There are nearly one trillion species on the Earth while 99.999 percent of species still remain undiscovered, the largest-ever analysis of microbial data has revealed.


One trillion species on Earth and we know nothing


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Raising the hope to find alien life near us, an international team of astrophysicists has discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting near the "habitable zone" of a dwarf star -- the first planets ever discovered around such a tiny and dim star.


Three Earth-sized planets discovered orbiting dwarf star


In a major step towards bringing to the clinic a "game-changing" new antibiotic that was discovered last year, a team of University of Lincoln researchers, including one of Indian-origin, has successfully produced two synthetic derivatives of Teixobactin.


Synthetic versions of 'game-changing' new antibiotic created


Indian-origin researchers have discovered a new mechanism that enables plants regulate their flowering in response to elevated temperatures.


Mitigating impact of global warming on plant flowering


A team of Finnish scientists has decoded changes in the brain that make people prone to excessive drinking -- a discovery that can lead to new drug therapies to treat alcoholism.


Why some people are prone to drinking


Researchers have found that an elusive brain receptor may play an important role in the death of neurons from neurological diseases.


What kills neurons after stroke


Words like "gent" instead of "man" and "authentic" for products in place of "genuine" can fetch up to fifty percent more money on eBay, revealed a research conducted by a British university


Apt words can fetch double while selling products on eBay: research


A fossilised skeleton of a hadrosaur or duck-billed dinosaur in China's Shandong province has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the "largest hadrosaurid skeleton on display".


Giant duck-billed dinosaur fossil sets world record


The Lok Sabha on Friday complimented scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of the seventh navigation satellite, which will lead to the country getting its own satellite navigation system.


Lok Sabha compliments ISRO for satellite launch


Firefighters entering burning buildings, athletes competing in the broiling sun and workers in foundries may soon be able to carry their own, lightweight cooling units with them, thanks to a nanowire array that cools, say researchers.


Coming, personal cooling units for firefighters


Researchers have discovered that vitamin nicotinamide riboside, which is a source of vitamn B3, has the potential to revitalise certain organs that lose the regenerative capacity with age.


Vitamin that slows ageing of organs


Self-driving shuttles for in-campus travel, designed by a team of students from IIT-Kharagpur's Robotics Research Group, would reduce operating costs by 40 to 60 percent, a statement from the institute said on Friday.


IIT-Kgp students develop driverless shuttles


Tiny doses of a cancer drug may stop the raging, uncontrollable immune response to infection that leads to sepsis, say researchers.


Cancer drug may treat sepsis


When medication is used to shut off the oxygen supply to tumours, the cells adapt their metabolism in the medium term -- by switching over to producing energy without oxygen, new research has found.


When treated, cancer cells can switch to a different mode


The very oldest pieces of rock on Earth -- zircon crystals -- are likely to have formed in the craters left by violent asteroid impacts that peppered our nascent planet rather than via plate tectonics as previously believed, researchers report.


Origin of Earth's oldest crystals revealed


Long-term exposure to environmental pollutants is associated with increased risk of mortality for many types of cancer, a new study warns.


Air pollutants can increase risk of numerous cancers


Opening the door for new treatment for Type-2 diabetes in men, researchers have discovered the mechanism that put males with low testosterone at greater risk of developing the  debilitating disease.


How low testosterone ups diabetes risk


Inspired by NASA research on inflated anti-gravity suit or G-suit, "miracle suits" are helping new mothers survive blood loss after birth in developing countries, including India.


NASA-inspired 'miracle suit' saving new mothers from death


People with more friends are likely to have higher pain tolerance, says a research suggesting that the quantity and quality of our social relationships affect our physical and mental health and may even be a factor determining how long we live.


A large network of friends may help take your pain away


When fluctuating climates in the Ice Age altered habitats, modern humans must have adapted their diets in a different way than Neanderthals, says a study.


Neanderthals, modern humans had different diet patterns


One week of learning a new language can boost your mental skills, suggests a new research adding that benefits could also be maintained with regular practice.

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