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The work brings scientists closer to the development of designer proteins made to order in a laboratory. (Photo: AP)

US scientists take step toward creating artificial life

US researchers have developed a living organism that incorporates both natural and artificial DNA.

4 Dec 2017 11:35 AM IST

The spatial scale in this image is 7.75 miles/pixel (12.5 kilometres/pixel).

New images of Jupiter captured by Juno spacecraft

The Juno spacecraft captured image when the spacecraft was only 11,747 miles (18,906 kilometres) from the tops of...

2 Dec 2017 5:35 PM IST

Humans are woefully unprepared for a surprise asteroid or comet, a NASA scientist warned.

Winds and shock waves top list of most hazardous asteroid effects

A new study has found that violent winds and shock waves are the most dangerous effects produced by Earth-impacting...

21 April 2017 3:58 PM IST

A joint project to explore the technology was first proposed at a summit between US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985. (Photo: AP)

Nuclear fusion project hails halfway construction milestone

Construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, in southern France has been dogged by...

7 Dec 2017 11:25 AM IST

The Principia famously elucidates Newtons three laws of motion, explaining how objects move under the influences of external forces.(Photo: Anglotopia.net)

Newton's book auctioned for record price

The goat-skin covered 'Principia Mathematica' book was bought for nearly four times the original set value

18 Dec 2016 12:32 PM IST