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The analysis found that for one specific sector - industrial boilers - technology is cheaper at cleaning the air than ecosystem upgrades.

Trees - a feasible option for cutting down air pollution around...

It is the plants and not technologies for cleaning the air near a number of industrial sites, roadways, and oil and gas...

8 Nov 2019 8:09 AM IST

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Prehistoric ape from Germany was a pioneer of two-legged walking

Fossils unearthed in southern Germany of a remarkable ape that lived about 11.6 million years ago

7 Nov 2019 12:32 PM IST

$NASA probe provides insight on solar system\s border with interstellar space$ Science

NASA probe provides insight on solar system-'s border with...

NASA-'s Voyager 2 had crossed over to areas beyond the Milky Way-'s Sun-'s reach last year, learnings of which have now...

5 Nov 2019 12:08 PM IST

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Boeing tests space taxi, one of three parachutes does not open

The tested CST-100 Starliner crew capsule however performed -'acceptably-' overall, being developed to ferry astronauts...

5 Nov 2019 11:23 AM IST

The spaceplane, roughly the size of a small bus and sharing many design features with NASAs Space Shuttle, was sent into orbit in 2017 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. (Photo: SpaceNews)

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Secretive military spaceplane lands in Florida after record-long...

The unpiloted X-37B, touched down on an airstrip at NASAâ€™s Kennedy Space Center at 3:51 a.m. ET after spending 780...

30 Oct 2019 1:26 PM IST

A lake that at the time was Africas largest - twice the area of todays Lake Victoria - gave rise to the ancient wetlands covering the Greater Zambezi River Basin that includes northern Botswana into Namibia to the west and Zimbabwe to the east.

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Humankind-'s ancestral -'homeland-' pinpointed in Botswana

It has been long established that Homo sapiens originated somewhere in Africa before later spreading worldwide.

30 Oct 2019 1:21 PM IST

The device is essentially a large, specialised battery that absorbs carbon dioxide from the air (or another gas stream) passing over its electrodes as it is being charged up.

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Research develops new way to remove carbon dioxide from air

The technique is described in a new paper in the journal Energy and Environmental Science by MIT postdoc Sahag Voskian.

29 Oct 2019 10:53 AM IST

Scientists have eyed lunar water as a key resource for enabling long-duration astronaut missions on the moon, though its form and exact amount are unknown.

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NASA plans to send water-hunting robot to moon surface in 2022

The VIPER robot will drive for miles (km) on the dusty lunar surface to get a closer look at underground pockets of ice.

26 Oct 2019 2:03 PM IST

$This chemical, Opabactin, is also known as \OP,\ which is gamer slang for \overpowered,\ referring to the best character or weapon in a game.\$ Science

Here-'s how plants can remain green throughout the year

It mimics abscisic acid, or ABA, the natural hormone produced by plants in response to drought stress.

26 Oct 2019 11:53 AM IST

The fossilsdate from the first million years after the calamity and show that the surviving terrestrial mammalian and plant lineages rebounded with aplomb. (Photo: AFP)

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Post-apocalyptic fossils show rise of mammals after dinosaur demise

With dinosaurs no longer eating them, mammals made quick evolutionary strides.

25 Oct 2019 10:25 AM IST

More accurate and reliable short-term forecasts are necessary so that people can be evacuated from the seismic impact zone. (Photo: ANI)

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Researchers close to developing short-term earthquake forecast system

This data can help experts develop short-term earthquake forecast methods.

25 Oct 2019 9:26 AM IST

$China\s next commercial rockets to make test flights in 2020, 2021$ Science

China-'s next commercial rockets to make test flights in 2020, 2021

The Smart Dragon-2, weighing about 60 tonnes and with a total length of 21 meters, will be capable of sending 500 kg...

22 Oct 2019 9:20 AM IST