SCIENCE & RESEARCH

Ohio senators propose renaming NASA site for Neil Armstrong

10:55 pm September 14, 2019

Sandusky (US): Ohio’s US senators want Congress to rename a NASA research facility in Ohio after astronaut Neil Armstrong. Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Sherrod Brown introduced legislation Thursday to honour the Ohio native by renaming the NASA Plum Brook Station in Sandusky. Portman says he raised the idea with Armstrong in 2012, a year before […]

Drinking tea regularly may boost brain function: Study

4:10 pm September 13, 2019

Regular tea drinkers have better organised brain regions — which is associated with healthy cognitive function — compared to non-tea drinkers, a study claims. The research, published in the journal Aging, examined neuroimaging data of 36 older adults for the study. “Our results offer the first evidence of positive contribution of tea drinking to brain […]

English Channel dolphins riddled with toxins

11:39 pm September 12, 2019

Paris: The skin and blubber of bottlenose dolphins in the English Channel contain alarmingly high concentrations of mercury and other toxic pollutants, researchers said Thursday. Biopsies taken from scores of the coastal dwelling mammals revealed levels among the highest ever observed for the species, as reported in the Scientific Reports journal. The toxins — which […]

Sea turns dark green colour due to presence of algae

11:08 pm September 12, 2019

Rameswaram (TN) : The sea off this island town and in the Palk Straits has turned an unusually dark green colour due to the presence of ‘Natalulaka’ algae. Scientists at the Central Marine Aquarium Research Centre said the phenomenon was visible in the 10 km stretch from Pamban to rameswaram and from Singli to Kurusada […]

Powerful new electric eel found in South America

3:45 am September 12, 2019

WASHINGTON: Researchers report two newly discovered species of electric eels in South America, one of which can deliver a bigger jolt than any other known animal. The researchers collected 107 eels in four countries and found differences in their DNA, along with minor physical variations. One species had the ability to generate 860 volts of […]