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Chandrayaan-2, aimed at landing a rover on unchartered Lunar South Pole, was launched on July 22, 2019. (PTI file image)

ISRO releases Chandrayaan-2 data as spacecraft completes 2 years in...

Chandrayaan-2 data product and science documents were released by Sivan, along with data from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter...

6 Sept 2021 2:34 PM IST

A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the Cecilia Rivadeneira Foundation in Quito. (Photo: AFP)

80 per cent COVID-19 immunity lost in 6 months in some after Pfizer...

The research studied blood samples of 120 nursing home residents and 92 health care workers

6 Sept 2021 12:15 PM IST

Turning to technology is often seen as an easy fix. However an overuse of technology is in fact the root cause of isolation and loneliness in big cities and metropolitans.

New study throws light on impact of isolation on mental health

The researchers set out to investigate whether exposure to acute isolation would cause mice to increase so-called...

3 Sept 2021 12:45 PM IST

A month ago, Perseverance drilled into much softer rock, and the sample crumbled and didnt get inside the titanium tube. (Photo: Twitter/@NASAPersevere)

NASA's newest Mars rover snags 1st rock sample for return

The Perseverance rover's chief engineer, Adam Stelzner, called it a perfect core sample

3 Sept 2021 8:10 AM IST

Bharat Biotechs vaccine candidate -Covaxin- has been developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Virology (NIV) using inactivated Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.(Representational Image:AFP)

WHO warns new Mu variant of COVID-19 could be more vaccine-resistant

The new 'variant of interest' is being closely monitored, the UN health agency said

2 Sept 2021 2:55 PM IST

A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)

Covid vaccines effective at reducing severe illness, hospitalisation:...

Researchers also found that the odds of experiencing long COVID were reduced to half for people who received two...

2 Sept 2021 12:27 PM IST

The researchers found that diABZI potently inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of diverse strains, including variant of concern B.1.351, by stimulating interferon signalling. (Representational image)

New Covid variant, C.1.2, may be more infectious, evade vaccine...

The new variant has more mutations than other variants of concern (VOCs) or variants of interest (VOIs)

30 Aug 2021 2:53 PM IST

A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive in Hyderabad. (AFP)

The vaccinated are worried and scientists don't have answers

Absent clear public health messaging, vaccinated people are left confused about how to protect themselves

22 Aug 2021 12:44 PM IST

The launch, which was originally scheduled for March 5, 2020 was postponed due to technical glitches then. (Image credit: Twitter/@isro)

Anomaly in cryogenic stage fails ISRO's GSLV-F10/EOS-03 Mission

The mission couldn't be accomplished as intended because of a technical anomaly observed in the cryogenic stage, said Dr...

12 Aug 2021 11:06 AM IST

Climate change is already affecting every region on earth, in multiple ways. A file photo of the massive 2018 Kerala floods. (PTI)

UN landmark report: Extreme sea level events will hit every year by...

The report, however, gave hope that it is still possible from a physical science point of view, to limit global warming...

9 Aug 2021 2:30 PM IST

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has RNA as its genetic material. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

SARS-CoV-2 antibodies remain stable, even increase 7 months after...

The research team analysed blood samples from 578 participants, taken at four different time points between March and...

9 Aug 2021 1:04 PM IST

A regional train sits in the flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany, Thursday July 15, 2021 after it was flooded by the high waters of the Kyll river. (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)

UN set to unveil landmark report as climate impacts multiply

The report will project global temperature changes until the end of the century under different emissions scenarios

9 Aug 2021 12:39 PM IST