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Using state-of-the-art atmospheric chemistry modeling, the researchers calculated province-specific annual changes in mortality. (Photo: ANI)

Eliminating emissions in India and China can add years to people's...

Previous research had explored mortality from exposure to fine particulate matter in India and China.

22 Oct 2018 9:35 AM IST

The mystery is why this tube of stacked cones should be stable in the bent state. (Photo: ANI)

Researchers explain mechanism behind bendy straws

The mechanics that explain the ability of corrugated tubes to be extended and contracted in length are -"pretty well...

22 Oct 2018 9:23 AM IST

Diatoms are unicellular microalgae. (Photo: ANI)

Decision-making in single-cell organisms

The algae depend on nutrients in order to reproduce. However, they also need sexual mates which they find.

22 Oct 2018 9:09 AM IST

The results ... herald a new era in treatment for women diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer who carry a BRCA mutation.

AstraZeneca's Lynparza shown to put brakes on ovarian cancer

Given as a maintenance therapy to reinforce initial chemotherapy, Lynparza halted or reversed tumour growth in 60...

22 Oct 2018 8:51 AM IST

Giant galaxy supercluster found lurking in early Universe

Giant galaxy supercluster found lurking in early Universe

The structure is the largest and most massive to be found so early in the formation of the Universe.

21 Oct 2018 10:50 AM IST

The BepiColombo spacecraft will have to follow an elliptical path that involves a fly-by of Earth, two of Venus and six of Mercury itself so it can slow down before arriving at its destination in December 2025. (Photo: AP)

Europe, Japan send spacecraft on 7-year journey to Mercury

ESA says the 1.3 billion-euro (USD 1.5 billion) mission is one of the most challenging in its history.

20 Oct 2018 2:41 PM IST

The carrot particles are provided by CelluComp, a Scottish-based company who work on the development of sustainable materials. (Photo: Pixabay)

Carrots could be key to making greener buildings, say researchers

Cement is responsible for seven percent of total global CO2 emissions, according to International Energy Agency...

20 Oct 2018 2:20 PM IST

The Museum, which was originally the residence of Portugals royal family in Brazil. (Photo: CNN)

Skull of ancient human found in burned Brazilian museum

The skull, though damaged, was protected by a cabinet that fell over the glass box it was encased in.

20 Oct 2018 12:03 PM IST

, Triton Submarines LLC of Vero Beach, Florida, said on the company website that it is the only submersible certified to carry humans on dives of 36,000 feet.

Scientists prepare for expedition to the world's deepest depths

The project, known as Five Deeps Expedition, will use a special submersible vehicle that took more than three years to...

20 Oct 2018 11:53 AM IST

Cotton is widely grown around the world, with its fiber used to make textiles and the cottonseed used among other things to feed animals such as cattle and sheep that have multiple stomach chambers.

You could soon be eating cotton

After cottonseed oil is extracted, the remaining high-protein meal from the new cotton plant can find many uses.

19 Oct 2018 10:13 AM IST

Hyperion has a mass 1 million billion times greater than the sun and is so distant that it is viewed from earth as it looked billions of years ago.

Scientists in Chile unveil 'A Cosmic Titan' cluster of galaxies

Hyperion is like 5,000 galaxies of the Milky Way.

19 Oct 2018 10:07 AM IST

A Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut survived an aborted liftoff after a Soyuz rocket bound for the ISS failed in mid-air.

No time to be nervous: cosmonaut shrugs off emergency landing

Ovchinin and American astronaut Nick Hague had to abort their mission on October 11.

17 Oct 2018 11:12 AM IST