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By Sarah DeWeerdt, SpectrumJun. 22, 2018 , 8:00 AM Originally published on Spectrum The Research on Autism and Development (RAD) Laboratory is located in a Tetris-like…
Bangalore: Within just 3 months of its aunch in India, consumer appliance brand, Thomson has introduced its non-smart line-up. Thomson is offering 24 inch, 32…
New Delhi: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has launched its Pocket Speaker 2 in India at Rs 1,499. The pocket speaker is available via Mi.com. It…
New Delhi: Google on Thursday introduced a new feature for its Android devices that would let users in India and several other countries surf the…
Mumbai: Twitter on Friday launched a special IIFA emoji for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards. Viewers can simply tweet using #IIFA2018…
San Francisco: Facebook has announced to expand its fact-checking programme to new countries that aims to fight the spread of fake news on its platform.…
San Francisco: YouTube, often criticized for not compensating creators well enough, will allow them to set up paid channel memberships, the company said today. Currently…
By Insider Staff ReportJun. 21, 2018 , 5:40 PM President Donald Trump today proposed reorganizing parts of the federal government in ways that should sound…
Zhu Zhanji c. 1427 Since the 2016 reports of a mysterious assault on U.S. embassy staff in Cuba, researchers have struggled to find evidence of…
[embedded content] By Lizzie WadeJun. 21, 2018 , 2:00 PM The priest quickly sliced into the captive’s torso and removed his still-beating heart. That sacrifice,…
Katherine Zam By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 21, 2018 , 2:00 PM Like the iconic arctic fox, the snowshoe hare dons white fur for the winter—a good…
Gibbons are a common motif in classical Chinese artworks such as this 15th century painting. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian…
Pine Island Glacier, one of the most vulnerable in West Antarctica, is being melted from below by seawater. MARTIN JAKOBSSON By Katie LanginJun. 21, 2018…
A shale oil producer in North Dakota burns off natural gas in flares to prevent methane from escaping into the atmosphere. William Campbell/Corbis via Getty…
Bruce Kennedy, then an undergraduate student Garet Lahvis’s lab, video recording ground squirrels in Wisconsin. Garet Lahvis By David GrimmJun. 21, 2018 , 12:00 PM…
Phages like these studding an Escherichia coli bacterium target specific bacteria, complicating their use in medicine. EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE SOURCE By Kelly ServickJun. 21, 2018…
Embryos at the two-cell stage, represented in this illustration, need an unusual mobile DNA sequence to keep developing. ORB 22/Shutterstock By Mitch LeslieJun. 21, 2018…
San Francisco: Microsoft has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Bonsai, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup based in San Francisco, to boost…
San Francisco: Aiming to take on Google-owned YouTube, popular photo-sharing platform Instagram announced it would allow users to upload videos up to one hour in…
San Francisco: In an apparent attempt to get close to publishers, Twitter has launched “Twitter Media” — a website dedicated to helping small publishers get…
San Francisco: Facebook will soon let group administrators charge members for providing exclusive content on its platform. Parenting, cooking and home cleaning private groups on…
Elaine DiMasi at a Democratic candidates’ forum in Setauket, New York. DiMasi for Congress By Jeffrey MervisJun. 20, 2018 , 3:05 PM SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW…
Robert Lachlan By Victoria DavisJun. 20, 2018 , 2:35 PM Some people can trace their traditions back decades; the swamp sparrow has passed its songs…
Report finds that some nonstick chemicals, which are commonly used in fire fighting foams, have higher health risks than once believed. Mark Taylor/Flickr (CC BY…
