A researcher has said that a massive ejection of material from the Sun initially traveling at over 7 million miles per hour that narrowly missed Earth in 2012 is an event scientists hope will open policymakers’ eyes regarding impacts and mitigation of severe space weather.
Geminid meteor shower will be at their best after dark on Friday, December 13 and before dawn on Saturday, December 14, according to reports.
The Geminids are one of the most reliable meteor showers. This year, skywatchers can expect to see dozens of meteors per hour. On Friday, the moon will shine directly overhead around 10 p.m. CST, but the brightest meteors still will be visible. Expect to see even more meteors before dawn on Saturday, after the Moon sets around 4:50 a.m. CST.
Researchers have said that they have solved the atmospheric peculiarity that Earth shares with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, claiming that it is likely common to billions of planets.
In 1902 a scientist named Leon Teisserenc de Bort, used instrument-equipped balloons, found a point in Earth’s atmosphere at
about 40,000 to 50,000 feet where the air stops cooling and begins growing warmer.
He called this invisible turnaround a “tropopause,” and coined the terms “stratosphere” for the atmosphere above, and
What was it like to live in the leafy Shire, the starting point of Bilbo Baggins’ trek in “The Hobbit”?
And how did Frodo and Sam feel as, step by step, they made their way across the heat-blasted wastes of Mordor in the climax of “The Lord of the Rings”?
Fans who really want to know may find answers in a computerised simulation of the climate of Middle Earth, the setting for J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy.
The Arctic air blasting the eastern United States is positively balmy compared to the record minus 136 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 93 degrees Celsius) temperature measured in Antarctica in August 2010, according to research released on Monday.
Scientists made the discovery while analyzing 32 years of global surface temperatures recorded by satellites.
They found that a high ridge in the East Antarctic Plateau contains pockets of trapped air that dipped as low as minus 136 Fahrenheit on Aug. 10, 2010, researchers said at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
A researcher has said that a massive ejection of material from the Sun initially traveling at over 7 million miles per hour that narrowly missed Earth in 2012 is an event scientists hope will open policymakers’ eyes regarding impacts and mitigation of severe space weather.
A new device has been launched for iPhones aimed at making typing a lot easier. American Idol host and serial reality TV producer, Ryan Seacrest, has invested one million dollars in the Typo keyboard, an accessory that is trying to make typing easy.
Researchers have developed a chemical system that can efficiently perform the first step in the process of creating syngas, gasoline and other energy-rich products out of carbon dioxide.
A novel “co-catalyst” system using inexpensive, easy to fabricate carbon-based nanofiber materials efficiently converts carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, a useful starting-material for synthesizing fuels.
Scientists have discovered a quick-cook recipe for copious volumes of hydrogen (H2).
The breakthrough suggests a better way of producing the hydrogen that propels rockets and energizes battery-like fuel cells. In a few decades, it could even help the world meet key energy needs — without carbon emissions contributing to the greenhouse effect and climate change.
Researchers have manipulated key biological events in adult blood cells to produce a form of haemoglobin normally absent after the newborn period.
“Our study shows the power of a technique called forced chromatin looping in reprogramming gene expression in blood-forming cells,” said hematology researcher Jeremy W. Rupon, M.D., Ph.D., of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “If we can translate this approach to humans, we may enable new treatment options for patients.”
A new food technology start-up plans to find a substitute for eggs.
The ‘Hampton Creek Foods’ is looking for plants that can replace chicken eggs in all recipes and has already launched its first product, which is an egg-free mayonnaise, now sold at Whole Foods Markets, News.co.au reported.
The San Francisco startup backed by Bill Gates said that they are looking for a replacement as the egg industry pollutes the environment, causes disease outbreaks and confines chickens to tiny spaces.
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Eminent physicist J V Narlikar has said there is a clear possibility of life existing elsewhere in space apart from the earth.
peaking on “Are We Alone in the Universe?” at DEI Deemed University at Dayalbagh here last evening, Narlikar, Professor Emeritus of the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics-Pune, said it was, however, debatable as to the kind of life that might exist.
There could be intelligent species that might be living somewhere in space, in planets that have conditions similar to the earth, he said.
Indian companies that built most of the parts for the country’s recently launched Mars mission are using their low-cost, high-tech expertise in frugal space engineering to compete for global aerospace, defence and nuclear contracts worth billions.
India’s Mangalyaan spacecraft was launched last month and then catapulted from Earth orbit on December 1, clearing an important hurdle on its 420 million mile journey to Mars and putting it on course to be the first Asian mission to reach the red planet.
