Washington, Nov 18: Scientists have theorized that massive energy releases known as ‘terrestrial gamma rays’, which occur every day in the upper reaches of Earth’s atmosphere, are linked to lightning and result when high-energy electrons are accelerated upward over thunderstorms.

Though massive energy releases occur every day in the upper reaches of Earth’s atmosphere, unlike the well-known flashes of light and peals of thunder familiar to Earth-dwellers, these energy releases are channeled upward and can be detected only from space.

Our atmosphere protects us from the effects of this radiation, but the mechanisms at work can impact Earth’s upper atmosphere and its space environment.

A whopping sum of almost £14m ($21m) would be required to repair the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva and it will not start up until at least next summer.

Back in the month of September, the £3.6bn ($6.6bn) machine was shut due to an electrical failure

It came as a surprise to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), when they leant that the damage caused was quite serious, where earlier they had thought that it would only be out of action until November.

Islamabad, Nov 18 : Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has become more of a liability than a utility in recent times for the national side, so he should be axed, the country’s former Test fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has said.

Nawaz said that everytime Afridi is included into the team on the basis of his so-called charishma.

London, Nov 18: With growing concerns about the safety of a nuclear powered mission to Mars, a research team has suggested that solar energy may be a viable alternative, and would supply all the po

A new study has revealed that facial scars boost men’s attractiveness towards women.

The
researchers from the universities of Liverpool and Stirling discovered
that even though women find men with scars attractive, they would not
have a permanent relationship with them.

The study, which was conducted on 220 persons of both genders, found that facial scars can help win a woman’s heart.

During
the study, the participants were asked to see pictures of men and
women, some of which had been manipulated to have different scars.

London, November 18 : Researchers at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, say that a novel electronic machine has been found to speed up the healing of wounds in pigs.

Lead researcher Louis Argenta has revealed that the flexible device forms a secure seal around a wound, and gradually pumps out air to lower the pressure, before gradually releasing the suction.

Lowering the pressure around the wound encourages the diffusion of oxygen from the blood into the damaged tissue.

This idea has been found to produce promising results in previous studies also, reports New Scientist magazine.