SCIENCE & RESEARCH

Rough seas delay escape test for SpaceX crew capsule

9:31 pm January 18, 2020

Cape Canaveral, Florida: Rough seas prompted SpaceX on Saturday to delay the emergency escape test of its new crew capsule by a day. Liftoff is now set for Sunday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon rocket was supposed to blast off Saturday on a 10-minute flight to demonstrate the capsule’s emergency escape system before […]

Indian-American among NASA’s new astronauts; all set to conquer Moon, Mars

3:42 pm January 11, 2020

Houston: Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American US Air Force colonel, is among 11 new NASA graduates who have successfully completed their over two years’ of basic astronaut training and are all set to be a part of the space agency’s ambitious future missions to the International Space Station, Moon and Mars. The successful astronauts […]

Kids with less fear, desire for social connection may later become antisocial: Study

7:18 pm January 6, 2020

Boston: Young children who showed less fear and desire for social connection, and engaged rarely in copycat behaviour are more likely to exhibit antisocial traits later in life, according to a study which may lead to new psychological interventions for kids. Researchers, including Rebecca Waller of the University of Pennsylvania and Nicholas Wagner of Boston […]

Top ISRO scientist claims he was poisoned three years ago

ISRO, Xiaomi in advanced talks over NaVIC chipsets

10:43 pm January 1, 2020

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation and Chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi are in advanced stage of talks on provision of chipsets that can support NaVIC, the Indian version of Global Positioning System (GPS), an official said here on Wednesday. The NavIC-friendly chipset, being manufactured by the US chip manufacturer Qualcom, is designed to provide accurate […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

‘New drug delivery technique can inject genes into kidneys’

2:37 pm January 1, 2020

Washington: Researchers have developed a novel drug carrying system, and used it to deliver genes directly into the kidneys of mice, an advance that may pave the way for effective gene therapy techniques. The scientists from Mayo Clinic, an American non-profit organisation academic medical centre, studied the effectiveness of delivering three different sized vectors, or […]