Researchers Shed Light On Factors That Help Avoid Covid Surge
Press Trust of India | Monday February 22, 2021, BeijingA combination of robust vaccination programmes and strict physical distancing rules may be enough to prevent recurring peaks of COVID-19 without greatly restricting the mobility of people, according to a modelling study.
"As They Roared Into Life....": Astrophysicist On Early Stars' Formation
Erin Blakemore, The Washington Post | Sunday February 21, 2021For more than 100 million years after the big bang, the universe was dark.
India's Next Mars Mission Likely To Be An Orbiter
Press Trust of India | Friday February 19, 2021, New DelhiAs NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in the early hours of Friday to look for signs of past life, ISRO's next mission to the Red Planet is likely to be an orbiter.
NASA's Pursuit Of Flying A Helicopter On Mars For First Time
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 16, 2021, Washington, United StatesMore than a century after the first powered flight on Earth, NASA intends to prove it's possible to replicate the feat on another world.
India Is 3rd Globally In Scientific Publications After China, US: Centre
Press Trust of India | Saturday January 23, 2021, New DelhiIndia has seen an exponential increase in the number of scientific publications over the last 10 years and is in the third position globally after China and the US, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) said.
New Bat Discovered In Africa - And It's Orange, Black Like Halloween
Darryl Fears, The Washington Post | Thursday January 14, 2021Nancy Simmons was sitting in her office at the American Museum of Natural History two years ago when she got a startling text from a research expedition in Africa.
New Population of Blue Whale Found In Western Indian Ocean, Say Experts
Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 22, 2020, New DelhiScientists have found evidence of a previously undiscovered population of blue whales living in the western Indian ocean based on an analysis of sound recordings from the region, an advance which sheds light on the global distribution of the largest animals to have ever lived on the Earth.
First Potential Radio Signal From Exoplanet Detected By Scientists
Press Trust of India | Saturday December 19, 2020, WashingtonAn international team of scientists has collected the first possible radio signal from a planet beyond our solar system, emanating from an exoplanet system about 51 light-years away.
PSLV-C50 Mission: ISRO To Launch Communication Satellite CMS-01 Today
Press Trust of India | Thursday December 17, 2020, ChennaiThe Indian Space Research Organisation will today launch communication satellite CMS-01 on board the launch vehicle PSLV-C50. A 25-hour countdown for the launch began yesterday afternoon at 14:41 hours, ISRO said.
Ultra Violet-Emitting LED Lights Can Kill Novel Coronavirus, Say Scientists
Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 15, 2020, New YorkUltraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) can kill the novel coronavirus efficiently, quickly, and cheaply, according to a study which says the new innovation could be installed in air conditioning and water systems.
NASA Selects Indian-American Astronaut Raja Chari For Manned Mission To Moon
Press Trust of India | Friday December 11, 2020, WashingtonRaja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American US Air Force colonel, is among 18 astronauts, half of them women, who have been selected by NASA for its ambitious manned mission to the Moon and beyond.
IIT-Guwahati Researchers Develop Technology To Harvest Water From Air
Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 09, 2020, GuwahatiResearchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati claimed to have developed a new technology to harvest water from the air by using the concept of hydrophobicity.
"Not An Asteroid...": NASA Gives Details Of Object Orbiting Earth
ANI | Friday December 04, 2020, Washington DCScientists at the US space agency NASA have said that the Near-Earth object orbiting the planet since the month of September is a 1960's-Era Centaur rocket booster.
World's Smallest Atom-Memory Unit Is Faster And More Energy-Efficient
Press Trust of India | Sunday November 29, 2020, HoustonResearchers have created the smallest memory device yet, an advance that may lead to faster, smaller, and more energy-efficient electronic chips for consumer electronics and brain-inspired computing.
China To Launch Mission, Seeking First Lunar Rock Retrieval Since 1970s
Reuters | Sunday November 22, 2020, BeijingChina plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth's natural satellite since the 1970s.
