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The Moon is making your days longer, and most people have no ideaOur planet's days are getting longer. The Moon's gravity slows Earth's spin, a process ongoing for billions of years. Now, melting polar ic...- This underwater fault near Ecuador has baffled scientists for decades. They just cracked itScientists have identified natural "brakes" within the Gofar transform fault, located deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean. These "barrie...
- Legendary doom fish returns to California, believed to signal disaster; here's what's in storeIn a recent development it has been known that the rare oarfish which is also known as the legendary doom fish and is hugely believed as a ...
- Subglacial meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers could accelerate retreat, study findsResearchers have found that subglacial discharge, or meltwater flowing out to sea from beneath Antarctic glaciers, could be causing glacier...
- CO2 reaches its highest level in more than 4 million yearsThree centuries ago, before the beginning of the industrial age, geological records show that number was 280 ppm. In other words, by burnin...
- Up to 45 per cent of coronavirus infections may be asymptomatic: StudyThe findings, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, suggested that asymptomatic people may account for approximately 40 to ...
- Ocean's average temperature is 3.5 degree CelsiusNew York, Jan 4 (IANS) The modern ocean's average temperature is 3.5 degrees Celsius, says a study that identified a new way to measure the...
- Salt and protein in food lead to post-meal sleepinessNew York, Nov 22 (IANS) Higher protein and salt content in our food, as well as the volume consumed, can lead to longer naps, suggests new ...
- Nicotine-chomping bacteria key to anti-smoking therapyAn enzyme found in a nicotine-eating bacterium can be recreated in lab settings and might be used as a drug candidate to help people quit s...
- Scientists map April 2015 Nepal earthquakeThe study assessed the presence of low frequency and high frequency waves over the three stages of the earthquake.
- Antarctic ice shelves rapidly thinning: StudyThe thickness of Antarctica's floating ice shelves has decreased by 18 per cent in certain areas over nearly two decades, warns a study.
- New class of drugs may dramatically increase healthy lifespanThe researchers from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), Mayo Clinic and other institutions have coined the term 'senolytics' for the ne...
- Human skin cells converted into pain sensing neuronsScientists have converted human skin cells into specialised neurons that detect pain, itch, touch and other bodily sensations.
- Key part of hepatitis C virus pictured in great detail: ReportsThe findings can bring an effective hepatitis C vaccine closer to reality.
- New drug for inherited cancer identifiedScientists have identified a new drug that can potentially treat an inherited form of cancer that has no cure.
- Stuff & TranceScripps Institute scientists have already tested a substance that turned obese mice into little murine athletes.
- NF3 contributes more to global warming than CO2A new research indicates that another powerful and highly potent greenhouse gas, nitrogen trifluoride, is thousands of times more effective...
- Keeping carbon emission to 2005 levels not enoughPainting a grim picture, a new study shows that even if greenhouse gas emissions are fixed at 2005 levels, irreversible warming will lead t...
- Forum to discuss funding for green economyWays to cut emission & the necessary funds required for green economy will be the top agenda of a meeting of world's environment ministers.
- IBM joins fight against bird fluAvian flu may not have hit the American shores yet but it is undoubtedly engaging the interest of Big Blue (IBM).
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