SCIENCE & RESEARCH

Dinosaur-killing meteorite instantly acidified the oceans: Study

7:18 pm October 23, 2019

Washington: In a first, researchers have found that the dinosaur-killing meteorite that crashed into the Earth 66 million years ago may have instantly acidified the oceans by causing a release of excess sulphur into the atmosphere and the seas. The researchers, including those from Yale University in the US, said that the impact from the […]

Obesity may exacerbate effects of Alzheimer’s disease: Study

Obesity impacting lifestyle, sexual health of people in Delhi-NCR: claims study

11:52 pm October 11, 2019

New Delhi: Obesity brings with it a host of health risks like heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure, but it also affects sexual well-being of people suffering from the condition, a study by a hospital claimed. The survey of over 1,000 respondents in Delhi-NCR, both men and women in age group of 18-45, also […]

‘Plastic-eating’ bacteria discovered by Indian scientists

1:44 pm October 10, 2019

New Delhi: Researchers have discovered two strains of ‘plastic-eating’ bacteria from the wetlands of Greater Noida, an advance that may lead to eco-friendly alternative clean-up methods for plastic waste worldwide. The bacterial strains discovered by researchers at Shiv Nadar University in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, have the potential to decompose polystyrene — a key component […]

DRDO chief G Satheesh Reddy gets two-year extension

DRDO chief urges for indigenous defence production

8:26 pm September 28, 2019

Shillong: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman G Satheesh Reddy on Saturday said the country must focus on more indigenous defence production to reduce import in the sector and should become self-reliant in technology. Indigenous produce in defence manufacturing is currently about 45-50 per cent only, he said. Our indigenous produce in defence (sector) […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Indian scientists measure Van der Waals force using lasers

12:50 pm September 27, 2019

NEW DELHI: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, have measured the Van der Waals force — that allows geckos to walk effortlessly along walls, and rainwater to accumulate and fall from a canopy — using optical tweezers. The Van der Waals (VdW) force — named after Dutch scientist Johannes […]