A junco parent lures a youngster from the nest, despite its poorly developed wings. T. E. Martin By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 20, 2018 , 2:15 PM…
Most personnel have been evacuated from the U.S. embassy in Havana, leaving only a skeleton crew. ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI/REUTERS/NEWSCOM By Richard StoneJun. 20, 2018 , 2:05…
Dogs are among the many kinds of animals used in research. Speaking of Research (CC-BY 2.0) By Meredith WadmanJun. 20, 2018 , 2:00 PM Breaking…
Alysson Muotri’s lab grew these brain organoids from human stem cells that had a developmental gene edited into the version once possessed by Neanderthals. J.…
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker Oppo unveiled flagship device ‘FindX’ at an event in Paris. The phone has been priced at 999 euros (over Rs…
San Francisco: Despite talk of Digital India, only one-in-four in the country reported using the Internet in 2017, which is among the lowest in the…
New Delhi: Expanding its P-series, Panasonic on Wednesday launched its “P90” smartphone for Rs 5,599 in India. The new phone comes with 2.5D curved screen,…
New Delhi: Google’s artificial intelligence will no more be limited to just driverless cars –soon it might be able to predict when a patient is…
New Delhi: Oath Inc on Wednesday announced that Yahoo Mail is bringing a new application optimised for entry-level Android “Go” smartphones and a new version…
Neville Nell/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) By David MalakoffJun. 19, 2018 , 9:07 PM Marine conservation and addressing climate change are out. Jobs and national security…
Steven Cowley Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory By Daniel CleryJun. 19, 2018 , 2:20 PM It’s been quite a few weeks for Steven Cowley, the British…
MeerKAT’s 64 dishes can study the way hydrogen gas moves around galaxies. SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY By Daniel CleryJun. 19, 2018 , 1:00 PM…
Was this striped dolphin grieving for its dead companion? Scientists struggle to find the answer. Silvia Bonizzoni/Dolphin Biology and Conservation By Virginia MorellJun. 19, 2018…
San Francisco: Google is set to roll out desktop browser support for Android Messages, allowing users to send, view and receive messages they get on…
San Francisco: Chinese smartphone maker Motorola has reportedly been granted a patent in the US to make a flexible, foldable organic light-emitting diode (OLED) smartphone…
New Delhi: The mobile tariff war among telecom companies seem to be offering a win-win situation for the customers. Continuing with its lowest-tariff plans, Reliance…
New Delhi: E-commerce major Flipkart is hosting giving smartphones at dirt cheap prices at its ongoing ‘Super value week’ sale. The 7-day sale that started…
New Delhi: The OnePlus Bullets Wireless earphones went on first online sale on Thursday in India. However, the Bluetooth enabled earphones was sold out within…
San Francisco: Samsung is reportedly preparing to exclusively release a Galaxy Note 9 variant with 512GB onboard storage in certain markets such as South Korea…
Jaipur: China-based Lephone on Monday launched a new smartphone brand “Dazen” with a new affordable device “Dazen 6A” at Rs 7,999 for Indian consumers. The…
New Delhi: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi’s recently launched ‘selfie’ phone – Redmi Y2 will be up for its its second flash sale in India on…
San Francisco: iPhone users in the US who call 911 will be able to automatically and securely share their location data with first emergency responders,…
New Delhi: Instant messaging app WhatsApp has updated its support feature, updating the list of smartphones that will stop working soon. In the run up…
When this bar opened in Moange-le-Bosquet, Cameroon, Baka men, women, and even children began drinking a dangerous brew of ethanol and methanol. Fernando Ramirez Rozzi…
A rendering of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope being built in Chile Large Synoptic Survey Telescope By Jeffrey MervisJun. 18, 2018 , 1:40 PM The…
