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This illustration provided by NASA shows the Perseverance rover, bottom, landing on Mars. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)

NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars, will search for signs of life

The touchdown of the rover marks an ambitious first step in the effort to collect Mars samples and return them to Earth,...

19 Feb 2021 1:10 PM IST

The Centre has purchased 11 million doses of Covishield vaccine for the ongoing inoculation drive. (Photo: AP)

Second dose of COVID-19 jab will see more adverse effects: Experts

Experts say the human body is now ready to act against the antigen that the vaccine is providing

18 Feb 2021 3:15 AM IST

Of the remaining 32 districts in the state, four Wanaparthy, Kamareddy, Jangaon and Jayshankar-Bhupalpally also reported zero Covid-19 cases on Saturday. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Study finds four new symptoms of Covid-19

These additional symptoms also occur in diseases like migraine, heart problems and diabetes, and are therefore confusing...

15 Feb 2021 4:15 AM IST

Team of Kerala doctors, nurses to reach Mumbai to fight COVID-19. (PTI Photo)

IMA petition against govt's move allowing ayurveda doctors to perform...

The 'impractical, unscientific and unethical notification' should be immediately withdrawn, read the statement during...

14 Feb 2021 5:33 PM IST

Department of Science and Technology believes

Indian astronomers detect optical flare in one of the oldest...

The data collected from the flare observed will help calculation of the black hole mass, size of emission region, and...

13 Feb 2021 6:54 PM IST

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Scientists decode how air conditioning spreads coronavirus aerosols

According to the researchers, the current study is the first realistic case modelled and linked directly with the...

10 Feb 2021 12:50 PM IST

In this handout photograph released on July 20, 2020, by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries an H-2A rocket carrying the Hope Probe, known as Al-Amal in Arabic, developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in UAE to explore Mars, blasts off from Tanegashima Space Centre in southwestern Japan. (Photo by Handout / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries / AFP)

Arab spacecraft closes in on Mars on historic flight

For the UAE, it was the country's first venture beyond Earth's orbit, making the flight a matter of intense national...

9 Feb 2021 12:18 PM IST

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Scientists decode how coronavirus damages lung cells within hours

The virus does wholesale remodeling of the lung cells

31 Jan 2021 5:24 PM IST

This study analysed mutation patterns within the vast non-coding regions of human DNA that control how and when genes are activated.

Change in sequence of gene can affect production of CYP2C9 protein in...

The researchers found that a few Indian populations have more than 20 per cent people with a deleterious variant of the...

31 Jan 2021 12:40 AM IST

A vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine is seen ready for use in the trial at St. Georges University hospital in London on October 7, 2020. (AP /Alastair Grant)

Novavax vaccine seems effective against COVID-19 in UK study

The preliminary findings may help Novavax win authorization for its vaccine in Britain

29 Jan 2021 9:16 AM IST

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Immune system of recovered COVID patients may evolve to fight...

The number of antibodies to fight the virus did not decline even after six months of infection

24 Jan 2021 1:12 PM IST

One of the two species found in the Periyar Tiger Reserve of Kerala has been named Ooceraea Joshii in honour of professor Amitabh Joshi -- a distinguished evolutionary biologist from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), a DST institute. (Image:pib.gov.in)

Scientists find two new species of rare ant in Kerala, Tamil Nadu

In India, the genus was so far represented by two species with nine and 11-segmented antennae respectively

23 Jan 2021 7:05 PM IST