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The ultra-light robotic insect, called DEAnsect, weigh less than a gram and are propelled into the air with hair-thin artificial muscles (Photo:

Researchers build annoying indestructible robotic insects

Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed robotic insects that survive fly...

3 Jan 2020 12:45 PM IST

Gold artifacts found in Bronze Age tombs could shed new light on Greek civilisation

Gold artifacts found in Bronze Age tombs could shed new light on Greek...

Archaeologists have found engaved gold jewellery and gold artifacts in two Bronze Age tombs in Greece that show rare...

19 Dec 2019 3:49 PM IST

Lights on fishnets can reduce bycatch, save turtles and dolphins shows study

Lights on fishnets can reduce bycatch, save turtles and dolphins shows...

LED lights along the top of floating gillnets cut accidental -'bycatch-' of sea turtles by over 70 per cent & small...

16 Dec 2019 12:22 PM IST

Mars 2020s arm has the same reach as Curiositys, but it will carry larger instruments and a larger drill for coring. (Photo: AFP)

Come 2020, NASA to send one more rover to Mars

-'Curiosity-' won-'t be NASA-'s only active Mars rover for much longer as in next summer, -'Mars 2020-' will be headed...

12 Dec 2019 3:43 PM IST

The physics that controls the motion of the atoms in glassy materials is incredibly complex and still not completely understood. (Photo: ANI)

Model predict dynamics of glassy materials on local degree of atomic...

They showed how this theory greatly improves our understanding of how glassy liquids become more viscous on cooling.

7 Dec 2019 3:00 PM IST

Some 20 miles north of New York City, a team of scientists is searching for clues about how the environment is changing by studying corals.

In New York lab, scientists seek clues in centuries-old corals to...

Much like trees, corals produce growth rings that record climatic conditions like seawater temperatures and rainfall as...

6 Dec 2019 12:42 PM IST

Parrotfish presence in large numbers on damaged reefs very likely helps the process of repair, Taylor and his colleagues suggest.(Photo: ANI)

Study indicates Parrotfish species thrive when coral reefs die

In the damaged areas of the reefs, the study found that parrotfish populations increased in number by two to eight...

6 Dec 2019 11:11 AM IST

The Milky Way -- like many other spiral galaxies -- consists of two disc-like structures, known as thick and thin. (Photo: Representational)

New Milky Way age estimate suggests its over 10 Billion years old

Star-quakes recorded by NASA-'s Kepler space telescope have helped answer the mystery.

6 Dec 2019 10:56 AM IST

The discovery implies that greenhouse gases released directly by LIPs can initiate global change that persists over 10,000 to 100,000 years. (Photo: Reuters)

Study reveals carbon emissions from volcanic rocks play a role in...

This discovery could possibly change the way scientists have predicted climate change.

6 Dec 2019 10:42 AM IST

Arctic sea-ice neared record lows in September and October, and Antarctica also saw record low ice several times this year.

New report on Earth-'s climate rings alarm bells of a climate crisis...

WMO-'s report also said that current CO2 concentration in the air is 407.8 parts per million- beyond previously...

4 Dec 2019 4:30 PM IST

An international team of scientists formed a consortium called Waves in the Lower Solar Atmosphere (WaLSA) to carry out the research (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Ground-breaking discovery cracks 60-year-old mystery of sun-'s...

Observations of the Sun have shown that as the magnetic waves leave its interior, they grow in strength soon scientists...

3 Dec 2019 12:15 PM IST

With his nose, fur and teeth totally intact, researchers in a baffling discovery have found a near-perfectly preserved puppy, which is 18,000 years old! (Photo: ANI)

Researchers find 18,000-year-old dog-like creature with fur,nose...

The scientist, who discovered the creature, said on Twitter that they will be calling it -'Dogor-', which means...

1 Dec 2019 12:11 PM IST