Jul 04, 2020, at 04:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Stevioside (STE), isolated from the leaves of Honey yerba and widely used as the non-caloric natural sweeteners, can sweeten our lives in more ways than one, say scientists.
Digital tools being used to track people as never before, warns UN rights chief
Jun 26, 2020, at 10:03 am
New York/IBNS: The internet and new digital tools are being manipulated as never before to infringe on people’s right to free assembly, the UN’s top rights official said on Thursday, in a call for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology during peaceful demonstrations.
European and Chinese variants of coronavirus most found in India
Jun 03, 2020, at 10:16 pm
Kolkata/ IBNS: A Zoological Survey of India study has revealed mainly two variants of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) virus from China and Europe are most active in India among the 198 variants of the pathogen identified in the country, said a Hindustan Times report.
ISRO congratulates NASA and SpaceX over their manned mission
Jun 01, 2020, at 03:45 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday congratulated NASA and SpaceX for their manned mission and termed it as ''historic''.
SpaceX-Nasa Mission: Astronauts on historic mission enter space station
Jun 01, 2020, at 08:38 am
Washington/UNI: US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on Monday docked with, and entered, the International Space Station (ISS).
May 31, 2020, at 09:17 am
Florida/IBNS: Ushering in a new era in space travel, a SpaceX spacecraft carrying two NASA astronauts headed into outer space, the first in nearly a decade, from Florida's Kennedy Space Center in the United States on Saturday.
Top Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli says new discovered viruses are 'just tip of iceberg'Â
May 26, 2020, at 09:51 pm
Beijing/IBNS: A noted Chinese virologist, who is famous for her work on researching coronavirus in bats, said the new discovered viruses are 'just the tip of the iceberg'.
IIT Guwahati develops low-cost UVC light-based disinfectant box
May 22, 2020, at 10:39 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati research team has developed a low-cost UVC light-based disinfectant box for disinfecting disposable medical accessories like gloves, masks etc. along with disinfecting the household wastes before going to the community bins.
Scientists find hot gas bridge between two galaxy clusters
May 12, 2020, at 01:07 pm
Washinton/IBNS: Several hundred million years ago, two galaxy clusters collided and then passed through each other. This mighty event released a flood of hot gas from each galaxy cluster that formed an unusual bridge between the two objects. This bridge is now being pummeled by particles driven away from a supermassive black hole.
Chinese scientists discover natural supercritical carbon dioxide
May 10, 2020, at 04:29 pm
Qingdao/Xinhua/UNI: Chinese scientists identified bubbles from some hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific Ocean as supercritical carbon dioxide, and this is the first time that natural supercritical carbon dioxide has been discovered on Earth.
Theaflavin in black tea inhibits COVID-19, increases immunity: Studies
May 05, 2020, at 11:52 am
Kolkata/UNI: As the International Tea Day is nearing, it is now widely discussed whether Tea, the Wellness Drink, as many researchers claim, is potential enough to keep COVID-19 at bay.
Sewage water can help detect asymptomatic cases of COVID-19: Reports
Apr 27, 2020, at 05:41 pm
New Delhi/ IBNS: A group of scientists in the United States is testing sewage water to detect hidden cases of novel coronavirus, a CNN report said.
COVID-19: Death toll touches 559 in India
Apr 20, 2020, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The death toll due to COVID-19 in India touched 559 on Monday, as per the latest government figures released.
Space tourists will get unique chance to celebrate new year 2022 in orbit
Apr 20, 2020, at 12:35 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Two space tourists who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the Russian Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft in late 2021 will have a unique opportunity to celebrate New Year in orbit, officials said on Monday.
Earth-size, habitable zone planet found hidden in early NASA Kepler data
Apr 19, 2020, at 06:47 pm
Washington/IBNS: A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water.
Chances for Coronavirus to get to ISS zero, says NASA
Mar 31, 2020, at 12:12 pm
Washington/UNI: Chances for the novel coronavirus to get into the International Space Station (ISS) are next to zero due to the enhanced security measures undertaken by the space agencies, NASA nurse Raksana Batsmanova said.
NASA closes 2 facilities after employee tests positive for coronavirus
Mar 20, 2020, at 04:09 pm
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: NASA has decided to close the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and the Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana after one of the employee was found to be infected with COVID-19, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said on Friday.
Plant growth on the International Space Station has global impacts on Earth: NASA
Mar 10, 2020, at 05:27 pm
Washington/IBNS: Understanding the effects of gravity on plant life is essential in preparing for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. The ability to produce high-energy, low-mass food sources during spaceflight will enable the maintenance of crew health during long-duration missions while having a reduced impact on resources necessary for long-distance travel.
Astronomers detect biggest explosion ever seen in the universe
Mar 02, 2020, at 08:42 am
Washington/Xinhua/UNI: Astronomers detected the biggest explosion ever seen in the universe, coming from a black hole in a distant galaxy cluster hundreds of millions of light years away.
ISRO launches 'Young Scientist Programme' for school students
Feb 17, 2020, at 02:07 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a special programme for School students called “Young Scientist Programme” “Yuva Vigyani Karyakram” from the year 2019.
ISRO plans to send Vyommitra, a lady robot in unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft
Jan 23, 2020, at 08:37 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: Indian Space Research Organisation will send ‘Vyommitra’, a lady robot in the unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft in the run-up to the first Human Space Mission by India in December 2021.
India successfully launches communication satellite GSAT-30
Jan 17, 2020, at 09:17 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In yet another achievement in India's space journey, the country's latest communication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana on Friday.
Earth will be at the nearest point to Sun on Sunday
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Planet Earth will be at closest point to Sun in its annual elliptical orbit around Sun at 0.9832436 AU i.e., 14,70,91,149 km from Sun at 1307 hours on Sunday.
Four astronauts for Gaganyaan identified: ISRO chief
Jan 01, 2020, at 04:29 pm
Bangalore/IBNS: The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday announced that four Indian astronauts will be trained in Russia from the third week of January for the manned mission 'Gaganyaan'.
Medicon International: Doctors focus on strengthening 'trust' with patients
Dec 20, 2019, at 05:59 pm
Kolkata: Top doctors, who are attending the Medicon International, 2019, in Kolkata on Friday opined that there is an immediate need to strengthen the relationship with patients and build trust.
Medicon International conference starts in Kolkata
Dec 20, 2019, at 05:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The two-day Medicon International conference started in Kolkata from Friday with the promise of promoting high impact learning in the field of general broad-based medicine in India and the recent advances made in the sector by eminent medical professionals both from India and United Kingdom in their fields of expertise.
DRDO, IAF successfully launch two BrahMos missiles from land and air platforms
Dec 17, 2019, at 08:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Defence Research & Development Organisation(DRDO), Indian Air Force (IAF) and BrahMos jointly successfully conducted two BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles tests on Tuesday, one each from land and air platforms.
ISRO launches RISAT-2BR1 satellite
Dec 11, 2019, at 04:08 pm
Sriharikota/IBNS: In yet another glorious chapter in India's space science, the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO on Wednesday launched the radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 on board the PLSV-C48 rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
India techie Shanmuga Subramanian's tweet on NASA's recognition goes viral
Dec 03, 2019, at 04:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A tweet by Chennai-based engineer Shanmuga Subramanian, where he shared that US space agency NASA has credited him for finding Vikram Lander on Moon's surface, has gone viral on the micro-blogging site.
Chandrayaan-2 Moon Lander's debris found: NASA
Dec 03, 2019, at 09:02 am
Washington/IBNS: NASA on Tuesday said its satellite orbiting the Moon has found debris of Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-2 which had crashed on the lunar surface in September.