Science and Technology News
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have succeeded in recreating the “alien environments” in a laboratory setting. According to researchers, they were able to simulate the atmosphere of nine potential alien worlds with the help of distinctive gas mixtures rich in carbon dioxide, hydrogen, water vapors, etc. “We’re really excited to figure out […]
During the last Ice Age when our planet was experiencing extremely chilly conditions and ice sheets in all of Europe and North America were expanding, there was one region on Earth where glaciers were actually shrinking, according to a new study carried out by researchers at the University of Washington (UW). The study, whose findings […]
Nav Canada has said that an insufficient number of women are working with it as air traffic controllers (ATCs). The job of an ATC is considered one of the most stressful among all jobs. An ATC ensures that aircrafts takeoff and land safely at an airport without crossing paths of one another. The field of […]
China is planning to conduct the first launch of its Long March-5B carrier rocket in 2019. A spokesperson for the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) revealed that the carrier rocket will undergo testing this month in preparation for its launch next year. The rocket will carry the core module and experiment modules to China’s […]
The video of a young Chinese boy urinating inside an elevator has forced China’s Ministry of Public Security to issue an advisory for the parents. In this advisory, the ministry has requested parents to better educate their children and also take good care of them. “Please educate, and take good care of your children!” the […]
For the first time ever, a team of scientists working in Antarctica have successfully captured remarkable evidence of how a minke whale feeds. Recently, these scientists had attached a camera to a minke whale, which captured some wonderful footage of this creature in its feeding areas in Antarctica. The camera attached to the animal is […]
ISRO may build some Igloo-like structures on the surface of the Moon in coming years. The agency is currently working on a plan to create such ‘lunar habitats’ using advanced 3D printers and robots that ISRO hopes to send to the Moon in near future. According to ISRO, these robots and 3D printers will make […]
NASA has confirmed that its $1 billion, SLS Mobile Launcher tower is leaning, although there is currently no need to take any corrective action. The tower has leaned a little toward the North, which is in the direction of the rocket on the launch pad. “NASA’s mobile launcher is structurally sound, built to specifications and […]
A group of researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have designed an inflatable, origami robot that can crawl like a snake. The skin of this bot looks like an origami snakeskin, allowing it to slither across the ground. “There has been a lot of research in recent […]
Year 2017 was the year of the fake news on a global level, according to a latest report released by Italy’s national communications regular AgCom. The report, based on 2007 survey of 14,000 people, has come at a time when Italian people will be selecting a new government in in less than two weeks. “Worldwide, […]
Video footage of a mysterious rocket seen at a former US naval base has leaked online. SKY7, a helicopter from ABC7 News, recently spotted this rocket on the tarmac at Alameda Naval Air Station in California. Presence of this rocket at the former US naval station is shrouded in mystery as there is no official […]
Chinese archeologists have discovered 7,400-year-old rice grains at the Gaomiao relic site, which is located in Yanli village near Hongjiang in central China’s Hunan Province, according to Xinhua News. The finding suggests that ancient people in central China were eating rice more than 7,000 years ago. Archeologists found carbonized rice grains in a stratum that […]
British billionaire Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin Galactic, is currently feeling jealous following the successful launch of SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and wants to “upstage” Elon Musk in near future. “I was a little bit jealous,” Richard Branson told CNN’s Christine Romans on Tuesday. Branson, however, described Falcon Heavy launch as “extraordinary.” Last week, […]
Scientists have finally solved the mystery of northern lights or auroras by directly observing for the first time the scattering of electrons bouncing across the Earth’s magnetosphere. Auroras are the colorful lights that appear over both the Arctic (northern lights) and Antarctic (southern lights). This spectacular light show is considered one of the greatest natural […]
China has started the construction of a test site for unmanned ships in Zhuhai in Guangdong Province, according to Xinhua News. It will allow emulation, testing and verification of various functions of unmanned ships, including tracking, route planning, berthing and departure. It is a joint project of the Zhuhai city government, Wuhan University of Technology, […]
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has launched a global big Earth data project that will be based on cloud service platform and will support research on climate change. CAS aims to establish an open international center for big Earth data through this project. This international center will serve scientists in China as well as […]
Jiayin County in China has restored 813 dinosaur fossils in the past 115 years, according to the research department of Jiayin Shenzhou Dinosaur Museum. Jiayin County, also known as the dinosaur county in China, is located in northeast China’s Yichun City in Heilongjiang Province. According to researchers, hundreds of dinosaur skeletons are buried in Jiayin […]
A team of archeologists has discovered 9,000-year-old wells in central China’s Xiping County in Henan Province. The wells, six in number, are the oldest wells ever found in China, according to Wei Xingtao, deputy head of the provincial archaeological research institute. Earlier, Chinese archeologists believed that that the first wells in China were built along […]
Getting inspiration from human spine, researchers at Columbia University in the U.S. have developed a prototype of a highly efficient, lithium-ion battery that demonstrates remarkable flexibility while providing high energy density and stable storage. The makers of the battery claim their new invention could “greatly advance the commercialization of flexible devices.” This team of engineering […]
A group of 15 cave explorers, including French and Chinese experts, have spotted a rare fish species known as golden-line barbell in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. According to the Xinhua News, the group found this rare fish species during a 9-day exploration tour of caves in Hechi City in Guangxi. The experts explored […]
China wants to send 60 Jilin-1 video satellites by 2020, according to Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. Ltd., the developer of Jilin-1 satellites. The company revealed the information at an ongoing legislative session of northeast China’s Jilin Province, according to the Xinhua News. So far, China has sent 10 Jilin-1 satellites into space. In October […]
Climate change has allowed a team of glacial archaeologists to find a large number of rare artifacts that would have otherwise remained concealed in the glacial ice for centuries. These artifacts were recovered from the melting ice in the mountains of Jotunheimen and Oppland in Norway. Some of these artifacts are nearly 6,000 years old, […]
Twitter has suspended 1,062 accounts that were allegedly linked to the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) and shared information meant to meddle with the 2016 US presidential election. In a press release, the company announced about the suspension of these accounts. “We have identified an additional 1,062 accounts associated with the IRA,” the release […]
On Monday night, a large number of prison workers gathered at the Fleury-Merogis Prison –Europe’s biggest prison—to demonstrate again the assault on guards at the Vendin-le-Vieil prison in northern France. Fleury-Merogis Prison is located in the suburbs of Paris. Protests were also staged in other parts of France to draw attention of authorities towards security […]
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