Cosmic tango: Learning how black holes mate or merge
By Sahana Ghosh
Kolkata-- Black hole merger is literally a match made in heaven.
And the latest gravitational wave detection, from collision of two black holes,...
Know why women are better at reading mind
London--Ever wondered how your wife or partner is able to read your thoughts and emotions just by looking at your eyes? Her ability to...
Indian-American teenagers win top science prizes
Washington--Indian-American teenager, Indrani Das, won the top, $250,000 prize in the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search competition for her research on treating brain injuries...
Astronomers discover 7 Earth-like planets orbiting nearby star
Washington-- At least seven Earth-like planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away and each may contain liquid water and be able to sustain...
NASA telescope spots most extreme blazars yet: Roopesh Ojha
Washington-- NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray space telescope has identified the farthest gamma-ray blazars, a type of galaxy whose intense emissions are powered by super-sized black...
Shake-up call for science: The false choice of basic vs. applied research
By Alvin Powell
Harvard Staff Writer
A new call to abolish the concept of “applied research” comes from a surprising source: the founding dean of Harvard’s...
Obama selects 4 Indian American scientists for presidential awards
Boston-- Four Indian-American scientists, including Kaushik Chowdhury from Northeastern University, have been chosen among 102 researchers who will receive the Presidential Early Career Awards...
How memories shape our perception of the present
By Thea Singer
News at Northeastern
What are memories made of? Do different parts of our brain light up when we perceive an event than when...
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...
Clues to how super-agers retain young memories
By Harvard Gazette
Some loss of memory is usually considered an inevitable part of aging, but new research reveals how some people appear to escape...