Indian-Origin Professor Ashok Veeraraghavan Honored with Prestigious Engineering Award in Texas
Ashok Veeraraghavan, an innovative computer engineer and professor of Indian descent, has been honored with the prestigious Edith and Peter…
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Evolutionary Prospects: The Fate of the Y Chromosome and the Emergence of New Sex Genes
The sex determination process in humans and other mammals hinges on the presence of a male-determining gene on the Y…
Intuitive Machines Makes History: First Commercial U.S. Moon Landing Achieved
An American firm has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by becoming the inaugural commercial entity to land a spacecraft on the…
Scientists Unveil Universe’s Brightest Object: Quasar Devouring Suns at Record Pace
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery, potentially identifying the most luminous entity in existence, a quasar housing a black hole…
Ambitious survey of human diversity yields millions of undiscovered genetic variants
A massive US programme that aims to improve health care by focusing on the genomes and health profiles of historically…
New Study Reveals Surprising Cooling Trend in Himalayan Glaciers Amidst Global Warming
Research recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Geoscience reveals a surprising trend amidst the escalating global temperatures due to…
Unlocking the Enigma: Exploring the Depths of Consciousness Across Disciplines
“The enigma of consciousness, often termed ‘the hard problem,’ resonates across disciplines, permeating both academic discourse and popular culture,” reflects…
Unveiling the Future: How AI Revolutionizes Astrology and Predictions in 2024
The allure of peering into the unknown future has captivated humanity for ages, from consulting tarot cards to scanning daily…
Unlocking Happiness: Three Science-Backed Strategies for Personal Fulfillment and Success
Prioritizing your happiness holds immense significance for several reasons, each carrying its own set of advantages that warrant careful consideration….
The Unlikely Beginnings of Life on Earth
The precise genesis of life on our planet remains a profound mystery, with numerous uncertainties surrounding its how, where, and…
Study Reveals Exceeding Exercise Guidelines Linked to Lower Mortality Risk
Consistent physical activity is widely acknowledged as beneficial for health and well-being. However, determining the optimal duration and intensity of…
ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 Mission Secures Global Acclaim with Leif Erikson Lunar Prize
In a momentous recognition of India’s prowess in space exploration, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was conferred with the…
Stunning Transformation: World’s Largest Iceberg Reveals Spectacular Erosion as It Drifts from Antarctica, Highlighting Climate Change Impact
Erosion has sculpted massive arches and cavernous hollows into the world’s largest iceberg as it drifts away from Antarctica, as…
2023 Emerges as Earth’s Warmest Year on Record, Signaling Accelerated Warming
In a conclusive declaration, scientists affirm that Earth experienced its warmest year in 150 years, providing irrefutable evidence of the…
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom: Are Fingerprints Truly Unique?
In a serendipitous turn of events during the Covid-19 lockdowns, Gabe Guo, an undergraduate senior at Columbia University, found himself…
Successful Halo-Orbit Insertion Marks Key Milestone for India’s Aditya-L1 Solar Observatory
On January 6, 2024, at approximately 16:00 Hrs (IST), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved a significant milestone with…
FDA Approves Groundbreaking Gene-Editing Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease
In a historic decision, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for the first-ever gene-editing treatment aimed at…
5 Indian-Americans In Top 25 Women Leaders In Biotechnology List
The Healthcare Technology Report has published its list of the Top 25 Women Leaders in Biotechnology for 2023. They were recognized…
Revolutionary Telescope Discovers Cosmic Plasma Rope, Challenging Decades-Old Theories
In a groundbreaking discovery, a telescope surpassing the size of Earth has detected a plasma rope in the vastness of…
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Achieves Milestone in Deep Space Communication: Laser Beams Transmit Data 40 Times Farther Than Moon to Earth
In a groundbreaking achievement, an experiment conducted aboard NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has utilized deep space optical communications (DSOC) to transmit…
Sleep Duration Affects Diabetes Risk in Women, Study Reveals
A recent study conducted by researchers at Columbia University has highlighted the potential connection between inadequate sleep and an increased…
Exploring Cloud Seeding as a Solution to Delhi’s Persistent Air Pollution Crisis
As the Indian capital grapples with an alarming surge in toxic air, the Delhi government is contemplating the use of…
Unlocking Cosmic Secrets: Spooky Celestial Discoveries by NASA
The universe is a vast realm of enigmatic wonders, and as Halloween approaches, NASA has uncovered some eerie cosmic phenomena….
