Science

Cosmic GDP crashes! Astronomers have discovered that the rate of formation of new stars in the Universe has drastically reduced to only 1/30th of its ...

India, which relies heavily on the monsoon rains for its vital agriculture sector, may suffer “frequent and severe” failures in its monsoon system due ...

Vigorous daily exercise can repair damage caused due to a heart attack by activating dormant stem cells, leading to the development of new cardiac ...

Noted scientist Sanjay Burman has assumed charge as Director of Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), an establishment under DRDO.

Devastating tropical storms like Superstorm Sandy, which battered the US last week, could be weakened and rendered less lethal by using a simple and ...

Nail biting, perceived as a mere habit, may soon be classified as a full-fledged obsessive-compulsive disorder, experts say. Millions of people around ...

You can now spot the International Space Station (ISS) commanded by Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams without a telescope as it passes your ...

Astronomers have made the most accurate measurement of starlight in the Universe and used it to establish the total amount of light from all of the ...

Uncontrolled high blood pressure can damage the brain’s structure and function even in young middle-aged people, a new study has claimed. Researchers ...

A pay hike only leads to a short-term satisfaction before the rut sets in again, according to a new study. Researchers have found that with a rise ...

Forgetfulness is not just confined to the elderly, young people in their 30s can also suffer memory loss, according to a new study. Although memory ...

Indian American record-setting NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams along with another Cosmonaut today troubleshot an ammonia leak in the International ...

The onset of puberty has fallen by more than five years in girls and experts believe junk food is to be blamed for this ‘ticking timebomb’. Some girls ...

Men can tolerate more pain than women and are less likely to react to it because they want to appear macho, a new study has found. According to a ...

Polish Geologists have unearthed the largest meteorite ever found in Eastern Europe and are hoping the rare find will provide fresh clues about the ...

Top defence scientist and project director of Akash missile (surface to air missile) Ramprasad Ramakrishna Panyam died of a massive cardiac arrest. An ...

Was Hurricane Sandy caused by climate change? This was the contention today of Andrew Cuomo, governor of New York state, which bore the brunt of the ...

One of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way almost got away with a theft! Astronomers have discovered that a Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) – one of ...

Researchers, including an Indian origin scientist, have developed a new technique to mass produce dramatically smaller and faster carbon nanotubes ...

Bubbles in space! Astronomers have discovered giant bubbles in the Universe powered by a massive black hole, with a mass six billion times that of the ...

Magnets that boost the brain could be used to ease the pain of Alzheimer’s, Scientists say. Previous studies have shown that using a magnetic coil to ...

Scientists have identified an enzyme that causes a common chemotherapy drug for cancer to destroy heart tissue, paving way for developing new drugs ...

Scientists led by an Indian-American microbiologist have developed the first mouse model of typhoid fever that could help in creating more effective ...

Researchers have designed a new ball camera that can produce a 360-degree view of a place and could help fire-fighters or security teams scout out the ...