Martian water might have flowed longer than thought earlier
World

Martian water might have flowed longer than thought earlier

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data suggests water on the Red Planet evaporated just two billion years ago

Sandipan Talukdar
January 31, 2022
Imaging technology
China

Ultra-low field MRI scanner could make imaging accessible

Recently, Hong Kong University has reported the possibility of a low-cost MRI using ULF (Ultra-Low Field) magnetic field that is capable of detecting brain lesions

Sandipan Talukdar
January 29, 2022
James Webb telescope
World

James Webb Telescope completes arduous path, reaches destination

With the telescope reaching its parking spot, it will take another week to cool down further before engineers begin the months-long process of setting up its mirror to observe space

Sandipan Talukdar
January 28, 2022
Vaccine covid 19
World

Reactions to COVID vaccines: Majority maybe a nocebo effect

A new study published in the JAMA network involving 45,000 patients indicates that the adverse reactions people experienced after being administered the vaccines are due to the nocebo effect

Sandipan Talukdar
January 23, 2022
Kungas from Mesopotamia
Syria

Kungas of Mesopotamia were a human-engineered species, a study reveals

A latest analysis of ancient DNA has unearthed that Kungas resulted from cross-breeding conducted by humans. A cross between a female donkey and a male Syrian wild ass, the Kunga has become the first known instance of a human-engineered species

Sandipan Talukdar
January 22, 2022
James Webb Telescope heads out to explore the origin of the universe
World

James Webb Telescope heads out to explore the origin of the universe

The mission is a joint effort by NASA, the ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency, with an aim of finding the light emanating from the early universe’s first galaxies by exploring the solar system and the exoplanets

Sandipan Talukdar
December 27, 2021
London’s iconic medical research university grapples with structural racism
United Kingdom

London’s iconic medical research university grapples with structural racism

Staff and students of color are under-represented at the senior level, have fewer prospects of getting promotions, and are more likely to be employed on short-and-fixed-term contracts, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s own review report concluded

Sandipan Talukdar
December 25, 2021
The Arctic is warming much faster than thought earlier
World

The Arctic is warming much faster than thought earlier

The new finding comes at a time when we have already witnessed permafrost declining which has impacted Indigenous villages, caused vanishing of summer sea ice, and resulted in water washing down Greenland’s ice sheets at a record amount

Sandipan Talukdar
December 21, 2021