NASA is offering up to $500,000 for new technology to measure Earth’s extremely thin upper atmosphere and improve predictions of how space weather changes satellite orbits

Representative Image (AI-generated) Earth’s atmosphere does not simply end where airplanes stop flying. Far above the planet, in a region known as the thermosphere, an extremely thin layer of gas continues to interact with satellites orbiting Earth. Changes in this region may seem insignificant, but they can alter atmospheric drag and gradually affect the paths…

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Sebi bans two entities for illegal sensex CAS trades

MUMBAI: Within hours of Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey warning market players about strict regulatory actions against any manipulation with the recently introduced Closing Auction Session (CAS), the regulator late Wednesday banned Copthall Mauritius Investments, a foreign fund from the market till further orders and impounded nearly Rs 3 crore.Sebi alleged that Copthall Mauritius had,…

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Meet Jonathan Yan, the 18-year-old California student who studied 479 human cancer cell lines; when he blocked one highly active pathway, the cancer cells stopped spreading

Yan carried out the research as part of his computational biology and bioinformatics project. 18-year-old Jonathan Yan, a student from Irvine, California sucessfully stopped spread of cancer cells by blocking the transsulfuration pathway in cancer cell lines. Yan studied 479 human cancer cell lines as part of his computational biology and bioinformatics project for the…

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Quote of the day by Carl Linnaeus: “Human beings, having, above all creatures, received the power of reason, need to be..” |

Image: Wikipedia/AI-Refined Throughout time, man has always searched for his rightful place within nature. Man is one and the same biological entity as every other living thing, but he possesses unique capabilities of reasoning and questioning which distinguish him from all other species and give him a special vantage point within nature. This idea was…

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Cheap import, uneven demand slowing capex

NEW DELHI: Uneven demand, commodity price volatility, trade related uncertainty due to heightened geopolitical tensions and cheap imports are impacting capex decisions of the corporate sector as the investment confidence is still “catching up”, said a paper prepared for the two-day banking conclave this week, which was attended by FM Nirmala Sitharaman.“Large capital projects require…

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Gold, silver price prediction: Where are gold, silver headed? Check outlook on August 20, 2026

Gold is targeting 162,000 as the next meaningful resistance, with the current setup continuing to favour the bullish bias. Gold and silver price prediction today: Gold prices are exhibiting a near-term bullish bias with consolidation in focus. Silver is presenting a buying opportunity, says Abhilash Koikkara, Head – Forex & Commodities, Nuvama Professional Clients Group….

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Scientists create a ‘laundry gun’ that kills microbes on astronauts’ clothes without water, paving the way for Mars missions |

The prototype ‘laundry gun’ in action during a fabric treatment test. Astronauts heading on long missions to Mars could face a surprisingly ordinary problem: how to keep their clothes clean without wasting precious water. Scientists at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, working with NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center, have developed a small device that…

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