DNA writing enzymes could revolutionize synthetic biology and data storage. Eduardo de Ugarte/Berkeley Lab Creative Services By Robert F. ServiceJun. 18, 2018 , 11:20 AM…
Researchers prepare for coastal surveys of seabird colonies in Cape Dorset in Canada. Jennifer Provencher By Hannah HoagJun. 18, 2018 , 10:30 AM Mark Mallory, who…
iStock.com/JaysonPhotography By Meredith WadmanJun. 15, 2018 , 5:45 PM The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, today killed a controversial clinical study that…
inga spence / Alamy Stock Photo By Michael PriceJun. 15, 2018 , 4:50 PM In the late 1930s, archaeologists in northern Alabama rushed to excavate…
(Left to right): MISHA FRIEDMAN; D. KUSHNER ET AL., WORLD NEUROSURGERY 114, 245 (2018); JOZEF POLC/500PX By Katie LanginJun. 15, 2018 , 4:05 PM ‘We’re…
Brain protein fragments spur honeybees to be more aggressive. Solvin Zankl/Minden Pictures By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 15, 2018 , 2:30 PM Biochemists have tracked down the…
Jess Phoenix (front right) and her husband, Carlos (front left), with campaign staff and volunteers JESS PHOENIX CAMPAIGN By Jeffrey MervisJun. 15, 2018 , 12:25 PM…
Tubes from an RM-70 multiple launch rocket system, seen at a defense industry exhibition in Poland last year Jaap Arriens/Sipa USA/Newscom By Tania RabesandratanaJun. 15,…
[embedded content] By Joshua Rapp LearnJun. 15, 2018 , 9:00 AM Frogs and toads jump, swim, climb, and even glide. But four strange species of…
New Delhi: Driven by exclusive online launches and strong promotions, e-commerce platforms captured a record 38 percent share of the total smartphone channels in India…
Shanghai: Huawei has sold six million units of its acclaimed P20 series since its global launch in late March this year, the company announced on…
New Delhi: The OnePlus Bullets Wireless earphones will go on sale on June 19. The Bluetooth enabled earphones will be available at 12 PM on…
New Delhi: State-owned telecom firm BSNL has launched a special plan to celebrate this year’s Eid-Ul-Fitr. BSNL has launched the Eid Mubarak STV 786 prepaid…
[embedded content] By Jon Cohen, Jia YouJun. 14, 2018 , 3:15 PM At first glance, Nigeria, Russia, and Florida have little in common. But each…
Misha Friedman Nigeria, Russia, and Florida seem like an odd set, but they all have one thing in common: growing caseloads of HIV. Science Staff…
Seafloor cables, such as this link between the United States and Spain, can serve as seismic sensors. RUN STUDIOS By Eric HandJun. 14, 2018 ,…
Laurent Geslin/Minden Pictures By Elizabeth GamilloJun. 14, 2018 , 2:00 PM As humans encroach more and more on wildlife habitats, animals are finding that the…
The XY chromosome combination defines a boy, but a tiny piece of regulatory DNA makes it happen. Maurizio De Angelis/Science Source By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 14,…
Lydia Polimeni/National Institutes of Health By Jocelyn KaiserJun. 14, 2018 , 1:40 PM A draft bill released by a House spending panel today would give…
Pinte et al./ESO, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) By Daniel CleryJun. 14, 2018 , 11:30 AM The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an array of 64 radio dishes…
Planaria are master regenerators, thanks a certain type of stem cell. iStock.com/tonaquatic By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 14, 2018 , 11:00 AM Though often no bigger than…
Eid-ul-Fitr 2018: Vodafone relays live streaming of Mecca Sharif, users can send wishes via Whatsapp
Eid-ul-Fitr 2018: Vodafone relays live streaming of Mecca Sharif, users can send wishes via Whatsapp
Agra: With Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan just a few days away, Vodafone India said that it…
New Delhi: The upcoming foldable device from Samsung would be the most expensive phone from the company’s stable, as per several media reports. The phone…
New York: The upcoming iPhones and iPads will plug a security hole that the police and law enforcement officials have used to crack into the…
