Mysterious Neptune dark spot detected from Earth for 1st time
London-- Astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the first...
World’s oceans break record for highest temperatures 5 years in a row: Study
Beijing-- The oceanic temperatures in 2023 have once again shattered records, and the warming trend will persist throughout this century, even if greenhouse gas...
Menstrual cups reduce generation of non-biodegradable waste by 99%: Study
New Delhi-- Eminent scientist Soumya Swaminathan on World Environment Day, which falls on June 5, released a report on the use of menstrual cups...
Cells recall the way they were
By Jessica Lau
Harvard Gazette
When cells grow up, they remember their childhoods.
A new study has found that adult cells keep a record of which genes...
As brain extracts meaning from vision, study tracks progression of processing
By David Orenstein
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Here’s the neuroscience of a neglected banana (and a lot of other things in daily life): Whenever...
2023 warmest year on record globally, 2024 on similar path: Report
London-- Globally, 2023 was the warmest year in a series stretching back to 1850, according to figures released by the Met Office in the...
Elephants can adapt to human habitation but sirens stress them out
By Neha Jain
Bengaluru,-- As more and more elephant habitats are falling under the ever-growing influence of humans, elephants are often coming into contact...
Plastic pollution could reduce by 80% by 2040: UNEP
New Delhi-- Plastic pollution could reduce by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts using existing...
Chemistry Nobel awarded for developing new category of ‘green’ catalysts
Stockholm-- Scientists at a German and US institutes were on Wednesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 for developing an ingenious tool that...
Australian researchers shed light on Sun’s role as water source
Syndey-- Scientists from Australia's Curtin University have shown how the Sun may have played an unexpected role in the formation of the "Blue Planet".
The...
