A moderate 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Uttarakhand on the night of February 6. As usual, there was the news rush -- breaking news, specialists' comments and the like. But the earthquake news was somewhat eclipsed by the current charged election environment.


Disruption of TV signals, mobiles may help predict earthquakes (Comment)


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The New Zealand navy has launched a research buoy in the sub-Antarctic Southern Ocean to help a study on how ships can navigate mammoth waves known as the "liquid Himalayas", the media reported.


New Zealand buoy to study 'liquid Himalayas'


Survival rates for children in Britain diagnosed with cancer have dramatically increased in the past 15 years, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).


UK Children diagnosed with cancer have high survival rates


Australian researchers have developed a mobile application to monitor and improve the mental health of taxi drivers.


Researchers develop app to aid taxi drivers mental health


The phenomenon of 'killer rip tides' is being studied by ISRO in collaboration with a private lifeguard agency appointed by the Goa government to safeguard its beaches.


ISRO, lifeguard agency collaborate to study killer tides


Scientists have discovered the remnants of a massive undersea landslide on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia, which occurred more than 300,000 years ago, a media report said on Wednesday.


Remains of huge undersea landslide found on Great Barrier Reef


The peremptory rejection of the shipborne variant of the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) by the Indian Navy seems to have surprised most navy-watching analysts. Their confusion has been compounded by the near-simultaneous issuance of a global request for information (RFI) for procurement of "57 multirole fighters for its aircraft carriers" by Naval HQ.


Whither defence research? Navy's rejection of Tejas is a lesson (Comment)


Tata Sons' interim Chairman Ratan Tata on Tuesday flagged off Moonshot Wheels, a mobile science exhibition bus that will traverse 11 states across the country showcasing models of lander, rover and a spacecraft of TeamIndus, a space start-up bracing to launch its lunar mission this year-end.


Ratan Tata flags off Moonshot Wheels in Bengaluru


From collaborating with engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for designing a next-generation space exploration device to cut the distance barrier between cities, the global 3D design company Dassault Systemes is busy working on ideas to herald a new era for millennials.


Dassault Systemes sets eyes on space exploration, faster transport


A healthy baby boy has been born from an embryo frozen 16 years ago, a hospital in south China announced on Monday.


Baby born from 16-year-old frozen embryo in China


BioAsia, Asia's largest biotechnology and life-sciences forum, began here Monday with the announcement of projects worth Rs 3,308 crore.


Projects worth Rs 3,308 cr announced on first day of BioAsia


The beauty of peacocks, with their dazzling multi-coloured feathers, has always provided inspiration to poets and artists in their creative work.


Peacock feathers inspire new variety of non-polluting fabric dyes


Ever wondered what happens on the other side of our skulls when we hit our heads? Now, the world's first tiniest hammer being developed by the US researchers may help understand what happens when force is applied to brain cells, an advance that may help improve treatments for brain injuries as well as Alzheimer's disease.


World's tiniest hammer to improve treatments for brain injuries


A pacemaker similar to the size of a nickel can be implanted in patients to restore the heart's normal rhythm, when it is unable to pump enough oxygen-rich blood, experts have said.


Normalise heart rate with world's smallest pacemaker


US President Donald Trump on Friday said that "Iran is playing with fire", and warned Tehran that he wont be as "kind" as former President Barack Obama. His comments come after Tehrans missile test this week.


Iran is playing with fire, says Trump


New Zealand scientists on Thursday voiced concern for the future of international research on issues such as climate change and extreme weather following US President Donald Trump's imposition of travel restrictions to the country.


NZ scientists voice fears over Trump administration's moves


In a first, Chinese scientists have used a novel version of the CRISPR gene-editing technology to successfully produce live cows with increased resistance to bovine tuberculosis (TB).


New TB-resistant cows developed in China


The presence of minerals that are as old as three billion years in Mauritius points to the existence of a "lost continent" underneath the Indian Ocean island, says a study.


Traces found of 'lost continent' under Mauritius


India's atomic power plant operator NPCIL on Tuesday said that it will replace the coolant channels in the two power reactors at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat at an outlay of around Rs 500 crore.


Kakrapar nuclear reactors to get new coolant channels


ZiO-Podolsk, the machine engineering arm of Russian nuclear group Rosatom's subsidiary Atomenergomash has started production of equipments for the third and fourth nuclear power units to be set up in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, it was announced on Tuesday.


Russian company starts equipment production for two reactors at Kudankulam


NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray space telescope has identified the farthest gamma-ray blazars, a type of galaxy whose intense emissions are powered by super-sized black holes.

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