SCIENCE & RESEARCH

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‘Scientists set new world record for internet speed’

10:48 pm August 24, 2020

London: Scientists in the UK claim they have achieved the world’s fastest internet data transmission rate, a speed which would make it possible to download the entire Netflix library in less than a second. The researchers from University College London (UCL) in the UK achieved a data transmission rate of 178 terabits a second — five times faster than the previous record. The […]

Some dwarf galaxies form stars 10-100 times faster than Milky Way galaxy: Study

8:40 pm August 24, 2020

New Delhi: Some dwarf galaxies form new stars 10-100 times faster than the Milky Way galaxy, states a study by scientists at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES). Amid the billions of galaxies in the universe, a large number are tiny ones 100 times less massive than the Milky Way galaxy. “While most of these tiny tots called dwarf […]

Top ISRO scientist claims he was poisoned three years ago

Gaganyaan: Unmanned space mission planned for Dec 2020 likely to be delayed

11:05 pm August 16, 2020

New Delhi: Hit by disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the launch of India’s unmanned space mission under the first leg of Gaganyaan, planned for December 2020, is likely to be delayed, sources said. It was part of the two unmanned missions to be undertaken by the Indian Space Research Organisation ahead of the planned […]

Obesity may exacerbate effects of Alzheimer’s disease: Study

COVID-19 lockdowns may worsen obesity epidemic, say scientists

3:48 pm August 14, 2020

London: Lockdown measures enforced in many countries around the world to curb the COVID-19 pandemic may escalate emotional stress, economic anxiety, and increase the rates of obesity across the population, according to a research which calls for socioeconomic safety nets and community support networks to mitigate these effects. According to the scientists, including those from […]

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Putin says Russia develops world’s first vaccine against coronavirus

7:06 pm August 11, 2020

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced that Russia has developed the world’s first vaccine against COVID-19 that works “quite effectively” and forms a “stable immunity” against the disease as he disclosed that one of his daughters has already been vaccinated. “A vaccine against coronavirus has been registered for the first time in the world this morning,” Putin said […]