Highest level resolution (Angstrom level) microscopy developed that could observe vibration of molecule
The science and technology of microscopy has come a long way since Van Leeuwenhoek achieved magnification of about 300 in late 17th century using a simple single...
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, launched seven years ago in 2016 to near-Earth asteroid Bennu has delivered the asteroid sample that it collected in 2020 to Earth on 24th September 2023. After releasing the asteroid sample into...
Scientists have successfully taken first ever picture of the shadow of a black hole providing direct observation of its immediate environment
Image taken from "EHTC, Akiyama K et al 2019, 'First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of...
Information about “family and kinship” systems (which is routinely studied by social anthropology and ethnography) of prehistoric societies is unavailable due to obvious reasons. Tools of ancient DNA research along with archaeological contexts have successfully reconstructed family trees (pedigrees) of...
A recent study has revealed that all the seven exoplanets in the stellar system of TRAPPIST-1 have similar densities and Earth-like composition.This is significant because it builds the knowledge-base for a model of understanding of Earth-like exoplanets outside of solar...
Some organisms have ability to suspend life processes when under adverse environmental conditions. Called cryptobiosis or suspended animation, it is a survival tool. Organisms under suspended animation revive when environmental conditions become favourable. In 2018, viable nematodes from late...
A pair of astronomers have made the big discovery of an ‘exomoon’ in another solar system
Moon is a celestial object which are either rocky or icy and there is a total of 200 moons in our solar system. This...
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time a multiple-person ‘brain-to-brain’ interface where three persons collaborated to complete a task via direct ‘brain-to-brain’ communication. This interface called BrainNet paves way for direct collaboration between brains for solving a problem.
A brain-to-brain interface in...
A new species of sea slug, named Pleurobranchaea britannica, has been discovered in the waters off the southwest coast of England. This is the first recorded instance of a sea slug from the Pleurobranchaea genus in UK waters.
It is a...
Scientists have excavated the largest dinosaur fossil which would have been the largest terrestrial animal on our planet.
A team of scientists from South Africa, UK and Brazil led by University of Witwatersrand have discovered a fossil of a new...
NASA’s mission update on 05th August 2023 said Voyager 2 communications has paused. Communications should resume once the spacecraft’s antenna is realigned with Earth in mid-October 2023.
On 4th August 2023, NASA had reestablished full communications with Voyager 2...
Studies of the regions of Y chromosome that are inherited together (haplogroups), reveal Europe has four population groups, namely R1b-M269, I1-M253, I2-M438 and R1a-M420, pointing to four distinct paternal origins. R1b-M269 group is the most common group that is present in countries of...
Fast Radio Burst FRB 20220610A, the most powerful radio burst ever observed was detected on 10 June 2022. It had originated from a source that existed 8.5 billion years ago when the universe was just 5 billion years old...
The ambitious mission of replicating the human brain onto a computer and achieving immortality.
Multiple research shows that we could well imagine a future where infinite number of humans can upload their minds to the computer thus having an actual...
The Research.fi service, maintained by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland is to provide Researcher Information service on the portal enabling quick access to information on researchers working in Finland. This will make it easier for users...
The origin of sarsens, the larger stones that make the primary architecture of Stonehenge was an enduring mystery for several centuries. The geochemical analysis1 of the data by a team of archaeologists has now shown that these megaliths originated from...
Scientists have improved the dating techniques of interstellar materials and identified oldest known grains of silicon carbide on earth. These stardusts are pre-solar in age, formed prior to birth of sun 4.6 billion years ago.
The meteorite, Murchison CM2 fell...
A new geometrical shape has been discovered which enables three-dimensional packing of epithelial cells when making curved tissues and organs.
Every living organism begins as a single cell, which then divide into more cells, which further divide and subdivide until...
Nicotine has a vast array of neurophysiological effects, not all of which are negative despite popular opinion of nicotine as a simplistically harmful substance. Nicotine has various pro-cognitive effects and has even been used in transdermal therapy to improve...
Study highlights the key genes which can prevent motor function decline as an organism ages, for now in worms
Ageing is a natural and inevitable process for every organism in which there is a decline in function of many different...
The formation of our home galaxy Milky Way began 12 billion years ago. Since then, it has undergone a sequence of mergers with other galaxies and grew in mass and size. The remnants of building blocks (i.e., galaxies that...
The remain of Britain’s largest ichthyosaur (fish-shaped marine reptiles) has been discovered during routine maintenance work at Rutland Water Nature Reserve, near Egleton, in Rutland.
Measuring around 10 metres in length, the ichthyosaur is approximately 180 million years old.
Appearing as dolphin skeleton, the...
NASA’s ambitious mars mission Mars 2020 was successfully launched on 30 July 2020. Perseverance is the name of the rover.
The main task of Perseverance is to seek signs of ancient life and collect rock and soil samples for possible return to Earth.
Mars is cold, dry...
A “sibling” of Earth’s galaxy Milky Way is discovered which was torn apart by Andromeda galaxy billions of years ago
Our planet Earth is part of the solar system which comprises eight planets, numerous comets and asteroids which orbit the...
Adult frogs have been shown for the first time to regrow amputated legs marking it as a breakthrough for organ regeneration.
Regeneration means re-growing a damaged or missing part of an organ from residual tissue. Adult humans can successfully regenerate...
