Udhagamandalam (TN): India’s ambitious plans to have its own space station by 2035 and have an Indian astronaut on the moon by 2040 are progressing on track, Project Director of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, P Veeramuthuvel said on Saturday. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ISRO chairman have already said that by 2040 we should have an…
New Delhi: The ongoing cold wave conditions observed over North India result from the intrusion of cold and dry air from the Siberian high, according to a study by researchers at IISER Mohali. The Siberian High is a massive collection of cold dry air that accumulates in the northeastern part of Eurasia from November until…
New Delhi: Every year spent in school or university improves our life expectancy, while not attending school is as deadly as smoking or heavy drinking, according to the first systematic study directly linking education to gains in longevity. Using evidence from industrialised countries such as the UK and US as well as developing countries such…
New Delhi: An artificial intelligence (AI) model can quickly identify patients at risk of sepsis infection and potentially help save lives, a study has found. Sepsis is a serious condition that happens when the body’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection. The study, published in the journal npj Digital Medicine, found that…
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday announced the VAIBHAV fellowship to 22 scientists of Indian origin to take up collaborative research projects in leading institutes of the country in areas such as artificial intelligence to quantum technologies. The Ministry of Science and Technology also made an offer to top scientists Arogyaswami J Paulraj and Prof….
New Delhi: Laser instrument onboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting the Moon has successfully pinged the Vikram lander of India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, the US space agency said. The laser beam was transmitted and reflected between the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and an Oreo-sized device on Vikram lander, opening the door to a new style of precisely…
New Delhi: The international team, led by the University of Cambridge, used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect the black hole, which dates from 400 million years after the big bang, more than 13 billion years ago. The results, which lead author Professor Roberto Maiolino says are “a giant leap forward”, are…
New Delhi: AI-powered prediction models made accurate predictions within the trial they were developed in, but gave “random predictions” outside of it, according to a new research. Researchers said the study showed that generalisations of predictions of artificial intelligence-based models across different study centres cannot be ensured at the moment and that these models were…
New Delhi: Changes in blood flow in the retina of the eye could explain why some migraine patients experience visual symptoms, a study has found. The retina is the innermost, light-sensitive layer of tissue of the eye of most vertebrates and some mollusks. The findings, published in the journal Headache: The Journal of Head and…
New Delhi: Women with autoimmune diseases could be more likely to suffer from depression during pregnancy and after childbirth, researchers have found. They also observed a converse relationship where women with a history of pregnancy and childbirth-linked, or perinatal, depression might be at a higher risk of developing autoimmune diseases where the body’s immune system…
