Copper surfaces reduce hospital infections: Experts
New Delhi, Feb 9: Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) can be reduced by more than 70 percent by using copper alloys on surfaces which come frequently in contact with microbes, say experts. Read Full Story

Entire genome of extinct human decoded from finger bone
London, Feb 8: German anthropologists have decoded the entire genome sequence of a Denisovan, representative of the extinct Asian group related to Neanderthals, from a finger bone fossil, a study reveals. Read Full Story

Water pressure 'tapped' to generate electricity
Washington, Feb 8 : A New York City startup has started tapping into the intense water pressure at treatment plants, reservoirs and factories, converting the excess into electricity. Read Full Story

Whales 'stressed by noise pollution' in sea
Melbourne, Feb 8 : Steady drone of motors along busy commercial shipping lanes seems to alter whale behaviour and affect them physically by causing chronic stress, a study claims. Read Full Story

Mystery behind mountain range beneath Antarctica's ice solved
London, Feb 8 : Geologists have found a new understanding to the mountain-building process, which had baffled them for decades now, a new study claims. Read Full Story

Low biodiversity of fish in sea could be due to ancient extinctions
Washington, Feb 8 : Low biodiversity in oceans may be because of early extinctions in the marine environment which wiped out the earliest of fishes, a new research has found. Read Full Story

Adult male songbirds don't feel threatened by young rivals
Washington, Feb 8 : Older male sparrows don't put much of a fight when they hear a young male singing in their territory, it probably means that younger birds aren't considered much of a threat by other sparrows, a new study has said. Read Full Story

New storage technology could speed up hard drives over a hundredfold
Washington, Feb 8 : Researchers have now come up with an avant-garde technology, which could make future hard drives super quick and record thousands of gigabytes per second. Read Full Story

Tech show provides platform to the disabled
New Delhi, Feb 7 : Taha Haaziq is blind, but his disability never stopped him from following his dreams. He teaches Indian classical music and even provides lessons on popular internet-based video-calling software Skype. Read Full Story

Atlantis 'found' in Google Oceans in 2009 lost again
Melbourne, Feb 7 : Back in 2009, scientists thought they had found the lost city of Atlantis when they spotted a grid-like pattern on Google Ocean - an extension of Google Earth. Read Full Story

Visual working memory not as specialized as visual encoding
Washington, Feb 7 : Researchers have long known that specific areas of the brain get activated when people view particular images. Read Full Story

Scientists image working brain cell in real time
London, Feb 7 : Scientists have, for the very first time, recorded live yet detailed images of the nerve cells in the brain of a mouse. Read Full Story

Mediterranean seagrass believed to be world's oldest living organism
London, Feb 7 : Scientists say a swathe of seagrass in the Mediterranean could be the oldest known living thing on Earth. Read Full Story

Sunlight helps boost man's sex drive
London, Feb 7 : Lots of sunshine increases the level of the male sex hormone testosterone, scientists say Read Full Story

Mars Express spacecraft spots signs of ancient ocean on red planet
London, Feb 7 : Presently, Martian surface is a barren, arid desert but the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has provided strong evidence that an ocean may have covered parts of the red planet billions of years ago. Read Full Story

Jurassic animals that lived 165 mn years ago sang love songs to woo mates
Washington, Feb 7 : In the middle Jurassic, some 165 million years ago, many animals, such as amphibians and other arthropods, apparently sang love songs to attract mating partners, according to scientists. Read Full Story

Stent like device effective for removing blood clots
Washington, Feb 6 : An experimental stent-like device removed blood clots in stroke patients more effectively than standard mechanical treatment, a study reveals. Read Full Story

Soon, bendable batteries to charge gadgets buried in your clothing
London, Jan 6 : Canadian scientists have designed a flexible battery that can be woven unobtrusively into fabrics. Read Full Story

Tree rings may undervalue climate response to volcanic eruptions
London, Feb 6 : Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change as huge temperature plunges lead to greatly shortened or even absent growing seasons, researchers say. Read Full Story

Soon, first optical fibres with built-in high-speed electronic functions
Washington, Feb 6 : Researchers have for the first time developed crystalline materials that allow an optical fibre to have integrated, high-speed electronic functions. Read Full Story

Key to immune cell's 'internal guidance' system discovered
London, Feb 6 : Researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that allows receptors within immune cells to find and flag, fragments of pathogens attempting to invade a host. Read Full Story

