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WHO will review claims of airborne transmission of COVID-19 made by health experts

“We are aware of the article and are reviewing its contents with our technical experts,” WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said

07 Jul 2020 1:21 PM

Remdesivir is helping people recover faster. (Photo- Social Media)

Over 130 drugs under trail to treat Covid19, remdesivir leading contender: scientists

Remdesivir is helping people recover faster, and is lowering the death rate among critically ill patients

23 May 2020 5:14 PM

Younger talent like Karan Jani and Akhil Turai are, indeed, a ray of hope and we can certainly expect them to walk in the footsteps of their mentor.

Indian scientists Akhil Turai, Karan Jani were deeply inspired by prof Stephen Hawking

Both, Astrophysicist Karan Jani and Rocket Scientist Akhil Turai hail from small Indian village of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

10 Jan 2020 2:19 PM

As part of the study, published in the Journal of mBio, many cooks were invited to isolate the yeast specimens from the ancient debris and to create a beer with it. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

5,000 year-old brew recreated by scientists

Scientists in Israel recreate 5,000-year-old beer from ancient yeast extract.

25 May 2019 10:59 AM

The new finding will help clinicians operate at a level of skill and experience equivalent to the best in their field, claim researchers who were involved in this study that was published in the Journal of Science Robotics

This medical robot can autonomously navigate inside one's body

Surgeons have used robots operated by joysticks for more than a decade.

27 Apr 2019 10:24 AM

This medical robot can autonomously navigate inside one's body

Surgeons have used robots operated by joysticks for more than a decade.

27 Apr 2019 10:24 AM

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, implanted electrodes into the brains of volunteers and decoded signals in cerebral speech centres to guide a computer-simulated version of their vocal tract - lips, jaw, tongue and larynx - to generate speech through a synthesizer.

Even the dumb will talk: Scientists turn brain signals into speech

With some improvements a clinically viable device could be developed in the coming years for patients with speech loss.

25 Apr 2019 9:53 AM

the observed shadow of M87 is roughly 2-1/2 times larger than the actual size of the black hole’s boundary. (Photo: AP)

'Seeing the unseeable': Scientists reveal first photo of black hole

Black holes are monstrous celestial entities exerting gravitational fields so vicious that no matter or light can escape.

11 Apr 2019 10:32 AM

The team, which has been working on the Yamuna in Delhi for about 18 months, has collected close to 300,000 data points after conducting over 225 experiments across 11 locations.

Scientists sail on boat to map Yamuna pollution hotspots

For the Yamuna, the heat map suggests that dissolved oxygen level is below 2, way less than the normal levels.

03 Apr 2019 1:39 AM

Honda provides scholarships to 14 aspiring Engineers and Scientists, gives opportunity for higher professional education in Japan.

Honda announces 12th Honda Young Engineer and Scientist’s Award

The Y-E-S Award was instituted by the Honda Foundation in India in 2007 and is facilitated by Honda Cars India.

04 Feb 2019 4:12 PM

In a lecture at the Indian Science Congress and posted on YouTube, one speaker, Kannan Jegathala Krishnan said Isaac Newton was wrong about gravity, Albert Einstein made a “big blunder” and questioned Stephen Hawking’s achievements.

Indian scientists protest congress speakers discrediting works of Newton, Einstein

Scientists in Kolkata and five other cities carried placards and held silent demonstrations against the comments.

08 Jan 2019 10:23 AM

Before uterus transplants became possible, the only options to have a child were adoption or surrogacy.

World's first baby born via womb transplant from dead donor

Dani Ejzenberg, a doctor at Brazil’s Sao Paulo University hospital, led the research.

06 Dec 2018 10:00 AM

Cotton is widely grown around the world, with its fiber used to make textiles and the cottonseed used among other things to feed animals such as cattle and sheep that have multiple stomach chambers.

Modified cotton could be human food source

After cottonseed oil is extracted, the remaining high-protein meal from the new cotton plant can find many uses.

19 Oct 2018 10:13 AM

Hyperion has a mass 1 million billion times greater than the sun and is so distant that it is viewed from earth as it looked billions of years ago.

Scientists in Chile unveil 'A Cosmic Titan' cluster of galaxies

Hyperion is like 5,000 galaxies of the Milky Way.

19 Oct 2018 10:07 AM

With the help of an equipment named coronagraph, the scientists managed to get a clear picture.

New baby planet shot 370 light years away from Earth

The planet is actually being born around a star which, as per the cosmological timescale, is young with 5.4 million years of age.

03 Jul 2018 5:03 PM

Scientists discover 27 new viruses in bees

Among the new viruses the team identified was one that is similar to a virus that infects plants.

22 Jun 2018 6:07 PM

Science Says: What happens when researchers make mistakes

“Retractions are definitely on the rise” and there are 10 times as many corrections as retractions.

14 Jun 2018 6:44 PM

According to experts, it could lead to a real-life Jurassic Park where extinct creatures are raised from the dead and released back into the wild.

Scientists building DNA ‘Noah’s Ark’, may bring back extinct animals

CryoArks Biobank aims to preserve the tissues, cells and DNA of every animal from around the world at temperatures of -196C.

25 May 2018 3:50 PM

Members of the public have been invited to apply for tickets to attend a celebration of Hawking’s life at a memorial service in Westminster Abbey on June 15.

Time travelers invited to Stephen Hawking send-off

The world’s most recognisable scientist died in March aged 76 after a lifetime spent probing the origins of the universe.

14 May 2018 8:40 AM

Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of rare inherited genetic disorders caused by one of more than 70 genes. (Photo: File)

A new 'vision'

The new technique for the powerful gene editing tool CRISPR to restore retinal function in mice afflicted by a degenerative retinal disease.

14 May 2018 8:30 AM

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WHO will review claims of airborne transmission of COVID-19 made by health experts

Over 130 drugs under trail to treat Covid19, remdesivir leading contender: scientists

Indian scientists Akhil Turai, Karan Jani were deeply inspired by prof Stephen Hawking

5,000 year-old brew recreated by scientists

This medical robot can autonomously navigate inside one's body

This medical robot can autonomously navigate inside one's body

Even the dumb will talk: Scientists turn brain signals into speech

'Seeing the unseeable': Scientists reveal first photo of black hole

Scientists sail on boat to map Yamuna pollution hotspots

Honda announces 12th Honda Young Engineer and Scientist’s Award

Indian scientists protest congress speakers discrediting works of Newton, Einstein

World's first baby born via womb transplant from dead donor

Modified cotton could be human food source

Scientists in Chile unveil 'A Cosmic Titan' cluster of galaxies

New baby planet shot 370 light years away from Earth

Scientists discover 27 new viruses in bees

Science Says: What happens when researchers make mistakes

Scientists building DNA ‘Noah’s Ark’, may bring back extinct animals

Time travelers invited to Stephen Hawking send-off

A new 'vision'

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