US aerospace major SpaceX has announced plans to fly two private citizens on a week-long trip around the moon next year.


SpaceX to fly 2 private tourists around moon in 2018


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Delay in receiving lab equipment due to remoteness, corruption in fund management, dearth of jobs for returnee scientists and inadequate infrastructure are some of the major hurdles faced by researchers in India's northeast region (NER) who demand good governance to promote science and technology in its eight states.


S&T in northeast plagued by poor infra, lack of good governance (Feb 28 is National Science Day)


Two researchers at Stanford University have developed a software tool designed to reduce the risk of triggering manmade earthquakes where oil and gas production activities may trigger slip in nearby faults.


Tool to reduce risk of triggering manmade earthquakes


The WHO on Monday said it it has published the first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens", 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health, to guide and promote research and development of new antibiotics.


WHO publishes list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria needing research


The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) on Monday released 20 high-yielding varieties of timber and medicinal plants.


20 high-yielding varieties of timber, medicinal plants released


Physically and visually impaired children and youngsters in Delhi, Ludhiana and Chennai will get an opportunity to learn various aspects of astronomy as part of the National Science Day celebrations in the country, New Delhi-based Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) organisation said on Monday.


SPACE India to teach astronomy to specially-abled


Inspired to make science accessible to Bengali-speaking masses, creators of a popular science web portal plan to distribute Foldscopes -- a $1 origami paper microscope -- to schools in rural areas of West Bengal, free of cost.


Bengali science portal gives rural schools origami paper microscopes


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday heaped praise on Indian scientists for launching 104 satellites into space in one go and for carrying out test of Ballistic Interceptor Missile.


Modi hails ISRO's achivements, interceptor missile success (Roundup)


If the very thought of spatial and mathematical tasks, such as reading a map or solving a geometry problem, makes you nervous, it could be partly due to your genes, suggests a new research.


Does reading maps make you nervous? Blame your genes


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday heaped praises on the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and said the country is proud of the space agency's achievements.


India is proud of ISRO's achievements: Modi


Scientists at the Indian Institute Of Technology - Kharagpur (IIT - Kgp) have designed 'Physically Unclonable Functions' (PUF) which are fingerprint generator circuits that can protect Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure from manipulation.


IIT - Kgp team develops prototype to protect IoT devices


Nature's clock is running fast in the Arctic, thanks to climate change. Due to diminishing sea ice cover, spring is coming sooner to some plant species in the low Arctic of Greenland, while other species are delaying their emergence amid warming winters, says a study.


Spring coming sooner to Arctic due to climate change


India will get as many as 2,500 start-ups from the Smart India Hackathon 2017, a 36-hour non-stop digital programming initiative scheduled on April 1-2, an official said here on Thursday.


'2,500 start-ups from Smart India Hackathon'


Babies whose mothers had signs of active genital herpes infection during early pregnancy may be twice at risk for developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) later, say researchers.


Genital herpes during early pregnancy ups baby's autism risk


Two drugs that are used to treat asthma and allergies may offer a way to prevent a form of pneumonia that can kill up to 40 per cent of people who contract it, researchers have found.


Asthma drugs may prevent a deadly form of pneumonia


NASA's Fermi gamma-ray space telescope has found a signal at the centre of the neighbouring Andromeda galaxy that could be coming from dark matter, an unknown substance that makes up most of the universe, according to a study.


NASA telescope finds clues to dark matter at Andromeda galaxy


Researchers at Stanford University have been refining compounds that would carry instructions for assembling the protein that makes fireflies light up and deliver them into the cells of an anesthetised mouse.


Technique developed to carry protein instructions into cell


Effecting a breakthrough in making insect-inspired robots run faster, Swiss researchers, led by an Indian-origin scientist, have found a new way by which six-legged insects increase their walking speed.


Researchers find how six-legged robots can run faster


Adult stem cells collected directly from human fat are more stable than other cells -- such as fibroblasts from the skin -- and have the potential for use in anti-ageing treatment, says a study.


Stem cells from fat show promise for anti-ageing treatment


Nanoparticles to detect and combat cancer, superconducting metamaterials to make quantum computers a reality, solar cell technology providing over 40 per cent efficiency and more -- these are not goals but achievements already realised at a Moscow university which is at the vanguard of Russia's aim to further its high-tech knowledge economy and cooperate with international partners to develop futuristic technologies.


Working to realise tomorrow's world: Russia's futuristic university


Researchers studying the brains of infants who have older siblings with autism were able to identify 80 per cent of the babies who would be subsequently diagnosed with autism at two years of age.

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