Nissan, NASA extend research into autonomous vehicles
Researchers from the Nissan Research Centre in Silicon Valley and NASA Ames have been working together to advance autonomous vehicle systems.
Jan 12, 2018, 12:50 PM IST
Origin of life on Earth: New recipe for early life discovered by Indian-origin chemist
In previous studies, researchers imagined early life using the same molecules for the citric acid cycle as life uses today.
Jan 08, 2018, 18:46 PM IST
Least populated village in Tibet gets electricity
The is connected to remote Yulmed Township in Luntse County, Shannan City, through 108 electric poles over a 5,000-metre-high mountain.
Jan 03, 2018, 17:54 PM IST
Here's how climate change could change the taste of your wine
The study suggests that wine producers now face a choice proactively experiment with new varieties or risk suffering the negative consequences of climate change.
Jan 03, 2018, 16:55 PM IST
Thirty 130 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur eggs from Jurassic period discovered in China
The construction workers had detonated an explosive to break up a large boulder, but luckily, the fossilized eggs managed to survive the impact.
Jan 02, 2018, 12:27 PM IST
New technique reveals 2,000-year-old writings in mummy cases
The new technique developed by researchers at University College London (UCL) in the UK is giving historians a new insight into everyday life in ancient Egypt.
Jan 01, 2018, 18:52 PM IST
Why boys tend to do better in science tests
The results were based on a year-long study of students in nine introductory biology courses.
Dec 31, 2017, 17:48 PM IST
3D shapes created from living tissue: Study
Researchers are now curious to learn whether they can stitch the developmental programme that control tissue folding together with others that control tissue patterning.
Dec 31, 2017, 11:22 AM IST
Scientists unearth remains of oldest creature ever found in the Antarctic
The 150 million-year-old giant prehistoric sea reptile is believed to be the first of its species located in Antarctica and the oldest creature ever found on the continent.
Dec 25, 2017, 15:12 PM IST
India to have its own gravitational wave detector in 2025
The mirrors and detectors required to build the system will be sent from the LIGO collaborators in the US.
Dec 21, 2017, 17:35 PM IST
Scientists discover living bacteria in polar ice for the first time
The research also shows that humans may be having an even greater impact on levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere than accepted evidence from climate history studies of ice cores suggests.
Dec 21, 2017, 14:28 PM IST
Christmas 2017: Scientists create world’s smallest greetings card
The card, created by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), is made from platinum-coated silicon nitride.
Dec 19, 2017, 17:48 PM IST
Life on Earth would have been impossible without fungi, says study
The amount of phosphorus transferred could have been very large under the ancient atmospheric conditions, but fungi had the power to dramatically alter the ancient atmosphere, the researchers said.
Evidence of 60 million-year-old meteorite impact found at Scotland's Isle of Skye
At 60 million-years-old, this would be the oldest impact ever recorded in the UK.
Dec 19, 2017, 09:08 AM IST
What made the oldest plesiosaur a strong swimmer
The study showed that these long extinct animals propelled themselves through the world's oceans by employing "underwater flight" - similar to sea turtles and penguins.
Dec 18, 2017, 17:29 PM IST
Partially preserved dinosaur-like corpse discovered in Uttarakhand, India
The creature has now been sent for analysis, including carbon dating, which will reveal its exact age.
Dec 18, 2017, 11:45 AM IST
MIT engineers induce plants to give off light
By embedding specialised nanoparticles into the leaves of a watercress plant, the researchers successfully induced the plants to give off dim light for nearly four hours, according to the study published in the journal Nano Letters.
Isaac Newton, the artist? Graffiti sketched by scientist as a young boy discovered
The sketch is thought to have been inspired by the building of a mill nearby during Newton's childhood.
Dec 11, 2017, 17:04 PM IST
It`s a man`s world: Women scarce in Nobel Prize annals
While the number of women Nobel laureates has risen in recent decades -- from just four between 1901, the first year of the prizes, and 1920 to 19 between 2001 and 2017 -- the 48 women crowned over the years represent just five percent of the 896 people honoured, excluding organisations.
Dec 08, 2017, 11:17 AM IST
Christmas surprise? Scientists offer evidence pointing at Santa Claus' existence
Oxford University researchers analysed a micro-sample of a pelvis fragment and found that it dated back to the fourth century.
Dec 06, 2017, 18:01 PM IST