San Francisco: Facebook is bullish on eye-tracking technology tools that will let the social media giant detect users` eye movement and emotions but has denied…
Bengaluru: Aiming to strengthen its business in India, Truecaller on Wednesday announced it has acquired Chillr — the country’s first multi-bank payments app. Truecaller forayed…
San Francisco: Twitter has announced that it will put more live news events in your timeline and notifications and might also send users customised push…
A study of the health benefits of a Mediterranean diet was rewritten after a statistical analysis set off alarm bells. Jozef Polc/500px By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelJun.…
Steve Koonin Charles Watkins/U.S. Department of Energy/Flickr By Robin Bravender, E&E NewsJun. 13, 2018 , 4:05 PM Originally published by E&E News Scott Pruitt’s top…
Ions trapped between gold blades serve as information-carrying qubits in a prototype quantum computer. E. EDWARDS/JOINT QUANTUM INSTITUTE By Gabriel PopkinJun. 13, 2018 , 2:30…
H. Yang et al., arXiv 1711.10352v1 (2017) By Matthew HutsonJun. 13, 2018 , 2:10 PM Police searching for a long-lost person or fugitive sometimes have…
A technician inspects mirrors for NASA’s planned James Webb Space Telescope. DAVID HIGGINBOTHAM/NASA By Jeffrey Mervis, Eric HandJun. 13, 2018 , 1:05 PM A U.S.…
Paul Dabbar (center) at a visit last fall to the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois Reidar Hahn/Fermilab By Adrian ChoJun. 13, 2018 ,…
By Jon CohenJun. 13, 2018 , 12:30 PM IN FLORIDA—It’s a Tuesday afternoon in April, and doctors at the adult HIV/AIDS clinic at Jackson Memorial…
By Michael AllenJun. 13, 2018 , 11:50 AM The striking bright blues, yellows, and oranges of poison dart frogs are a classic example of warning…
New Delhi: Department of Telecommunications has reportedly issued an order stating that it will not be necessary for the subscribers/customers to provide their Aadhaar number…
New Delhi: French consumer brand Thomson on Wednesday said that it has launched new UI – ‘My Wall’ in its 32 and 40 Smart TVs.…
New Delhi: India’s popular Live TV App JioTV on Wednesday announced that it will host the live broadcast of the month-long FIFA World Cup 2018…
San Francisco: Twitter has announced to reinstate those accounts that were locked down owing to age restriction after the new European Union (EU) privacy law…
Ari S. Friedlaender/NMFS Permit By Matt WarrenJun. 12, 2018 , 6:00 PM Not getting eaten is at the top of the to-do list for most…
Nigeria has more HIV-infected babies than anywhere in the world. It’s a distinction no country wants
By Jon CohenJun. 12, 2018 , 1:00 PM Special package: far from over Three places where “ending AIDS” is a distant hope. NIGERIA—On a January…
J. Jackson et al., PLOS ONE 10.1371 (2018) By Matthew HutsonJun. 12, 2018 , 12:30 PM For the religious, looking to the heavens is much…
Michael Osterholm Stuart Isett/Fortune Brainstorm Health/CC BY-NC-NDt By Jon CohenJun. 12, 2018 , 11:35 AM If there’s an infectious disease that has threatened public health…
Many women in science face sexual harassment that impedes their careers. Robert Neubecker By Meredith WadmanJun. 12, 2018 , 11:00 AM Ask someone for an…
[embedded content] By Edd GentJun. 12, 2018 , 9:00 AM When the soccer World Cup kicks off this Thursday, imagine watching it as a 3D…
New Delhi: The mobile tariff war among telecom companies seem to be offering a win-win situation for the customers. Continuing with its lowest-tariff plans, Reliance…
New Delhi: With a view to make FIFA season more engaging for the digital savvy customers, Vodafone has launched an interactive contest on MyVodafone App.…
New Delhi: Online shopping giant Flipkart has kicked off a three-day Samsung Carnival offering heavy discounts on select smartphones, AC, TV, refrigerator and other Samsung…
Oakland: A Tesla Inc employee organizing a union was asked by a supervisor and company security guards to leave the factory after handing out pro-union…
New Delhi: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi’s recently launched ‘selfie’ phone – Redmi Y2 will be up for its first flashed sale in India on Tuesday.…