Planet Earth III magnificent but horrifying, say reviewers
Sir David Attenborough’s latest installment of the Planet Earth series has garnered praise for its breathtaking visuals and poignant storytelling,…
A New Pathway for Diagnosis and Treatment Of Covid
In a groundbreaking study published in the journal Cell, a team of scientists has proposed a novel explanation for some…
World Thrombosis Day To Create Awareness On Blood Clots
Blood clots are one of the most preventable causes of death among hospitalized patients. About 400,000 in the US and…
Exploring Zealandia: A Hidden Continent’s Mysteries Unveiled
You might think you know all the continents, but what about Zealandia? In 2017, a previously unknown expanse of New…
New Discoveries in Orion Nebula Challenge Astronomical Theories
Recent images from the James Webb Space Telescope have unveiled intriguing pairs of planet-like objects in the Orion Nebula that…
The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever
In a quaint neighborhood located in Venice, California, there exists a row of unassuming, similar residences inhabited by ordinary people…
Human Brain Acts Like Super Computer: Advanced Calculations in Human Perception
Researchers have revealed that the human brain naturally conducts complex calculations, akin to high-powered computers, through a process known as…
Studies Suggest Covid-19 Variant BA.2.86 Less Immune-Evasive Than Feared
Amid fresh concerns of Covid-19 due to the new highly mutant Omicron sub variant BA.2.86, two new studies from the…
190 Billion Hours – New Study Provides An Unprecedented Glimpse Into The Global Human Day
New research has unveiled a fascinating insight into how people across the world spend their daily 24 hours. With a…
Mission Accomplished, India Puts Moon Rover To ‘Sleep’
India has officially concluded its lunar mission with the Pragyan rover, the pioneering craft that successfully reached the elusive lunar…
India Sends Mission To Study The Sun
India’s first solar observation mission, Aditya-L1, is set to be launched by PSLV-C57 rocket from the spaceport on Sriharikota, an…
India’s Moon Rover Completes Its Walk
India’s lunar rover has concluded its exploration on the moon’s surface and has been placed in sleep mode, marking a…
The Evolution of Mathematical Concepts – From Pythagoras to Brahmagupta
In the 6th century BC, Pythagoras, a renowned mathematician, unveiled his groundbreaking discovery that the square of the hypotenuse in…
Connection Between Human Body And 5 Elements Of Nature
Various ancient philosophies across the world have categorized the structure of the Universe into five fundamental elements: Earth, Water, Fire,…
Chandrayaan-3, A Salute To Indian Scientists
Chinese master Laozi is credited with the saying that “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”….
A Solo Victory India Achieved In The Lunar Race
In recent weeks, a celestial competition took place, as both India and Russia raced to be the first nation to…
Innovative Stem Cell Technique Shows Promise in Restoring Vision for Single-Eye Injuries
During the summer of 2020, Nick Kharufeh experienced a life-altering accident that left him blind in his left eye. A…
300,000-Year-Old Skull Found In China Unlike Any Early Human Seen Before
An unprecedented discovery in the realm of paleontology has unveiled a 300,000-year-old skull that challenges the known narrative of premodern…
Research On Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders Is Being Stifled
Distributing research and getting awards is profoundly cutthroat, and companion commentators and funders reject paper and award proposition for some…
India, 4th Country Ever To Land A Spacecraft On The Moon
India has landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon, becoming only the fourth nation ever to accomplish such a feat….
