Home » Science

Science - Page 106

Non-healing chronic wounds are a significant medical problem. (Photo: Tufts University)

Novel smart bandages can monitor, treat chronic wounds

The research is aimed at transforming bandaging from a traditionally passive treatment into a more active paradigm.

9 July 2018 4:32 PM IST

Los Alamos lab has struggled with safety lapses involving the handling of plutonium and radioactive waste and was found responsible for a 2014 radiation release that forced the nations only underground nuclear waste repository to close for nearly three years.

New Mexico nuclear weapons laboratory marks 75 years

The lab marked its anniversary earlier this month with a day of speeches and activities.

9 July 2018 8:05 AM IST

In this photo provided by Tulsi Gabbard, who is on active duty Hawaii National Guard deployment, ash from the Puu Oo vent on Kilauea volcano rises into the air, near Pahoa, Hawaii. (Photo: AP)

Scientists defy 'force of nature' to unlock secrets of Hawaii volcano

Scientists are trying to discover what warning signs may exist for future eruptions to better protect the Big Island's...

9 July 2018 7:42 AM IST

(Photo: Spaceview via ANI)

Virgin Galactic to launch people into space in future

The plan is to build a new passenger spaceplane and launch it from a future Grottaglie Spaceport in Italy.

8 July 2018 3:51 PM IST

State-owned sovereign wealth funds are designed to invest their countries public money for the long term.

Six major wealth funds agree to encourage greener economy

The funds hope to send a signal that will impact the international financial system.

7 July 2018 8:43 AM IST

Another one is on NASA and Isro collaborative satellite going to be launched in 2020 as part of a precursor to satellite launch.

Isro tests tech to take humans on spaceflight

The CES is an essential technology for any launch vehicle intending to carry humans to space.

6 July 2018 6:01 AM IST

Another one is on NASA and Isro collaborative satellite going to be launched in 2020 as part of a precursor to satellite launch.

ISRO tests crew escape system to help future human flights

The crew escape system pulls the crew module along with the astronauts to a safe distance in the event of a launch...

6 July 2018 12:36 AM IST

ISROs GSLV-F08 carrying GSAT-6A communication satellite blasts off into the orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

India's first manned mission to space in the works, ISRO undertakes...

ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) has tested a capsule prototype which will be used to send a group of humans in...

5 July 2018 7:28 PM IST

This image of Ceres limb was obtained by NASAs Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 280 miles. Dawn has been orbiting Ceres since 2015, after first exploring the asteroid Vesta. Theyre located in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. (NASA)

NASA spacecraft sending back close-ups of dwarf planet Ceres

The spacecraft has been circling Ceres since 2015.

4 July 2018 11:01 AM IST

Representational image

Joy of science: Premier NIAS trains students

While NIAS MAIYA Prodigy fellowships were awarded to ten students from across the state last year, the number rose to 15...

4 July 2018 2:04 AM IST

With the help of an equipment named coronagraph, the scientists managed to get a clear picture.

New baby planet shot 370 light years away from Earth

The planet is actually being born around a star which, as per the cosmological timescale, is young with 5.4 million...

3 July 2018 5:03 PM IST

The photo provided by the European Southern Observatory ESO taken from the SPHERE instrument on ESOs Very Large Telescope is the first clear image of a planet caught in the very act of formation around the dwarf star PDS 70. The planet stands clearly out, visible as a bright point to the right of the centre of the image, which is blacked out by the coronagraph mask used to block the blinding light of the central star. (ESO via AP)

Astronomers report first image of baby planet being formed

Scientists said the planet appears as a bright spot in the snapshot taken using the ESO's very large Telescope in Chile.

2 July 2018 8:18 PM IST