SCIENCE & RESEARCH

DRDO completes key process relating to Pinaka missiles

Pinaka missile system successfully flight-tested

10:25 pm December 19, 2019

Balasore (Odisha): India’s indigenously developed Pinaka missile system, which is capable of striking up to a range of 75 kilometres with high precision, was successfully flight-tested on Thursday, a defence statement said. The Pinaka MK-II rocket is modified as a missile by integrating navigation, control and guidance system to improve the end accuracy and enhance […]

Kolkata Science City unveils new ‘time machines’

3:06 pm December 19, 2019

Kolkata: The Science City in Kolkata has unveiled a new pair of ‘time machines’, motion simulators with 3D projections, officials said on Thursday. Around 15 visitors can be accommodated in each simulator where films on subjects ranging from the Great Wall of China to the Roman civilisation will be shown in 65-inch LED monitors with […]

Stress in early life extends lifespan in worms: Study

2:27 pm December 6, 2019

Washington: Some stress at a young age may actually lead to a longer life, according to a study conducted in worms. Researchers at the University of Michigan in the US have discovered that oxidative stress experienced early in life increases subsequent stress resistance later in life. Oxidative stress happens when cells produce more oxidants and […]

New rodent fossil reveals how middle ear may have evolved: Study

11:40 am November 30, 2019

Beijing: Researchers have unearthed well-preserved middle ear bones from a new species of an extinct rodent that lived 145-66 million years ago in what is now northeastern China, an advance that may lead to better understanding of the evolution of hearing. The study, published in the journal Nature, looked at fossils of the extinct rodent-like […]

Third Guinness World Record created at science festival

11:49 pm November 8, 2019

Kolkata: Students created another Guinness World Record on Friday, the last day of the India International Science Festival (IISF), by forming the world’s largest prototype of a human chromosome at the Science City here. This is the third Guinness World Record created at the IISF. An estimated 400 school children wearing sky blue, navy blue […]