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With his nose, fur and teeth totally intact, researchers in a baffling discovery have found a near-perfectly preserved puppy, which is 18,000 years old! (Photo: ANI)

In a startling discovery, researchers find 18,000-year-old creature with nose, fur intact!

The scientist, who discovered the creature, said on Twitter that they will be calling it 'Dogor', which means 'friend' in Yakutian.

01 Dec 2019 12:11 PM

This new development may help clear the path for the hydrogen fuel industry to move into a larger role in the global push toward more environmentally friendly energy sources (Photo: ANI)

Study looks at biological enzymes as a source of hydrogen fuel

Hydrogen gas is produced using a very complex industrial process that limits its attractiveness to the green fuel market.

28 Nov 2019 11:37 AM

Recent discoveries have shown that some cellular compartments don't have membranes, which were previously seen as necessary to hold a cell together. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Two types of motion keep cells in shape: Study

This dual motion within the surrounding fluid adds to our understanding of what contributes to healthy cellular function.

28 Nov 2019 11:13 AM

Namib Desert beetles use the irregular surface morphology - uneven bumps and flat areas, on their backs to gather fresh water from desert fog (Photo: Creative commons)

Desert beetles guide scientists in finding water harvesting solutions

Biomimetic fog-gathering technologies based on Namib Desert beetles have been offered as a potential solution in foggy coastal areas

28 Nov 2019 10:52 AM

In a novel approach, the researchers focused on heavy disks around supermassive black holes in the nuclei of galaxies (Photo: AFP)

Study shows possibility of planets revolving around a black hole

New theory shows that tens of thousands of planets, 10 times the mass of the Earth, could be formed some 10 light-years from a black hole.

27 Nov 2019 10:40 AM

Using a bright orange electrocardiogram machine attached with suction cups to the body of a blue whale, scientists for the first time have measured the heart rate of the world’s largest creature (Photo: Pixabay/ Representational)

With suction cups and lots of luck, scientists measure blue whale's heart rate

Researchers managed the feat with 9 hours of data from an adult male about 72 feet long encountered in Monterey Bay off California’s coast.

26 Nov 2019 11:39 AM

There are also dance steps and stylised hand gestures that are the Japanese sign language version of the lyrics, with a teaching video posted on the official website for the pope’s visit. (Photo: Video screengrab)

High-tech Japan uses AI in song to welcome pope

The song was partly composed using an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered programme song-writer Jun Inoue created.

26 Nov 2019 11:21 AM

The large surface area of newspapers provided an unlikely but ideal way to chemically grow carbon nanotubes (Photo: AFP)

Old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubes: Study

Old newspapers can provide a cheap and green solution for the bulk production of single-walled carbon nanotubes used in 5G antennae

25 Nov 2019 12:17 PM

Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the cosmos.

Scientists observe highest-energy light from a gamma-ray burst ever

The gamma-ray burst had an afterglow that featured the highest energy photons, a trillion times more energetic than visible light.

25 Nov 2019 11:53 AM

The results of the study were published in the Journal 'Science.' (Photo: ANI)

Human songs share universal patterns across world cultures!

A study reports the first comprehensive scientific analysis of the similarities and differences of music across societies around the world.

25 Nov 2019 11:35 AM

When unconstrained at a given speed, members of a quadrupedal species will generally select a common gait, which is seldom unique to that species alone. (Photo: AP)

Here's why different four-legged animals adopt similar gaits

A new study explores how and why when faced with different situations four-legged animals alays choose one among several common gaits.

25 Nov 2019 11:09 AM

The technique is being tested at the University of Maryland Medical Center on patients that arrive with acute trauma. (Photo: ANI)

Human put in suspended animation for first time

Suspended animation is when the body functions can be paused while life-saving medical procedures are performed.

21 Nov 2019 9:20 AM

Titan, with a diameter of 3,200 miles (5,150 km), is the solar system’s second-biggest moon behind Jupiter’s Ganymede.(Photo: NASA/Representational)

'Possibility of life': scientists map Saturn's exotic moon Titan

The map was based on radar, infrared and other data collected by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which studied Saturn & its moons, 2004 to 2017.

20 Nov 2019 11:59 AM

With more than 1,000 sensors, or pixels, this camera might be of great help in future space-based telescopes searching for chemical signs of life on other planets (Photo: Pixabay)

This light-sensing camera may help detect extraterrestrial life, dark matter

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created one of the highest-performance cameras ever

20 Nov 2019 10:38 AM

The results of the study were published in the scientific journal mBio. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Novel process discovers how microbes harvest electrons!

Researchers have revealed how one kind of bacteria 'eats' electricity by pulling in electrons straight from an electrode source.

19 Nov 2019 11:58 AM

The findings of two researchers which include the relative age of Titan's geologic terrains, were recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy. (Photo: NASA)

First global geologic map of Saturn's largest moon Titan completed

The map fully reveals a dynamic world of dunes, lakes, plains, craters and other terrains on the celestial body's surgace.

19 Nov 2019 10:50 AM

The mystery of sliding on ice can therefore be found in the "viscous" nature of this film of water

Researchers find reason behind slippery nature of ice!

Researcher's have for the first time been able to demonstrate why ice becomes slippery enough for people to skate on.

11 Nov 2019 10:46 AM

The analysis found that for one specific sector - industrial boilers - technology is cheaper at cleaning the air than ecosystem upgrades.

Trees - a feasible option for cutting down air pollution around factories

It is the plants and not technologies for cleaning the air near a number of industrial sites, roadways, and oil and gas drilling sites.

08 Nov 2019 8:09 AM

The discovery suggests that bipedalism originated in a common ancestor of humans and the great apes. (Representational Image)

Prehistoric ape from Germany was a pioneer of two-legged walking

Fossils unearthed in southern Germany of a remarkable ape that lived about 11.6 million years ago

07 Nov 2019 12:36 PM

Voyager 1 zipped into interstellar space on Nov. 5, 2018 at a point more than 11 billion miles (17.7 billion km) from the sun. (Photo: AP)

NASA probe provides insight on solar system's border with interstellar space

NASA's Voyager 2 had crossed over to areas beyond the Milky Way's Sun's reach last year, learnings of which have now been shared.

05 Nov 2019 12:13 PM

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