New procedure busts deadly brain tumour cells
Washington, Feb 6: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) happens to be the nastiest and most common brain tumour, affecting 10,000 patients in the US alone every year. Now, a novel non-invasive procedure called Tumour Treating Fields (TTF) that inhibits tumour growth is offering hope to thousands, says a study. Read Full Story

viSparsh: Helping the blind through touch
By Nikhil Walia, New Delhi, Feb 6 : Mohammed Wasim is a young helpline operator at India's National Association for the Blind (NAB) who could only perceive brightness and lights, but the lack of ability to discern shapes meant living in a shapeless world where every small obstacle could prove a barrier. Read Full Story

Soon, hi-speed running robots to navigate 'inaccessible' terrains
Washington, Feb 5 : A large fraction of the Earth's surface remains inaccessible to conventional wheeled or tracked vehicles, while animals and humans traverse such terrain with ease and elegance, researchers say. Read Full Story

Liquid lasers to make detection of cancer genes easier
Washington, Feb 5 : Using a liquid laser, researchers have devised a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might make a person more vulnerable to a particular type of cancer or other diseases. Read Full Story

Over 6,000 apply for NASA Astronaut Corps
Houston, Feb 5 : Over 6,000 individuals have applied for joining NASA's Astronaut Corps, twice as many as the US space agency usually receives, NASA said Sunday. Read Full Story

Quake felt 70 km from Iranian nuclear plant
Moscow, Feb 5 : An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale was felt some 70 km from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, the US Geological Survey reported Sunday. There were no reports of any casualties or damage to the nuclear power plant, which is expected to go online March 20. Read Full Story

Global extinction was not a sudden event
Washington, Feb 5 : Most of the life forms wiped out in an event known as the Great Dying, 250 million years ago, came slowly from thousands of centuries of volcanic activity. Read Full Story

Life ruled out on Mars after 600 mn year drought
London, Feb 5 : Arid conditions on Mars for more than 600 million years may have been too hostile for any life to survive on its surface Read Full Story

More people now want to be astronauts: NASA
Washington, Feb 5 : NASA has received 6,372 applications for its 2013 class of astronauts, double the usual number, the US space agency said. Read Full Story

Hubble's image offers clear view of barred spiral galaxy
Washington, Feb 4 : Most spiral galaxies in the Universe have a bar structure in their centre. Read Full Story

Kim Kardashian denies dating rumours with Mark Sanchez
London, Feb 4 : Kim Kardashian has taken to her Twitter account to deny rumours of a budding romance with American footballer and model Kate Upton's boyfriend, Mark Sanchez. Read Full Story

High-precision map of Milky Way's magnetic fields charted
Washington, Feb 4 : In a new study, an international team of scientists pooled their radio observations into a database to produce the highest precision map to date of the magnetic field within our own Milky Way galaxy. Read Full Story

New images reveal lava flows on Mars
Washington, Feb 4 : Newly released images from ESA's Mars Express orbiter show lava flows on the Syrtis Major region of the planet, which was nce thought to be a sea of water. Read Full Story

Mars 'unlikely place for sustaining life after 600m-yr drought'
Washington, Feb 4 : Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, researchers have said. Read Full Story

Perfectly preserved fossils of first 'vampire' bat discovered
Washington, Feb 4 : In a new discovery, scientists have found a one-of-a-kind fossil, which shows that "bat flies" have been doing their noxious business with bats for at least 20 million years. Read Full Story

Soon, virtual reality contact lenses to offer 3D panorama
Washington, Feb 4 : Contact lenses, which are being designed by scientists using military funding, help enhance normal vision with megapixel 3D panoramic images. Read Full Story

World's largest virtual mirror created by linking 4 telescopes
London, Feb 4 : Astronomers have created the world's largest virtual optical telescope by linking four telescopes in Chile so that they operate as a single device. Read Full Story

NASA releases first video of moon's 'dark side'
London, Feb 3 : NASA has sent back its first footage of the 'dark' side of the moon, the one that is not visible from the Earth. Read Full Story

365 new species of wildlife found in Peru park
Washington, Feb 3 : Scientists have discovered 365 previously undocumented species of wildlife in Bahuaja Sonene National Park (BSNP) in southeastern Peru. Read Full Story

Genes drive gender specific behaviours in parenting, sex
Washington, Feb 3 : Men and women tend to behave differently, especially when it comes to sex and parenting, thanks to the role their genes and sex hormones play. Read Full Story

Breakthrough promises cheap biosolar energy
Washington, Feb 3: A bio-solar breakthrough to produce cheap and efficient energy by tapping the plant's photosynthetic process has been achieved, claim scientists. Read Full Story

'Ant equivalent of Great Wall of China' excavated in Brazil
London, Feb 3 : A team of scientists has discovered a sophisticated underground ant city that was once populated by millions of leafcutter ants. Read Full Story