New Delhi: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi on Thursday launched its latest ‘selfie’ phone – Redmi Y2 in India at starting price of Rs 9,999. The…
Hanoi: Vietnamese lawmakers approved a controversial cybersecurity law on Tuesday, voting amid tight security following weekend protests over other legislation that turned violent in some…
Deep drifts of Sargassum seaweed swept ashore on Guadeloupe in April. HELENE VALENZUELA/AFP/Getty Images By Katie LanginJun. 11, 2018 , 5:20 PM In retrospect, 2011…
By Jon CohenJun. 11, 2018 , 4:00 PM Status symbol In 2015, Pavel Lobkov, a news anchor on TV Rain, an independent station in Moscow,…
By Jon CohenJun. 11, 2018 , 4:00 PM In 2015, a dermatologist in Russia’s fourth largest city, Yekaterinburg, diagnosed Katia with herpes. “I had no…
Cancer biologist Inder Verma has resigned from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, California, in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. Tribune…
Chinese graduate students in some fields may now receive 1-year visas OneDay0619/shutterstock.com By Jeffrey MervisJun. 11, 2018 , 12:10 PM Reversing yet another policy of…
Adrian Patrut By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 11, 2018 , 11:00 AM Africa’s baobab tree looks like something from a Dr. Seuss book. When young, the species…
New Delhi: Bethesda Game Studios, the developer of open world fantasy video games Elder Scrolls, has finally confirmed that its 6th gen gaming series is…
(left to right): BENJAMIN MARSHALL; P. M. MOTTA, G. MACCHIARELLI, S. A. NOTTOLA/SCIENCE SOURCE; SARIN IMAGES/GRANGER By Katie LanginJun. 8, 2018 , 3:25 PM Toxic…
Research commissioner Carlos Moedas promised “radical change” to EU innovation policies yesterday at a press conference in Brussels. Georges Boulougouris/© European Union, 2018 By Tania…
Research commissioner Carlos Moedas promised “radical change” to EU innovation policies yesterday at a press conference in Brussels. Georges Boulougouris/© European Union, 2018 By Tania…
This unfortunate individual, who lived in Peru between 400 and 200 B.C.E., suffered a skull fracture (white arrow) that was likely treated with trepanation, but…
New Delhi: The Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro has got another round of price cut in India. At the first round, the phone got a Rs…
San Francisco: After reports of Facebook’s data-sharing partnerships with 60 device makers including some Chinese players raised eyebrows, members of the US Congress have now…
San Francisco: After facing backlash over its involvement in an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered Pentagon project “Maven”, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has enphasised that the company…
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has announced the availability of its updated operating system – MIUI 10 – in India. The beta version will be rolled…
New York: China-based TCL Corporation that manufactures and markets BlackBerry-branded smartphones, has launched the BlackBerry KEY2 at an event here. “BlackBerry KEY2 is both slimmer…
New Delhi: In line with its vision of offering zero-cost entertainment to around 130 crore Indians, Reliance Big TV has so far partnered with 50,000…
San Francisco: Facebook-owned Instagram announced a change to its “Stories” feature which will allow users to instantly repost a “Story” they are tagged in, as…
Scientists suspect several ancient snowball Earth episodes when the ice sheets covered the planet. John Sonntag/NASA By Lucas JoelJun. 7, 2018 , 4:40 PM Earth’s…
Tipping points for social change—such as the acceptance of gay marriage in Australia—have been hard to methodically test. AP Photo/Rick Rycroft By Roni DenglerJun. 7,…
[embedded content] By Ben GoldfarbJun. 7, 2018 , 2:15 PM SCOTT VALLEY, CALIFORNIA—In 1836, an explorer named Stephen Meek wandered down the piney slopes of…
William Warby/Flickr What book are you taking to the beach or the field this summer? Science’s books editor Valerie Thompson and host Sarah Crespi discuss…
