NASA’s first mission to study the interior of Mars awaits May 5 launch
May 04, 2018, at 01:45 pm
Washington, May 4 (IBNS): All systems are go for NASA’s next launch to the Red Planet.
New UK-U.S. joint Antarctic programme to study future sea level rise
Apr 30, 2018, at 10:03 pm
London, Apr 30 (IBNS): A new UK-U.S. Antarctic research programme to improve the prediction of future sea-level rise is launched this week (Monday 30 April 2018) at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge.
What do Uranus’s cloud tops have in common with rotten eggs: Study finds
Apr 25, 2018, at 12:36 am
London, Apr 24 (IBNS): Hydrogen sulphide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their charm, appears to permeate the upper atmosphere of the planet Uranus – as has been long debated, but never definitively proven.
A fat belly is bad for your heart: Study
Apr 23, 2018, at 02:19 am
New York, Apr 22 (IBNS): Belly fat, even in people who are not otherwise overweight, is bad for the heart, according to results from the Mayo Clinic presented recently at EuroPrevent 2018, a European Society of Cardiology congress.
New study shows climate change is wreaking havoc on delicate relationship between orchids and bees
Apr 22, 2018, at 12:25 am
London, Apr 21 (IBNS): The first definitive demonstration of climate change upsetting the vital interdependent relationships between species has been revealed, thanks to a study led by the University of Sussex.
New sweet potato research challenges early contact between America and Polynesia
Apr 21, 2018, at 11:18 pm
London, Apr 21 (IBNS): New research led by Oxford University has revealed that sweet potato likely arrived naturally in Polynesia in pre-human times - challenging the long standing view that one of the world’s most widely used crops was transported from America to Polynesia by people.
Oregon scientists decipher the magma bodies under Yellowstone: Study
Apr 21, 2018, at 09:52 pm
New York, Apr 21 (IBNS): Using supercomputer modeling, University of Oregon scientists have unveiled a new explanation for the geology underlying recent seismic imaging of magma bodies below Yellowstone National Park.
GPS sensor web helps forecasters warn of Monsoon flash floods
Apr 21, 2018, at 02:09 pm
Washington, Apr 21 (IBNS): In the American Southwest and in northwestern Mexico, more than half the annual rainfall often comes in the form of the torrential and unpredictable downpours of the North American monsoon.
How to bend and stretch a diamond: Study
Apr 20, 2018, at 01:50 pm
New York, Apr 20 (IBNS): Diamond is well-known as the strongest of all natural materials, and with that strength comes another tightly linked property: brittleness.
UK and India research partnership reaches £400 million: UK Science Minister
Apr 19, 2018, at 02:27 am
London, Apr 18 (IBNS): Science Minister Sam Gyimah on Wednesday announced that as part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK, the latter country will continue to grow its already strong research partnership with India with tech-focused investments that focus on issues of global importance including agriculture, clean energy, global health and the environment.
Decarbonising cooling emissions will suck up world’s planned solar energy
Apr 18, 2018, at 01:30 am
New York, Apr 17 (IBNS): Rising demand for cooling could see more than a 90% jump in energy use by 2050 that would consume all the world’s predicted solar PV capacity, it was revealed on Tuesday.
Birmingham scientists to observe brightest stars in sky, NASA to launch new observatory into space
Apr 16, 2018, at 11:34 pm
Washington, Apr 16 (IBNS): NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday.
Spikes of graphene can kill bacteria on implants: Study
Apr 16, 2018, at 09:57 pm
Canberra, Apr 16 (IBNS): A tiny layer of graphene flakes becomes a deadly weapon and kills bacteria, stopping infections during procedures such as implant surgery.
900 years long dry phase ended civilization in Indus Valley, says IIT KGP Research
Apr 16, 2018, at 09:50 pm
Kharagpur, Apr 16 (IBNS): Researchers from the Dept. of Geology & Geophysics at IIT Kharagpur have reported a new finding on the disappearance of the Indus valley civilization (IVC).
PM Modi congratulates ISRO for successful launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1I
Apr 12, 2018, at 04:16 pm
New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated all scientists for the successful launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1I by PSLV on Thursday.
