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...
Unveiling Jupiter’s mysteries
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Get even the last drop out from shampoo bottle soon
New York-- Ever struggled with a shampoo bottle in trying to get the last drop out or the last bit of a hand wash,...
Why do women outlive men?
New York-- While a conclusive answer to why women have a longer lifespan as compared to men still eludes scientists, a host of factors...
Not many habitable planets can harbour life: Scientists
London-- Fewer than predicted planets may be capable of harbouring life because their atmospheres keep them too hot, researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have...