A mudstone drill site called Mojave on Mars was one of two yielding organic molecules resembling kerogen. NASA/JPL-CALTECH By Paul VoosenJun. 7, 2018 , 2:00…
iStock.com/Antagain By Matt WarrenJun. 7, 2018 , 2:00 PM Humans’ invention of zero was crucial for modern mathematics and science, but we’re not the only…
Former astronaut and new science minister Pedro Duque says he is “looking forward to increasing awareness in science and technology among Spanish citizens.” E. Fletcher/ESA…
Banks of fans blow air through a carbon dioxide-capturing solution in this rendering of a direct air capture plant. Carbon Engineering By Robert F. ServiceJun.…
“I just want to make a difference for the city I live in,” mayoral candidate Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo says. Hazel Cárdenas By Lizzie WadeJun. 7,…
Jen Zuber By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 7, 2018 , 9:00 AM A one-two punch can knock out a common cancer in sea turtles. Just as some…
Jim Bridenstine Aubrey Gemignani/NASA By Paul VoosenJun. 6, 2018 , 5:25 PM For the past 2 years, climate science at NASA has been on edge,…
Jim Bridenstine Aubrey Gemignani/NASA By Paul VoosenJun. 6, 2018 , 5:25 PM For the past 2 years, climate science at NASA has been on edge,…
“Risk compensation” may lead people who try a new HIV prevention strategy to abandon condoms. shutterstock.com/Tethys Imaging LLC By Jon CohenJun. 6, 2018 , 3:00…
A Chilean scientist in action at Glaciar Union, a polar station operated the Armed Forces of Chile and the Antarctic Chilean Institute. FELIPE TRUEBA/EFE/Newscom By…
DNA mutations in mitochondria (seen here in pink), can cause devastating diseases that are passed on from mother to child. P. M. Motta, G. Macchiarelli,…
Gerald Herbert/AP Photo By Katie LanginJun. 6, 2018 , 1:00 PM In 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled for 4 days over southern Texas, dropping more than…
An English rescue team arrived on Roanoke in 1590, but found only a single word carved in a tree by the abandoned town, as depicted…
By Jeffrey MervisJun. 6, 2018 , 8:39 AM Science-minded candidates seeking a seat in the next U.S. Congress took a drubbing from their Democratic opponents…
Endangered animals like northern quolls can thrive on isolated islands. Jonathan Webb By Matt WarrenJun. 5, 2018 , 7:01 PM It was supposed to be…
New big science projects like the world’s largest radio telescope, make China an attractive destination. Xinhua/Alamy Stock Photo By Dennis NormileJun. 5, 2018 , 3:35…
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife inspector examines items that violated wildlife import laws. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service By Michael Doyle, E&E NewsJun. 5, 2018…
Detectors inside the MiniBooNE tank captured an excess of electron neutrinos—a possible sign that sterile neutrinos exist. Reidar Hahn/FermiLab By Adrian ChoJun. 4, 2018 ,…
*Update, 4 June 2018, 3 p.m.: While public health authorities and international organizations are trying to stop the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the…
Virginijus Šikšnys Vilnius University By Jon CohenJun. 4, 2018 , 12:45 PM Late in the afternoon on 30 May, biochemist Virginijus Šikšnys received a phone…
Maxime M. Mahe INSERM/CCHMC By Kelly ServickJun. 4, 2018 , 11:30 AM Scientists around the world are harnessing organoids, tissue clusters derived from stem cells…
Asian common toads are an invasive species in Madagascar, threatening the island’s unique biodiversity. Benjamin Marshall By Katie LanginJun. 4, 2018 , 11:00 AM In…
Steelhead trout have proved quite capable of abandoning the sea for a life in fresh water. Mint Images/Aurora Photos By Elizabeth PennisiJun. 1, 2018 ,…
(Left to right): TNG COLLABORATION; FRANS LANTING/MINT IMAGES/SCIENCE SOURCE; STEPHEN VOSS By Katie LanginJun. 1, 2018 , 3:20 PM Galaxy simulations are at last matching…
This dinosaur specimen from Wyoming is up for auction in Paris on Monday. AGUTTES By Colin BarrasJun. 1, 2018 , 3:00 PM On 4 June,…
