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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

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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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  Faizan Hashmi 2 months ago

  Finger bone points to early humans in Arabia

  :A lone finger bone unearthed in the desert suggests modern humans had penetrated deep into Arabia already 85,000 years ago, said a study Monday that claimed to advance our African exodus by millennia.

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  Faizan Hashmi 3 months ago

  Chinese scientists develop world's first colour-changing 'heart chip' for drug trial

  Chinese scientists have developed the world's first "heart chip" that can be used to test drug efficacy by displaying different colours after drugs are injected into the cardiomyocytes, Science and Technology Daily reported on Thursday.

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  Rukhshan Mir 3 months ago

  Ship being built to dig far into Earth's mantle

  China is developing an advanced scientific drilling ship capable of reaching about 10 kilometers below the seabed that will allow scientists to explore what truly happens in the Earth's mantle.

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  Umer Jamshaid 3 months ago

  Cracked it! Experts find answer to the knuckle-popping puzzle

  It has puzzled scientists for over 100 years but now they appear to have cracked it: what, exactly, is it that causes that wince-inducing sound when you pop your knuckles? Love it or loathe it, knuckle-cracking is very common.

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  Sadia Abbas 3 months ago

  United Arab Emirates says its first nuclear reactor complete

  The United Arab Emirates said Monday that one of four nuclear reactors at its debut plant has been completed as it moves closer to becoming the first Arab nation to produce atomic power.

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  Faizan Hashmi 3 months ago

  China's neutron microscope looks to the heart of the matter

  The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) was put to use on Sunday in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province.

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  Mohammad Ali 3 months ago

  Pet dogs may help cut stress in kids: study

  Pet dogs can lower stress levels in your kids and provide valuable social support, a new study has found for the first time.

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  Sumaira FH 3 months ago

  Jupiter's turmoil more than skin deep: researchers

  Jupiter's tempestuous, gassy atmosphere stretches some 3,000 kilometres (1,860 miles) deep and comprises a hundredth of the planet's mass, studies based on observations by NASA's Juno spacecraft revealed Wednesday.

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  Fakhir Rizvi 4 months ago

  Astronomers detect large amount of water in exoplanet's atmosphere

  Using Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, scientists have found the "fingerprints" of water in the atmosphere of a hot, bloated exoplanet located about 700 light-years from Earth, Xinhua reported

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  Umer Jamshaid 4 months ago

  Deep-sea microbes might grow on Saturn's moon Enceladus: study

  A certain Deep-sea microbe might be able to survive in conditions closely matched with one of Saturn's moons, according to research published on Tuesday.

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  Fakhir Rizvi 4 months ago

  Alien life in our Solar System? Study hints at Saturn's moon

  Humanity may need look no further than our own Solar System in the search for alien life, researchers probing one of Saturn's moons said Tuesday.

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  Faizan Hashmi 4 months ago

  Chinese scientists map world's first single-cell mammalian cell atlas

  Chinese scientists have mapped the world's first single-cell mouse cell atlas (scMCA)

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  Umer Jamshaid 4 months ago

  Plastic found in over 70 pct of deep ocean fish: study

  Plastic particles have been found in almost three quarters of fish living in the ocean depths in northwest Atlantic, one of the highest frequencies of microplastic in fish worldwide, according to a study.

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  Faizan Hashmi 4 months ago

  Human vision keeps developing until mid-life: study

  Human brain's vision-processing centre, that was previously thought to mature and stabilise in the first few years of life, actually continues to develop up to late 30s or early 40s, a new study has found

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  Sumaira FH 4 months ago

  China's ketamine research shines light on antidepression

  Chinese scientists discovered how the anaesthetic painkiller ketamine worked to block the neuronal activity that drives depression-like behavior

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  Sumaira FH 4 months ago

  Cracking discovery: Japan scientist uses egg white for clean energy

  A Japanese scientist said Thursday his team has cracked open a method to improve the production of carbon-free energy - by using proteins taken from egg white

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