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An alternative to nicotine-based pesticides could be just as bad for bumblebees. Phil Savoie/Minden Pictures By Claire AsherAug. 15, 2018 , 3:05 PM Bees around…
Q&A: Doctoral students at Germany’s Max Planck Society say recent troubles highlight need for change
Jana Lasser Timotheus Hell By Kai KupferschmidtAug. 15, 2018 , 2:45 PM This year, two cases of alleged harassment and bullying have rocked Germany’s prestigious…
Thera, now called Santorini, erupted sometime in the Bronze Age, creating a caldera now mostly filled with water. FLORIAN TROJER/GETTY IMAGES By Lizzie WadeAug. 15,…
[embedded content] By Frankie SchembriAug. 15, 2018 , 2:00 PM Do humanlike robots give you the heebie-jeebies? You’re far from alone. But according to a…
Researchers prompted cells in mouse retinas to make new photoreceptors (illustrated above, right), which turn light into electrical signals. Nathan Devery/Science Source By Kelly ServickAug.…
In warmup matches, OpenAI Five defeated human players at the multiplayer strategy game Dota 2. OPENAI By Matthew HutsonAug. 15, 2018 , 12:05 PM Next…
The marine microorganism Emiliania huxleyi Steve Gschmeissner/Science Source By Sid PerkinsAug. 15, 2018 , 11:15 AM An algae-killing virus may be helping seed the skies…
These endangered eel larvae are mysteriously declining. DNA in fish guts show where some of them end up. Paulo Oliveira/Alamy Stock Photo By Elizabeth PennisiAug.…
U.S. regulators are reviewing the safety of asbestos, which is still used to make fire-resistant fabrics. ClassicStock/Alamy Stock Photo By Vanessa ZainzingerAug. 14, 2018 ,…
New Delhi: Reliance Jio, that stormed into the mobile telephony market with free voice calls and dirt cheap data offerings – has announced that JioPhone…
Man-made “fossils,” like this soon-to-be-preserved foot from an Anolis lizard, can teach scientists how proteins and pigments survive the ravages of time. © Evan Saitta/Field…
San Francisco: Apple has delayed its “Group FaceTime” feature that will allow up to 32 people to simultaneously participate in video calls on iOS devices.…
San Francisco: The micro-blogging platform on Tuesday made its data-friendly Twitter Lite Android app available in 21 more countries, including India, which can be downloaded…
San Francisco: A budget version of the newly-launched BlackBerry KEY2, which is likely to be named BlackBerry KEY2 Lite or KEY2 LE, may be launched…
New Delhi: The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will be launched in India on August 22, an IANS report, citing industry sources said on Tuesday. Samsung…
New Delhi: The pre-booking for Reliance Jio GigaFiber is all set to begin on August 15. The fixed line broadband service will through one fiber…
More than one-quarter of the 4211 federal scientists who responded to a recent survey worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which also employed…
Firdes Sayilan/shutterstock.com By Michael PriceAug. 13, 2018 , 3:02 PM A bit over 8000 years ago, the world suddenly cooled, leading to much drier summers…
Tim Fitzharris/Minden Pictures By Lizzie WadeAug. 13, 2018 , 3:00 PM Scarlet macaws like this one fly through the jungles of tropical Mexico, Central America,…
Nate Edwards/BYU By Sid PerkinsAug. 13, 2018 , 11:10 AM In patch of Utah desert no larger than a living room, scientists working a decade…
New Delhi: Smartphone shipments grew 20 percent to 33.5 million units in the June quarter 2018 compared to the year-ago period, boosted by launch of…
New Delhi: In what could bring relief to Xiaomi fans, the company has said that it will now put the phone for open sale in…
New Delhi: Samsung’s recently launched Galaxy Tab A 10.5 tablet will be up for grabs on Monday. Priced at Rs 29,990, the device will be…
The headquarters of the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C. Oakstreetstudio/Wikimedia commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) By Jeffrey MervisAug. 10, 2018 , 3:00 PM The American…
(left to right): KINGSTON PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE JAB CANID EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION CENTER; J. HOYAL CUTHILL; ELIJAH TALAM By Frankie SchembriAug. 10, 2018 , 2:15…
Shu-Hong Yu By Robert F. ServiceAug. 10, 2018 , 2:00 PM Plastic-wood composites have long been a favorite of homeowners looking to build decks and…
New Delhi: Samsung on Friday announced the price of its just-launched flagship Galaxy Note 9, pre-bookings of which has already begun. The 128GB variant of…
New Delhi: Social media giant Facebook has introduced new multiplayer video chat Augmented Reality (AR) games that could accommodate up to six players at a…