[embedded content] By Matt WarrenJun. 1, 2018 , 8:00 AM Scientists regularly comb through 3D data, from medical images to maps of the moon, yet…
Two postdocs at the University of California, San Francisco, make a sketch of their career paths as part of the National Institutes of Health–funded Broadening…
A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study looked into why black applicants find it hard to win NIH grants. iStock.com/piranka By Jocelyn KaiserMay. 31, 2018…
[embedded content] By Robert F. ServiceMay. 31, 2018 , 2:25 PM Prosthetics may soon take on a whole new feel. That’s because researchers have created…
Miltos Gikas/Flickr Astronomers have been able to detect supermassive black holes and teeny-weeny black holes but the midsize ones have been elusive. Now, researchers have…
Scientists analyzed the ancient genes of some of Iceland’s first settlers, like this one discovered in a grave on the island’s northern coast. Ivar Brynjolfsson/The…
Smoke from a nearby wildfire blanketed Seeley Lake, Montana, for weeks in the summer of 2017. KURT WILSON/MISSOULIAN By Warren CornwallMay. 31, 2018 , 1:15…
The company that developed HELIOtube, an inflatable solar heat collector, received funding under Horizon 2020. The European Commission plans to give innovation a bigger boost…
A technique for growing these brain cortical neurons in a lab dish made it possible to track down more genes involved in brain expansion. I.…
Mary Wilson lost her bid last week for the Democratic nomination in Texas’s 21st congressional district. MARY WILSON CAMPAIGN By Jeffrey MervisMay. 31, 2018 ,…
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev`s “swadeshi” messaging app called “Kimbho” that aims to take on WhatsApp and WeChat has suddenly disappeared from Google Play Store.…
San Francisco: After the European Union`s new data privacy regulations came into effect on May 25, Twitter started suspending users who, it believes, joined the…
New Delhi: Tech giant Google will reportely launch the third generation of its Pixel smartphones – Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3 XL in October…
San Francisco: In an attempt to make sharing images more efficient on WhatsApp, the micro-blogging platform is reportedly rolling out “Predicted Upload” feature for its…
New Delhi: Reliance Jio users who purchase the new Samsung Galaxy J2 2018 and Samsung Galaxy J7 Duo can avail a cashback of Rs 2,750…
New Delhi: Honor, the e-brand of Huawei, on Thursday announced that one of its most affordable dual-lens smartphones – the Honor 7C, will be available…
San Francisco: Call it weird but typing “the1975..com” in the Google app on certain Android smartphones will show your personal text messages in Search. According…
At the center of a galaxy, a giant black hole powers a jet of ionized gas. Lynette Cook/SOFIA/NASA By Daniel CleryMay. 30, 2018 , 3:00…
Geologist Alia Lesnek combs Alaska’s Suemez Island for data on ancient glacial melting. Jason Briner By Lizzie WadeMay. 30, 2018 , 2:00 PM Archaeologists have…
Artist’s depiction of a large asteroid impact. Joe Tucciarone/Science Source By Katherine KorneiMay. 30, 2018 , 1:00 PM When a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid hit the Gulf…
Joseph Kopser won a runoff last week to win the Democratic primary in Texas’s 21st congressional district. JOHN DAVIDSON By Jeffrey MervisMay. 30, 2018 ,…
A view of the present-day cosmic web 300 million light-years across, as modeled by IllustrisTNG. Galaxies (gold) have blown off shocked gas (white). TNG COLLABORATION…
iStock.com/doug4537 By Matthew HutsonMay. 30, 2018 , 9:45 AM As we pawn more and more jobs off on robots, there are a few you’d think…
New Delhi: If you have a little over Rs 30,000 and wish for a top-of-the-line smartphone, there aren`t many good options available in India although…
San Francisco: Apple has introduced a software update for HomePod just ahead of next week`s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2018 that will bring features such…
