Bengaluru-based aerospace start-up TeamIndus is scouting for funds and sponsors to build a spacecraft with a rover for landing and exploring the lunar surface.


TeamIndus scouts for funds for its lunar mission


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A fossil of a dinosaur, believed to be the biggest ever found in Thailand, has been discovered in the country's northeastern regiony, said a senior government official on Thursday.


Fossil of Thailand's biggest ever dinosaur found


In a move that could lead to a breakthrough in combating chikungunya, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Roorkee has claimed to have discovered the anti-viral potential of a drug piperazine -- used for worm infections.


Breakthrough in chikungunya may come from IIT-Roorkee


The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST)-Shibpur and Esri India Technologies on Thursday announced the launch of a Centre of Geospatial Excellence (CoGE) in the eastern region.


Centre of Geospatial Excellence launched


Can lack of sleep affect our ability to learn? It appears so as researchers have found that visual learning gets cemented in the brain during the deepest part of sleep, called slow-wave sleep.


Visual learning linked to deep sleep


Large volcanic eruptions in the tropics can lead to El Nino events, notorious warming periods in the Pacific Ocean with dramatic global impact on the climate, says a new study.


Volcanic eruptions can trigger El Nino events


The reforms under consideration for the global organisation are not adequate for meeting the challenges posed by a "creaking and crumbling" world order confronting a furious pace of change, India's Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin has told the General Assembly.


UN reforms inadequate for challenges world faces: India


Researchers have identified a genetic variant that is associated with multiple psychiatric disorders and drives changes in a brain network, thereby increasing an individual's risk of developing bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.


Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder share gene variant: Study


In a finding that could lead to a non-toxic way to power biomedical devices, scientists have discovered a way to produce electricity from tears.


Electricity from tears could power biomedical devices


Three American scientists have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for unravelling secrets of how the body's internal clock or circadian rhythm works -- a discovery that will help doctors understand the mechanism behind sleep patterns, hormone release, blood pressure and body temperature.


3 American scientists win Nobel in Medicine for decoding body clock


Three American scientists have won the the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm, the prize committee said in a statement on Monday.


3 American scientists win Nobel in Medicine


Air-conditioning your building without electricity? Researchers at Stanford University in the US report it is potentially possible through the technology of "radiative sky cooling" using a new coating material they have developed.


Passive cooling to cut electricity bills


Researchers have identified a small protein that could potentially improve the symptoms and mortality associated with the flu and possibly other types of infectious illness as well.


This protein may improve flu symptoms, cut death risk


Tired of watching your child play video games? Instead, join them, as researchers have found that playing video games can help boost memory in the young as well as in the elderly.


Playing video games may help quickly analyse situations


Title: Caesar's Last Breath; Author: Sam Kean; Publisher: Doubleday/Penguin Random House UK; Pages: 384; Price: Rs 699


Not just air: The gassy origins and basis of our world and civilisation (Book Review) 


Babies born early in a full-term pregnancy range may be more likely to have poor cardiorespiratory fitness through adolescence and young adulthood, according to a new research study.


Babies' early 'term' birth linked to poor respiratory fitness


Long thought to be a carbon sink, the world's tropical forests now release more carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere than they remove from it, thanks to their continued deforestation and degradation, warns a new study.


Tropical forests now emit more CO2 than they remove


Genetic data from seven humans who lived 2,500 years ago in South Africa suggest that Homo sapiens arose 350,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought, a new study has revealed.


Homo sapiens emerged 350,000 years ago: Study


Researchers have found a large number of an endangered species known as waterwheel plants, in a wetland in China's Heilongjiang province, authorities said on Friday.


Endangered plant discovered in China


The wheat crop in Punjab -- the breadbasket of India -- and also in Pakistan, is vulnerable to air-borne attack by "stem rust" in the event of an outbreak of this disease in a place as far away as East Africa.


Beware wheat rust, the enemy from the air


Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday stressed on promoting the culture of excellence and innovation among young scientists in the country, stating that "innovation plays a key role in driving knowledge-based economy".

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