NASA’s Voyager Spacecraft still reaching for the stars after 40 years
Humanity’s farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance, they...
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CERN’s ALPHA experiment explores the secrets of antimatter
The ALPHA experiment at CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator reports the first observation of the hyperfine structure of antihydrogen, the antimatter counterpart of hydrogen. These findings point...
TN deploying artificial reefs to save sinking islands
Tamil Nadu hits upon an idea to prevent erosion of ecologically sensitive islands and regenerate the coral diversity in the Gulf of Mannar by deploying...
For the first time, scientists safely repair single-gene mutation in human embryos
Scientists correct a disease-causing mutation in early stage human embryos with gene editing. The technique, done for the first time, uses the CRISPR-Cas9 system, corrects...
German scientists develop self-disposing supramolecular materials with a time switch
German scientists develop self-disposing supramolecular materials, materials that disintegrate at a predetermined time. The materials have varied applications from drug delivery to garbage recycling. The...
Warm up of Earth inevitable; India among high-risk nations
Even if humans could instantly turn off all emissions of greenhouse gases, Earth would continue to heat up about two more degrees Fahrenheit by the...
Hiroshima isotopes help solve Himalayan quake puzzle
Indian geologists unlock the mystery surrounding the 1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake – the biggest to rock the Himalayas so far with a magnitude of 8.6 on...
New study reveals the likely origin of several previously mysterious characteristics of the ribosome
A new study reveals the likely origin of several previously mysterious characteristics of the ribosome. System Biologists at Harvard Medical School mathematically demonstrated that ribosomes...
Vinegar: A cheap and simple way for drought-resistant crops
Researchers at RIKEN Centre for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan discover a new, yet simple, way to increase drought tolerance in a wide range of plants....
Researchers engineer crops that kill pests by shutting off their genes
Plants can ‘turn off’ one or more of their genes by using a process called RNA interference to block protein translation. Researchers are now weaponising...