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NASA Mission: Interaction Between Magnetic Fields Of Earth And Sun Revealed For The First Time

By R. Siva Kumar - May 13, 2016 12:14 PM EDT

NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has helped scientists to achieve a direct observation of the interaction between the magnetic fields of the earth and the sun, as well as a magnetic reconnection phenomenon.

Alcohol Can Give You Only Momentary Happiness: Study

By R. Siva Kumar - May 12, 2016 05:08 PM EDT

Alcohol does not leave a long-term impact on drinkers, but gives only momentary happiness, say researchers.

Religion Might Die Out As World Gets Richer: Study

By R. Siva Kumar - May 12, 2016 05:09 PM EDT

A team of evolutionary psychologists show that with rising affluence, religion might ultimately die out.

3-D Virtual Heart Assessment Tool Accurately Pinpoints Fatal Arrhythmia

By R. Siva Kumar - May 12, 2016 05:08 PM EDT

A 3-D virtual heart assessment tool called the virtual-heart arrhythmia risk predictor (VARP) has been made by Johns Hopkins University researchers. It can accurately determine which patients are most at risk of fatal arrhythmia.

Climate Change Is Raising Sea Levels And Swallowing The Solomon Islands

By R. Siva Kumar - May 12, 2016 05:10 PM EDT

A new study indicates that five Pacific Solomon Islands are being threatened by rising sea levels due to climate change.

Swarm Intelligence Found To Accurately Predict Winners Of Kentucky Derby

By R. Siva Kumar - May 12, 2016 12:38 PM EDT

Artificial Intelligence company Unanimous used a software platform called UNU to correctly predict the top four winners of the Kentucky Derby.

Suicidal Thoughts Can Be Reduced Through Low-Dose, Intravenous Ketamine

By R. Siva Kumar - May 12, 2016 12:38 PM EDT

Low-dose, intravenous administration of the anesthetic drug ketamine helped to bring down suicidal thoughts on patients that did not show any response to antidepressants.

Animation Shows How Global Warming Is Spiralling Out Of Control

By R. Siva Kumar - May 11, 2016 09:45 AM EDT

Climate scientist Ed Hawkins posts a visual animation showing global warming spiralling rapidly out of control. It has gone viral on the Internet.

Oldest Known Axe Discovered In Australia: Study

By R. Siva Kumar - May 11, 2016 09:46 AM EDT

Researchers say that a small fragment of an axe found in a cave in Australia was created 49,000 years ago.

Video: Invisible 'Second Skin' Reduces Wrinkles And Ageing Look

By R. Siva Kumar - May 11, 2016 09:48 AM EDT

MIT researchers develop an invisible "second skin" that can help to erase wrinkles and treat skin conditions.

NASA: 1,284 New Planets Have Been Discovered, 9 Are In The Habitable Zone

By R. Siva Kumar - May 11, 2016 09:43 AM EDT

NASA's new discovery of 1,284 planets is more than double the number of confirmed planets found through the Kepler telescope.

Machine Learning Enables Scientists Find New Materials With Desirable Properties

By R. Siva Kumar - May 11, 2016 09:42 AM EDT

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have harnessed a machine-learning algorithm to find materials that have specific desirable properties.

Oxygen Found In Mars Upper Reaches. Announcement Of Life In Offing?

By Peter R - May 11, 2016 09:58 AM EDT

The modified Boeing jet SOFIA was instrumental in helping make the discovery which has eluded researchers for four decades.

Ancient Asteroid Crater Chicxulub May Show Secrets Of Dinosaur Extinction

By R. Siva Kumar - May 11, 2016 09:55 AM EDT

Scientists are drilling and probing the ancient asteroid crater Chicxulub in order to discover dinosaur extinction of 65 million years ago.

NASA Identifies Atomic Oxygen In Mars' Atmosphere

By R. Siva Kumar - May 11, 2016 09:55 AM EDT

NASA's SOFIA reveals atomic oxygen in Mars' upper atmosphere, although it shows just half of the expected amount.

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