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Justice eludes victims of medical negligence

Suresh Rani, 62, given an overdose of sodium by doctors at a hospital which resulted in permanent brain damage, receives...

22 Feb 2016 1:52 AM IST

SpaceShipTwo is designed to be flown by a crew of two and carry up to six passengers on a high-speed suborbital flight

Virgin Galactic rolls out new space tourism rocket plane

Virgin Galactic rolled out a new version of its SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket on Friday.

20 Feb 2016 11:20 AM IST

Scientists have developed a prototype of a tabletop-sized thruster . (Representational image)

New thruster for future Mars mission developed

NextSTEP encompasses a set of projects aimed at improving small satellites, propulsion and human living quarters in...

18 Feb 2016 7:41 PM IST

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Black hole spotted in glow of the Big Bang

The light detected from this jet was emitted when the universe was only 2.7 billion years old, a fifth of its present...

17 Feb 2016 3:24 PM IST

100-million-year-old amber preserved oldest animal societies

Fighting ants, giant soldier termites, and foraging worker ants recently discovered in 100-million-year-old amber in...

15 Feb 2016 5:33 AM IST

Urbanisation causes change in type of bacteria

Whether it’s a jungle hut or a high-rise apartment, your home is covered in bacteria, and new research from the...

15 Feb 2016 5:29 AM IST

Now, listen to stars

Creating waves Mid-week, the world of physics was super-excited as the quest to track down gravitational waves was...

15 Feb 2016 5:29 AM IST

Maths link to future locust dispersal

Maths link to future locust dispersal

A mathematical model of locust swarms could help in the development of new strategies to control their devastating...

15 Feb 2016 5:26 AM IST

What do gravitational waves mean

Great excitement rippled through the physics world Thursday at the announcement that gravitational waves have been...

15 Feb 2016 5:23 AM IST

Scientists have developed a new imaging device that consists of a loose bundle of optical fibres. (Representational Image)

New 'optical brush' takes images without lenses

Tight bundles of the fibres could yield endoscopes with narrower diameters, since they would require no additional...

14 Feb 2016 5:02 PM IST

Einstein was right! Here

Einstein was right! Here's a lowdown on gravitational waves, LIGO

LIGO is the most advanced detectors ever built for sensing tiny vibrations in the universe.

12 Feb 2016 5:43 PM IST

The station is a $100 billion research laboratory that flies about 250 miles (400 km) above Earth (Photo: Pixabay)

NASA delays space station cargo run due to mold on packing bags

The source of the mold, a common fungal growth in humid climates like Florida's, is under investigation by NASA.

12 Feb 2016 1:31 PM IST