New York: Samsung Electronics on Thursday launched a new Galaxy Watch that comes with long-lasting battery life, LTE connectivity, wellness capabilities and personalised designs. Galaxy…
New York: Sounding the bugle for its annual warfare with Apple right on its home turf, Samsung on Thursday launched its flagship Galaxy Note 9…
New Delhi: In a bid to tap customers’ interest, e-commerce site Flipkart has kicked off the Big Freedom Sale. Flipkart is offering discounts on host…
Drone images reveal ‘ōhi’a trees sickened by invasive fungi (red) or already killed (gray). Timo Sullivan, SDAV Lab, University of Hawaii in Hilo By Elizabeth PennisiAug.…
Flickr/Melissa McMasters We now live in the Meghalayan age—the last age of the Holocene epoch. Did you get the memo? A July 2018 decision by…
Lake Victoria is home to hundreds of cichlid species, diverse in both appearance and behavior. (CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT): TIM ALEXANDER (2); MORITZ MUSCHICK By Elizabeth…
These nematodes need yolk to make their eggs (the blue orbs). James King-Holmes/Science Source By Mitch LeslieAug. 9, 2018 , 11:45 AM The microscopic nematode…
Scientists spent years on a plan to import this wasp to kill stinkbugs. Then it showed up on its own
By Kelly ServickAug. 9, 2018 , 10:00 AM BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY—In a peach orchard down a rural road here, an uninvited guest has run amok.…
In The Meg, the eponymous prehistoric 18-meter shark wreaks havoc off the coast of China. Warner Bros. Pictures By Frankie SchembriAug. 9, 2018 , 8:00 AM In…
Nuno Sa/Minden Pictures By David MalakoffAug. 9, 2018 , 7:00 AM The world’s largest fish is something of a homebody, rarely wandering far from its…
New Delhi: The Commerce Ministry has Niryat Mitra – mobile App to felicitate easy business for exporters. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Aviation…
San Francisco: After incorporating the facial recognition feature in iPhone X, Apple could be replacing its Touch ID in Mac by Face ID with gesture…
California: Google is far from announcing its next-in-line Pixel 3 XL device, but an excited blogger from Ukraine appears to have released the photos of…
New Delhi: Amidst efforts to clamp down on circulation of fake news, instant messaging app WhatsApp has officially rolled out 5 forward message limit in…
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi’s Mi A2 will go on pre-order in India on Thursday. The Mi A2 was launched in India on Wednesday.…
New Delhi: Online giant Amazon India kicked off its 3-day freedome sale on Thursday to celebrate India’s spirit of Independence. The sale will kicked off…
In The ReSource Project, Tania Singer sought to demonstrate that meditation can make people more kind and caring. Moritz Hager/WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) By…
Cooling Earth by injecting tiny particles high into the atmosphere, just as Mount Pinatubo’s 1991 eruption (above) did, probably wouldn’t help crop yields in a…
In tissue from a mouse’s brain, seen at lower (left) and higher magnification (right), infrared spectroscopy can distinguish astrocytes (red) from neurons (green). ARIS POLYZOS…
Are you calling me a fibber? Ching Louis Liu/Shutterstock By Elizabeth PrestonAug. 8, 2018 , 2:20 PM Don’t mess with me! That’s the signal small…
Massive drought or myth? Scientists spar over an ancient climate event behind our new geological age
Drought records in stalagmites from Mawmluh Cave in India’s Meghalaya state are ambiguous. ABHIJEET KHEDGIKAR/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM By Paul VoosenAug. 8, 2018 , 1:55 PM Last month,…
Tetsuo Yukioka (left) and Keisuke Miyazawa of Tokyo Medical University apologize for discriminatory practices. TORU HANAI/REUTERS/Newscom By Dennis NormileAug. 8, 2018 , 1:35 PM TOKYO—A prominent…
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi launched the Mi A2 in India on Wednesday. The Mi A2 made its global debut at an event in…
Artist’s reconstruction of Stromatoveris, an ancient marine animal J. Hoyal Cuthill By Colin BarrasAug. 8, 2018 , 7:00 AM So-called Ediacaran organisms have puzzled biologists…
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi is all set to launch the Mi A2 in India on Wednesday. The phone will be launched at an…
New Delhi: Online giant Amazon India is all set to celebrate the India’s spirit of Independence with the ‘Amazon Freedom Sale’ on Thursday. The sale…
New Delhi: In a bid to tap customers’ interest, e-commerce site Flipkart has announced the Big Freedom Sale. Flipkart will offer discounts on host of…
