Scientists at the Geological Survey of India (GSI) have discovered, for the first time, "significant incidences" of gold associated with copper mineralisation in parts of Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand.


'Significant incidences' of gold found in Uttarakhand


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A group of US scientists have predicted that 31 to 67 percent of Southern California beaches could be severely damaged due to rising sea levels by 2100, a new study has revealed.


California beaches could be 'severely damaged' by 2100


Warning that wheat blast could be "catastrophic" for South Asia, scientists from Bangladesh, which was ravaged by an outbreak of the disease in 2016, have offered to help their Indian counterparts tackle the deadly fungal foe, reported here for the first time this year.


Bangladeshi scientists offer to help India combat wheat blast


Astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to surpass Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams' record for the most spacewalks by a female astronaut when Whitson goes on her eighth spacewalk on Thursday, NASA said.


Peggy Whitson set to break Sunita Williams' spacewalk record


Using a new computer model, US scientists predict that 31 to 67 per cent of Southern California beaches could be severely damaged by the year 2100 due to rising sea levels.


Study predicts major Southern California beaches erosion


A man, who was completely paralysed, has been able to regain movement in his limbs for the first time in eight years as a result of brain implants that enabled thought-control technology, a groundbreaking study has revealed.


Paralysed man moves arms using thought-controlled technology


Researchers have found why at around the age of four children suddenly do what three-year-olds are unable to do -- put themselves in someone else's shoes.


We learn to understand others after age 4


Entries are being invited from engineering students across the country to take part in the 7th edition of 'National Level Engineering Contest Ingenium' here in Kerala.


Entries invited from engineering students for 7th edition of Ingenium


Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has launched a start-up which aims to connect our brains to computers to help people keep up with machines, media reported.


Elon Musk launches start-up to connect brains with computer


Dubai will soon be introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its government sectors, a media report said.


Dubai to introduce robots in government services


A diet rich in fruits may have been responsible for larger brain size in primates, researchers say.


Here's how primates developed larger brains


Side-to-side movement of the teeth and jaw bones of mammals, especially cows, helped our earliest ancestors to grind food with their molars and eat a more diversified diet, researchers have found.


Bovine inspiration to our ancestors' diets: Study


A team of palaeontologists has identified 150 tracks from 21 dinosaur species in Australia, the University of Queensland announced on Monday.


150 dinosaur tracks discovered in Australia


The Australian National University (ANU) has called on amateur astronomers to help its researchers find a new planet in the Solar System.


Australian researchers ask stargazers to help find 'Planet 9'


Tapping into the trend of repurposing old approved drugs to treat totally different diseases -- a strategy that led to the development of Viagra, researchers at IIT-Kanpur have shown how a malaria drug can be used to tackle drug resistance in metastatic prostate cancer.


'Repurposing' malaria drug to treat castrate-resistant prostate cancer


A rebellion began Indian-American teen Indrani Das on her way to the brain research that got her the quarter-million-dollar Regeneron Science Talent Search award for high school students.


Rebellion led Indian-American teen to $250,000 science prize


The Himachal Pradesh government has got permission from the Union Ministry of Agriculture for importing a chemical and machinery to combat serious problems afflicting apple produce, an official said on Saturday.


Himachal to import chemical to treat apple plants


Survivors of childhood brain tumours have more body fat, increasing their risk of stroke, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and early death, research has shown.


Childhood brain tumour survivor's high body fat ups stroke risk


Researchers have found a way to make the normally brittle material of glass bend and flex, adding a new level of flexibility to the microscopic world of medical devices.


Flexible glass for tiny medical devices developed


Researchers have successfully used a facial recognition software to diagnose a rare, genetic disease that mainly affects children of African, Asian and Latin American descent, paving the way for physicians to diagnose the disease by snapping a photo.


Facial recognition tech helps diagnose rare genetic disease


Bangladesh has signed an agreement with India to formally join New Delhi's 'South Asia Satellite' initiative, through which the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch a communication satellite for serving the South Asia region.

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