Science News

Giant galaxy supercluster found lurking in early Universe

Scientists have discovered a primitive "supercluster" of galaxies forming in the early Universe, just 2.3 billion years after the Big Bang.

Of mice and men: scientists produce babies from same-sex mice pairs

A team of researchers has produced viable offspring from same-sex pairs of mice, using a novel technology that involves stem cells altered to remove certain genes.

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  Fakhir Rizvi 3 months ago

  3 'hardcore' fish species discovered on Pacific floor

  Scientists have discovered three new species of "hardcore" fish living in one of the deepest parts of the ocean, the see-through, scale-free creatures perfectly adapted to conditions that would instantly kill most life on Earth.

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  Fakhir Rizvi 3 months ago

  Scientists of Russia's Yakutia May Clone Mammoth in Next 10 Years - Region's Head

  Scientists of Russia's Sakha (Yakutia) region in cooperation with Japanese and South Korean colleagues may clone a mammoth in the next ten years, the region's acting head Aisen Nikolaev said Friday.

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  Sumaira FH 3 months ago

  New dinosaur species fossil discovered in China

  Chinese scientists have found the fossil of a new dinosaur species in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

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  Mohammad Ali 3 months ago

  Rising temperatures will mean more deaths globally, say scientists

  Failure to meet global targets to control rising temperatures will mean more heat-related deaths, researchers said on Thursday.

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  Mohammad Ali 3 months ago

  The 'man in the moon' illusion is caused by lunar swirls, new study finds

  "When you look up at a bright full moon on a clear night, you may wonder at the appearance of a human face on the moon's surface."

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  Rukhshan Mir 4 months ago

  S. Korean scientists develop improved ceramic fuel cell

  A group of South Korean scientists has developed a protonic ceramic fuel cell (PCFC) that greatly improves both performance and scalability, helping to move forward the commercialization of next-generation eco-friendly power generation systems, researchers here said Tuesday.

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  Fahad Shabbir 4 months ago

  Pakistan's satellites PRSS- 1, PakTES-1A become fully operational on August 14

  After the successful tests in the orbit, Pakistan's first Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) and Pakistan's indigenous Technology Evaluation Satellite (PakTES-1A) became fully operational on Tuesday.

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  Umer Jamshaid 4 months ago

  China's radio heliograph may cooperate with NASA's spacecraft in solar observation: Scientist

  A Chinese scientist says the country's solar radio heliograph is likely to cooperate with NASA's recently launched Parker Solar Probe to study the Sun.

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  Sadia Abbas 4 months ago

  South China province plans remote sensing satellites

  China's southern island province of Hainan has said it is preparing to launch a series of satellites in the later half of 2019, in two phases, to assist remote sensing coverage.

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  Sumaira FH 4 months ago

  Both Russian Cosmonauts on ISS to Wear Orlan-MKS Suits During Next Spacewalk - Roscosmos

  Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergei Prokopyev will be both wearing modern Orlan-MKS space suits during the next spacewalk on the International Space Station (ISS) scheduled for August 15, the Roscosmos state space corporation said Tuesday in a statement.

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  Sumaira FH 4 months ago

  Chinese scientists intend to chase solar eclipse in space

  Total solar eclipses formed by the moon shadowing the sun are spectacular opportunities for scientists to observe the sun's corona, but too short and rare to capture.

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  Sumaira FH 4 months ago

  Scientists develop elastic, bio-compatible material

  A group of South Korean scientists has developed a new type elastic and bio-compatible material that could be utilized in the research and production of future bioelectronics, a state-run institute said.

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  Mohammad Ali 4 months ago

  NASA counts down to launch of first spacecraft to 'touch Sun'

  NASA counted down Friday to the launch of a $1.5 billion spacecraft that aims to plunge into the Sun's sizzling atmosphere and become humanity's first mission to explore a star.

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  Mohammad Ali 4 months ago

  NASA counts down to launch of first spacecraft to 'touch Sun'

  NASA counted down Friday to the launch of a $1.5 billion spacecraft that aims to plunge into the Sun's sizzling atmosphere and become humanity's first mission to explore a star.

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  Faizan Hashmi 7 months ago

  In S.Africa, a unique telescope link-up scans deep space

  Scientists in South Africa on Friday launched the world's first optical telescope linked to a radio telescope, combining "eyes and ears" to try to unravel the secrets of the universe

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  Fakhir Rizvi 7 months ago

  Astronomers peer closer than ever to 'cosmic dawn'

  Astronomers have observed a galaxy a very distant 13.28 billion lightyears away, zooming in closer than ever to the "cosmic dawn" of the Universe's first stars, they said Wednesday

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  Fakhir Rizvi 7 months ago

  SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship heads back to Earth

  SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship left the International Space Station Saturday carrying 4,000 pounds (1,800 kilograms) of gear and prepared to splash down in the Pacific Ocean by mid-afternoon, NASA said

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  Sumaira FH 8 months ago

  NASA's newest Mars lander to study quakes on Red Planet

  NASA is poised to launch its first lander to Mars since 2012, an unmanned spacecraft called InSight that aims to listen for quakes and unravel the mystery of how rocky planets like Earth form

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  Mohammad Ali 8 months ago

  Progress in science vital for economy's growth

  Forensic Science Agency Punjab Director General Dr Ashraf Sajid said the role of science and technology is vital to make progress in the economic sector.

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  Rukhshan Mir 8 months ago

  New 3-D map of Milky Way will 'revolutionise astronomy'

  Europe's Gaia satellite has produced a "stunning" 3-D map, published Wednesday, of more than a billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy, complete with their distance from Earth, their colour, and their motion through space.

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  Fakhir Rizvi 8 months ago

  Stronger people have sharper brains: Study

  A new study of nearly half a million people has revealed that stronger people perform better in brain functioning tests. Muscular strength, measured by hand grip, is an indication of how healthy our brains are, said the study published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin.

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  Umer Jamshaid 8 months ago

  SpaceX poised to blast off NASA's new planet-hunter, TESS

  SpaceX was poised Wednesday to try again to blast off NASA's newest planet-hunting spacecraft after a two-day delay to check out the Falcon 9 rocket's navigation systems.

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  Mohammad Ali 8 months ago

  Diamonds in desert rocks came from long-lost planet

  A car-sized asteroid that exploded in Earth's atmosphere in 2008, raining down diamond-bearing rocks, was a fragment of a Solar System planet that existed billions of years ago, researchers said Tuesday.

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