New York: In yet another leak, Samsung New Zealand has revealed the official promo video of Samsung Galaxy Note 9 to YouTube which confirms that…
San Francisco: Snapchat’s daily active users number shrank 1.5 per cent to 188 million in the second quarter of 2018 — down from 191 million…
New Delhi: The gaming-centric Honor Play smartphone will be up for grabs once again on Wednesday. The phone will be available on Amazon at 12…
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies campus in San Diego, California REX BOGGS (CC BY-SA 2.0) By Meredith WadmanAug. 7, 2018 , 9:36 PM The…
Musées du Mans By Frankie SchembriAug. 7, 2018 , 7:01 PM Ivory was a hot commodity in Medieval Europe, where the elite had a taste…
NASA has fallen behind on its launch cadence for Discovery missions such as Insight, which took flight in May. JPL-CALTECH/NASA By Paul VoosenAug. 7, 2018…
New Delhi: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has integrated its mobile apps –DND 2.0 and MyCall with UMANG Platform. “With a view to increase…
New Delhi: The gaming-centric Honor Play smartphone will be up for grabs once again on Wednesday. The phone will be available on Amazon at 12…
New Delhi: Aiming to empower enterprises and consumers to achieve more with its Windows devices, Microsoft on Tuesday added new entrants to its Surface family…
San Francisco: To offer new “financial services” via its messaging app Messenger, Facebook is seeking customer data from some US-based banks regarding their card transactions,…
The battle for one-upmanship between China and the United States is not just restricted to the realms of international trade and the military. It permeates…
New Delhi: Smartphone maker Vivo is celebrating India’s 72th Independence day with a host of lucrative offers that include flash sale, lucky draw and freebies…
New Delhi: The telecom department has sought views of the industry on technical measures that can be adopted for blocking mobile apps like instagram, Facebook,…
New Delhi: Chinese electronics giant Huawei’s recently launched Nova 3i will be up for grabs on Tuesday. Huawei launched the Nova 3 and Nova 3i…
New Delhi: Honor, Huawei’s e-brand for digital natives, has announced the second sale of its newly launched Honor 9N smartphone. The Honor 9N flash sale…
Peter Salama has his temperature taken, a routine measure to stop the spread of Ebola, after arriving at the airport in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of…
Search engine giant Google introduced the much anticipated Android 9 Pie on Monday. Google released the features in the Android developer’s blog. According to the…
Tame Siberian silver foxes have many unique genes compared with their wild counterparts—some linked to learning. Kingston Photography for the JAB Canid Education and Conservation Center…
Richard Du Toit/Minden Pictures By Victoria DavisAug. 6, 2018 , 10:50 AM An elephant’s trunk is the Swiss army knife of appendages: It’s used to…
The Environmental Protection Agency is rethinking how to calculate the costs and benefits of regulations, including those aimed at curbing smog, shown here enshrouding Los Angeles,…
New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp has responded to the second notice sent by the government wherein the company was asked it to come out with effective…
New Delhi: LG Electronics India on Monday launched a premium smartphone G7+ ThinQ in India for Rs 39,990. With features such as 1,000nit “Super Bright…
Mumbai: Global tech company Corning Incorporated on Monday announced that OPPO will be the first mobile device manufacturer to adopt its latest cover glass technology…
New Delhi: Huawei sub-brand Honor launched gaming-centric ‘Honor Play’ smartphone in India on Monday. Priced at Rs 19,999 (4+64GB), the device will go on sale…
New Delhi: Honor Play is all set to launch in India on Monday at an event in New Delhi. The launch event will kick off…
New Delhi: Huawei sub-brand Honor is set to launch gaming-centric ‘Honor Play’ smartphone in India on Monday. The device, unveiled in China in June this…
New Delhi: Samsung’s recently launched Galaxy On8 will be up for sale in India on Monday. The phone will be exclusively on Flipkart and Samsung…
The Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) has said that the agency’s old contact number was added on smartphones by Google “inadvertently” along with police…
Lawrence Krauss, pictured at a January press conference in Washington, D.C., is on administrative leave from Arizona State University. LEAH MILLIS/REUTERS/Newscom By Meredith WadmanAug. 3,…
