Science
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Trees too go to sleep at night
London–Don’t pluck that flower at night for the plant might be sleeping after a long day in the sun, suggests…
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Mom’s voice activates different regions in children’s brains
New York– The mother’s voice can lighten up and engage the child’s brain far more than the voices of women…
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IIT-Kharagpur student bags European Materials Research Society award
Kolkata– Nandini Bhandaru, a PhD student at IIT-Kharagpur, has bagged the European Materials Research Society’s (E-MRS’s) Young Scientist Award for…
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Rock formations from Earth’s earliest years found
Washington–A team of researchers, including those of Indian-origin, has found material in rock formations that dates back to shortly after…
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George Church: If you’re not failing, you’re probably not trying as hard as you could be
By Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer In 1986, Harvard “rescued” George Church — in his telling, at least — when…
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Three Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting dwarf star
London– Raising the hope to find alien life near us, an international team of astrophysicists has discovered three Earth-sized planets…
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One trillion species on Earth and we know nothing
New York– There are nearly one trillion species on the Earth while 99.999 percent of species still remain undiscovered, the…
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Researchers reveal how cancer cells escape from tumors and spread
By Thea Singer News at Northeastern BOSTON–Metastasis. The very word evokes fear. Defined as the spread of cancer cells from…
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Gravitational waves ‘sixth sense’ to understand universe: US-based Indian researchers
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata–Thrilled at the detection of the elusive gravitational waves a century after Albert Einstein’s prediction and the…
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Hawking at Harvard tackles the contradictory qualities of black holes
By Peter Reuell Harvard Staff Writer Black holes have long been painted as eternal prisons, regions of space so dense…
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