Mysuru : Each scientist should mentor five young scientists, by being in touch with them, in order to ensure their progress, Governor Vajubhai R Vala said on Thursday. He was speaking at the valedictory of 103rd Indian Science Congress at Crawford Hall. Heaping praises on the intelligence quotient of children nowadays, the governor said, “Such is the […]
New York: Seeds of life may have been sown on asteroids where warm and wet conditions, suitable to formation of some biomolecules – the building blocks of life – once prevailed, scientists say. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute propose a new theory based on a richer, more accurate image of magnetic fields and solar winds […]
London: Hey Dolly, let’s go swimming! Dolphins have ‘names’ by which they call for each other just like humans do, a new study has found. The marine mammals use a unique whistle to identify each other and respond when they hear their own call played back to them, researchers found. “(Dolphins) live in this three-dimensional […]
Mangalore : St Agnes College, Mangalore will conduct Hands-on Science Activity programme ‘Sunday Science School’ for children, an extension activity of the Science Forum at College from July 14, Sunday. The event will be organized in association with Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL) and L Green Ventures, Bangalore. Addressing the media at the press meet […]
Mangalore: Dr Alex Hankey, Professor of Yoga and Physical Science in Bangalore, inaugurated a national conference on ‘Science and Spirituality’ held at Eric Mathias Hall of St Aloysius College on December 18, Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, he said science and spirituality were his favourite subjects and added there were several issues of conflict […]
London : The “screams” of a dying star have been recorded by scientists for the very first time, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday. The star let out periodic bursts of light as it was devoured by a black hole, scientists discovered. Researchers at the University of Michigan picked up semi-regular blips – which they have […]
London : The injection could make you hate the nicotine and help millions of smokers kick the habit Vaccine could be used on children in order to prevent them from even starting to smoke Scientists have discovered that a DNA injection could produce special antibodies that will make us hate nicotine, reports Dailymail. This way […]
Washington : The moon is set to get a lot bigger and brighter than average this weekend as it officially becomes full on Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And since this month’s full moon coincides with the moon’s perigee — its closest approach to Earth — it will also be the year’s […]
Bangalore: Former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Monday said he would file an appeal under RTI by tomorrow seeking reasons for blacklisting him from government jobs even as he reposed faith in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to revoke his ban order. “I will file the appeal today or tomorrow (before the Central Information […]
BANGALORE: India’s top space scientists are analysing data to find out what caused the failure of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ( GSLV ) mission and an expert committee is likely to be formed soon to give a report on it. “Teams are looking at the data to find out the reason for what happened,” Indian […]
