India has successfully test-fired air-to-air smallest missile ‘ASTRA’ from Chandipore-on-Sea near Balasore in Orissa.
The supersonic missile was test-fired at 8.15 last evening from launch complex number-2 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) of Chandipore-on-Sea by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO).
The solid propellant user Astra has a length of 3.8 meter and diameter of 1.78 [...]
A team of researchers has for the first identified the symptoms linked to what has been termed late-onset hypogonadism or ”male menopause” caused by a reduction in testosterone production in ageing men.
However, the researchers say that unlike the female menopause, which affects all women, the male menopause is relatively rare, affecting only 2 percent of [...]
Aircrafts could be turned less noisy, if only designers make some changes in space shuttle rudders.
In a US patent filed last week, Airbus notes that the space shuttle’’s rudder – the hinged steering surface on the rear of the tail fin – splits to present two large surfaces to the airstream, helping to brake the [...]
Following a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decision to impose fresh sanctions on Iran for its alleged nuclear weapons and enrichment program, authorities in Tehran are likely to ask International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors appointed by the United Nations to leave the country.
The Telegraph quoted Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of Iran’s Committee on National Security [...]
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found that adding a second agent may make a new, experimental anti-cancer drug effective against a wide range of cancers.
A man-made compound called ARC was shown by UIC researchers in 2006 to cause tumor cells to die while leaving normal cells unharmed.
ARC, an [...]
Beijing-dwellers have the longest average commutation time from work to home in China says a new study.
Calculations by the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that Beijing tops 50 major cities in commuting times – 52 minutes on average.
Experts attribute this unduly long duration to the second-rate quality of public transport in the city.
Residents from 17 [...]
Parents should consider teen activity options when choosing where to live so that children can maintain a healthy weight, suggests a new study.
The research has appeared in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
Lead author Sandy Slater, a research assistant professor at the Institute for Health Research and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, said: [...]
Just like humans, spiders too make sure that they get a balanced diet, according to a new study.
The research has shown that many meat-eating insects and animals selectively feed on certain body parts to balance their nutritional intake.
And these choices are probably driven by hunger pangs.
For ant-eating Zodarion spiders, the focus of the study, such [...]
Scientists may have found the answer to the long time puzzle – why do winds on the planet Venus blow faster than the planet’s rotation.
Venus rotates once every 243 Earth days, but it takes just 4 Earth days for clouds in the Venusian atmosphere to go all the way round the planet at speeds of [...]
Researchers have found that dozens of different kinds of marine bacteria are hard at work to help clean the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico.
Jay Grimes of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg reported that water samples from the Gulf of Mexico are showing signs that the bacteria are already at work and their [...]