Science/Technology

New Delhi:  Covishield and Covaxin -- the two coronavirus vaccines currently in use in India -- have efficacy against the "Indian strain" and show "milder" illness in case of infection post vaccination, a senior scientist said on Tuesday citing...

Washington: NASA's Ingenuity helicopter succeeded in its third flight on Mars on Sunday, which set records in speed and distance beyond what had been previously demonstrated, according to NASA.The helicopter took off early Sunday and rose 5 meters. Then...

Moscow: China plans to launch the Chang'e 6 lunar probe to study the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the Moon and collect samples around 2024, official media reported on Sunday, citing the chief designer of the...

Beijing: China has officially named the country's first Mars rover Zhurong after the god of fire and war in Chinese mythology, China National Space Administration said on Saturday."On Saturday, a ceremony marking the opening of the Space Day of...

New Delhi: A major rebound in global carbon dioxide emissions is likely this year as economies recover from the coronavirus pandemic, says the International Energy Agency, as world leaders on Thursday unveiled their plans to save the planet.The IEA...

Bengaluru: A new study from the Centre for Neuroscience (CNS) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has explored how well deep neural networks compare to the human brain when it comes to visual perception.Deep neural networks are machine...

Washington: Facebook is evolving the audio component of its platform by introducing several new features such as a sound editing studio, a new social audio format called Soundbites, the ability to listen to podcasts in-app, and live audio rooms...

Washington: NASA engineers plan four more flights for the Mars Ingenuity helicopter in the coming two weeks following its successful, short first flight, NASA project manager Mimi Aung told a press conference at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in...

Beijing: A Shenzhou manned spacecraft and a Long March 2F carrier rocket have arrived at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China ahead of the launch of the Shenzhou-12 manned space mission, the Chinese Manned Space Program said...

Guwahati: An indigenous, traditional practice of aerosol inoculation (vaccination through air-borne microbes) to prevent tuberculosis, with its roots in the philosophy of Vedic Altruism or JivaUpakarTantra, has been proved to hold a scientific basis in a study conducted over...