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UChicago researchers achieved levitation of macroscopic objects between warm and cold plates in a vacuum chamber. (Image: US Chicago News)

New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects

Two UChicago undergraduates lead breakthrough work.

17 Feb 2017 3:16 PM IST

NASA data used to create global map of human-made CO2.

NASA to create first-ever space technology research institutes

NASA is establishing STRIs to research and exploit cutting-edge advances in technology.

17 Feb 2017 1:26 PM IST

The scientists, mostly from the official New Zealand research body GNS Science, said Zealandia was once part of the Gondwana super-continent but broke away about 100 million years ago. (Photo: GNS)

N. Zealand part of sunken 'lost continent' Zealandia: scientists

New Zealand sits atop a lost continent recognised as Zealandia.

17 Feb 2017 11:16 AM IST

The letters authors cited Trumps threats to stop government scientists from talking to the press or publishing findings without permission. (Photo: AFP)

Trump's policies not based on facts but views: European science bodies

A letter signed by 46 scientific organisations urged Europe's politicians to defend principles, values that underpinned...

17 Feb 2017 9:16 AM IST

The new project will be associated with research themes featuring the exploration of transportation means, energy and food on the Red Planet. (Photo: Gulf News)

UAE to build first city on Mars by 2117

The 100-year plan will involve scientific research to nurture national cadres specialised in space sciences at...

17 Feb 2017 8:34 AM IST

NASAs Dawn spacecraft image of the limb of dwarf planet Ceres shows a section of the northern hemisphere in this image on October 17, 2016. (Photo: NASA)

Dwarf planet Ceres boasts organic compounds, raising prospect of life

The finding puts Ceres, a rock-and-ice world about 950 km in diameter, on a growing list of places in the solar system.

17 Feb 2017 7:58 AM IST

Last month was the third warmest January in 137 years of modern record-keeping.

January 2017 is third warmest month in 137 years

Two of the three top January temperature anomalies have been during the past two years.

17 Feb 2017 7:20 AM IST

ISRO PSLV-C37 launched at 9.30 am on Wednesday from Sriharikota.

Snapshots from Afar: Story of three Indian women behind Mangalyan'

The movie not only captures the leap that India took to space, but also documents the leap the country took in terms of...

16 Feb 2017 8:38 PM IST

NASA invites public to search for new nearby worlds

Participants will share credit for their discoveries in any scientific publications that result from the project.

16 Feb 2017 5:53 PM IST

The search also may discover more distant objects like brown dwarfs, sometimes called failed stars, in nearby interstellar space.

NASA invites public to search for new nearby worlds

NASA is inviting the public to help search for possible undiscovered worlds in the outer reaches of our solar system

16 Feb 2017 2:01 PM IST

ISRO PSLV-C37 launched at 9.30 am on Wednesday from Sriharikota.

Video | ISRO releases PSLV's 'selfie' camera footage of 104 satellite...

The rocket lift off from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota, ISRO at 9.28 am.

16 Feb 2017 12:50 PM IST

In the image, technicians inspect the satellites 96-foot wingspan before launch. (Photo: NASA)

NASA history: First pegasus satellite launches Feb.16, 1965

The satellites was developed and managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

16 Feb 2017 11:21 AM IST