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Indian scientist discovers X-ray bursts from neutron stars can help reveal their size
Sydney, September 8 (ANI): In a new research, an Indian scientist has determined that the pattern of x-rays generated by neutron stars may reveal their true size.
According to a report by ABC News, Dr Sudip Bhattacharyya of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India led the research.
Neutron stars are the densest objects in the [...]
XMM-Newton telescope uncovers celestial ‘Rosetta stone’
Paris, September 4 (ANI): The ESA’s (European Space agency’s) XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray telescope has uncovered a celestial Rosetta stone, in the form of the first close-up of a white dwarf star, circling a companion star, that could explode into a particular kind of supernova in a few million years.
These supernovae are used as beacons [...]
Experiment with plasmas sheds light on what happens to matter around black holes
Washington, September 3 (ANI): In an experiment, a scientist is using 100,000-degree heat to study ultra-high temperature and non-equilibrium plasmas to mimic what happens to matter in accretion disks around black holes.
The scientist in question is University [...]
Laser tests may soon replace dentist’s dreaded drill
London, Aug 31 (ANI): The dentist’s dreaded drill may soon be a thing of past, thanks to the laser tests University of Sydney scientists have developed to identify weaknesses in dental enamel.
Currently, X-rays and metal probes are used to check cavities, but they fail to detect weaknesses in the enamel in time to repair [...]
Soon, soundwaves may help find early dental decay
Washington, Aug 25 (ANI): Aussie researchers are developing a tool that can use sound waves to identify early stages of tooth decay by measuring the mineral content of teeth.
Tooth decay begins by acid-forming bacteria eating away at the enamel, causing minerals to leach from it, softening, and weakening the tooth.
Sometimes dentists can identify this demineralisation [...]
Global financial crisis hits outsourcing of mass to India
Washington, Aug.6 (ANI): The global financial crisis, it seems, has affected the outsourcing of mass from foreign countries to India.
Till a few months ago, requests for these so-called “Mass Intentions”, or prayers offered for a specific reason, poured into [...]
Ancient bones show evidence of world’s earliest ‘human’ infection
London, August 6 (ANI): The analysis of 1.5 to 2.8 million-year-old vertebrae of Australopithecus africanus recovered in South Africa has revealed signs of a bacterial infection, which means it is the world’s earliest human infection.
“This is the most ancient case of an infectious disease in a hominin,” said Ruggero D’Anastasio, a palaeoanthropologist at State University [...]
