India-US Joint Mars Mission a Possibility
byWashington: India and the US have agreed to expand their cooperation in civil space activities ranging from weather and monsoon forecasting to cooperative space exploration…
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Chinese NASA worker in US court over computer cache
byWashington (IANS/RIA Novosti) A former Chinese contractor with the NASA has appeared in a US federal court after he was arrested following an attempt to…
Newly-discovered particle is likely Higgs boson, shows data
byGeneva (IANS) Physicists found that the new particle discovered in July 2012 is “looking more and more like a Higgs boson” after analysing more data,…
Comet could hit, radically change Mars in 2014
byMoscow: New observations confirm that a comet heading toward Mars could collide with it in October 2014, possibly ushering in radical environmental changes on the…
Gut bugs help build healthy bones
byWashington: A natural probiotic supplement can help treat people with osteoporosis and produce healthy bones, according to a new study. Probiotics are bugs that can…
Indian scientists develop ‘snake robots’ for rescue ops
byNew Delhi: They can slither through the rubble of buildings brought down by earthquakes, locate survivors and alert rescuers – they are no ordinary…
Facebook post of a person has greater recall value than his face!
byLondon: People’s memory for Facebook posts have greater recall value than human faces or sentences from books, says a new study. The findings shed light…
Indian scientists devise 16 disaster management drugs
byNew Delhi (IANS) Preparing to deal with any future chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) incidents, Indian scientists have devised 16 drugs that can be…
New heart cells keep forming in kids too
byWashington (IANS) After nearly a century of debate on whether heart muscle cells are generated after birth or they simply grow larger, researchers now say…
Galaxy may host 17 bn Earth-size planets
byWashington (IANS) At least 17 billion Earth-size planets may inhabit the Milky Way galaxy, RIA Novosti reported citing a new study by US astronomers. According…