An 11-year-old Indian-origin boy here has scored 162 in the prestigious Mensa IQ test, two points higher than geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.


Indian-origin boy beats Einstein, Hawking in IQ test


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Students from various parts of the country witnessed a live asteroid watch at the Nehru Planetarium on Friday in celebration of Asteroid Day organised by astronomy education organisation SPACE India.


Asteroid Day celebrated with live asteroid watch


Pitching for a "strong collaboration" with India in nuclear power, former Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission chairman Shafiqul Islam Bhuiyan says his country could gain a lot from India's experience in construction, operations and maintenance of nuclear power plants.


We need collaboration with India on n-power: Bangladesh ex-AEC chief


Temperatures of the seas around Spain have reached a record high in June, according to a latest research.


Temperatures of Spain's coastal waters reach record high


Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of India's latest communication satellite GSAT-17.


Sonia congratulates ISRO for GSAT-17 launch


Areas of Antarctica devoid of ice could increase by up to 25 per cent by the end of the century because of climate change, leading to drastic changes in the continent's biodiversity, according to a new Australian research.


Antarctica's ice-free areas to increase by 2100


Students from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) here have left behind 39 teams from across the world by winning the first position at the global aerospace competition CanSat held in Texas, US, this year.


Indian students win global aerospace competition


Excited over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Israel, Israeli Nobel laureates have called him "courageous" and "honest" and expressed confidence in his abilities to "fix" India.


Israeli Nobel laureates laud Modi


In what is being hailed as a "groundbreaking discovery", astronomers have for the first time observed two supermassive black holes orbiting around each other in a distant galaxy.


Astronomers discover orbiting supermassive black holes


Liberal consumption of so-called good fats like those found in olive oil and avocados may lead to fatty liver disease, a risk factor for metabolic disorders like Type 2 diabetes and hypertension, a new research has said.


Research warns against liberal consumption of good fat


US space agency NASA said that it has no pending announcement regarding extraterrestrial life, following a wave of media reports that it was about to announce the evidence of alien life.


NASA says no pending announcement on alien life


Cancer tumours manipulate a natural cell process to promote their survival and controlling this may help stop progress of the disease, researchers have found.


Blocking a natural cell process may help control cancer


A team of Australian researchers believes that they have made a breakthrough in developing drought-resistant crops after being able to "close the pores" on leaves.


Breakthrough made in drought-resistant crops development


An emerging technology that uses the body's own "seismic noise", allows more effective imaging deep inside body to assist in tumour, scientists say.


This technique uses body's noise to detect cancer early


SpaceX has completed two back-to-back successful missions this weekend, the company's quickest launch turnaround yet, the media reported.


SpaceX successfully completes back-to-back launches


Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, at The University of Texas have developed a durable and versatile wearable diagnostic tool that measures three diabetes-related compounds in microscopic amounts of perspiration.


Bioengineers create durable device for diabetes monitoring


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The researchers conducted experiments with nearly 800 smartphone users

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A young team that built the world's lightest and first 3D printed satellite "KalamSat", launched by the US space agency NASA on Thursday, was felicitated by a social group here on Friday.


Team that built world's lightest satellite 'KalamSat' felicitated


In what could perhaps crack the long-term mystery behind the astonishing variety of bird egg shapes, an international team of researchers has found that the egg shape is related to flight ability, with good fliers tending to lay pointy or elliptical eggs.


Shape of bird egg related to flight ability


Congratulations poured in for ISRO on Friday after it successfully put into orbit its own earth observation satellite Cartosat, nano satellite NIUSAT and 29 foreign satellites from 14 countries, with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeting their greetings.


Congratulations pour in for ISRO on new milestone


It was a proud moment for Noorul Islam University on Friday as the Indian rocket PSLV lifted off successfully with the varsity-made nano satellite NIUSAT along with ISRO's Cartosat and 29 co-passenger foreign satellites.

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