To save the planet, first save elephants
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
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US scientists in Japan pitch to use smartphone sensor network for early earthquake warning system
California scientists have pitched a plan, during a meeting in Japan, to develop a global network of app-enabled smartphones — already equipped with sophisticated vibration sensors — to create a kind of
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Scientists uncover potential trigger to kill cancer
Melbourne researchers have discovered a new way of triggering cell death, in a finding that could lead to drugs to treat cancer and autoimmune disease. Programmed cell death, also called apoptosis,
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Kenya: Scientists Oppose Move to Have MPs Legislate GMO Field Trials
Biotechnology experts have opposed plans to transfer the function of approving field trials for GMO products from the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) to Parliament. The Kenya University Biotechnology
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Ancient Mars hosted habitable environments: study
Scientists have found evidence for widespread buried deposits of iron- and calcium-rich carbonates on Mars, which suggests that the red planet once hosted habitable environments with liquid water. "Identification
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AIAA awards Chinese scientist its top prize
A world-leading aerospace society has awarded its top prize on ground testing to a Chinese scientist for the first time, demonstrating China's great strides in the field, academic journal Acta Aerodynamica
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PU signs MoU with bio-energy institute
Chandigarh: In order to create large reservoir of highly qualified manpower in bio-energy, Panjab University (PU) and Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Bio-Energy (SSS-NIBE), Kapurthala, on Monday
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8-magnitude quake may hit J&K: Study
A major earthquake, of magnitude 8 or greater, may strike Jammu and Kashmir, endangering the lives of as many as a million people, latest geologic mapping in the Himalayan mountains of the state suggests.
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Scientists genetically engineer Zika virus clone
In a pioneering effort, a team of researchers has genetically engineered a clone of the Zika virus strain . According to them, cloning the virus can help in the development of counter-measures and exploring
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'Brexit' would hit U.K. research hard, report says
Leaving the European Union would cause a steep drop in research funding for scientists in the United Kingdom, according to a new study—and it's unclear whether the country can "buy its way back" into European
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Wasp species discovered in India and SA named after Brad Pitt
BANGKOK: Scientists have discovered two new wasp species from India and South Africa, and named one of them after Hollywood actor Brad Pitt. The new wasp species, called Conobregma bradpitti, belongs