Urja Kalyani

The most massive star known to humans is not as massive as previously thought, according to a recent study.

Aug 24, 2022

The results found that the incidence of malignant melanoma was 22% higher among participants with a median daily 42.8 grams consumption of fish as compared to those whose median daily intake was 3.2 grams.

Aug 24, 2022

"For the case of the Earth, I think it's rather unclear whether it's going to be engulfed or not, but it's certainly going to become impossible to live on," one of the co-authors of a recent study said.

Aug 23, 2022

"We don't know how long the mission will continue, but we can be sure that the spacecraft will provide even more scientific surprises as they travel farther away from the Earth," said Suzanne Dodd, project manager for Voyager at JPL.

Aug 23, 2022

"Most of the time, the heat index that the National Weather Service is giving you is just the right value. It's only in these extreme cases where they're getting the wrong number," co-author and climate physicist David Romps said.

Aug 23, 2022

The study observed that having a partner who shares the household chores can keep a woman satisfied in a relationship and even boost their libido.

Aug 22, 2022

There is a distinct 100,000-square-kilometer region of the ancient crust beneath much of the western Yilgarn Craton, cropping out in the Narryer Terrane, according to the researchers.

Aug 22, 2022

A space-oriented Alexa of sorts, Callisto will perform several tasks to ease the lives of the astronauts on the mission, even allowing them to complete purchases from space.

Aug 22, 2022

The discovery was a serendipitous one since geologist Uisdean Nicholson and his team had originally set out to study the tectonics that drove South America and Africa apart 100 million years ago.

Aug 19, 2022

Goldman and colleagues marked A. aegypti neurons with fluorescent labels to uncover details about how the mosquito brain deciphers human smells. To their surprise, the team found that individual mosquito neurons seem more like sensory hubs rather than a single type of sensor per nerve cell.

Aug 19, 2022

This theory propounds that the concept of so-called hot Neptune deserts - a region of mass-radius space that contains few planets - found near redder stars can be extended to A-type stars.

Aug 19, 2022

"It would be a superpredator just dominating its ecosystem," said co-author John Hutchinson, Royal Veterinary College, England. "There is nothing really matching it."

Aug 18, 2022

Artemis 1 is the first in a series of missions designed to successfully get astronauts on the moon.

Aug 17, 2022

The double CME is expected to reach Earth on Thursday and could form a G3-class geomagnetic storm, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasters.

Aug 17, 2022

The bioengineered implant flattened the bulging cornea, compensated for the lost thickness and, in turn, restored the eye's ability to focus.

Aug 17, 2022

The blowout took a chunk of the star's lower atmosphere, the photosphere, leaving in its wake a cool spot that was further obscured by the dust cloud from the blowout.

Aug 16, 2022

The study projected between 135 and 420 women with pregnancy-associated-cancer will face problems in their care due to denied abortions.

Aug 16, 2022

While working on a book regarding beauty culture in Renaissance Europe, art historian Erin Griffey noticed that the products used in that period were not very different from what we see today.

Aug 16, 2022

The research team found that people who had these first sexual experiences earlier had a higher likelihood of better sexual functioning later in adulthood.

Aug 15, 2022

A link has been made available to the public to enter their suggestions for a new name for the disease.

Aug 15, 2022

The study found cognitive control is more difficult after a mentally demanding workday.

Aug 15, 2022

"People who have a family history of addiction may be at greater risk for developing a problematic relationship with highly processed foods," Lindzey Hoover, the study's lead author, said.

Aug 12, 2022

The participants were in the ninth and 10th grades from 11 high schools across Southern California.

Aug 09, 2022

Even a small amount of alcohol can affect sleep patterns, so doctors suggest it is better to give the nightcap a miss before going to bed.

Aug 09, 2022

The results of a study pointed out that beta-blockers or antiplatelet medication users were more likely to have heart attacks during the hottest days compared to control days. 

Aug 05, 2022

Lack of access to healthcare during the unemployment period is believed to be one of the major contributors to complications later in life.

Aug 05, 2022

According to the study, the problem lies with our inability to differentiate between the small cancer tumors that could prove fatal and those that will not cause an issue. 

Aug 05, 2022

EnVision is different from other Venus exploratory missions because it will be the first to study the planet from its inner core to its upper atmosphere.

Aug 04, 2022

“We discovered that cold exposure reduced inflammation and improved metabolism in obesity, mediated at least in part by the activation of brown adipose tissue," a researcher said.

Aug 04, 2022