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Satellite calls Earth on the Quantum line

The results , which could improve the speed and security of global telecommunications, are published in the June 16...

18 Jun 2017 8:42 AM IST

The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space Saturday night, part of an $11 billion effort to revolutionize forecasting and save lives. (Photo: AP)Science
China's quantum satellite makes breakthrough in secure communications

China launched the world's first quantum satellite last August, to help establish "hack proof" communications between...

17 Jun 2017 8:23 AM IST

Tesla founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk (Photo: AP)Science
City on Mars possible within our lifetime, says Elon Musk

Human colonies on Mars could be built within our lifetime, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

16 Jun 2017 8:05 AM IST

Russias Progress M-28M cargo ship blasts off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 3, 2015Science
Russia launches space freighter to ISS

Russia has launched an unmanned Progress cargo ship carrying supplies to the International Space Station.

15 Jun 2017 8:19 AM IST

An illustration of the thick ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes that occur near active black hole. (Photo: NASA)Science
Reseachers find cool dust around active black holes

Most, if not all, large galaxies contain a supermassive black hole at their centers.

14 Jun 2017 3:53 PM IST

Photo Credit: Ella Marushchenko and Alexander Tokarev/Ella Maru StudiosScience
Chip that monitors dangers of germs, pollutants

Known as a 'lab on a chip' it monitors health and exposure to dangerous bacteria, viruses and pollutants.

14 Jun 2017 3:47 PM IST

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)s communication satellite GSAT-9 on-board GSLV-F09 lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. (Photo: PTI)Science
ISRO to flight-test semi-cryogenic engine by 2021

An eco-friendly alternative, kerosene can be used after storing at a normal temperature.

14 Jun 2017 9:15 AM IST

An Israeli auction house is selling letters composed by Albert Einstein, here depicted in a statue at The Albert Einstein Archives department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on February 11, 2016. (Photo: AFP)Science
Einstein letters on quantum theory and God to be auctioned

Letters from Swiss-US physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), here shown in an undated portrait, are going for sale in...

14 Jun 2017 8:02 AM IST

(Photo Credit: Efren Navarro-Moratalla)Science
2D mangets discovery opens up a world of potential applications

Magnetic materials form the basis of technologies that play increasingly pivotal roles in our lives today.

13 Jun 2017 5:35 PM IST

Experts say the Emperor penguin should be listed as an endangered species.Science
Emperor penguins may not cope with climate change, says study

A range of model inputs were used, including penguin dispersal distance, behaviour and rate of migration.

13 Jun 2017 3:04 AM IST

French paleoanthropologist Jean-Jacques Hublin (right) and Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer of the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage Sciences in Morocco hold a skull of Homo Sapiens discovered in Morocco. (Photo: AFP)Science
New finding changes human family tree

The story of human evolution, this shows, does not follow a straight line from monkey to ape-man to architect.

13 Jun 2017 3:03 AM IST

A team led by the University of Washington (UW) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US has for the first time discovered magnetism in the 2D world of monolayers. (representaional image)Science
Researchers discover 2D magnets formed by a single atomic layer

Scientists have for the first time discovered two-dimensional magnets that are formed by a single layer of atoms.

12 Jun 2017 3:27 PM IST

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