Yuri Gagarin became the first human to enter space on April 12, 1961. Finally, on December 30 this year, a bronze bust of the Russian cosmonaut will be installed at the Nehru Science Centre (NSC), Worli.
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Gagarin’s bust to be installed in science centre
Posted by Sri (#3) 553 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)Planet Kepler-21b Found Using Space and Ground-Based Observations
Posted by Jenni (#1) 564 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
The NASA Kepler Mission is designed to survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way Galaxy to discover Earth-size planets in or near the habitable zone, the region in a planetary system where liquid water can exist .
Earthquake friction effect demonstrated at the nanoscale
Posted by Jenni (#1) 564 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
Earthquakes are some of the most daunting natural disasters that scientists try to analyze. Though Earth's major fault lines are well known, there is little scientists can do to predict when an earthquake will occur or how strong it will be.
The biodiversity loss caused by climate change will result from a combination of rising temperatures and predation and may be more severe than currently predicted, according to a study by University of British Columbia zoologist Christopher Harley.
Big pest, small genome Two-spotted spider mite genome decoded
Posted by Jenni (#1) 566 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
A University of Utah biologist and an international research team decoded the genetic blueprint of the two-spotted spider mite, raising hope for new ways to attack the major pest, which resists pesticides and destroys crops and ornamental plants worldwide.
Earth's core deprived of oxygen
Posted by Jenni (#1) 570 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
The composition of Earth's core remains a mystery. Scientists know that the liquid outer core consists mainly of iron, but it is believed that small amounts of some other elements are present as well.
New research from the University of Kent suggests that many of the common orthodontic problems experienced by people in industrialised nations is due to their soft modern diet causing the jaw to grow too short and small relative to the size of their teeth.
Blocked holes can enhance rather than stop light going through
Posted by Jenni (#1) 571 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
Conventional wisdom would say that blocking a hole would prevent light from going through it, but Princeton University engineers have discovered the opposite to be true.