Solar storm from giant ‘hole’ on Sun to hit Earth on Friday: UK scientist
London-- A giant "hole", that is 20 times larger than the Earth, has appeared on the surface of the Sun, and could hurl a...
Hundreds of species of wildlife worldwide contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’: Study
Los Angeles-- Widespread pollution from the toxic "forever chemicals," known as Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS), is contaminating and potentially harming hundreds of species...
Stronger El Nino could cause irreversible Antarctic melting: Report
Canberra-- Stronger El Nino events in the future could cause irreversible melting of ice shelves and sheets in Antarctica, an Australian research warned on...
NASA reveals 2 instruments to measure earth-directed energy from sun
San Francisco-- NASA has revealed two small instruments that will play a crucial role in powering big scientific insights by measuring and studying the...
Women contributing to 105 kg of plastic waste
BY N. LOTHUNGBENI HUMTSOE
New Delhi-- Non-biodegradable sanitary products add a significant amount of plastic waste to the environment. This has hazardous effects not only...
Earth to have close encounter with small asteroid this week
San Francisco-- An asteroid, about the size of a box truck, will have a very close encounter with the Earth this week, NASA Systems...
Two Indians among water-focused entrepreneurs to tackle freshwater crisis
Davos-- Securing the world's global freshwater ecosystems, under increasing threat from climate change, population growth and consumer demand, has become more critical than ever.
To...
Trio wins Physics Nobel for unravelling quantum science mysteries
Stockholm-- France-born Alain Aspect, American John Clauser and Austrian scientist Anton Zeilinger were on Tuesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for experiments with...
Swedish academician, who cracked Neanderthals’ DNA, wins Nobel for Medicine
Stockholm-- Swedish geneticist Svantee Paabo, whose work provided key insights into human evolution and and how humans spread around the planet by achieving "the...
Satellite operators need to clear space junk in 5 years: US FCC
Washington-- The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted new rules requiring satellite operators in low-Earth orbit to dispose of their satellites within five...
