The Times of India - Science

1st private space crew paying $55 million each to fly to station

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:04:19 GMT

The first private space station crew was introduced Tuesday: Three men who are each paying $55 million to fly on a SpaceX rocket. They'll be led by a former NASA astronaut now working for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the trip for next January.

Immune system of recovered Covid patients may evolve to fight it

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 07:54:22 GMT

Preference for male children is declining in Bangladesh: Study

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 10:45:30 GMT

New study: SARS-CoV-2 may seize human cells

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:47:29 GMT

Another detailed study by the American Association for the Advancement of Science asserts that the SARS-CoV-2 virus not only targets to enter the human cells but begin to replicate and spread as well. The findings also highlight that the possibilities could potentially serve as targets for new therapies for patients with COVID-19, although validation in cells and animal models is needed. Scientists know that SARS-CoV-2 binds the ACE2 receptor on the surface of human cells, after which it enters the cell through a process known as endocytosis.

China's retrieved lunar samples weigh less than targeted

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:52:47 GMT

Lunar rocks retrieved by a historic Chinese mission to the moon weighed less than initially targeted, but China is still willing to study the samples with foreign scientists, the mission's spokesman said on Monday.

Researchers find how cancer can be killed by body's own immune system

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 21:28:50 GMT

DNA test can help identify pneumonia in Covid patients: Study

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:19:32 GMT

A team of scientists and doctors from the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have developed a DNA test which they claim will quickly identify secondary infections in Covid-19 patients, who have double the risk of developing pneumonia while on ventilation.

Top France award to physicist Rohini Godbole

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:57:46 GMT

Covid-19: No herd immunity in 2021, WHO warns

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 07:17:05 GMT

"We are not going to achieve any levels of population immunity or herd immunity in 2021," WHO's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan warned, stressing the need to maintain physical distancing, hand-washing and mask-wearing to rein in the pandemic.

Here's how you can protect your health against air pollution, Covid-19

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 12:31:09 GMT

China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 26th lunar day

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:16:19 GMT

Study finds protein critical to T cell metabolism, anti-tumour immune response

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:20:11 GMT

How coronavirus interacts with proteins in human cells

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:02:22 GMT

Covid immunity lasts at least 8 months: Study

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 10:10:51 GMT

People who have recovered from the novel coronavirus infection have immune memory to protect against reinfection for at least eight months, according to a new study which provides strong evidence for the likelihood that Covid-19 vaccines will work for long periods.

Model for flu spread may not work in Covid-19: Study

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:35:18 GMT

NEW YORK: A mathematical model that can help project the spread of infectious diseases like the seasonal flu may not be the best way to predict the spread of Covid-19, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have reported. "In the initial days of the pandemic, we depended on these traditional methods to predict the spread, but lockdowns change the way people have contact with each other."

Jupiter, Saturn merging in night sky, closest in centuries

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:01:24 GMT

Jupiter and Saturn will merge in the night sky Monday, appearing closer to one another than they have since Galileo's time in the 17th century.

New study strongly suggests Covid-19 enters brain

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 13:47:46 GMT

The study , published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, found that that the spike protein, often depicted as the red arms of the virus, can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice. Banks said the S1 protein in SARS-CoV2 and the gp 120 protein in HIV-1 function similarly. Both cross the blood-brain barrier and S1, like gp120, is likely toxic to brain tissues.

'Vaccine must prevent infection, progression and transmission'

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 11:01:50 GMT

Chang'e-5 completes second orbital correction on moon-Earth transfer orbit

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:09:02 GMT

Covid-19 patients at five times higher risk of death than those with flu: Study

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:47:31 GMT

Covid-19 is associated with a higher need for ventilators, more admissions into intensive care units (ICUs), and nearly five times the risk of death among hospitalised patients than those suffering from the flu, according to a study.