines the...

Scientists searching for deep-sea animals discover rare metal balls in Atlantic Ocean

22/02/2015

MALI: Scientists searching for deep-sea animals beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean recently discovered something else: large metal balls...

Unemployment can change your personality: Study

MEXICO: A new study describes one way that unemployment makes you less employable. The unemployment rate has fallen since 2013,...

University of British Columbia researchers want to use photosynthesis to create bio-battery

LONDON: A trio of scientists and engineers at the University of British Columbia are charging forward on a project they...

NASA plans mission to find signs of alien life on Jupiter’s moon Europa

LONDON: NASA is putting together a mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa and hopes that may find signs of alien life...

Molybdenum disulphide, new technique developed for making graphene competitor

NEW YORK: Graphene is often touted as a replacement for silicon in electronic devices due to its extremely high conductivity...

Mars One project: 100 volunteers for televised one-way mission to Red Planet announced