SCIENCE & RESEARCH

Scientists detect long-lived antibodies in blood, saliva samples from COVID-19 patients

12:31 pm October 9, 2020

Boston: Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have documented the persistence of antibodies that target the novel coronavirus in the blood and saliva of patients with COVID-19 at least three months after symptom onset, a finding that may lead to alternative methods of testing for the viral infection. The study, published in the journal Science, points to […]

3 win Nobel medicine prize for discovering hepatitis C virus

8:03 pm October 5, 2020

Washington: Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice and British-born scientist Michael Houghton won the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major source of liver disease that affects millions worldwide. Announcing the prize in Stockholm, the Nobel Committee noted that the trio’s work identified a […]

Scientists discover two new species of pipeworts in Western Ghats

10:56 pm October 4, 2020

New Delhi: Scientists from the Agharkar Research Institute in Pune have recently discovered two new species of pipeworts in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and Karnataka, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) said on Sunday. The species reported from Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra has been named Eriocaulon parvicephalum (due to its minute inflorescence size), and the other reported from […]

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

Depression and anxiety tripled during lockdown: Study

2:32 pm October 3, 2020

London: There was a three-fold increase in the number of people reporting significant depression and anxiety problems during the lockdown, according to a new study. The study conducted by an international team of experts from universities in three countries — UK, Austria, and Belgium — also highlighted regional variations in psychological wellbeing which show that […]

Second alignment plane of solar system discovered

9:32 pm September 30, 2020

Washington: A study of comet motions indicates that the solar system has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of the orbits of long-period comets shows that the aphelia of the comets, the point where they are farthest from the Sun, tend to fall close to either the well-known ecliptic plane where the planets reside or […]