NASA Telescope Spots Cosmic Question Mark In Deep Space
A luminous symbol resembling a question mark, originating from the cosmos, has unexpectedly appeared in the background of NASA’s most…
Death Will Be ‘Optional’ And Ageing ‘Curable’ By 2045, Say Genetic Engineers
“Dying Could Become Optional in 27 Years, Genetic Engineers Claim, as Immortality and Reversible Ageing Are on the Horizon” During…
Plants Can Remove Cancer-Causing Toxins from Air
A momentous report has revealed that plants have the capacity to effectively eliminate harmful gas exhaust, including cancer-causing substances like…
The Last Time Our Planet Was This Hot, Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth
If you could go back to the Eemian period—from 116,000 to 129,000 years ago—you’d feel right at home. OK, the woolly…
Why Chandrayaan-3 Needs Over 40 Days To Reach The Moon When NASA’s Apollo 11 Took Only Four
In a little over 15 minutes after launch, the Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module, carrying the lander, was put into an elliptical…
A New Variety of Wheat To Keep Diabetes, Obesity In Check
The Ludhiana-based institution, which played a pivotal role during the Green Revolution to make India surplus in foodgrains by developing…
Harvard Professor Claims 3 Habits Helped Him 10 Years Younger
A Harvard genetics professor who only gets six hours of sleep each night and does not exercise every day claims…
An Important Skill Successful People Use At Work—And How To Develop It
There aren’t all people who are self-assured, well-organized, or great at solving problems who are happiest at work or who…
Targeted Dream Incubation Boosts Creativity, MIT Study Finds
The MIT group needed to check whether they could expand that finding into domains all the more usually connected with…
IIT Bombay Among Top 150 In QS World Ranking
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai has achieved its highest-ever ranking, entering the top 150 universities worldwide in…
Girish Panicker Receives International Conservation Research Award
Girish Panicker was recognized for his outstanding contribution in conservation research. The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) awarded Indian…
Loneliness Rewires the Brain
When Leo Tolstoy, a Russian philosopher, wrote the opening line of Anna Karenina, he might have been right. Blissful families…
Yoga’s Benefits Are Precious, Says UN Secretary General
United Nations Secretary General Antnio Guterres on the eve of International Day of Yoga said that benefits of this ancient…
Stunning Postcard From Mars
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has released a stunning postcard image of “Marker Band Valley” on Mars. The image shows…
Unearthing Earth’s Hidden Giants
Mount Everest, the tallest peak on Earth, pales in comparison to the astonishingly high mountains found deep within our planet’s…
US FDA Discovers Regulatory Failures in Indian Pharmaceutical Factories
The United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has recently uncovered a series of regulatory failures in Indian pharmaceutical…
Harvard-Trained Expert Reveals Top Technique for Gaining Trust: ‘That’s What I Would Do’
Establishing trust with others is crucial for success, but setting an example as a leader is not the most effective…
Super-Deep Diamonds Reveal The Secrets Of Earth’s Interior
In 1905, a package arrived at S Neumann & Co, a mining sales agency in London. The plain cardboard box…
New RSV Vaccine Approved by US FDA To Save Lives
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for a new vaccine that can help fight respiratory syncytial…
A Planet Being Engulfed By A Star
A group of scientists from MIT, Harvard University, Caltech and other institutions have made an extraordinary observation of a planet…
Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton Quits Google Amid Growing Fears of Dangerous AI
Geoffrey Hinton, one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence (A.I.), has quit his job at Google and has become one…
NYU Researchers Find Ways To Prevent Grey Hair
Researchers at the Grossman School of Medicine at NYU have discovered new evidence as to why human hair loses its…
Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori’s Take On Cancer Care In India
Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori, a world renowned Indian-American oncologist, has been appointed as the senior advisor to the Chennai-center of the…
Reading – The Gateway To Our Own Minds
Reading is the art of listening to words. It is listening to words written on paper, a mobile screen, boards,…
MIT Neuroscientist On What Sets People With ‘Excellent Memory’ Apart From Others
A strong memory is essential to maintaining a healthy and productive lifestyle. Neuroscientists at MIT Sloan have discovered two simple…
Indian- Origin Academicians Named To AAU Task Force
The task force was created in coordination with the Biden administration’s U.S.-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET), which…
Humans Will Soon Upload Consciousness In Computers
Humans will be able to upload consciousness and sensibility in computers by the end of 2023, claims an Indian-origin computer…
mRNA Vaccine Shows Promise Against Melanoma
The vaccine technology America learned about during the pandemic was originally aimed at cancer, but its use against infectious diseases…
Chinese Scientists Publish Long-Awaited Data On Covid Origins
