ISRO launches IRNSS-1H series satellite from Sriharikota
Sep 01, 2017, at 01:28 am
Sriharikota, Aug 31 (IBNS): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched IRNSS-1H series satellite on Thursday.
Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania
Aug 27, 2017, at 01:01 am
New York, Aug 26 (IBNS): Paleontologists have identified a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur. The research is reported in a paper published this week in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Scientists solve mystery of blinking brown dwarfs
Aug 19, 2017, at 01:00 am
New York, Aug 18 (IBNS): Dim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the sun but more massive than Jupiter, have powerful winds and clouds -- specifically, hot patchy clouds made of iron droplets and silicate dust.
NASA study finds drought recoveries taking longer
Aug 17, 2017, at 12:18 am
Washington, Aug 16 (IBNS): As global temperatures continue to rise, droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe in many regions during this century.
NASA studies Tethered CubeSat Mission to study Lunar Swirls
Aug 09, 2017, at 10:25 pm
Washington, Aug 9 (IBNS): A novel mission concept involving two CubeSats connected by a thin, miles-long tether could help scientists understand how the Moon got its mysterious “tattoos†— swirling patterns of light and dark found at more than 100 locations across the lunar surface.
When you're blue, so are your Instagram photos, finds study
Aug 09, 2017, at 01:34 am
New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): When you're feeling blue, your photos turn bluer, too. And more gray and dark as well, with fewer faces shown. In other words, just like people can signal their sadness by body language and behavior—think deep sighs and slumped shoulders—depression reveals itself in social media images.
Can discrimination contribute to feelings of radicalization?, questions study
Aug 09, 2017, at 01:11 am
Washington, Aug 8 (IBNS): Muslim immigrants who feel marginalized and discriminated against in countries that expect them to integrate into their culture and society are more likely to experience psychological threats to their own significance that could be related to increased support of radicalism, according to new research presented at the American Psychological Association’s 125th Annual Convention.
India witnesses partial lunar eclipse on Monday
Aug 08, 2017, at 06:07 am
Kolkata, Aug 07 (IBNS) India on Monday night witnessed a partial lunar eclipse for two hours from 10-55 pm.
Partial lunar eclipse on Monday to be visible from India
Aug 07, 2017, at 09:42 pm
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IBNS): Weather permitting, most parts of India, will be able to view the partial lunar eclipse to take place on Monday, according to media reports.
Origin of human genus may have occurred by chance, finds study
Aug 06, 2017, at 11:44 pm
Washington, Aug 6 (IBNS): An often cited claim that humans, who are smarter and more technologically advanced than their ancestors, originated in response to climate change is challenged in a new report by a Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology researcher at George Washington University.
Planetary protection excites space fans of all ages
Aug 05, 2017, at 10:06 pm
Washington, Aug 5 (IBNS): The recent announcement for a position that NASA has had since the 1960s – Planetary Protection Officer – has generated a lot of excitement in the public, as well as comparisons to many sci-fi movie heroes.
New clues to Universe's structure revealed
Aug 05, 2017, at 10:05 pm
Washington, Aug 5 (IBNS): What is our universe made of, and has its composition changed over time?
ISRO and CSIR-NPL sign MoU for time and frequency traceability services
Aug 05, 2017, at 03:54 am
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IBNS): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Ministry of Science and Technology, in New Delhi on Friday.
Despite heavy armor, new dinosaur used camouflage to hide from predators
Aug 05, 2017, at 02:37 am
Toronto, Aug 4 (IBNS): Researchers reporting in Current Biology on Aug 3 have named a new genus and species of armored dinosaur.
Twilight observations reveal huge storm on Neptune
Aug 05, 2017, at 02:36 am
New York, Aug 4 (IBNS): Spectacular sunsets and sunrises are enough to dazzle most of us, but to astronomers, dusk and dawn are a waste of good observing time. They want a truly dark sky.
-1501858915.jpg "Joint NASA-Brazil SPORT CubeSat Mission will unlock complex equatorial phenomena, lay groundwork for better space weather prediction")
Aug 05, 2017, at 02:01 am
Washington, Aug 4 (IBNS) :NASA and a team of Brazilian space researchers have announced a joint CubeSat mission to study phenomena in Earth's upper atmosphere -- a region of charged particles called the ionosphere -- capable of disrupting communications and navigation systems on the ground and potentially impacting satellites and human explorers in space.