New Delhi: Finnish company HMD Global –which sells the iconic Nokia brand of phones – has launched the three new smartphone at a special event…
The United Kingdom’s new clean air strategy wants to take aim at controlling emissions of ammonia. One major source is animal manure, here being spread…
Maurilio Oliveira By Colin BarrasMay. 29, 2018 , 4:45 PM Scientists have long struggled to explain why bony fishes are so small: The heaviest—the ocean…
Marcia McNutt, head of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, wants members to consider ejecting harassers. Stephen Voss By Meredith WadmanMay. 29, 2018 , 3:35…
New Delhi: The Indian telecom regulator on Tuesday notified the draft regulations to curb pesky calls and text messages by using blockchain technology, an official…
New Delhi: Honor, the e-brand of Huawei, has announced that the Honor 7A, was sold out within 120 seconds after being offered on first flash…
New Delhi: Domestic handset maker Ziox Mobiles on Tuesday launched two new feature phones — X7 and X3. Priced at Rs 899 and 875, respectively,…
New Delhi: Introducing a brand new technology in the Indian smartphone market, Chinese player Vivo on Tuesday launched “X21” which is touted as the world`s…
New Delhi: Honor, the e-brand of Huawei, has announced that the recently launched Honor 7A, will be up for its first flash sale Flipkart on…
New Delhi: The OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Limited Edition 8GB RAM and 256 GB storage will be up for sale on Amazon on Tuesday. The…
Corals along Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are struggling to cope with rising sea temperatures. Frans Lanting/MINT Images/Science Source By Katie LanginMay. 28, 2018 , 11:00…
Hakuren Kato By Michael AllenMay. 28, 2018 , 11:00 AM Stick insects can’t travel long distances by themselves, but they’ve somehow managed to spread far…
New Delhi: Amazon India on Monday announced that the recently launched OnePlus 6 has become the highest selling smartphone in terms of revenue, on any…
New Delhi: Huawei`s sub-brand Honor on Monday announced the roll out of Emotion User Interface (EMUI) 8.0 based on Android Oreo 8.0 on Honor 7X…
New Delhi: Oneplus has announced that its two smartphones – OnePlus 5 and 5T will get OxygenOS 5.1.2 update over the air. In its community…
New Delhi: OnePlus is rolling out Oxygen OS 5.0.3 update to OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T users. The new feature will allow the device users…
New Delhi: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) designed to give citizens in the European Union (EU) more rights to control their personal information also…
A long-running Ebola blood study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that sets up makeshift labs in remote parts of the country will join…
(Left to right): GIANT MAGELLAN TELESCOPE–GMTO CORPORATION; MICHAEL HANSON/AURORA PHOTOS; PAUL TAYLOR/GETTY IMAGES By Katie LanginMay. 25, 2018 , 12:50 PM Rival giant telescopes join…
[embedded content] By Sarah CrespiMay. 25, 2018 , 9:00 AM When you’re dead, you’re dead—right? No pulse, no brain activity, no signs of life. But…
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Friday announced that Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus, and Nokia 6.1 smartphones are available on its online store with…
New Delhi: Phishing and malware-based attacks are the most prolific online fraud tactics globally and India is one of the top three target countries for…
San Francisco: Apple`s own internal testing has shown its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices were far more susceptible to damage from bending than…
New Delhi: Apple refunding Rs 3,900 to all the customers who have paid for an out-of-warranty battery replacement for their iPhone 6 or later models.…
New Delhi: Xiaomi’s decision to skip the Mi 7 for Mi 8 for its anniversary launch has left a lot of gadget enthusiasts scratching their…
New Delhi: Since the release of OnePlus 3, Smartphone maker OnePlus has embraced the strategy of launching two smartphones each year sans fancy gimmicks, focusing…