All living things grow till a level of maturity. But trees and plants are exception to this general rule. And adding to the surprise for many, scientists say these living multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae grow faster as they get older. There was a common notion among the botanists and foresters that the trees’ grow slowly with age. But during the new study, the researchers found a … [Read more...]
Researchers Can Now Store Energy During Daytime, To Power Up Homes At Night
Energy sources are soon depleting because of the rapidly changing climatic conditions. It is essential to preserve and use them efficiently. Solar energy is one renewable source of energy which can be harnessed effectively. Its use was only limited to during the day time when the sun’s rays were at its peak. Now, a research team headed by Tom Meyer at the Energy Frontier Research Center, … [Read more...]
Primitive Land Walking Tiktaalik Roseau Possessed Massive Hips
In 2006, a team of scientists unveiled the discovery of fossil of Tiktaalik roseae, a fish known as the 'fishapod'. Recently, a new study funded by the National Geographic Society (NGS) has proven that the extinct land-walking fish Tiktaalik roseae possessed remarkably tough hips, easing its movement across different terrains. Since the discovery of the well-preserved fossils in the Canadian … [Read more...]
Scientists Discovered New Technique To Measure Nanoparticles’ Mass
Measuring the mass of a nanoparticle is a complex job. Recently, MIT engineers have discovered a way to measure its mass. Measurement of mass of a nanoparticle would help the scientists in better understanding the functioning and composition of the nanoparticles. The new system developed is known as SMR-Suspended Microchannel Resonator. It measures the mass of the minutest of particles with a … [Read more...]
Video bought up by third test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic for a second time tested its reusable suborbital space vehicle, founded by Richard Branson, SpaceShipTwo . It went to 21.64 kilometers (13.45 miles) above Earth’s surface on Friday, January 10, 2014, in ten-minute test flight. It was conceded by airplane to 46,000 feet (14,020 meters) on Friday and then set free. The craft using its rocket motor built by Sierra … [Read more...]
Threat Of Extinction For West Africa’s Lion Population
The African lion is facing the extinction across the entire West African region. According to a six-year survey covering 11 countries by the big cat conservation organization, Panthera, West Africa is now left with only 250 adult lions. These lions used to range incessantly from Senegal to Nigeria once. “When we set out in 2006 to survey all the lions of West Africa, the best reports … [Read more...]
‘Nutcracker Man’ Lived Mostly on Tiger Nuts, 2 Million Years Ago
An Oxford University study published in the journal, PLOS ONE , on modern-day baboons, in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, is said to have unleash the secrecy beside the apparent skeletal disagreement in an ancient hominin. Our ancestors existed in East Africa amidst 2.4 million-1.4 million years and stayed alive mainly on a diet of tiger nuts. This was proved by the research leaded by Dr Gabriele … [Read more...]
Hubble Space Telescope Captures Spectacular Interior Of Tarantula Nebula
The near-infrared revelation of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals a glittery novel view deep in the interior of the Tarantula Nebula, an unimaginably huge star-forming gas cloud embedded with 800,000 stars and protostars in it. The Tarantula Nebula, is also known as 30 Doradus and it resides 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Magellanic Cloud is a miniature, satellite … [Read more...]
Researchers warn against decline in carnivores
The researchers have expressed concern over the decline in the population of carnivores saying that it will seriously damage our ecosystems. The researchers have called for a global initiative to conserve these predators for the sake of our ecosystem. An Oregon State University report says, more than 75 percent of the 31 large-carnivore species are declining. This is altering the face of … [Read more...]
Discovered a New class of runaway hypervelocity stars
Washington, Jan 10: An international team of astronomers has discovered "hypervelocity stars", a new class of solitary runaway stars as described at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, D.C., this week and is published in Astrophysical Journal. "These new hypervelocity stars are very different from the ones that have been discovered previously," Vanderbilt … [Read more...]