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Scientists use telescopes like NASA's James Webb one to visualise the inside atmosphere of exoplanets. (Photo: NASA/Representational)

NASA's Webb telescope may be used to identify planets with oxygen: Study

In a recent study, scientists have found that oxygen molecules collide to produce a strong signal which Webb could detect.

08 Jan 2020 5:16 PM

TESS, NASA's planet-hunting wing announced this during the 235th edition of American Astronomical Society's meeting in Honolulu (Representative Image)

NASA discovers Earth-sized planet with habitable conditions within 100 light years

Astronomers have made sure of the planet's potential with the help of the space research organization's Spitzer Space Telescope.

08 Jan 2020 3:51 PM

In this research, experimental animals regained voluntary control of a paralyzed hand about ten minutes after the establishment of an ANC. (Photo: AFP)

Study allows artificial neural connection to regain control of paralysed hand

The study showed an ANC successfully allowing a new cortical site to regain control of a paralysed hand within minutes.

08 Jan 2020 3:34 PM

The study was published in the journal - Huma Gene Therapy. (Photo: AFP)

Study suggests feasibility of treating encephalopathy with gene therapy

Researchers demonstrated the effectiveness of the direct delivery of gene therapy by delivering it into the brain of a mouse.

07 Jan 2020 5:55 PM

This approach, based on semantic re-encoding, spurs students to achieve knowledge in arithmetic at an early age. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study focuses on new method for boosting learning of mathematics

Scientists have developed an intervention to promote the learning of maths in school named ACE-ArithmEcole.

07 Jan 2020 4:03 PM

The study revealed that different classes of neurons control positive and negative motivation, sending opposing signals along a shared motivation-processing brain circuit. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study explains how brain balances pleasure and pain

As brains take in information about the world & use it to steer the actions, the two mentioned above are key principles that guide choices.

07 Jan 2020 3:53 PM

researchers investigated to find out if oral infections are associated with infectious complications as well as mortality rate after stem cell transplantation. (Photo: AFP)

Radical treatment of oral infection is not necessary before stem cell transplantation, says study

A study was conducted by the researchers of the University of Helsinki and was published in the journal - PLOS ONE on the matter.

07 Jan 2020 3:37 PM

The study also suggested that the same also helps in improving the function of blood vessels. (Photo:AFPy)

Berry juice beneficial for patients suffering from hypertension: Study

Several studies have suggested that food items rich in polyphenol can help in reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

07 Jan 2020 2:24 PM

The findings that appeared in an issue of CJASN suggest that the Mediterranean diet can potentially preserve the health and functioning of a transplanted kidney. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Mediterranean diet can preserve transplanted kidneys, suggests study

The study took accounts from 632 adult kidney transplant recipients with atleast an year old functioning donor kidney over roughlyf 5 years.

07 Jan 2020 11:52 AM

The ultra-light robotic insect, called DEAnsect, weigh less than a gram and are propelled into the air with hair-thin artificial muscles (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Researchers build annoying indestructible robotic insects

Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed robotic insects that survive fly swatter hits.

03 Jan 2020 12:45 PM

The researchers spent over 18 months in Greece, exploring and recording their finds (Photo: ANI)

Gold artifacts found in Bronze Age tombs could shed new light on Greek civilisation

Archaeologists have found engaved gold jewellery and gold artifacts in two Bronze Age tombs in Greece that show rare symbols.

19 Dec 2019 3:49 PM

While fishnets are used to catch fishes for the seafood business, they also capture marine animals including dolphins, turtles and other sea creatures at times. (Photo: ANI)

Lights on fishnets can save turtles, dolphins: Study

LED lights along the top of floating gillnets cut accidental 'bycatch' of sea turtles by over 70 per cent & small cetaceans by 66 per cent.

16 Dec 2019 1:09 PM

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. (NASA via AP, File)

NASA to launch rover 'MARS 2020' next year

'Curiosity' won't be NASA's only active Mars rover for much longer as in next summer, 'Mars 2020' will be headed for the Red Planet.

12 Dec 2019 4:03 PM

The physics that controls the motion of the atoms in glassy materials is incredibly complex and still not completely understood. (Photo: ANI)

Model predict dynamics of glassy materials on local degree of atomic structural order

They showed how this theory greatly improves our understanding of how glassy liquids become more viscous on cooling.

07 Dec 2019 3:00 PM

Some 20 miles north of New York City, a team of scientists is searching for clues about how the environment is changing by studying corals. (Photo: AFP)

In New York lab, scientists seek clues in centuries-old corals to climate shifts

Much like trees, corals produce growth rings that record climatic conditions like seawater temperatures and rainfall as they grow.

06 Dec 2019 12:45 PM

Parrotfish presence in large numbers on damaged reefs very likely helps the process of repair, Taylor and his colleagues suggest.(Photo: ANI)

Study predicts when reefs die, parrotfish thrive

In the damaged areas of the reefs, the study found that parrotfish populations increased in number by two to eight times.

06 Dec 2019 11:11 AM

The Milky Way -- like many other spiral galaxies -- consists of two disc-like structures, known as thick and thin. (Photo: Representational)

Star-quake vibrations lead researchers to new estimate for Milky Way age

Star-quakes recorded by NASA's Kepler space telescope have helped answer the mystery

06 Dec 2019 10:56 AM

The discovery implies that greenhouse gases released directly by LIPs can initiate global change that persists over 10,000 to 100,000 years. (Photo: Reuters)

Study reveals that carbon emissions from volcanic rocks play a role in global warming

This discovery could possibly change the way scientists have predicted climate change.

06 Dec 2019 10:45 AM

Arctic sea-ice neared record lows in September and October, and Antarctica also saw record low ice several times this year.

Earth's temperature likely marks hottest decade on record: report

The report also said that the current CO2 concentration in the air is 407.8 parts per million- beyond previously considered tipping points.

04 Dec 2019 4:54 PM

An international team of scientists formed a consortium called 'Waves in the Lower Solar Atmosphere (WaLSA)' to carry out the research (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Ground-breaking discovery cracks 60-year-old mystery of sun's magnetic waves

Observations of the Sun have shown that as the magnetic waves leave its interior, they grow in strength soon scientists may know why.

03 Dec 2019 12:21 PM

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