Scientists say they've detected a new, mysterious layer at the center of our home planet. The discovery could unearth more about Earth's history.
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Sweden might have found a solution for the second challenge. They’ve developed “solar thermal fuel” -- a special kind of fuel that is capable of storing the sun's energy for up to 18 years.The device that helps in capturing solar energy is called MOST which stands for Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage System. It works in a circular manner where a pump cycles the fuel through transparent tubes.
First of its kind study finds that rate of extinction of animals weighing over 50 kg over the past 30,000 years is lowest in India, & points to co-evolution of humans and mammals.
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center who profiled more than 45,000 individual cells from patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), defined the extensive cellular heterogeneity and identified two distinct subtypes correlated with patient survival.
Social media giant Facebook said it will start allowing users to prepare physical safety keys as a way to confirm their identity before logging into the social network's mobile app, beginning next year.
According to a new study, the proliferation of face coverings in order to keep a check on Covid-19, isn't keeping children from understanding facial expressions.
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday said the UK had approved Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine too quickly.
A small town in Alaska has bid goodbye to the Sun for this year and will see next daylight in 2021.
Pfizer Inc said on Monday its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed more than a million people, battered the world’s economy and upended daily life.
After analysing an ancient Martian meteorite, a team of Japanese researchers has revealed that water on the Red Planet originated some 4.4 billion years ago.
The phrase 'Once in a Blue Moon' is aptly suited to the month of October this year, which will witness the rare occurrence of a second full moon, called the 'Blue Moon', on Saturday.
Out of 1,004 stars, there are at least 508 stars that offer almost 10 hours of observation window period to their planet when they can observe Earth regarding finding the signs of life. Also, most of these stars are red-dwarf, slightly smaller and comparatively cooler.
The study, published in the journal Astrobiology, details characteristics of potential 'superhabitable' planets, that include those that are older, a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter than Earth.
Though dolphins have been sighted in the Tagus since Roman times, the mammals are no longer seen often.