science news
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Great Canary Telescope captures deepest image of galaxy
With this measurement, recently published in Astrophysical Journal, the existence of the stellar halos predicted by theoretical models is confirmed, and it has become possible to study low surface brightness phenomena.
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Scientists use satellite data to calculate groundwater levels
The researchers recently applied the algorithm to determine groundwater levels across the entire agricultural basin of Colorado’s San Luis Valley.
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First element discovered in Asia named ‘nihonium’, after Japan
Though ‘nihonium’ was publicly recognised by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in December 2015, the name was not announced by IUPAC until Wednesday. It will become permanent after a five-month public review.
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Drug metabolite found safe, effective therapy for Parkinson’s
The findings showed that dimethyl fumarate, or DMF – an oral drug and its metabolite – monomethyl fumarate, or MMF – both increase the activity of Nrf2.
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Bacteria’s hair can conduct electricity like copper
Scientists from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst used X-ray diffraction to analyse the structure of the filaments called the pili.
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Why boys do better in science exam than girls, explained
Male students may perform better than females in life science exams not because they have better academic ability, but due to the way the questions are designed, according to new research.
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Tiny lasers that make chips run faster
Reported in the journal Applied Physics Letters, the group said integrating subwavelength cavities – the essential building blocks of tiny lasers – onto silicon enabled them to create and…
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Comets break up, make up during journey
Studies of the bilobed comets by the team indicate they all are similar in their volume ratios between each lobe, meaning they probably go through the….
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New research to help you beat jet lag
Most living organisms, including humans, have a circadian rhythm or the 24-hour biological clock that regulates functions such as sleep-wake cycles, hormone secretion and metabolism.
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New ant fossil sheds light on early evolution of ants
Chinese scientists have discovered a new ant fossil in a 99-million-year-old piece of Burmese amber which sheds light on complex social behaviour and early evolution of the insects.
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ISRO sets up nozzle testing labs in VSSC
In a bid to carry out better research in the area of rocket nozzle, Indian Space Research Organisation has established Nozzle Testing Laboratories at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Rapid formation of new stars in distant galaxies
Galaxies forming stars at extreme rates nine billion years ago were more efficient than average galaxies today, researchers have found.
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Scientists find what happens when galaxies collide
The researchers found that when two galaxies of the same size collide, both galaxies produce stars at a much faster rate.
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New model may explain massive heat in Sun’s corona
A trio of researchers has created a computer model that may solve the mystery of why there is so much heat in the Sun’s corona”.
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75 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur ‘blood’ discovered
Researchers have discovered 75-million-year-old red blood cells and proteins inside fossilized dinosaur bones.
