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$A 90 million-year-old embryo of Beibelong - \baby dragon from China\ - on top of eggshells (dark grey in colour) (Photo: AFP)$ Science

Giant bird-like dinosaur species found in China: study

The giant bird-like dinosaur species found lived about 90mn years ago in the world.

10 May 2017 2:37 PM IST

Europes top physics lab CERN has launched a new particle accelerator to connect to its Large Hadron Collider proton smasher, in an attempt to uncover new particles and prove the existence of extra space-time dimensions (Photo: AFP)

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Top lab CERN launches key new accelerator

The Linac 4 accelerator will by 2021 be connected to CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful...

10 May 2017 8:10 AM IST

Kids could be spared dozens of doses of general anaesthesia by projecting a video directly on to the inside of a radiotherapy machine during treatment, researchers said.

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Films as anaesthesia for kids with cancer?

Researchers found that before the video was available, general anaesthesia was needed for 83 per cent of children's...

9 May 2017 6:42 AM IST

Zika is not the only virus to sport the ridge, as it is also present in envelopes of other viruses in the same family.

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Scientists find new antibody against Zika

One of such antibodies, called Z004, was particularly effective at neutralising Zika.

9 May 2017 2:30 AM IST

The research also could provide answers about why we age in general as hair greying and hair loss are among the first signs of ageing.

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Treatment for balding, greying hair in the offing

The research also could provide answers about why we age in general as hair greying and hair loss are among the first...

9 May 2017 2:27 AM IST

The brick made using artificial Martian soil (Photo: AFP)

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Technique to turn Mars or Moon rocks into concrete developed

Making Earth-style concrete requires large amounts of heat and energy, which would be very short supply for first human...

8 May 2017 7:52 AM IST

$Doctors have often prescribed the drug \off-label\ (Photo: AFP)$ Science

Period-tracking apps may be inaccurate: study

Researchers focused on nine different period tracking apps, and on what characteristics users liked or disliked

7 May 2017 5:44 PM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

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Cassini probe finds vast void between Saturn's rings

Scientists had hoped to find space dust in the region befor sending Cassini to Saturn forever.

6 May 2017 10:32 AM 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)

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Sky not limit for South Asia: Modi at satellite launch

Isolated' Pakistan claims it was kept out of project.

6 May 2017 1:00 AM IST

Swiss adventurer Raphael Domjan, who is behind the project, aims to take the plane on its first stratospheric flight next year. (Photo credit: SolarStratos)

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First test flight of stratospheric solar plane

Pilot Damian Hischier took the craft for a seven-minute test flight, reaching an altitude of 300 metres (nearly 1,000...

5 May 2017 9:21 PM IST

The first and easy sign can be found in the eyes.

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'Smart' contact lens may diagnose diabetes, glaucoma

The new smart contact lens sensors use electrodes made of highly stretchable and transparent graphene sheets and metal...

5 May 2017 9:18 PM IST

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3D-printed bricks from moondust may help build lunar colonies

The solar furnace focuses sunlight into a high-temperature beam to melt the soil grains together.

5 May 2017 1:18 PM IST