New vaccine to offer treatment for acne

London, Aug 30 (IANS) Do you often suffer from acne? Take heart, a potential vaccine that targets the bacterial toxins may soon be on the anvil, say researchers.

Instead of invading pathogens, the new vaccine would be the first to target bacteria…

India's first manned space mission to send 3 persons

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) India's first manned space flight - Gaganyaan - is expected to send three persons, including a woman, into space for seven days and the spacecraft will be placed in a low earth orbit of 300-400 km.

Giving…

SpiceJet operates India's first flight partially powered by bio-fuel

New Delhi/Dehradun, Aug 27 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Monday successfully operated India's first test flight which was partially powered by bio-fuel.

A concoction of biofuel mixed with aviation turbine fuel powered…

Facebook fixes bug that marked some posts as spam

San Francisco, Aug 25 (IANS) A day after some users complained about their Facebook posts being marked as spam, Facebook on Saturday said it has fixed the bug that caused the problem.

"We have fixed a bug that caused some posts to be incorrectly…

NASA launching laser satellite to study Earth's changing ice

Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) NASA is launching a laser-armed satellite next month that will measure -- in unprecedented detail -- changes in the heights of Earth's polar ice to understand what is causing ice sheets to melt fast.

In recent…

Facebook bans app that misused data of 4 mn users

San Francisco, Aug 23 (IANS) Nearly four million users had their personal data misused by a third-party app called 'myPersonality', Facebook revealed on Thursday.

In a blog post, Ime Archibong, Vice President of Product Partnerships…

Google Assistant to now read 'good news' of the day

San Francisco, Aug 22 (IANS) To brighten up your day as you wade through a sea of bad news, Google Assistant will now deliver curated good news - stories about people who are solving real-life problems across the world.

"Tell me something…

NASA's InSight spacecraft crosses halfway mark to Mars

Washington, Aug 21 (IANS) NASA's InSight spacecraft that is en route to Mars, has passed the halfway mark to its destination and all its instruments are working well, the US space agency said.

InSight stands for Interior Exploration using…

Now, mobile app for India's border roads developers

Pune, Aug 20 (IANS) A mobile phone application has been launched that will benefit thousands of personnel serving in remote areas to help develop and maintain the country's robust border infrastructure.

The application "Gref Abhilekh"…

Google clarifies tracking users even with location data turned off

San Francisco, Aug 17 (IANS) After facing criticism over reports that certain Google apps track users' whereabouts even when they turn off location data, the tech giant has revised its Help Page, clarifying that it does track location data in…