3 in 4 people use mobile phone while in toilet
London, Feb 3 : In a study of mobile phone habits, about 75 per cent of those questioned admitted to surfing the web, using apps, emailng and texting while in the toilet - with more than 90 per cent saying they had even returned calls. Read Full Story

Two new planets revolving around twin suns discovered
London, Feb 3 : Researchers have discovered two new planets, named Kepler-34 and Kepler-35, each of which is circling around its own double suns. Read Full Story

Hubble zooms in on brightest ever "magnified " galaxy
Washington, Feb 3 : NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a uniquely close-up view of the brightest distant "magnified" galaxy discovered yet in the universe. Read Full Story

Google Earth updates data on ocean terrains
Washington, Feb 3 : Google Earth has upgraded its ocean data to offer the most precise digital view of the seafloor to date. Read Full Story

'First Light' taken by NASA instrument to determine Earth's energy balance
Washington, Feb 3 : The latest version of NASA's Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is scanning Earth for the first time, helping to guarantee sustained availability of measurements of the energy leaving the Earth-atmosphere system. Read Full Story

Newly found super-Earth called 'best candidate' to support life
Washington, Feb 3 : Scientists have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. Read Full Story

New wireless power technology could revolutionize highway transportation
Washington, Feb 1 : Researchers have designed a technology that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly charge electric vehicles cruising at highway speeds. Read Full Story

Doubts cast over increasing jellyfish population claims
Washington, Feb 2 : Global experts have now questioned claims that jellyfish are increasing worldwide and suggested that the paradigm is not supported with any hard evidence or scientific analyses to date. Read Full Story

Why humans have better cognitive skills than other primates
Washington, Feb 2 : Researchers have now identified extended synaptic development in the human brain compared to other primates, a finding that sheds new light on the biology and evolution of human cognition. Read Full Story

Testosterone drives ego, trips cooperation
London, Feb 3: Testosterone drives egocentricism at the cost of cooperating with others, consequently affecting group decisions, a study reveals. Read Full Story

Our solar system is adrift in an 'alien' cloud
Washington, Feb 2 : Our solar system is floating through interstellar clouds of gases slower than expected, a new study has revealed. Read Full Story

Soon, white light OLEDs that could outshine incandescent bulbs
Washington, Feb 2 : Researchers are now headed towards building energy efficient organic LED (OLED) lights that could rival incandescent bulbs in white-light colour quality. Read Full Story

Kids who shout out in class perform better in tests
London, Feb 2 : Impulsive children who cannot resist shouting out in class score higher in tests than their counterparts who appear to be better behaved and quiet, according to researchers. Read Full Story

Soon, sensors to take pain out of hunting for parking spots
London, Feb 2 : A new "parking patch" that combines wireless sensors and mobile applications is expected to solve the problem of finding vacant parking spots often faced by drivers. Read Full Story

Monster asteroid hurtles safely past Earth
London, Feb 2 : An Asteroid, which is 400 times the City of London, passed relatively close to Earth on the evening of Jan 31. Read Full Story

Super volcanoes could be predicted even 100 yrs before the event
London, Feb 2 : We could now predict the eruption of some of the largest volcanoes on the planet several decades before the event, researchers say. Read Full Story

First plants caused ice ages by reducing atmospheric carbon
London, Feb 2 : The arrival of the first plants 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages, a new study has revealed. Read Full Story

Southern Indian Ocean humpback whales sing different songs
Washington, Feb 2 : Scientists have found that humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean sing different tunes. Read Full Story

New planet 22 light years away may host water
Sydney, Feb 3 : A new planet discovered some 22 light years from the earth is the most likely to hold water and possibly host life. Read Full Story

Habitable planet found
Washington, Feb 2: A potentially habitable planet orbiting a nearby star has been discovered by scientists. Read Full Story

NASA films far side of moon
London, Feb 2 : Rare and spectacular video footage of the far side of the Moon has been captured by a NASA spacecraft, The Telegraph reported Thursday. Read Full Story

Heartbeats to keep pacemakers ticking
Washington, Feb 2 : Aerospace engineers have developed a prototype that could power a pacemaker using chest cavity vibrations caused mainly by heartbeats. Read Full Story

Scientists unravel genetic link to trauma
Washington, Feb 2 : Scientists have uncovered genetic clues as to why some mice are still fearful while others are resilient to traumatic experiences -- knowledge that could help those suffering with crippling anxiety and sense of distress, a study reveals. Read Full Story

Severe memory loss linked to fatal strokes
Washington, Feb 2: People who died after a stroke had severe memory loss in the years before stroke, compared to people who survived the stroke or people who didn't have a stroke, says a new study. Read Full Story

