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Australian researchers develop 'world's first' blood test for melanoma

Medicine

Australian researchers develop 'world's first' blood test for melanoma

The research included a trial involving 105 patients with melanoma and 104 healthy people.

Jul 18, 2018

10 new moons of Jupiter discovered, including one that is crashing into other moons

Jupiter

10 new moons of Jupiter discovered, including one that is crashing into other moons

Jupiter’s 79 moons are the most of any planet in the solar system, followed by the 62 of Saturn.

Jul 18, 2018

Plants may soon create own fertiliser by using atmospheric nitrogen: Study

Agriculture

Plants may soon create own fertiliser by using atmospheric nitrogen: Study

The discovery can radically impact agriculture in India, and also the environment at large.

Jul 18, 2018

Ninth rhino dies after failed attempt to move to a new reserve in Kenya

Conservation

Ninth rhino dies after failed attempt to move to a new reserve in Kenya

Between 2005 and 2017, 147 black rhinos were transferred to new habitats in Kenya, the government said.

Jul 18, 2018

Reviving supersonic passenger flights will harm the environment: Study

Environment

Reviving supersonic passenger flights will harm the environment: Study

The United States is already pushing for different standards for ultra-fast planes.

Jul 17, 2018

Vast 'dead zone' in the Arabian Sea is expanding and climate change may be to blame

Arabian Sea

Vast 'dead zone' in the Arabian Sea is expanding and climate change may be to blame

Dead zones are naturally occurring phenomena around the world, but this one seems to have mushroomed.

Jul 17, 2018

Gene-editing, hailed as future of disease eradication, seriously damages DNA: Study

Genetics

Gene-editing, hailed as future of disease eradication, seriously damages DNA: Study

Research showed that "changes in the DNA have been seriously underestimated before now".

Jul 17, 2018

Google Doodle marks the birthday of Georges Lemaitre, founder of Big Bang theory

Google Doodles

Google Doodle marks the birthday of Georges Lemaitre, founder of Big Bang theory

Lemaitre had accurately estimated a numerical value which was later known as the Hubble Constant.

Jul 17, 2018

Researchers find 14,500-year-old flatbread at prehistoric site in Jordan

Bread

Researchers find 14,500-year-old flatbread at prehistoric site in Jordan

It was made by a culture called the Natufians, who had begun to embrace a sedentary lifestyle.

Jul 17, 2018

ISRO to have a busy year-end in 2018 with several rocket launches lined up

Rocket Launches

ISRO to have a busy year-end in 2018 with several rocket launches lined up

ISRO at the year-end will launch satellites with three rockets, PSLV and GSLV Mk II and GSLV Mk III.

Jul 16, 2018

Cygnus cargo spacecraft leaves ISS after raising the station's altitude by 282 feet

Cygnus

Cygnus cargo spacecraft leaves ISS after raising the station's altitude by 282 feet

Currently, Cygnus OA-9 will remain in low Earth orbit for the next two weeks.

Jul 16, 2018

World Snake Day 2018: Conservationists attempt to restore the reptile's status

Conservation

World Snake Day 2018: Conservationists attempt to restore the reptile's status

Only about a fourth of all snakes are venomous, and all of them would prefer to avoid human contact.

Jul 16, 2018

India successfully test fires all-weather BrahMos missile off Odisha's coast

BrahMos

India successfully test fires all-weather BrahMos missile off Odisha's coast

The missile was fired at 10.18 am from a test range at Chandipur in Balasore district.

Jul 16, 2018

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