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Researchers find engineered immune cells as new hope for HIV vaccine
With a new vaccine approach that would anticipate engineered immune cells from the patient’s body, scientists at Scripps Research have moved closer to attaining a triumph over HIV research.
Updated on Nov 23, 2020 07:23 PM IST
Washington [US] | Asian News International | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
Scientists study cause of endangered whale calf’s death
The National Park Service says scientists are trying to discover the cause of death of a whale calf belonging to “one of the rarest marine mammals” on earth.
Updated on Nov 23, 2020 06:52 PM IST
Cape Lookout, N.C. | Associated Press | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
Rapid testing can wipe out Covid-19 spread within weeks: Study
The study published by the University of Colorado Boulder and Harvard University researchers claims that frequent and rapid testing could eliminate Covid-19 spread within weeks.
Published on Nov 23, 2020 03:28 PM IST
Asian News International | Asian News International | Posted by Mallika Soni
Shukrayaan: India’s proposed Venus mission attracts international payload proposals
ISRO has short-listed 20 space-based experiment proposals from Russia, France, Sweden and Germany for its proposed Venus orbiter mission ‘Shukrayaan’ to study the planet for more than four years, sources in the Bengaluru- headquartered space agency said.
Published on Nov 23, 2020 03:00 PM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India | Posted by Mallika Soni
India to launch ₹4,000 cr ‘deep sea mission’ to explore minerals, marine life, energy
The ministry’s secretary, M Rajeevan, said required approvals are being obtained for the “futuristic and game-changing” mission, and it is likely to be launched in the next 3-4 months.
Updated on Nov 23, 2020 03:02 PM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India | Posted by Mallika Soni
China to launch moon probe, seeking first lunar rock retrieval since 1970s
The Chang’e-5 probe, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, will seek to collect material that can help scientists understand more about the moon’s origins and formation.
Published on Nov 22, 2020 11:58 AM IST
Beijing | Reuters| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Delhi-born MIT scholar’s AI-headset is one of Time’s 100 Best Inventions of 2020
Time described Arnav Kapur’s AlterEgo as something which “doesn’t read your thoughts, but it can enable you to communicate with your computer without touching a keyboard or opening your mouth”.
Updated on Nov 22, 2020 12:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray
Researchers at Harvard capture high-resolution 3D images of human chromosomes
The team started building a chromosomal map from wide-lens images for all 46 chromosomes, including close-ups on one section of one chromosome by using their new high-resolution 3D imaging method
Updated on Nov 21, 2020 07:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ayshee Bhaduri
Alaskan town Utqiagvik sinks into darkness for 66 days
Located 515 km from the Arctic Circle, Utqiagvik entering 66 days of darkness is an annual phenomenon occurring every winter due to the tilt in the earth’s axis.
Updated on Nov 21, 2020 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Satellite to track rising seas as climate warms
The payload will be hoisted into a low-Earth 1,300-kilometre (800-mile) orbit by a Space X Falcon 9 rocket, with lift-off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
Published on Nov 20, 2020 11:39 PM IST
Paris | Agence France-Presse | Posted by Srivatsan K C
National Science Foundation announces closure of huge radio telescope at Puerto Rico
The independent, federally funded agency said it’s too dangerous to keep operating the single dish radio telescope -- one of the world’s largest -- given the significant damage it recently sustained.
Published on Nov 20, 2020 02:00 AM IST
San Juan, Puerto Rico | Associated Press | Posted by Srivatsan K C
Leonid meteor shower to reach peak today: When and where to watch
The shower occurs when planet Earth crosses the orbital path of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. After the cometary debris enters Earth’s atmosphere and vaporises, one gets to witness the Leonid meteor shower, which peaked yesterday morning.
Published on Nov 18, 2020 07:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ayshee Bhaduri
Milestone trip to space station for 4 astronauts
The Dragon capsule is scheduled to arrive at about 11pm Eastern time on Monday, more than 27 hours after blasting off from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Updated on Nov 17, 2020 02:23 AM IST
Cape Canaveral, Florida | Bloomberg
NASA to bring rock samples from Mars back to Earth
On November 10, NASA had released an independent review report indicating that the agency is now ready to undertake its’ Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign to bring pristine samples from Mars to Earth for scientific study.
Updated on Nov 15, 2020 02:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Mallika Soni
Researchers find correlation between household chemicals, gut microbiome in children
There is a correlation between the levels of bacteria and fungi in the gastrointestinal tract of children and the amount of common chemicals found in their home environment.
Updated on Nov 13, 2020 04:47 PM IST
Washington [US] | Asian News International | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
SpaceX wins NASA blessing to ferry astronauts to space station
SpaceX’s first operational flight for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is scheduled for 7:49 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, with docking at the station expected eight and a half hours later. A backup launch attempt would be at 7:27 pm on Sunday.
Updated on Nov 11, 2020 08:06 AM IST
Bloomberg | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
‘Medical microrobots’, ‘room temperature superconductivity’ among 2020 science breakthroughs
Near room-temperature superconductivity for energy transmission without loss, medical microrobots to carry out risky surgeries in hard-to-reach body parts, and “revolutionary” protein based biomedicines are among the ten science breakthrough projects of the year.
Updated on Nov 09, 2020 11:23 PM IST
Berlin | Press Trust of India | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
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