Science News

Your toenails hold the secrets of what you eat and where you live

London, Oct 20 : It might be an insignificant part of the human body, but the tiny toenail holds the secrets of what we eat and where we live.

7,000 year-old unique statue discovered in Czech Republic

Prague, Oct 20 : Czech archaeologists have uncovered a part of a half-metre high statue of a woman dating back to 7,000 years in Masovice, South Moravia area of the Czech republic.

NRI scientist solves 7-decade-old crystal mystery

Washington, Oct 20 : An Indian origin researcher in the US has solved a seven-decade old scientific mystery that could lead to the development of more powerful computer memories and lasers.

NASA’s mineral-mapping camera scouting wet landing site for next Mars mission

Washington, Oct 20 : The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) on board NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is helping astronomers scout potential landing sites for NASA's next Mars rover mission.

The powerful mineral-mapping camera has mapped 125 new images of possible landing sites on the Red Planet.

CRISM principal investigator Dr. Scott Murchie has said since the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) “will assess whether Mars ever had an environment capable of supporting life, it will have to land in an area with a mineral record indicative of past water”.

Carnivorous dino tracks from Cretaceous era discovered Down Under

Carnivorous Dinosaur

Bat brain mysteries may hold potential cure for human speech disorders

Washington, Oct 19 : Understanding how bats communicate during their nocturnal outings could lead to better treatments for human speech disorders, say researchers at Texas A&M University.

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