Sea ice decline could weaken ocean currents of the North Atlantic
Aug 03, 2017, at 02:28 am
London, Aug 2 (IBNS): Arctic ice loss could lead to harsher winters and stormier weather in Europe because of its impact on Atlantic ocean currents, warn the authors of a new study led by the University of Southampton.
NASA’s Voyager Spacecraft still reaching for the stars after 40 years
Aug 03, 2017, at 01:45 am
Washington, Aug 2 (IBNS): Humanity’s farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance, they continue to communicate with NASA daily, still probing the final frontier.
What did the mother of all flowers look like?
Aug 03, 2017, at 01:16 am
New York, Aug 2 (IBNS): Researchers from 13 countries have reconstructed the evolution of flowers – only 140 million years old and the most diverse group of plants on Earth, which came into existence towards the end of the age of the dinosaurs.
Data Visualization - Impact on Data
Aug 02, 2017, at 04:46 pm
Big Data analytics is driving everything currently, from online shopping and traffic management to the corporate boardroom and medical science. With data analytics, services keep getting better and more personalized and organizations keep getting insights that they use as launchpads for growth.
Two decades of changes in Helheim Glacier, compiles NASA
Jul 30, 2017, at 10:45 pm
Washington, July 30 (IBNS): Helheim Glacier is the fastest flowing glacier along the eastern edge of Greenland Ice Sheet and one of the island’s largest ocean-terminating rivers of ice.
Asteroid flyby will benefit NASA detection and tracking network
Jul 30, 2017, at 10:23 pm
Washington, July 30 (IBNS): NASA scientists are excited about the upcoming close flyby of a small asteroid and plan to use its upcoming October close approach to Earth as an opportunity not only for science, but to test NASA’s network of observatories and scientists who work with planetary defense.
NASA finds Moon of Saturn has chemical that could form ‘Membranes’
Jul 30, 2017, at 04:05 am
Washington, July 29 (IBNS): NASA scientists have definitively detected the chemical acrylonitrile in the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan, a place that has long intrigued scientists investigating the chemical precursors of life.
Scientists name new species of Dinosaur after Canadian icon
Jul 18, 2017, at 12:30 am
Toronto, July 17 (IBNS): Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum have identified and named a new species of dinosaur in honour of renowned Canadian palaeontologist Dr. Philip J. Currie. Albertavenator curriei, meaning "Currie's Alberta hunter".
Mamata Banerjee wishes Indian astronomers for identification of 'Saraswati'
Jul 18, 2017, at 12:05 am
Kolkata, July 17 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wished Indian astronomers who identified a previously unknown large supercluster of galaxies called now as "Saraswati".
New limits to functional portion of human genome reported
Jul 16, 2017, at 10:41 pm
New York, July 16 (IBNS): An evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston has published new calculations that indicate no more than 25 percent of the human genome is functional.
Stanford scientists discover how dense, extraterrestrial ice can form in just billionths of a second
Jul 14, 2017, at 11:42 pm
London, July 14 (IBNS): Stanford researchers have for the first time captured the freezing of water, molecule-by-molecule, into a strange, dense form called ice VII , found naturally in otherworldly environments, such as when icy planetary bodies collide.
Mosquitoes should not be eliminated: Research
Jul 14, 2017, at 05:03 am
West Lafayette, Ind., July 13 (IBNS): A Purdue researcher and a team of scientists working on a new insecticide argue that mosquitoes should not simply be made extinct due to their role in various ecosystems.
The one trillion tonne iceberg: Larsen C Ice Shelf rift finally breaks through
Jul 13, 2017, at 01:42 am
Washington, July 12 (IBNS): A one trillion tonne iceberg – one of the biggest ever recorded - has calved away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, after a rift in the ice, monitored by the Swansea University-led MIDAS project, finally completed its path through the ice.
First battery-free cellphone makes calls by harvesting ambient power
Jul 13, 2017, at 12:36 am
Washington, July 12 (IBNS): University of Washington researchers have invented a cellphone that requires no batteries — a major leap forward in moving beyond chargers, cords and dying phones. Instead, the phone harvests the few microwatts of power it requires from either ambient radio signals or light.