The world's largest solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2 on early Tuesday completed its round-the-world trip after landing at Abu Dhabi International Airport, from where it took off in March 2015.


Solar plane completes round-the-world trip


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The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which seeks to set up six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) including one at Jammu.


Lok Sabha passes Bill to set up six new IITs


A readily and cheaply available malaria drug may help treat a wide range of cancers, including lung, bowel, brain, and head and neck cancer, new research has found.


Malaria drug shows promise in cancer treatment


Researchers have created an inexpensive microneedle drug monitoring system -- a thin patch pressed against a patient's arm -- that could one day replace costly, invasive blood draws and improve patient comfort.


Painless patch can monitor side effects of drugs


While it has long been known that in many parts of Africa, people and a species of wax-eating bird called the greater honeyguide work together to find wild bees' nests, new research has unraveled a novel dimension to this  unique human-animal relationship.


How Africans collaborate with wild birds to get honey


Researchers in Germany have discovered tools that were used for rope making  about 40,000 years ago, the time when modern humans arrived in Europe.


How humans made ropes 40,000 years ago


Researchers have identified a panel of genes which can help predict whether a transplanted kidney will later develop fibrosis -- a condition which can cause the organ to fail.


Researchers find way to prevent damage in donated kidneys


Dietary changes in the US could feed significantly more people from existing agricultural land, suggests a new study that takes into account the per-person land requirements of different diets.


Dietary changes can help feed more people in US: Study


Government policy makers and advisors do not attach as much credibility to think-tank reports as to those coming from a university, a new research has found.


Bureaucrats don't take think-tank reports seriously: Study


A team of researchers have developed neuroprotective compounds that may help prevent the development of epilepsy in humans.


New compound may help fight epilepsy


Physical strength begins to decline sooner in life than typically detected, often when people are still in their 50s, according to a study.


Physical strength declines early as we grow old


Nearly 11 per cent of patients examined at trauma centres following motor vehicle collisions (MVC) have had at least one facial fracture, a study has revealed.


Nasal fracture most common injury during vehicle collisions


People with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) are prone to suffer from glaucoma at a rate about 10 times higher than non-OSAS sufferers, according to a study.


Sleep apnea patients at glaucoma risk


In a first, Canadian veterinary researchers have successfully produced three wood bison calves using in vitro fertilisation.


Scientists produce rare wood bison calves through IVF


India's Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) have approved 14 joint projects in four focus areas of cooperation - water, seismology, solar energy and biotechnology.


India, Mexico approve 14 joint projects in science & tech


The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Botanical Survey of India (BSI) will take up northeast India as a "priority" to map the region's biodiversity and address knowledge gaps, an Environment Ministry official said on Friday.


ZSI, BSI to map biodiversity in northeast India as 'priority'


While the HIV epidemic continues to threaten health and well-being of a large section of the world's population, scientists have warned that new forms of the virus jumping from animals to humans cannot be ruled out.


New forms of HIV can jump from animals to humans


The country's higher education policy should be directed towards ensuring quality education for all, greater incentives for research and also be made attractive to bring in more foreign students, HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said here on Thursday.


Javadekar says higher education policy should draw foreigners, NIT bill passed


Traversing through towering cliffs and deep-plunging canyons, get a feel of the American wilderness, courtesy "America Wild: National Parks Adventure", a documentary giving a sweeping overview of history of US' national parks.


Documentary on American national parks launched in Kolkata


The Indian space agency and US NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are jointly working on the development of Dual Frequency (L&S band) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imaging Satellite named as NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), slated to be completed and launched by 2021, parliament was told on Thursday.


India to launch satellite jointly developed with US in 2021


The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016 with the new HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar asserting that the NDA government is committed to ensure "quality education" for all.

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