How ancients prevented river water seepage
Workers excavating a holy pond in a village at the periphery of Mathura have discovered what is claimed as the first iron sheet used to prevent seepage of river water. Should the right moves be made, the area could well be a potential UNESCO [...]
CERN director says LHC will find God Particle by end of the year
The Large Hadron Collider is to be switched off at the end of the year to undergo a major upgrade, but scientists hope to have achieved one of the machine’s major goals by the time it does – proving the existence of the so called God [...]
Arctic melt releasing ancient gas
Many of the sites were bubbling methane that has been stored for millennia. Scientists have identified thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane that has been stored for many millennia is bubbling into the atmosphere.The methane has been [...]
Debris prompts space station crew to seek shelter
A passing piece of potentially dangerous space debris forced astronauts at the International Space Station to temporarily seek refuge in escape ships early on Saturday, U.S. officials said.
The debris, a fragment from an old Russian satellite [...]
Young scientists, inventors and mathematicians score big
Cancer sensor, a better way to search tweets, and quantum teleportation are among research highlights at a global high-school-science competition
Gordon E. Moore Award winner Jack Andraka is flanked by Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award [...]
Nanosilver, away!
Adam Noble, a 12th-grader from Lakefield, Canada, has developed a process to remove nanosilver, a potentially harmful pollutant, from waste water. Credit: Patrick Thornton, SSP
A new way to treat municipal wastewater uses microorganisms to [...]
Eastern quakes can trigger big shakes
These twisted trees in northwestern Tennessee were partially toppled during the New Madrid, Mo., quakes of 1811 and 1812. The trees resumed growing upright, as shown in this image taken about a century later. Credit: USGS
In the first week [...]
Women’s role in science technology jobs takes centre stage at Indian event
The role of women in science has been the focus of attention at an event in India as the government and industry work to provide more opportunities for female scientists.
At the 99th Indian Science Congress in Calcutta the theme was about inclusive [...]
Arctic Sea Ice Continues Decline, Hits Second-Lowest Level
Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado in Boulder showed [...]
A greener way to keep flames away
Flame retardants are used to protect clothing and furniture from fire. But the chemicals are also used to fight forest fires: Special planes may dump thousands of gallons of flame retardants on a blaze to try to get it under control. Credit: [...]