The Huanan seafood and wildlife market in China has been a focal point in the search for the origin of…
Aging Is Driven By Unbalanced Genes
Northwestern University researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that drives aging. In a new study, researchers used artificial intelligence…
Amit Kshatriya To Head NASA’s New Moon To Mars Office
Indian-origin software and robotics engineer, Amit Kshatriya has been appointed as first head of NASA’s new Moon to Mars Program…
American IQs Rose 30 Points In 1900’s. Now, They May Be Falling
A new study of human intelligence posits a narrative that may surprise the general public: American IQs rose dramatically over…
Massive ‘Ocean’ Beneath Earth’s Surface Bigger Than All The Seas Above Land
Did you know that 71 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered in water? Okay, maybe that one was too…
If Daylight Saving Time Seems Tricky, Try Figuring Out The Time On The Moon
As U.S. clocks shift forward this weekend, many earthlings will find themselves momentarily confused about what time it is. But…
Researchers Predict How Fast Ancient Magma Ocean Solidified
Newswise — Early in the formation of Earth, an ocean of magma covered the planet’s surface and stretched thousands of…
Digital Tool Helps Understand The Past, Predict Evolution Of The Earth’s Surface
Most detailed geological model reveals Newswise — Climate, tectonics and time combine to create powerful forces that craft the face…
Six Massive Galaxies From Early Universe Could Force Rewriting Of Theory Of Creation
If six galaxies discovered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are any indication, either the universe is much older…
Arjun Krishnan Leads Research Team to Win FASEB DataWorks! Prize
Newswise —Arjun Krishnan, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the Center for Health AI, University of Colorado Anschutz, on behalf…
India Praises Physicians Of Indian Origin At 13th Annual GAPIO Conference
The global exchange of information and best practices in health would be best achieved in cooperation with doctors around the…
Space Telescope Uncovers Massive Galaxies Near Cosmic Dawn
(AP) — Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the…
10 Ways To Reduce Your Risk Of Dementia
Neurologists share tips for maintaining brain health throughout your lifespan Newswise — Dementia affects millions of Americans — including nearly one…
Dr. Priyamvada Rai to Co-lead Tumor Biology Research Program
Priyamvada Rai, Ph.D., is the new Tumor Biology Research Program co-leader at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth –…
Hubble Captures The Start Of A New Spoke Season At Saturn
Newswise — New images of Saturn from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope herald the start of the planet’s “spoke season” surrounding…
A Habitable World 31 Light-Years Away Found
We have a new exoplanet to one day scour for potential signs of life. Just 31 light-years away, astronomers have…
Bharat Biotech Unveils World’s First Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine
On the occasion of Republic Day, India achieved yet another milestone on the global stage as it launched the world’s…
Reversing Of Aging May Now Be Possible
It’s been 13 years in the making, but Dr. David Sinclair and his colleagues have finally answered the question of…
Over 200 New Planets Found Outside Solar System In 2022
The quest to find another world, similar to that of Earth with resources that could sustain human life has remained…
Brain Of An Older Person Is Much More Practical Than Is Commonly Believed
The director of the George Washington University School of Medicine argues that the brain of an older person is much…
Fauci’s Parting Advice, “Stick To The Science”
(AP) — Long before the bobbleheads and the “Fauci ouchie,” Dr. Anthony Fauci was a straight-shooter about scary diseases —…
Why Nuclear Fusion Could Be A Clean-Energy Breakthrough
For the first time ever, US scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California…
The Evolution Of Asia’s Mammals Was Dictated By Ancient Climate Change And Rising Mountains
Newswise — The idea that climate change and geological events can shape evolution isn’t a new one: anyone who’s heard…
Needhi Bhalla Chosen For 2022 ASCB Prize For Excellence In Inclusivity
Newswise — Needhi Bhalla, Professor of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental (MCD) Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC),…
Indian Scientists Along With Emroy Develop Monoclonal Antibody That Works Against Most COVID-19 Variants
A team of Indian scientists has developed a breakthrough output in collaboration with Atlanta’s Emory University—a coronavirus countering unique monoclonal…
Alzheimer’s Drug Approval Sparks Surprising Impact
Newswise — When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave controversial accelerated approval to the first Alzheimer’s drug in nearly…
We Can Live On Moon Longer
Not just SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the US space agency also thinks that humans could stay on the Moon for…
In A First, Doctors Treat Fatal Genetic Disease Before Birth
A toddler is thriving after doctors in the U.S. and Canada used a novel technique to treat her before she…
Archivists Discovered The Oldest Known Map Of The Stars Under A Christian Manuscript
Archivists have uncovered a long-lost historical relic hidden underneath a Christian manuscript: the earliest known map of the stars, according…