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While no commercial-scale deep water wind farms exist at present, the findings suggest the technology is worth pursuing, though the power would vary according to the seasons.

Wind farms in Atlantic could power the world: study

Wind farms in the open ocean can generate far more renewable energy than those on land.

10 Oct 2017 12:06 PM IST

Researchers said the discovery could benefit millions of people in the developing world who depend on corn as a staple, and could reduce animal feed costs, according to the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed US journal.

US scientists engineer corn to boost protein

US scientists have found a way to genetically engineer corn to produce an amino acid contained in meat.

10 Oct 2017 9:32 AM IST

As per MNRE scheme, people can generate solar power and sell excess power back to the state government.

Andhra Pradesh: Sun to light up Beach Road

Solar-powered LED lights to be installed.

10 Oct 2017 7:17 AM IST

The event that started on October 4 debated how adaptations of books into movies have propelled sci-fi into the mainstream.

Space Week: Getting closer to galaxies

On day four of the event, writer-artist Khushnaz Lala, led a workshop the Silly Space.

10 Oct 2017 3:14 AM IST

Researchers combined visible-wavelength and infrared data to produce an image color-coded for surface temperatures of this moon, which has been considered for a potential future human-mission outpost.

NASA's Mars Odyssey probe captures first image of moon Phobos

The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter observed Phobos on September 29.

8 Oct 2017 6:15 PM IST

Richard Henderson, one of the 2017 Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry, holds a bacterio rhodopsin model prior to a press conference at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Three researchers based in the U.S., U.K. and Switzerland won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developments in electron microscopy. The 9-million-kronor ($1.1 million) prize is shared by Jacques Dubochet of the University of Lausanne, Joachim Frank at New Yorks Columbia University and Richard Henderson of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Britain. (Frank Augstein/Associated Press)

Nobel-winning technique like Google earth for molecules'

Molecules can be captured down to the level of their atoms, and snapshots can catch them in mid-movement.

7 Oct 2017 9:40 AM IST

A total solar eclipse occurs when a moon moves in between the sun and Earth, lasting up to three hours. This years solar eclipse was the first continent-wide eclipse that plunged various US cities into darkness. (Photo: AP)

Pence pledges that US will go to the Moon, Mars and beyond

Space industry leaders say they and NASA are building the spaceships to get there.

7 Oct 2017 9:36 AM IST

Scientists have found evidence of widespread water in the Moons interior. (Photo: AFP)

Moon once had an atmosphere: NASA study

A NASA study has found that the Moon had an atmosphere about three to four billion years ago.

6 Oct 2017 12:51 PM IST

The ultra-sensitive imaging method allows molecules to be flash-frozen and studied in their natural form, without the need for dyes

Trio win chemistry Nobel for molecule imaging

Cryo-electron microscopy freezes biomolecules. It means molecules in bacteria and viruses can be examined in their...

5 Oct 2017 2:48 AM IST

The challenges of the basic task of fusing the elements are immense, like temperatures hotter than at the centre of the Sun, intense pressure, and runaway electrons. Solutions are being found for some of the stumbling blocks as scientists experiment with doughnut shaped reactors.

Energy efficient: Nuclear fusion can save the world

Every few years, shouts of electrical Eureka are heard as incremental improvements crop up in potential fusion...

3 Oct 2017 1:48 AM IST

People with atopy and allergic asthma develop allergies such as food allergies, allergic conjunctivitis, and other symptoms of hyper allergic state in a rainy season, said Dr R Ranjith, senior consultant, Government Institute of thoracic medicine. (Representational image)

How we tick: US 'body clock' scientists win Nobel medicine prize

These help explain how people experience jet lag when their internal circadian rhythms get out of sync.

2 Oct 2017 9:10 PM IST

No one has been able to actually investigate whether differences existed between humans and chimpanzees in how the foot works during walking on two legs. (Photo: Pixabay)

Happy 350,000th birthday: Study pushes back Homo sapiens origins

Homo sapiens emerged on the African landscape following millions of years of human evolution.

30 Sept 2017 9:04 PM IST