Think you are smarter than animals? Maybe not!
Humans have been deceiving themselves for thousands of years that they are smarter than the rest of the animal kingdom, despite growing evidence to the contrary, scientists say.
“For millennia, all kinds of authorities – from religion to eminent scholars – have been repeating the same idea ad nauseam, that humans are exceptional by virtue that they are the smartest in the animal kingdom,” said Dr Arthur Saniotis, from University of Adelaide’s School of Medical Sciences.
The mystery of the Bristol harbour ‘alien’, whose images stormed the social media this week, has been solved.
The alien stunt was the work of the team at TV channel Watch, designed to promote ‘The Happenings’, a new magic and illusion TV show.
People from Bristol had reported the appearance of a bioluminescent giant squid-like creature pulsing beneath the water in the harbour.
Videos and images of the tentacled alien-like being first appeared on Tuesday.
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Over 12 lakh migratory birds from Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Japan have flocked to Kashmir, giving a vibrant look to the wetlands and water bodies in the Valley.
“Our conservative estimate is that there are over 12 lakh migratory birds in various wetlands and water bodies of Kashmir at present,” Wildlife Warden Mohammad Maqbool Baba said.
Heavy haze still shrouded China Saturday, with highways closed and flights delayed or cancelled following an alert for haze.
Following a yellow alert for heavy fog Saturday morning, the National Meteorological Centre issued an orange alert for haze later, reports Xinhua.
China uses a four-tier warning system for extreme weather, and air pollution, with red being the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
The ChemCam laser instrument aboard NASA’s Curiosity rover recently fired its 100,000th shot.
ChemCam zaps rocks with a high-powered laser to determine their composition and carries a camera that can survey the Martian landscape.
Scientists are trying to find what exactly powers neutron stars’ x-ray superbursts.
Peter Moller of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Theoretical Division, said that understanding this would yield important insights about the fundamental forces in nature, especially on the astronomical/cosmological scale.
A neutron star is created during the death of a giant star more massive than the Sun, compressed to a tiny size but with gravitational fields exceeded only by those of black holes.
Google is speculated to be working on a Nexus TV that with run on Android and stream videos from YouTube along with offering a selection of video games.
Sources said that the device which will stream videos from service like Netflix and Hulu will be ready for the launch by the first half of 2014.
According to The Verge, speculations about the Google-made Android set top box started cropping up in July this year, when sources said that the box included a Kinect-like motion sensor and could be controlled with an Android smartphone.
Working parents can now heave a sigh of relief as a smart baby seat has been developed that holds an iPad in front of the baby’s eyes and lets her play and learn with innovative apps.
Toymaker Fisher-Price has unveiled the ‘Newborn-to-Toddler Apptivity Seat for iPad’, which is a baby seat that features a plastic case designed to hold an iPad smack in front of baby’s eyes.
According to Fox News, the seat allows the iPad device to be locked inside the case to protect from dribbles and drool and users can download free apps for the baby’s learning and play.
The US Supreme Court is set to decide on an appeal of a lower court decision that could potentially lead to what is touted as the ‘death’ of software patents.
The appeal had been filed by electronic marketplace Alice Corp, in its attempt to patent its computer-implemented escrow systems, software and methods, which has been challenged by CLS Bank International.
A new study has presented very promising results for the treatment of the cancer form multiple myeloma.
Multiple myeloma is a life-threatening disease and there is a dire medical need for new therapies, especially for the patients whose tumour cells have become resistant to the conventional drugs.
Professor Stig Linder at Karolinska Institutet’s Department of Oncology-Pathology, said that the discovery that their substance works on multiple myeloma cells resistant to conventional therapy is very promising for the future.
India can only advance through technological advancements and the onus is on its young scientists to take the country to supremacy in this sector, President Pranab Mukherjee said Friday.
“India is at the threshold of being a global power. We are poised to play a bigger role in the world. It is our status as a technology power that will define this new role,” Mukherjee said at the Fifth Indian Youth Science Congress held here.
The government should ensure targeted funding to promote nanoscience and nanotechnology in solving pressing societal problems and improve the quality of life, a top scientist said Thursday.
“Nano mission needs targeted funding to set up infrastructure and build capacity for research in nanoscience and developing nanotechnology to solve pressing problems and improve quality of life,” C.N.R. Rao, who has been named for the Bharat Ratna, said at a summit here.