(Left to right): SUE OGROCKI/ASSOCIATED PRESS; DAVIDE BONAZZI; BIG BEAR SOLAR OBSERVATORY & THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY By Frankie SchembriAug. 3, 2018 ,…
Aaron Joel Santos/Aurora Photos By Elizabeth GamilloAug. 3, 2018 , 3:00 PM Conservationists trying to restore the United States’s grasslands kept running into a problem:…
[embedded content] By Frankie SchembriAug. 3, 2018 , 2:00 PM If you’re prone to forgetting your headphones, new wearable technology that could turn your skin…
iStock.com/peeterv By Maxine Joselow, E&E NewsAug. 3, 2018 , 1:00 PM Originally published by E&E News University of Washington, Seattle, engineering professor Julian Marshall was…
Science Picture Co/Science Source By Jon CohenAug. 3, 2018 , 11:50 AM An experimental Ebola vaccine will soon be used again in the Democratic Republic…
Backyard Productions/Alamy Stock Photo By Jon CohenAug. 3, 2018 , 11:50 AM Mylan, a giant generic drugmaker that took a bashing in 2016 for steeply…
Who follows scientists on Twitter N. Desai and C. Smith/Science By Jeffrey BrainardAug. 3, 2018 , 11:25 AM Some scientists have started Twitter accounts to…
New Delhi: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Friday clarified that it had not asked any manufacturer or service provider for default inclusion of…
Los Angeles: Scientists have created a 3D printed artificial neural network, a device modeled on how the human brain works that can analyze large volumes…
New Delhi: Search engine giant Google is all set to release the much anticipated Android P this month. According eminent phone leakster Evan Blass, Google…
New Delhi: Thousands of smartphone users in India woke up puzzled on Friday with a Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) toll-free helpline number saved…
New Delhi: Lenovo owned Motorola has launched the Moto Z3 with 5G moto mod. The phone was launched at an event in Chicago. “When paired…
New Delhi: After shaking mobile telephony with free voice calls and dirt cheap data, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani unveiled an ultra high-speed fixed line…
NASA By Elizabeth GamilloAug. 2, 2018 , 5:30 PM The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth’s atmosphere reached 405 parts per million (ppm) last…
Kimimasa Mayama/REUTERS By Shandria SuttonAug. 2, 2018 , 3:35 PM The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo are still years away, but scientists already have some…
On the island of Flores in Indonesia, natural selection has favored pygmy elephants, giant rats—and people of short stature. Christiana Carvalho/Minden Pictures By Ann GibbonsAug. 2, 2018…
Ravi Vaidyanathan Yes, humans are the only species with language, but how did we acquire it? New research suggests our linguistic prowess might arise from…
March of Dimes, which sponsors the nationwide March for Babies fundraiser, will reduce its funding for research on birth defects and infant mortality. Parker Knight/Flickr…
Science Picture Co/Science Source By Jon CohenAug. 2, 2018 , 12:00 PM One week after celebrating the defeat of an Ebola outbreak in Équateur province,…
The wild munia (left) tends to be less social than the Bengalese finch (right) and its song is simpler. Left to right: FLPA/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO;…
The iconic site of Stonehenge. iStock.com/simonbradfield By Garry ShawAug. 2, 2018 , 10:00 AM Five thousand years ago, the people of Stonehenge buried cremated bodies…
New Delhi: Home-grown company Optiemus Infracom, which manufactures and distributes BlackBerry-branded handsets, on Thursday launched “Evolve” and “Evolve X” smartphones in India for Rs 24,990…
New Delhi: Reliance Retail’s JioPhone emerged as a clear leader in the Indian mobile handset market with 27 per cent share in the second quarter…
New Delhi: WhatsApp will now start charging businesses for sending marketing and customer service messages in a bid to boost the company’s sagging revenue growth.…
Science Picture Co/Science Source By Jon CohenAug. 1, 2018 , 3:55 PM One week after celebrating the defeat of an Ebola outbreak in Équateur province,…
Shannon Hader is hoping her background in public health will propel her into Congress. Hader for Congress By Victoria Davis, Elizabeth Gamillo, Shandria SuttonAug. 1,…
President Donald Trump’s plan to reduce auto fuel efficiency requirements rests, in part, on the controversial claim that stiffer rules produce more fatal car accidents.…
The image Japanese mothers-to-be are striving for is the look of having a basketball in front of them while the rest of the body is…
Medical entomologist Scott O’Neill (right) leads a project to stop the spread of dengue and other viruses by releasing disease-resistant mosquitoes. Fiocruz/World Mosquito Program By…
