Science News: General

London, October 11 (ANI): An online report depicts human psychology as a reason why politicians get away with bending the truth.

London, October 11 (ANI): Chinese and American researchers have discovered a new carbon material that is potentially lighter and stronger than conventional carbon fibres.

Melbourne, Oct 11 (ANI): The most popular herbal medicines used Down Under include aloe vera, garlic and green tea, according to a new study.

London, Oct 11 (ANI): German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein's letters, which dismiss the notion that his theories are hard to understand, are to be auctioned on October 16.

Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): Even before learning to talk, infants can easily distinguish cheerful tunes from depressing compositions, a new classical music study has revealed.

Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): A scientist of Indian origin, along with his team, is developing wireless transceivers and sensors that would collect and send data about soil moisture within a field, which would improve farming.

Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): Simulations developed by a NASA supercomputer have shown that dusty disks around sunlike stars point to planets that might be habitable.

Berlin, Oct 11 (ANI): Scientists have developed a novel compound that is solid at room temperature, is a highly powerful explosive, and can be melt-cast into the desired shape.

Berlin, Oct 11 (ANI): New high-resolution observations with the VLT (Very Large Telescope) Interferometer of the European Southern Observatory in Chile reveal gas infall and outflow processes in the direct environment of six young stars.

Washington, Oct 11 (IANS) Researchers have developed a method to bombard seeds with electrons to kill fungal spores and viruses and ensure untainted food, as well as protect plants.

Washington, Oct 11 (ANI): Scientists have used DNA testing to verify that a female blacktip shark in Virginia, US, fertilized her own egg without mating with a male shark, a process which has been dubbed as "virgin birth".

London, Oct 11 (ANI): An example of the greenhouse effect cooling the climate has been seen in Spain, where the roofs of hothouse farms reflect so much sunlight that they may be pushing down local temperatures.

Paris, Oct 11 (ANI): In a surprising move, scientists are using ESA's (European Space Agency's) Venus Express to observe the Earth's habitability, which might be helpful to search for life on other planets.

London, Oct 11 (ANI): Your dreams of having the near perfect 'enviable' body are on the verge of becoming a reality, for boffins claim that they have come up with the formula for the sexiest woman.

Washington, October 11 (ANI): American researchers are using a brand new instrument to probe iron-arsenic compounds, with a view to better understanding and developing superconductors.

Moscow, Oct 11 (RIA Novosti) Deep space exploration is becoming an ever bigger part of national space programmes. Currently, missions to the Moon and Mars are considered feasible.

Hyderabad, Oct 10 (IANS) The National Institute of Technology, Warangal, ranked among the top 10 technology institutes in the country, will upgrade its facilities at a cost of Rs.1 billion, it was announced Friday.

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 10 (IANS) Weather permitting, Chandrayaan 1, India's first mission to the moon, will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh Oct 22, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G. Madhavan Nair said Friday.

London, Oct 10 (ANI): Throughout history, Stonehenge was used as a cremation cemetery, claims a new report.