Harvard’s Musunuru and five other Indian-Americans among early-career scientists honored by President Obama
By INE Wire
CANBRIDGE, MA--President Obama has named 106 researchers, including six of Indian origin, as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists...
IITKgp Student develops paper battery from bacteria in sewage
Kharagpur, Feb 26 (IANS) A IIT Kharagpur research scholar has developed a disposable and flexible battery made from paper that could generate power from...
Cigarette butts significantly damage plant growth
London-- Cigarette butts -- the most common form of litter on the planet -- significantly reduce plant growth as their presence in the soil...
Are we alone? Study refines search for habitable planets
New York-- A team of US researchers has redefined the conditions that make a planet habitable by taking the star's radiation and the planet's rotation...
Aussie researchers seek undiscovered planets with potential for life
Sydney-- Australian astronomers and space engineers are seeking to use a space telescope capable of discovering new planets in Earth's "nearest neighbour", Alpha Centauri.
In...
Australian govt announces $703 mn funding for Great Barrier Reef
Canberra--The Australian government on Friday announced an additional investment of 1 billion Australian dollars ($703 million) in saving the iconic Great Barrier Reef.
Prime Minister...
Scientists make history by growing plants in lunar soil
Washington-- Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration.
A team...
New study on Universe expansion: Indian physicist feels vindicated
By K.S. Jayraman
Bengaluru--Indian astrophysicist Abhas Mitra, whose revolutionary theories challenging the existence of "black holes" and "dark matter" remain uncontested till date, again feels...
New habitable exoplanets to boost search for life out of Solar System
London--Astronomers have identified a new class of habitable planets, which could greatly accelerate the search for life outside our Solar System.
Dubbed as 'Hycean' --...
Scientists can now read whole genome sequencing of IVF embryo
New York-- In a significant breakthrough, scientists at a US-based gene analytics firm claimed that they can decode almost all the DNA of days-old...
