BERLIN (TIP): Earthquakes may contribute to global warming by releasing methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, from the ocean floor, according to a new study. An international team of scientists investigated the aftermath of a […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Amphibious car! Two men in the US claim to have developed a hybrid vehicle that can be driven on land as well as the sea. Called the Panther, the amphibious car’s co-founders […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have developed the world’s first lightweight patch that can make people ‘invisible’ to pesky mosquitoes and could prove key in the battle against malaria. The affordable patch is […]
LONDON (TIP): British scientists have grown the lightsensitive cells of the eye in a lab with the help of an artificial retina. This may pave way for restoring eyesight of blind people using stem-cell transplants […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): No more swiping cards! A new technology that allows customers to use their facial features instead of swiping a credit card to purchase goods has been developed by a Finnish company. The technology […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists still have doubts over the theory that Earth arose from the collision of asteroids, as its composition doesn’t resemble that of meteoroids — the small particles that break off from asteroids. The […]
LONDON (TIP): Skylon, a revolutionary spacecraft that can take adventurers to Earth’s stratosphere in just 15 minutes will soon be a reality. It will travel at a speed of 30,577.5km (19,000 miles) per hour — […]
CAPE CANAVERAL (TIP): An astronomer studying archived images of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has found a 14th moon orbiting the planet, NASA said. Estimated to be about 12 miles in diameter, the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Mysterious, pyramid-like structures spotted in the Egyptian desert by an amateur satellite archaeologist may indeed be long-lost pyramids, a new investigation has found. Angela Micol, from North Carolina, made the discovery of the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Using ALMA, the most powerful radio telescope in the world, scientists have for the first time observed details of how a massive star is born within a dark cloud core about 10,000 […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Mars 2020 rover will play a key role in a human mission to the Red Planet, apart from searching for signs of past life, says Nasa’s “Mars 2020 Science Definition Final Report.” […]
LONDON (TIP): A pair of headphones that can harness solar power to charge mobile devices when you are on the move has been designed in the United Kingdom. Andrew Anderson, a Glasgow-based designer , launched […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): An Australian businessman has invented a new letter of the English alphabet to replace the word ‘the’ because he thinks it is more efficient. Paul Mathis from Melbourne has developed the replacement of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists have discovered that there are 60 billion potentially habitable planets in the Milky Way alone, twice the number previously thought. These planets in the habitable zone of a parent star may have […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A 15-year-old girl in Canada has invented a flashlight that produces light just by using the warmth of your hand. Ann Makosinski, from British Columbia , invented the thermoelectric ‘Hollow Flashlight’ that works […]
Human head transplants could now be possible using currently available medical techniques, according to an Italian neurosurgeon who thinks he has worked out how it could be done. In a project proposal published by the […]
LONDON (TIP): Two HIV-positive patients in the US who underwent bone marrow transplants for cancer have stopped anti-retroviral therapy and still show no detectable sign of the HIV virus, researchers said. The Harvard University researchers […]
LONDON (TIP): A British team has set a new world record after its lightweight electric powered car touched the top speed of 328.6 km per hour. Drayson Racing Technologies broke the world land speed record […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa has discovered the 10,000th near-Earth object (NEO) that could pass close to our planet in the future. The 10,000th near-Earth object, asteroid 2013 MZ5, was first detected on the night of June […]
TOKYO (TIP): In a world first, Japan is set to send a talking robot-astronaut to the International Space Station to conduct the first conversation between a human and a robot in outer space. Kirobo, the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Researchers have identified and deactivated a brain pathway linked to cravings for alcohol in rats, a finding that could lead to treatment for alcohol abuse. Scientists at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research […]
KIRKENES (TIP): The town of Kirkenes in northernmost Norway used to be further away from Asia than virtually any other European port, but it suddenly seems a lot closer. The reason: Global warming. Melting ice […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The impact of comets crashing into earth’s surface may have provided the energy to create molecules that formed the building blocks of life, scientists say. The study was based on a computer […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists have developed a new technique that could be applied worldwide to create an early warning system for massive tsunamis triggered by earthquakes. Scientists from Stanford University have identified key acoustic characteristics of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The moments just after the Big Bang happened more like the theory predicts, an international team of scientists using the most powerful telescope on Earth has discovered. One of the most important problems […]
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