Hubble sees nearby asteroids photobombing distant galaxies
Nov 05, 2017, at 12:30 am
Washington, Nov 4 (IBNS): Like rude relatives who jump in front of your vacation snapshots of landscapes, some of our solar system's asteroids have photobombed deep images of the universe taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
New Greenland maps show more glaciers at risk
Nov 04, 2017, at 11:49 pm
California, Nov 4 (IBNS): New maps of Greenland’s coastal seafloor and bedrock beneath its massive ice sheet show that two to four times as many coastal glaciers are at risk of accelerated melting as had previously been thought.
Study finds what evolutionary biology tells us about how aliens could look?
Nov 03, 2017, at 10:18 pm
London, Nov 3 (IBNS): Hollywood films and science fiction literature fuel the belief that aliens are monster-like beings, who are very different to humans. But new research suggests that we could have more in common with our extra-terrestrial neighbours, than initially thought.
UK-India science ministers announce joint research projects to address shared challenges
Nov 03, 2017, at 02:30 am
London, Nov 2 (IBNS): UK Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation Jo Johnson and Indian Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Y S Chowdary together announced new UK-India joint research projects and saw high-impact current Research Councils-India collaborations succeed at the first ever Newton Prize award ceremony at the National Science Centre in New Delhi.
Human's don't use as much brain power as we like to think, study finds
Nov 01, 2017, at 09:49 pm
Durham, Nov 1 (IBNS): For years, scientists assumed that humans devote a larger share of their daily calories to their brains than other animals. Although the human brain makes up only 2 percent of body weight, it consumes more than 25 percent of our baseline energy budget.
Next Mars Rover will have 23 'eyes': NASA
Nov 01, 2017, at 09:29 pm
Washington, Nov 1 (IBNS): When NASA's Mars Pathfinder touched down in 1997, it had five cameras: two on a mast that popped up from the lander, and three on NASA's first rover, Sojourner.
NASA estimates global reach of atmospheric rivers
Nov 01, 2017, at 09:26 pm
Washington, Nov 1 (IBNS): A recent study by NASA and several partners has estimated, for the first time, the global impact of atmospheric rivers on floods and droughts, as well as the number of people affected by these atmospheric phenomena.
IceBridge launches two sets of Antarctic flights
Oct 31, 2017, at 09:54 pm
Washington, Oct 31 (IBNS): Scientists with NASA’s longest-running airborne mission to map polar ice, Operation IceBridge, completed a successful science flight on Oct. 29, inaugurating their 2017 survey of Antarctic sea and land ice.
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NASA evaluates use of a coin-sized thermometer to characterize comets and Earthbound asteroids
Oct 31, 2017, at 02:40 am
Washington, Oct 30 (IBNS): Two NASA teams want to deploy a highly compact, sensitive thermometer that could characterize comets and even assist in the redirection or possible destruction of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
NASA releases spooky space sounds on Halloween
Oct 30, 2017, at 12:37 am
Washington, Oct 29 (IBNS): Soaring to the depths of our universe, gallant spacecraft roam the cosmos, snapping images of celestial wonders. Some spacecraft have instruments capable of capturing radio emissions. When scientists convert these to sound waves, the results are eerie to hear.
British High Commissioner to India launches 2017-18 TECH Rocketship Awards
Oct 28, 2017, at 05:40 am
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): British High Commissioner to India, Dominic Asquith, on Friday launched the 2017-18 TECH Rocketship Awards to an audience of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, start-ups and a judging panel including Saurabh Srivastava and Mohandas Pai.
Small asteroid or comet 'visits' from beyond the solar system
Oct 28, 2017, at 12:36 am
Washington, oct 27 (IBNS): A small, recently discovered asteroid -- or perhaps a comet -- appears to have originated from outside the solar system, coming from somewhere else in our galaxy. If so, it would be the first "interstellar object" to be observed and confirmed by astronomers.
Hubble observes exoplanet that snows sunscreen
Oct 28, 2017, at 12:31 am
Washington, Oct 27 (IBNS): NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found a blistering hot planet outside our solar system where it "snows" sunscreen.
