A self propelled Wave glider robot has been deployed at the Pacific coast near San Francisco to track white sharks. The information transmissions of the robot can be accessed even by the non marine biologists like the users of iphone and ipad with shark net app.
A peculiar rodent without molars grabbed the attention of the researchers from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. This unique shrew like animal with a long pointed snout was found in Indonesia's forests of southern Sulawesi Island. Its study is being published in the journal Biology Letters.
Voyager 2 spacecraft launched in 1997 completed its 35th birthday, indicating a proud achievement for NASA as it is the longest operating spacecraft of all time. Currently, it is located at a distance of 15 billion kilometres from the earth.
A recent study carried out in the International Journal of Obesity produce a frightening link between antibiotics and obesity. According to the journal giving babies antibiotics before six months could trigger obesity.
In the last two years, a number of studies have suggested that modern humans and Neanderthals had at some point interbred. Genetic evidence shows that on average Eurasians and Neanderthals share 1 to 4 percent of their DNA.
Genetic mutations have been noticed in three generations of butterflies from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists says.
Many if not most children snore on occasion, and about 10 percent or more snore on most nights. A child's snore may sound cute, or even funny, but habitual snoring in children may contribute to problems. A new study published online in Pediatrics claims that persistent and loud snoring in young chi...
A team at the University of Nottingham has discovered that eating chocolate could help to sharpen up the mind and give a short-term boost to cognitive skills.
A new study that is being published in the journal Nature Genetics have identified 10 new regions of DNA linked to type 2 diabetes, increasing the number of genes and gene regions associated with the disease to more than 60.
According to a latest discovery that is being published in the Monday's Journal Nature Climate Change, climate change makes frogs more susceptible to deadly diseases.
Archaeologists using the Google Earth claimed to have discovered two clustered structures in Egypt that may include undiscovered pyramid. They noticed these structures have a large heap almost three times the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Researchers from IBM Research and the university ETH, both based in Zurich have revealed their first ever direct mapping of information of a persistent spin helix in a semiconductor with the aim of using electron spins for storing, transporting and processing information.
