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April 11, 2019 8:13 AM

Astronomers take 1st ever image of black hole

Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy. The image which has been captured by a network of eight telescopes across the world, shows an intensely bright 'ring of fire' surrounding a perfectly circular dark hole.&nbsp;<br />...

April 11, 2019 8:10 AM

Nepal sends team to remeasure height of Mount Everest

Nepal has sent a team of experts to remeasure the height of Mount Everest. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli bid adieu to four member team of the Survey Department in Kathmandu yesterday.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''Chief Survey Officer Khim Lal Gautam and Survey Officer Rabin Karki will ascend ...

April 11, 2019 8:10 AM

Nepal sends team to remeasure height of Mount Everest

Nepal has sent a team of experts to remeasure the height of Mount Everest. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli bid adieu to four member team of the Survey Department in Kathmandu yesterday.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''Chief Survey Officer Khim Lal Gautam and Survey Officer Rabin Karki will ascend ...

April 10, 2019 2:27 PM

New sensor can detect dangerous chemicals

Scientists have developed a novel sensor that can be used in smartphone-sized devices to detect dangerous chemicals based on a unique fingerprint of absorbed and emitted light.<br />''<br />''<br />''Devices called spectrometers are light-splitting instruments that have long been b...

April 10, 2019 2:27 PM

New sensor can detect dangerous chemicals

Scientists have developed a novel sensor that can be used in smartphone-sized devices to detect dangerous chemicals based on a unique fingerprint of absorbed and emitted light.<br />''<br />''<br />''Devices called spectrometers are light-splitting instruments that have long been b...

April 9, 2019 4:14 PM

Cold plasma can kill 99.9 per cent of airborne viruses: Study

<div>Scientists have found that dangerous airborne viruses can be rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to 'cold plasma' - a stream of energetic, charged fragments of air molecules. The team from University of Michigan in the US hope to one day harness this capability to replace ...

April 9, 2019 4:14 PM

Cold plasma can kill 99.9 per cent of airborne viruses: Study

<div>Scientists have found that dangerous airborne viruses can be rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to 'cold plasma' - a stream of energetic, charged fragments of air molecules. The team from University of Michigan in the US hope to one day harness this capability to replace ...

April 5, 2019 2:11 PM

Scientists warn of amphibian pandemic that already killed 90 species

A deadly disease affecting amphibians has descended into a global pandemic and it has already wiped out 90 species.&nbsp; This was disclosed by a prominent US biologist&nbsp; Jonathan Kolby, at the World Organisation for Animal Health Aquatic Conference in Santiago, Chile yesterday. The dise...

April 5, 2019 2:11 PM

Scientists warn of amphibian pandemic that already killed 90 species

A deadly disease affecting amphibians has descended into a global pandemic and it has already wiped out 90 species.&nbsp; This was disclosed by a prominent US biologist&nbsp; Jonathan Kolby, at the World Organisation for Animal Health Aquatic Conference in Santiago, Chile yesterday. The dise...

April 5, 2019 1:18 PM

Japan space probe drops explosive on asteroid to make crater

Japan's space agency has said its Hayabusa2 spacecraft released an explosive onto an asteroid to make a crater on its surface and collect underground samples to find possible clues to the origin of the solar system.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JA...

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