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Ingenuity, a technology experiment, is preparing to attempt the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet. When NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars on Feb. 18 it will be carrying ...

New research highlights the enormous variability in how T cells respond to the deadly virus. A big question on people's minds these days: how long does immunity to SARS-CoV-2 last following infection? Now a research team from La Jolla Institute for ...

As high risk groups continue to be immunised there are growing concerns that people with learning disabilities have been missed out.

It depends on your definition of human. Australopithecus skull. An Australopithecus skull. (Image: ...

Here's why some people 'hear the dead'. A study led by Durham University shed some light on why a few people adopt spiritualist beliefs and engage in the practice of "hearing the dead.".

According to the study, published in the journal 'Mental Health, Religion and Culture', spiritualist mediums might be more prone to immersive mental activities and unusual auditory experiences early in life. The study found ...

Laura Dunker, 31, is the second teacher to be caged for sex crimes with pupils in as many years at Bedford High School in Ohio, US. She picked up ...

Daughters of a man who died from Covid pay tribute to hospital staff who fought to keep him alive.

Researchers have demonstrated that unique fungi strengthen the "immune systems" of wheat and bean plants against aphids. Fungi enter and influence the amount of a plant's own defences, resulting in fewer aphids. The results, published in the journal New ...

Spinal cord injuries in humans, often caused by sports or traffic accidents, leave them paralysed because not all of the nerve fibers that carry information between muscles and the brain are able to grow back. But ...

Located about 40 light-years away, TRAPPIST-1 is home to the largest group of roughly Earth-size planets ever found in a single stellar system.

With the sun coming out of a period of extremely low sunspot activity, the number of visible auroras in the region should be on the rise for the next several years, according to Rodney Viereck, a researcher at the NOAA/NWS Space Weather Prediction Center in ...

Bringing another cosmic wonder to its fans from the deep depths of space, NASA has shared some stunning images that capture the gas giant Jupiter. The images depict Jupiter's northern and southern auroras as captured through the Hubble Telescope.

This view centers on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (outlined in blue), which represents the deepest portrait of the universe ever achieved by humankind, at visible, ultraviolet and near-infrared wavelengths. Two insets reveal stunning details of the galaxies within ...

It may seem a little late but the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has finally decided to provide toilets in the national capital exclusively for the third gender. In its annual budget for 2021-2022, the civic body has proposed to built toilets exclusively for ...

A new study hints that odour-based screens could quash outbreaks. Some experts are sceptical. less than a minute ago. Katherine J Wu.

With the help of nanomaterials, researchers found a way to improve the performance of hybrid flow batteries - making the store energy longer at a lower cost, less location restraints, and zero emissions. Researchers from the Warwick Manufacturing Group ...

The pair, who traveled on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resistance to the space station, will perform the 233rd and 234th spacewalk to enable the ISS's assembly, repairs, and improvements. Mission To ISS ...

Saturn's moon, Titan, contains many mysteries for scientists. But a recent study suggests it may hold the larges sea with depths up to 1,000 feet. PIA17655 Kraken Mare crop no labels. (Photo : NASA / JPL-Caltech / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana / USGS ...

Traditionally, metallurgists have made metal harder through a variety of processes - bending, twisting, passing it through rollers, or by hammering it - that work by breaking up the metal's grain structure. A new method has found a way to manage these small ...