By Joshua SokolAug. 1, 2018 , 11:00 AM Ignoring the lessons of mythology, Betsy Congdon has spent the first decade of her young engineering career…
New Delhi: Samsung launched the Galaxy On8 in India on Wednesday. It will come at a special introductory price of Rs 16,990. It will be…
New Delhi: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi’s recently launched Redmi Note 5 Pro and its smart LED Mi TV will be up for flash sale on…
Kelvin Droegemeier Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press By David MalakoffJul. 31, 2018 , 6:20 PM The long wait for a White House science adviser is over. President…
Kelvin Droegemeier Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press By David MalakoffJul. 31, 2018 , 6:19 PM The long wait for a White House science advisor is over. President…
DAVIDE BONAZZI By Jocelyn KaiserJul. 31, 2018 , 5:45 PM An ambitious project that set out nearly 5 years ago to replicate experiments from 50…
More than 100 community groups in Namibia travel to health centers to pick up antiretroviral drugs and then deliver them to rural communities. Ralph Höfelein/USAID…
iStock.com/Jake Olimb By Matthew HutsonJul. 31, 2018 , 3:15 PM For millions who can’t hear, lip reading offers a window into conversations that would be…
A new flow battery prototype aims to store vast amounts of renewable power for the grid. Eliza Grinnell/Harvard SEAS/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Robert F. ServiceJul.…
[embedded content] By Shandria SuttonJul. 31, 2018 , 10:00 AM A swarm of bees or a colony of ants works together to complete tasks that…
New Delhi: Domestic consumer electronics company iBall on Tuesday launched an upgraded “Aasaan 4” feature phone, which is targeted at senior citizens, for Rs 3,499…
New Delhi: There is a need for relook at Payment and Settlement Systems Act as technology is changing at a very fast pace compared to…
New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp has rolled out its much anticipated group calling feature for iOS and Android users. The group calling feature supports up to…
New Delhi: The BlackBerry KEY2 will go on first sale in India on Tuesday. Customers looking to buy the phone will be able to book…
New Delhi: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi’s ‘selfie’ phone – Redmi Y2 will be up for sale in India on Tuesday. The phone was launched India…
New Delhi: All e-commerce companies like Flipkart and Amazon may have to store user data exclusively in India in view of security and privacy concerns,…
New Delhi: Honor, Huawei’s e-brand for digital natives, has announced the first flash sale of its newly launched Honor 9N smartphone. The Honor 9N flash…
Jun Takahashi (left) and colleagues explained their plans for a trial in Parkinson’s disease patients at a press conference at Kyoto University in Japan today.…
[embedded content] By Matthew HutsonJul. 30, 2018 , 12:00 PM A 5-year-old can tie their shoelaces, but robot hands aren’t nearly so nimble. A new…
Joel Clement was the top climate policy expert at the U.S. Department of the Interior before he was reassigned to a post collecting royalty checks…
[embedded content] By Erica TennenhouseJul. 30, 2018 , 10:40 AM Amorous male Costa’s hummingbirds seduce females with their speedy “shuttle dances” and flashy purple plumage.…
New Delhi: Pop-up cameras in a smartphone? Well, marriages may be made in heaven but on Earth, smartphones are definitely leaning towards cameras, introducing sliding…
New Delhi: Seeking to scotch rumours and identify fake news on social media platform WhatsApp, a team of experts at a city-based institution is working…
New Delhi: Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will allow users to directly mute a particular chat from the notifications panel.…
San Francisco: Twitter is getting tough on those who send abusive comments on its livestreaming platform Periscope as the microblogging site said it would suspend…
Seoul: LG Electronics on Sunday said it will sell the super-premium version of the V35 smartphone, priced at a $1,830, from August 20. Before the…
New Delhi: Big and small enterprises in India are going through digital disruption, looking for a modern workplace that responds to their business needs —…
New Delhi: Samsung India will launch Galaxy On8 in 4GB/64GB variant with a rear dual camera setup this week in India for nearly Rs 18,000.…
New Delhi: Xiaomi’s two smartphones –Redmi 5A and Redmi Y2 will be up for sale online on Monday. While the Redmi 5A sale will be…