NASA’s Juno Mission provides infrared tour of Jupiter’s north pole
Apr 12, 2018, at 02:27 pm
Washington, Apr 12 (IBNS): Scientists working on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter shared a 3-D infrared movie depicting densely packed cyclones and anticyclones that permeate the planet’s polar regions, and the first detailed view of a dynamo, or engine, powering the magnetic field for any planet beyond Earth. Those are among the items unveiled during the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, April 11.
PSLV-C41 successfully launches IRNSS-1I navigation satellite
Apr 12, 2018, at 01:47 pm
Sriharikota, Apr 12 (IBNS): In its forty third flight, ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C41 successfully launched the 1425 kg IRNSS-1I Navigation Satellite on Thursday from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
World-first e-waste microfactory launched at UNSW
Apr 10, 2018, at 08:51 pm
Sydney, Apr 10 (IBNS): As Australia's waste crisis escalates, Professor Veena Sahajwalla has launched the world's first e-waste microfactory which has the potential to reduce the vast amount of electronic waste heading into landfill.
NASA scientist collects bits of the solar system from an Antarctic Glacier
Apr 09, 2018, at 11:01 pm
Washington, Apr 9 (IBNS): On rare calm days, the most striking thing you notice at an altitude of more than 8,000 feet on an Antarctic glacier is the silence.
Hubble uncovers the farthest star ever seen
Apr 03, 2018, at 02:05 pm
Washington, Apr 3 (IBNS): More than halfway across the universe, an enormous blue star nicknamed Icarus is the farthest individual star ever seen. Normally, it would be much too faint to view, even with the world’s largest telescopes. But through a quirk of nature that tremendously amplifies the star’s feeble glow, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope were able to pinpoint this faraway star and set a new distance record.
UN Disarmament Commission debates ways to prevent arms race in outer space
Apr 03, 2018, at 02:00 pm
New York, Apr 3 (JEN): Despite the deteriorating security situation, there are some signs of progress in the field of disarmament, such as the intention of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States to hold summit talks, a senior United Nations official said Monday.
New speed record for trapped-ion ‘building blocks’ of quantum computers
Apr 02, 2018, at 09:04 pm
London, Apr 2 (IBNS): Researchers at Oxford University have set a new speed record for the ‘logic gates’ that form the building blocks of quantum computing – a technology that could transform the way we process information.
ISRO says it lost communication with recently launched GSAT-6A
Apr 01, 2018, at 07:12 pm
Sriharikota, Apr 1 (IBNS): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday said communication with GSAT-6A, the country's newest communication satellite, was lost after the second firing of the on-board engine.
GSLV successfully launches GSAT-6A Satellite
Mar 30, 2018, at 01:51 am
Sriharikota , Mar 29 (IBNS): India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F08) successfully launched GSAT-6A Satellite into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) on Thursday.
NASA prepares to launch next mission to search sky for new worlds
Mar 29, 2018, at 07:21 pm
Washington, Mar 29 (IBNS): NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is undergoing final preparations in Florida for its Apr 16 launch to find undiscovered worlds around nearby stars, providing targets where future studies will assess their capacity to harbor life.
Kepler beyond planets: Finding exploding stars
Mar 28, 2018, at 03:38 pm
Washington, Mar 28 (IBNS): Stellar explosions forge and distribute materials that make up the world in which we live, and also hold clues to how fast the universe is expanding.
ISRO–BHEL tie up for the production of space grade Lithium-Ion cells
Mar 23, 2018, at 10:26 pm
Chennai, Mar 23 (IBNS): ISRO has entered into a Technology Transfer Agreement (TTA) with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), which is one of the country’s leading PSUs, to transfer the technology for the manufacture of space grade Li-Ion cells.
Hubble solves cosmic 'Whodunit' with Interstellar Forensics
Mar 23, 2018, at 02:39 pm
Washington, Mar 23 (IBNS): On the outskirts of our galaxy, a cosmic tug-of-war is unfolding—and only NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope can see who’s winning.
Study suggests water may exist in Earth’s lower mantle
Mar 18, 2018, at 10:49 pm
Washington, Mar 18 (BNS): Water on Earth runs deep – very deep.
Humans flourished through super volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago, finds study
Mar 17, 2018, at 11:05 pm
Las Vegas, Mar 17 (IBNS): Our ancestors not only survived a massive volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago, they flourished during the resulting climate change that occurred, a new study by UNLV geoscientist Eugene Smith and colleagues found.