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Equipment at Regional Meteorological Centre on display for students on World Meteorological Day on Thursday. (Photo: DC)Science
Tamil Nadu: Engineering students told to make use of indigenous...

Sriharikota, the spaceport of India is now gearing up for two GSLV launches in next two months.

24 March 2017 5:55 AM IST

NASAs official Twitter handle was briefly compromised and the hacker changes the name and profile picture by tweeting a porn pic later.Science
NASA working on high-speed space 'internet'

The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will help NASA understand the best ways to operate laser...

23 March 2017 3:57 PM IST

The lights are part of an artificial sun that will be used for research purposes. (Photo: AP)Science
Scientists switch on 'artificial sun' in German lab

The experiment uses as much electricity in four hours as a four-person household would in a year.

23 March 2017 2:53 PM IST

NASAs Mars roverScience
Breaks detected in NASA's Mars rover wheels

The mission's first and second breaks in raised treads, called grousers

23 March 2017 1:16 PM IST

77% of milennials believe that robotics will improve economic growth.Science
Scientists use graphene to power 'electronic skin' that can feel

Scientists have found a way to power an experimental kind of electronic skin using solar energy

23 March 2017 9:13 AM IST

A new dinosaur evolutionary tree, published in the journal Nature, proposes two new base groups, in which bird-hipped dinos like the Triceratops pictured here in 2008, and reptile-hipped lizards are now mixed (Photo: AFP)Science
Scientists uproot dinosaur family tree

It also suggests that dinosaurs arose around 247 million years ago some 10 million years earlier than thought

23 March 2017 7:46 AM IST

NASA scientists discover ancient microbes that can survive on a diet of sulfite, manganese and copper oxide in the Naica mine in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.Science
NASA sending 'futuristic' atomic clock to space

The clock will be smaller, lighter with magnitudes more precise than any atomic clock flown in space before

22 March 2017 2:38 PM IST

Images captured by the Rosetta spacecraft provided the first direct evidence of cometary landslidesScience
Comet orbiter films deep-space landslide

The cliffside collapse created about 2,000 tonnes of rubble, 99 per cent of which settled at the foot of the precipice.

22 March 2017 10:39 AM IST

Scientists studying what satnavs do to the brain have found that people using them effectively switch off parts of the brain that would otherwise be utilised to simulate different routes and boost navigational skills.Science
Scientists find how using -"satnav-" switches off parts of brain

Scientists studying what satnavs do to the brain have found that people using them effectively switch off parts of the...

22 March 2017 9:47 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
Trump, NASA and a rare consensus: mission to Mars

NASA will work toward the goal of a crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s, according to the law.

22 March 2017 8:18 AM IST

Lead author Dr. Maria de Lima said their findings revealed that at least part of the mechanism of action underlying the pain relieving effects induced by PnPP-19, a spider toxin. (Photo: Pixabay)Science
Deadly spider's venom may prevent stroke damage: study

Researchers said the small protein from the venom of the spider showed great promise as a future stroke treatment.

21 March 2017 7:13 PM IST

An Ariane 5 rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kourou Space Center in French GuianaScience
Striking workers delay French rocket launch

The VA236 rocket is set to put into orbit two communications satellites.

21 March 2017 1:46 PM IST

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