New Delhi: Taiwanese handset maker Asus is all set to roll out the 8GB RAM and 256GB storage variant of its recently launched Zenfone 5Z…
(Left to right): BETH NAKAMURA; ESA/DLR/FU BERLIN/CC BY-SA; STEPHEN DALTON/MINDEN PICTURES By Frankie SchembriJul. 27, 2018 , 2:00 PM This scientist is racing to discover…
iStock.com/uzenzen By Matthew HutsonJul. 27, 2018 , 10:35 AM Anyone who’s had a frustrating interaction with Siri or Alexa knows that digital assistants just don’t…
New Delhi: The high-level panel on data protection framework on Friday submitted its report to the government, suggesting steps for safeguarding personal information, defining obligations…
Univ. of Arizona/JPL-Caltech/NASA By Katherine KorneiJul. 27, 2018 , 9:00 AM Earth is a tilted planet—it lists by 23.5°. This “obliquity” causes the North Pole…
New Delhi: With 188 per cent growth, Honor was one of the fastest growing brand in India in the second quarter of 2018 — registering…
New Delhi: Taiwanese handset maker Asus on Friday said the 8GB RAM and 256GB storage variant of its recently launched Zenfone 5Z smartphone will be…
New Delhi: Aiming to grab a larger share of online smartphone market share, Samsung is set to launch a new Galaxy smartphone with “Infinity Display”…
New Delhi: Amazon on Friday launched a new feature called “Alexa Cast” on its own ad-free music streaming service “Amazon Music.” It will enable music…
San Francisco: After Apple, Google has now stopped permitting developers to submit apps that mine cryptocurrency on devices. However, apps that remotely manage the mining…
By Paul VoosenJul. 26, 2018 , 2:00 PM Sometimes it seems the clouds over climate science just won’t lift. Computer models of Earth’s climate have…
Henry Howe Billions of years ago, Mars probably hosted many water features: streams, rivers, gullies, etc. But until recently, water detected on the Red Planet…
A controversial study showed that the Bajau are good divers thanks in part to an enlarged spleen. MATTHIEU PALEY/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE By Dyna Rochmyaningsih Jul.…
A new antibody drug cleared protein plaques (right) that form around neurons in Alzheimer’s disease. National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health By Kelly ServickJul.…
Jones et al., 2018, Current Biology 28, 1–7 August 6, 2018 © 2018 Elsevier Ltd., adapted by N. Desai/Science By Katherine KorneiJul. 26, 2018 ,…
An artist’s impression of the star S2 passing close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. M. Kornmesser/ESO By Daniel…
New Delhi: Lenovo-owned Motorola’s G6 Plus will hit Indian Markets soon. Though the release date or the price of the phone has not yet been…
New Delhi: Chinese electronics giant Huawei on Thursday launched the Nova 3 and Nova 3i smartphones in India. Huawei said that the Nova 3 has…
New Delhi: Panasonic India on Wednesday announced its debut in the OLED TV segment with a new line-up of two series, along with 11 models…
New Delhi: Bullish on its performance in India in the second quarter, Huawei sub-brand Honor is set to launch gaming-centric ‘Honor Play’ smartphone in India…
New Delhi: The 6GB RAM variant of the recently launched smartphone Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 will be available on e-commerce site Flipkart on Thursday.…
Crop researchers worry a new European court ruling could complicate efforts to move gene-edited crops from the lab to the field. Michael Gottschalk/Photothek/Getty Images By…
Two cells at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, one designated as a library and the other as a gym. Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo By…
A sample of dog saliva contains enough DNA for a genetic test. GIL COHEN MAGEN/REUTERS/Newscom By Frankie SchembriJul. 25, 2018 , 1:00 PM You’ve probably seen an ad for…
A treatment that worked brilliantly in monkeys infected with the simian AIDS virus did nothing to stop HIV from making copies of itself in humans…
Impaired fetal growth can lead to stillbirth or neonatal death, and babies that survive are still at higher risk of infections and long-term problems. Cavan…
Liquid water lies unseen under ice (white) at Mars’s south pole in an image from Mars Express. ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/CC BY-SA By Daniel CleryJul. 25, 2018…
Joanna Harper’s personal journey and love of running have shaped her research interests. BETH NAKAMURA By Katherine KorneiJul. 25, 2018 , 9:00 AM PORTLAND, OREGON,…
New Delhi: Sony launched the Xperia XZ2 smartphone in India with 4K HDR movie recording feature. The phone has been priced at Rs 72,990 and…
