SCIENCE & RESEARCH

Cosmic Legos: Black holes merge into never before seen size

6:42 pm September 2, 2020

Washington: Black holes are getting stranger — even to astronomers. They’ve now detected the signal from a long ago violent collision of two black holes that created a new one of a size that had never been seen before. “It’s the biggest bang since the Big Bang observed by humanity,” said Caltech physicist Alan Weinstein, who was part of the […]

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

Fear of missing out impacts people of all ages, study finds

11:46 pm August 27, 2020

Washington: Fear of missing out (FOMO) — the social anxiety that other people are having fun without you — can have an impact on any, irrespective of age. In fact, not age, but aspects of self-perception–namely loneliness, low self-esteem, and low self-compassion–were more closely associated FOMO, according to a recent study by Washington State University researchers published […]

No need for alarm on COVID-19 reinfection, need more data for reliable inference: scientists

6:49 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: The first documented instance of coronavirus reinfection came from Hong Kong this week followed quickly by Belgium and the Netherlands reporting one case each, but there is no reason for alarm yet, say scientists, calming fears that a surge might be inevitable. As concerns mount that herd immunity may not be enough to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists in India and elsewhere said […]

Treating COVID-19 may lead to increased antibiotic resistance, UK study finds

7:05 pm August 25, 2020

London: The use of antibiotics in people with Treating COVID-19 may lead to increased antibiotic resistance, UK study finds could lead to raised levels of the drugs within rivers or coastal waters which may in turn result in an increase in antimicrobial resistance, according to a UK study. Patients hospitalised due to the novel coronavirus […]

Indian satellite AstroSat makes rare discovery

11:07 am August 25, 2020

Pune: AstroSat, India’s first multi- wavelength satellite, has detected an extreme ultraviolet (UV) light from a galaxy which is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth, the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) said on Monday. A release from the Pune-based Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics said a global team led by IUCAA scientists […]