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More malnutrition? Study says, rice has become less nutritious as CO2 levels rise
PTI | May 24, 2018 4:30 PM
Increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will reduce the nutritional value of rice, a study has found.
NASA says twin spacecraft to track Earth's water cycle successfully launched aboard SpaceX rocket
PTI | May 23, 2018 11:49 AMA twin spacecraft to track the global water cycle has been successfully launched aboard the a SpaceX rocket, along with five communications satellites today, NASA said.
Scientists create novel material that may lead to self-healing robots
PTI | May 22, 2018 1:36 PMSpaceX to launch twin NASA water cycle tracker satellites
IANS | May 22, 2018 11:26 AMNASA's Curiosity rover may soon drill rocks on Mars again
PTI | May 21, 2018 2:56 PMHow lower temperature turns a baby turtle into a male
IANS | May 11, 2018 2:29 PMWhite House cancels NASA program on greenhouse gas, says report
AFP | May 11, 2018 10:36 AM-
China’s satellite to explore Moon’s dark side successfully brakes for entry into orbit
PTI | May 26, 2018 10:52 AMChina’s relay satellite, on an ambitious lunar exploration mission, has successfully braked near the Moon, completing a vital step before entering a desired orbit, space officials said today.
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More malnutrition? Study says, rice has become less nutritious as CO2 levels rise
PTI | May 24, 2018 4:30 PMIncreased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will reduce the nutritional value of rice, a study has found.
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NASA’s Curiosity rover tests new drilling method on Mars
IANS | May 24, 2018 12:19 PMAfter a mechanical problem took NASA Mars rover Curiosity’s drill offline in December 2016, it has now successfully tested a new drilling method on the Red Planet, making a 50-millimeter deep hole in a target called “Duluth”, NASA has said.
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3D-printed, driverless boats developed
PTI | May 24, 2018 11:21 AMMIT scientists have designed a fleet of 3D-printed, driverless boats that could ferry goods and people, helping clear up road congestion in waterway-rich cities.
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First probe to ‘touch’ the Sun will carry 1.1 million names: NASA
PTI | May 23, 2018 1:53 PMNASA’s Parker Solar Probe – humanity’s first mission to ‘touch’ a star – will carry over 1.1 million people’s names to the Sun this July, the US space agency said.
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NASA says twin spacecraft to track Earth’s water cycle successfully launched aboard SpaceX rocket
PTI | May 23, 2018 11:49 AMA twin spacecraft to track the global water cycle has been successfully launched aboard the a SpaceX rocket, along with five communications satellites today, NASA said.
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Scientists create novel material that may lead to self-healing robots
PTI | May 22, 2018 1:36 PMScientists have created a material that spontaneously repairs itself under extreme mechanical damage, and could be used to build self-healing robots.
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Scientists discover solar system’s first interstellar immigrant
PTI | May 23, 2018 10:27 AMScientists have discovered the first known permanent immigrant to the solar system – an asteroid, currently nestling in Jupiter’s orbit, that migrated from another star system.
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SpaceX to launch twin NASA water cycle tracker satellites
IANS | May 22, 2018 11:26 AMOn its way to deploy five Iridium Next communications satellites on Tuesday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will also launch twin NASA satellites that will monitor Earth’s water cycle, marking a unique rideshare arrangement.
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NASA’s Curiosity rover may soon drill rocks on Mars again
PTI | May 21, 2018 2:56 PMNASA’s Curiosity rover could soon be drilling rocks on Mars again, according to the US space agency.
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Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius can save world’s species, study shows how
PTI | May 21, 2018 2:23 PMLimiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could save the vast majority of the world’s plant and animal species from climate change, a study has found.
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Orbital ATK Antares rocket to launch cargo ship to ISS, says NASA
IANS | May 21, 2018 12:17 PMThe Antares will launch with the Cygnus spacecraft filled with 7,400 pounds of cargo for ISS, including science experiments, crew supplies and vehicle hardware.
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Cornell University develops new 3D-battery can be charged within seconds
PTI | May 21, 2018 12:10 PMThe gyroidal thin films of carbon – the battery’s anode, generated by block copolymer self-assembly – featured thousands of periodic pores on the order of 40 nanometres wide.
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China successfully launches satellite to explore dark side of Moon
PTI | May 21, 2018 3:55 PMChina successfully launched a relay satellite today to enable a rover to communicate with the Earth from the Moon’s mysterious far side, as part of the Communist giant’s ambitious goal of being the first country to send such a probe.
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Wow! Scientists create world’s smallest house on just 300 square micrometres
PTI | May 20, 2018 12:59 PMWith this advancement, optical fibres as thin as human hair can be inserted into inaccessible locations like jet engines and blood vessels to detect radiation levels or viral molecules.
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NASA should extend International Space Station life until at least 2028: US Senators
IANS | May 17, 2018 4:09 PMNASA should extend the life of the International Space Station (ISS) until at least 2028, two US Senators said in a hearing to examine the future of the orbiting laboratory.
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New device may increase smartphone battery life 100 times
PTI | May 17, 2018 1:54 PMA team led by an Indian-origin scientist has developed a novel device that could increase the battery life of electronic devices, such as smartphones and laptops, by more than a hundred-fold.
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First stars formed 250 million years after Big Bang: Study
PTI | May 17, 2018 12:44 PMThe earliest stars may have been forged just 250 million years after the Big Bang, say scientists who observed a galaxy at a record-setting distance of 13.28 billion light-years from Earth.
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NASA astronauts successfully complete 6-hour spacewalk
PTI | May 17, 2018 12:20 PMTwo NASA astronauts have successfully completed the fifth spacewalk of this year aboard the International Space Station, spending 6 hours, 31 minutes to undertake maintenance operations on the orbital outpost.
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US spacewalkers swap, check coolers ‘Leaky’ and ‘Frosty’
AFP | May 17, 2018 1:33 AMA pair of American astronauts began a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today to swap and check on two external cooling boxes, nicknamed “Leaky” and “Frosty,” NASA said.
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For first time, scientists develop flying robotic insects that could sniff out gas leaks
PTI | May 16, 2018 11:51 AMFor now, RoboFly can only take off and land. Once its photovoltaic cell is out of the direct line of sight of the laser, the robot runs out of power and lands
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Scientists discover fastest-growing black hole of the universe
PTI | May 16, 2018 11:34 AMWolf said as these kinds of black holes shine, they can be used as beacons to see and study the formation of elements in the early galaxies of the universe.
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NASA spacecraft provides new evidence of water plumes on Europa
PTI | May 15, 2018 4:48 PMThe result that emerged, with a simulated plume, was a match to the magnetic field and plasma signatures the team pulled from the Galileo data.
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Artificial Intelligence robot can help people dress up
PTI | May 15, 2018 1:03 PMThe machine, a PR2, taught itself in one day, by analysing nearly 11,000 simulated examples of a robot putting a gown onto a human arm.
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Scientists develop new DNA tool that can help catch criminals
PTI | May 15, 2018 12:48 PMThe tool is designed to be used when standard forensic DNA profiling is not helpful because no reference genetic data exists against which to compare the evidence sample.
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Scientists successfully transfer memory between animals
PTI | May 15, 2018 12:38 PMScientists have successfully transferred a memory from one marine snail to another, an advance that could lead to new treatments for trauma due to painful events and diseases like Alzheimer’s.
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Flexible, honey-comb like material could mop up pollution
PTI | May 13, 2018 3:24 PMScientists have developed a flexible, 3D porous material that mimics the shape of a honeycomb and could help filtering air to remove pollutants or viruses.
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