Astronomers say that the our Milky Way galaxy is now being pushed into a massive cosmic void known as the Dipole Repeller, opposite to a gravitational anomaly called the Great Attractor.
The Sun's solar wind causes oxygen from the Earth's atmosphere to travel across space and eventually landing on the surface of the moon for five days each month.
Scientists from the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología in Madrid and the Brighton and Sussex Medical School at the University of Sussex in Brighton have discovered a "survival gene" that prevents strains of tuberculosis (TB) from mutating into drug-resistant "superbugs."
GlobalXplorer, a crowdsourced website, is set to launch a campaign which allows the public to locate potential archaeological locations using satellite imagery.
A study by Canada-based researchers suggests that Alzheimer's disease could begin in womb or just after birth if the fetus or newborn does not get enough vitamin A. The study, which was performed on genetically-engineered mice, found that even a mild deficiency of vitamin A increased the production of a protein which aids in killing neurons during Alzheimer's and facilitates the disease.
According to a study led by scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and at the University of California, Berkeley, electrons in vanadium dioxide (VO2) metal can conduct electricity without conducting heat.
"SpaceX" is preparing for the re-launch of its Falcon 9 rocket used to transport the SES 10 communication satellite into orbit. As part of the plan, the EchoStar 23 satellite mounted on the Full Thrust Falcon 9 will be launched from the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, February 3.
“Star Wars”, the futuristic science – fiction movie applies the Hologram, a 3-Dimensional imaging wherein, Princess Leia made her plea in the movie.
The Milky Way is becoming bigger and expanding at an unprecedented manner, triggering questions about the cause of its expansion. Distant stars are believed to be drawn to the Milky Way from other galaxies.
Chinese scientists have produced a cloned cattle with increased resistance to bovine tuberculosis using the CRISPR/Cas9 technology for the first time, according to a new research published in the journal Genome Biology.