Turning a pinch of salt into an electrical switch, finds study
Oct 25, 2017, at 02:27 am
London, Oct 24 (IBNS): A team of scientists from the University of Liverpool, University College London and the University of Zaragoza in Spain has discovered a way to induce and control a fundamental electrical switching behaviour on the nano-scale.
‘Floating food’ invention could start new culinary craze
Oct 25, 2017, at 02:24 am
London, Oct 24 (IBNS): Floating food could be the next culinary craze thanks to a new invention that levitates, transports and delivers food and drink directly onto your tongue.
Breakthrough in efforts to ‘supercharge’ rice and reduce world hunger, finds study
Oct 25, 2017, at 02:23 am
London, Oct 24 (IBNS): Scientists have taken an important step in a long-term project aimed at improving photosynthesis in rice to increase crop yields and help meet the food needs of billions of people around the world.
Research finds world's oldest and most complex trees
Oct 25, 2017, at 02:06 am
Cardiff, Oct 24 (IBNS): The first trees to have ever grown on Earth were also the most complex, new research has revealed.
Oct 20, 2017, at 10:05 pm
Washington, Oct 20 (IBNS): Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are working together to launch a B330 expandable module on ULA’s Vulcan launch vehicle. The launch would place a B330 outfitted module in Low Lunar Orbit by the end of 2022 to serve as a lunar depot.
Solar eruptions could electrify Martian Moons
Oct 19, 2017, at 07:17 pm
Washington, Oct 19 (IBNS): Powerful solar eruptions could electrically charge areas of the Martian moon Phobos to hundreds of volts, presenting a complex electrical environment that could possibly affect sensitive electronics carried by future robotic explorers, according to a new NASA study.
NASA missions catch first light from a gravitational-wave event
Oct 17, 2017, at 10:25 pm
Washington, Oct 17 (IBNS): For the first time, NASA scientists have detected light tied to a gravitational-wave event, thanks to two merging neutron stars in the galaxy NGC 4993, located about 130 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Hydra.
NASA pinpoints cause of Earth’s recent record carbon dioxide spike
Oct 13, 2017, at 10:18 pm
Washington, Oct 13 (IBNS): A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2,000 years.
New insights from OCO-2 showcased in science
Oct 13, 2017, at 10:12 pm
Washington, Oct 13 (IBNS): High-resolution satellite data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 are revealing the subtle ways that carbon links everything on Earth – the ocean, land, atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems and human activities.
Esri India and IIEST Shibpur launch Center of Geospatial Excellence
Oct 06, 2017, at 03:23 pm
Howrah, Oct 6 (IBNS): Esri India on Thursday announced the launch of a Centre of Geospatial Excellence (CoGE) in the eastern region in association with Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur.
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to three for imaging of biomolecules
Oct 04, 2017, at 11:55 pm
Stockholm, Oct 4 (IBNS): The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 was on Wednesday awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for the development of cryo-electron microscopy, which both simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules.
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to three Americans for capturing gravity waves
Oct 04, 2017, at 05:56 am
Stockholm, Oct 04 (IBNS) The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".
Smartphone apps reduce depression, says study
Sep 24, 2017, at 12:54 am
Melbourne, Sept 23 (IBNS): New Australian-led research has confirmed that smartphone apps are an effective treatment option for depression, paving the way for safe and accessible interventions for the millions of people around the world diagnosed with this condition.
Birmingham builds world’s first clean cold congress on India initiative
Sep 19, 2017, at 02:22 am
London, Sept 18 (IBNS): The world’s first international congress dedicated to clean cold will see academic experts join leaders from industry and government to map a global response to ever-increasing global demands for cooling – it was announced on Monday.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft ends its historic exploration of Saturn
Sep 16, 2017, at 02:25 am
Washington, Sept 15 (IBNS): A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system came to a close today, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its 13-year tour of the ringed planet.
Indian biotech leaders visit Birmingham for life science facilities briefing
Sep 09, 2017, at 03:32 am
Birmingham, Sept 8 (IBNS): A delegation of Indian biotech company leaders visited the University of Birmingham to see the life sciences cluster.
New device discovered which accurately identifies Cancer in seconds
Sep 07, 2017, at 08:57 pm
New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin has invented a powerful tool that rapidly and accurately identifies cancerous tissue during surgery, delivering results in about 10 seconds—more than 150 times as fast as existing technology.