Ancient DNA may tell tale of rapid climate change adaptation
Washington, Feb 1 : The 30000-year-old bison bones unearthed in permafrost at a Canadian goldmine could explain how animals adapt to rapid environmental change, researchers say. Read Full Story

Now, headset that controls blood pressure by slowing down breathing
London, Feb 1 : A new gadget that controls high blood pressure by playing music could be an alternative to pills to help thousands of patients, researchers say. Read Full Story

Some nerve! Now bypass stem cells
Washington, Feb 1 : Scientists have successfully converted mouse skin cells directly into cells that become the three main parts of the nervous system, bypassing the stem cell stage, throwing up many new possibilities in the medical world. Read Full Story

Sea cucumbers could protect endangered corals
Sydney, Feb 1 : Tropical sea cucumbers could protect coral reefs from the devastating effects of climate change, a new finding says. Read Full Story

Bison bones show adaptability to climate change
Sydney, Feb 1 : Ancient bison bones discovered at a Canadian goldmine are helping unravel the mystery about how animals adapt to rapid environmental channge, a study reveals. Read Full Story

Space tech to get rid of painful kidney stones
Washington, Feb 1 : Space scientists are harnessing ultrasound to not only detect painful kidney stones but also to get rid of them through a process called "twinkling artifact". Read Full Story

Around 50 billion web-connected devices would be available online by 2020: Cisco
London, February 1: Networking giant Cisco has claimed that the number of web-connected devices will grow more than four times by 2020. Read Full Story

New primordial pathway to life's chemical building blocks discovered
Washington, Feb 1 : A new study led by Indian origin scientists has proven a new pathway to produce sugars indispensable for life to begin. Read Full Story

'Controllable' drug delivery system uses 3D 'superhydrophobic' materials
Washington, Feb 1 : Researchers have now developed a long duration and controllable drug delivery system, which uses a 'superhydrophobic' three-dimensional polymer material. Read Full Story

'Best' glimpse of interstellar material beyond our solar system captured
Washington, Feb 1 : Researchers have now captured the best and most complete glimpse of the material that lies so far outside our solar system. Read Full Story

'Mind-reading' device comes closer to reality
Washington, Feb 1 : Scientists could soon be able to eavesdrop on the constant, internal monologs that run through people's minds, or hear the imagined speech of those patients who cannot speak, a new study has revealed. Read Full Story

New species of ancient crocodile that lived 95m years ago discovered
Washington, Feb 1 : A new species of prehistoric crocodile dating to the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 95 million years ago, has been discovered by a University of Missouri researcher. Read Full Story

Eating fish during pregnancy may boost offspring's intelligence
Washington, Feb 1 : Infants born to mothers who consumed a considerable amount of fish during pregnancy score higher in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill tests, and present an increased prosocial behavior, a new study has found. Read Full Story

Soon, 'mind-reading' helmets to monitor pilot's brain
London, Feb 1 : Advances in electroencephalographic (EEG) brain-wave detection technology could soon help monitor a pilot's state of mind while at the controls, researchers say. Read Full Story

Why aliens haven't reached Earth yet
Washington, Jan 31 : If aliens exist, they should have reached our planet by now. Read Full Story

Arctic already facing effects of dangerous climate change
Washington, Jan 27 : Arctic is already suffering some of the effects that, according to The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), correspond with a "dangerous climate change," experts warn. Read Full Story

Now, bioengineered skin that can stop speeding bullet
London, Jan 31 : It may not be far away when human skin could resist a speeding bullet. Read Full Story

NASA's Mars rover feels wrath of massive solar storm
Washington, Jan 31 : It was not only Earth, which was impacted by radiations from the recent solar storm, but also NASA's Mars-Bound rover 'Curiosity', researchers say. Read Full Story

Now, laser-guided bullet that steers itself to its target
London, Jan 31 : The US government has developed a self steering bullet that can sense a laser spot on the target from more than a kilometre away, and then go straight into it. Read Full Story

Massive volcanic eruptions may have triggered Little Ice Age
Washington, Jan 31 : Researchers have shed new light on the onset and cause of Earth's Little Ice Age, a period of cooling temperatures that began after the Middle Ages and lasted into the late 19th century. Read Full Story

It may take 10m generations for cats to evolve as big as elephants
Washington, Jan 31 : An international team of researchers exploring mammal size after dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago has found that it took about 10 million generations for terrestrial mammals to hit their maximum mass: that's about the size of a cat evolving into the size of an elephant. Read Full Story

Why you miss finding your car keys when getting late for work
London, Jan 31 : The brain system that is responsible for movement runs too fast for the visual system to keep pace, researchers have suggested. Read Full Story