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They target protein receptor PPARgamma found in fat tissue throughout the body.Science
New diabetes drug may soon replace insulin jabs

The new drug is different from the often prescribed Metformin which acts on liver to cut glucose production.

20 May 2017 2:38 AM IST

A certain type of communicationsvery low frequency (VLF) radio communicationshave been found to interact with particles in space, affecting how and where they move. (Photo: NASA)Science
NASA probes spot man-made 'bubble' around Earth

Humans have long been shaping Earth's landscape, but now scientists have found that we can shape our near-space...

19 May 2017 8:17 AM IST

The goal of the challenge is to foster the development of technologies to manufacture a habitat using local indigenous materials with, or without, recyclable materials.Science
US teams win Nasa award for Space home'

3-D Printed Habitat Challenge aims to create living spaces in alien worlds.

19 May 2017 1:26 AM IST

\The probe is expected to reach Mars in 2021 after a flight of seven to ten months,\ Ye was quoted as saying by the official media here. (Photo: AP)Science
Heavy rains may have shaped Mars surface: study

The fourth planet from the Sun, Mars has geological features like the Earth and Moon

18 May 2017 8:09 AM IST

Mike Krainak (left) and Diego Janches recently won NASA follow-on funding to advance a spaceborne sodium lidar needed to probe Earths poorly understood mesosphere. Credits: NASA/W. HrybykScience
NASA to build the world's first space-based sodium lidar

The tool will be used to study Earth's poorly understood mesosphere.

17 May 2017 11:26 AM IST

Henderson Island in the south Pacific Ocean is uninhabited and located more than 5,000 kilometres from the nearest major population centre and is still very polluted. (Photo: Pixabay)Science
Scientists find 38 million pieces of trash on Pacific island

Almost all of the garbage they found on Henderson Island was made from plastic.

16 May 2017 9:32 PM IST

BANNER IMAGE: Sun glints off atmospheric ice crystals (circled in red) in this view captured by NASAs EPIC instrument on NOAAs DISCOVR satellite. . Credits: NASAs Goddard Space Flight CenterScience
NASA captures strange lights flashing from Earth

One million miles from Earth, a NASA camera is capturing unexpected flashes of light reflecting off our planet.

16 May 2017 10:57 AM IST

The information will be transmitted by the satellite twice a day, which will help Africa towards disaster prevention.Science
SpaceX launches Inmarsat communications satellite

SpaceX did not attempt to bring the first stage of the rocket back to Earth following the launch, citing a heavy...

16 May 2017 8:08 AM IST

UCLA scientists discovered that dendrites (shown here in green) are not just passive conduits for electrical currents between neurons. (Image: UCLA)Science
Cheaper, greener way to grow semiconductor films found

Researchers invented a method to simultaneously synthesise and deposit crystalline semiconductor films

14 May 2017 3:21 PM IST

Planetary rings that surround Saturn, Neptune and Uranus were formed four billion years agoScience
NASA detects a “strong waterâ€sign in Neptune-sized planet

Scientists using NASA telescopes have detected -"a strong water signature-" in the atmosphere of a distant Neptune-sized...

14 May 2017 10:31 AM IST

The supercapacitor invented by researchers from UCLA and the University of Connecticut could lead to pacemakers and other implantable medical devices that last a lifetime. (Islam Mosa/University of Connecticut and Maher El-Kady/UCLA)Science
Battery-free implantable device draws energy directly from human body

UCLA and University of Connecticut scientists design supercapacitor that could make pacemakers and other instruments...

14 May 2017 8:51 AM IST

Christina Morrison presented her research at the 2017 Arizona Space Grant Symposium in Tempe. This fall she will begin graduate studies in environmental engineering at one of the several universities where she has been accepted. (Photo credit: Irma Perez)Science
Doing laundry in Outer Space? She's working on a solution for that

UA College of Engineering senior Christina Morrison is seeking answers to a Earth problem for space travelers: how to...

14 May 2017 8:46 AM IST

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