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Each patient used a VR headset to visit one of five virtual environments (VEs) of a cathedral, a forest, a sandy beach, a rocky beach, and a countryside scene. Sixteen sessions were monitored with feedback gathered from patients and their caregivers. (Photo: ANI)

People with dementia could benefit from Virtual Reality

VR can clearly have positive benefits for patients with dementia.

11 May 2019 3:21 PM IST

A team of researchers led by Professor Walter Salzburger from the University of Basel recently analysed fish living in deep-sea habitat and discovered that certain deep-sea fish have expanded their rhodopsin genes. (Photo: ANI)

New fish species discovered that can detect wavelengths

The deep sea is the largest habitat on Earth and yet one of the least explored due to its inaccessibility.

11 May 2019 3:20 PM IST

Trust depends on two perceived characteristics of an individual or social group: competence and warmth. Perceptions of competence involve the belief that members of a particular social group are intelligent and have the skills to achieve their goals. (Photo: ANI)

Selfie-posting scientists more trusted: Study

The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, states that scientists usually get respect but people lack trust in them.

11 May 2019 3:18 PM IST

Blue Origin has previously discussed a human outpost on the moon. (Photo: AP)

Billionaire Bezos unveils moon lander mockup

The lander will deliver payloads to the lunar surface, deploy up to four smaller rovers and shoot out satellites to...

10 May 2019 3:47 PM IST

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques used the stations big robot arm also made in Canada to capture the Dragon approximately 250 miles (400 kilometers) above the North Atlantic Ocean. An external cable that normally comes off during launch dangled from the capsule, but it did not interfere with the grappling. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX shipment reaches space station

The Dragon capsule delivered 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of equipment and experiments.

7 May 2019 9:35 AM IST

Images from the International Space Station posted on Twitter by astronaut Alexander Gerst on Tuesday showed Tramis enormous eye which he said was as if somebody pulled the planets gigantic plug. (Photo: Twitter | @Astro_Alex)

SpaceX to send organs on a chip to the International Space Station

The organs on a chip replicate human physiological function at the cellular level.

5 May 2019 10:20 AM IST

The joy of CRISPR is that it allows us to edit genes painlessly, across all cell types and species.

No sound scientific reason to perform CRISPR on babies, says...

He's conducted CRISPR on the human embryos to prevent HIV transmission.

4 May 2019 3:47 PM IST

While caffeine appears to significantly improve the performance of cells that utilise perovskite to absorb sunlight, the researchers do not think it will be useful for other types of solar cells. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Solar panels could allow schools to meet 75 per cent of electricity...

The study suggested investments in the right solar projects could free up much-needed money in schools' budgets.

4 May 2019 1:37 PM IST

During the investigation of the Taurus XL rocket disasters, the team zeroed in on the aluminum joints malfunction.

$700 million NASA rocket failures linked to faulty parts from fraud...

Sapa Profiles, Inc. (SPI), an Oregon based aluminum manufacturer pleaded guilty of providing faulty parts to NASA.

3 May 2019 11:11 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch is seen in the distance over the Golden Gate Bridge near Sausalito, Calif. When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California, both the night sky and social media lit up. People as far away as Phoenix and Sacramento posted photos of the rocket returning to its launch site on Sunday night in what was the first time SpaceX landed a first-stage booster back at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base. (Justin Borja via AP)

Crew capsule destroyed in April test accident: SpaceX

SpaceX, continued to refer to the accident simply as an anomaly - science jargon for when something goes wrong.

3 May 2019 9:23 AM IST

Drag sails could be used to pull down spacecraft and satellites at the end of their use. (Photo: Pixabay)

Bringing space trash' safely back to Earth

Develop a system that in the future would deorbit old spacecraft.

2 May 2019 1:04 PM IST

explained that the cause of the Taurus XL launch failures was due to the faulty material by aluminum manufacturer Sapa Profiles Inc. (Photo: NASA)

NASA reveals faulty materials led to crucial mission launch failures

SPI has agreed to pay USD 46 million to the US government and other commercial customers in damages for running the...

2 May 2019 12:00 PM IST