San Francisco: Twitter removed more than 143,000 apps between April and June which violated its policies, the company has announced, saying it is further investing…
Worried about the electro magnetic radiation (EMF) coming from the mobile tower emission and are concerned about its health implications? If yes, then you can…
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi has launched the Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite smartphones at an event in Spain. The Mi A2 will…
wonderlandstock/Alamy Stock Photo By Frankie SchembriJul. 24, 2018 , 7:01 PM Do you ever find yourself scouring the web for pizza delivery services to satisfy…
As part of a program aimed to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, outreach workers in Francistown, Botswana, staged a skit in a supermarket parking lot.…
A feather star crinoid found on seamounts within the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the U.S. Atlantic coast NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program/Public Domain…
The next dream machine for U.S. nuclear physicists got an important boost this week in a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and…
Some basic studies, such as a project at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis studying teenagers’ behavior, are now considered clinical trials by the National…
By Paul VoosenJul. 24, 2018 , 9:35 AM Reaching the stars just got a bit easier. A new study argues that the boundary between Earth’s…
A wafer contains hundreds of tiny computer chips made from carbon nanotubes, which switch faster and more efficiently than transistors made from silicon. Stanford Engineering…
San Francisco: In an update introduced by Google, Assistant will now be able to make video calls, including international ones on Google’s video chat mobile…
Tokyo: Taking the smartphone camera war to an entirely new level, Sony on Monday introduced world’s first 48MP sensor that will debut in September this…
San Francisco: Microsoft is working on its next-generation Xbox console which is expected to come in two parts — a traditional gaming console and a…
San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube is testing a new “Explore” feature that would help users find relevant channels and videos based on their search history while…
San Francisco: Amazon is working on an equaliser (EQ) feature for its smart speakers “Amazon Echo” that would enable users to control and adjust the…
New Delhi: The 6GB RAM variant of the recently launched smartphone Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 will be available on e-commerce site Flipkart on Thursday…
New Delhi: Huawei sub-brand Honor launched one of its most affordable Notch phones in the company’s price segment – Honor 9N – in India on…
New Delhi: Huawei sub-brand Honor is all set to launch one of its most affordable Notch phones in the company’s price segment – Honor 9N…
New Delhi: Huawei sub-brand Honor is all set to launch one of its most affordable Notch phones in the company’s price segment – Honor 9N…
Wolf spiders change their diets when it warms, leading to ecosystem shifts that could buffer against further warming. Stephen Dalton/Minden Pictures By Michael PriceJul. 23,…
(Left to right): UNIVERSAL PICTURES/Album/Alamy Stock Photo; Ondrej Prosicky/shutterstock By Frankie SchembriJul. 23, 2018 , 11:00 AM Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel’s beloved picture-book ode to…
New Delhi: Honor, the sub-brand of Huawei, roped in bollywood celebrities like Bhumi Pednekar, Kalki Koechlin and Rajkumar Rao with the latest #NoOrdinaryBeauty campaign for…
New Delhi: Domestic manufacturer LAVA International on Monday launched an affordable phone “LAVA Z61” in its ‘Z’ series for Rs 5,750. The device comes with…
New Delhi: Banking upon BlackBerry’s iconic image in India, Optiemus Infracom Limited — the firm that owns the rights to manufacture and sell BlackBerry-branded smartphones…
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone maker COMIO on Monday launched a new device “X1” with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-integrated features at Rs 7,499 in India. The smartphone…
Alexa has become a household name in India and other parts of the world. The Amazon module that works on the concept of voice recognition…
Francisco Ayala resigned from the University of California-Irvine effective 1 July, in the wake of a sexual harassment report. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin By Meredith WadmanJul.…
Steven Dillingham (right) at a 2016 event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Ron Aira/Creative Services/George Mason University By Jeffrey MervisJul. 20, 2018 ,…