A third planet has been found! It has an extremely low density. For the planet-finding survey SuperWASP, it is its first find. The planet is named WASP-1b.
The planet was spotted by the characteristic dips in brightness, which was created while...
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Here is an easy and quick way for vegetable growers to identify bacteria sources! And that too, within a few minutes! A U.S. scientist has claimed to have been optimizing such a sensor. It’s not just easy to use, but also for your purse – the sensor...
True, exploring anything beyond the planet’s boundary does not anymore leave us surprised, as the advent of technologies have provided us with all the confidence and dare even extent our knowledge beyond our solar system – but surgery at...
A chance discovery has given birth to a new treatment for the hard-to-heal ulcers, which is based on a protein that occurs naturally in the blood. Congratulations to a group of researchers at the Sutton Arthritis Research laboratories at the...
Saturn, already treasured and distinct with its spectacular ring system, has been discovered with yet another new ring! It’s a faint ring spotted by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on September 17.
It was seen during a solar occultation – i.e. when the...
Look inside an animated patient to learn how doctors are using new technologies to treat catastrophic injuries, amazingly melding humans and machines.
To know it better, you have to move your cursor over the patient and see some of the most futuristic...
The UK-based OC Robotics along with Airbus is developing artificial skin for the UK firm's 'snake-arm' robots! Yes, its robots will get a sensor-packed skin, making it even more sensitive capable of providing far more information about the...
At least 10 million people worldwide have gone blind due to damage or disease of corneas. And many millions more are nearsighted or farsighted due to misshapen corneas. All of them can go optimistic with their vision getting normal or even getting it...
With Pluto losing its planet-status, scientists have discovered an entirely new kind of planet -- dubbed HAT-P-1. But, it does not resemble any known world in our solar system or beyond – as it is an extra-large giant of gas.
With a radius of...
Get ready! While driving you can receive wireless messages alerting you of a potential danger from an approaching vehicle or informing of traffic congestion ahead. Isn’t such a concept cool!
The Japanese carmaker Nissan has announced such...
The discovery of a distant, icy rock last year -- 2003 UB313 – that has led to the demise of the former planet Pluto, has been official christened by the International Astronomical Union on Wednesday.
It has been given a name ‘Eris’, after the...
With his bionic arm, Jesse Sullivan can get fully into action like any normal human being. Sullivan with his two prosthetic arms can not only climb a ladder, paint a wall, whach a weed, but also hug his grandchildren.
All these motions are...
Yet another exploration in the world of astronomy! The impertinent scientists this time have discovered the most distant galaxy yet! It is nearly 13 billion light years away.
The newly spotted galaxy is named IOK-1. It is so far away that the light...
Wish to view the awesome Navy dirigible USS Macon airship, now resting at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that sank in a February gale? Grab a fast Internet connection, if you don’t have one and ride along Tiburo – the submersible robot of the Monterey...
Later this month, a new space mission will be launched to study the most violent explosions in the solar system. A British, US and Japanese collaboration will be monitoring the sun's magnetic field, the Solar-B mission to learn more about solar...
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