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

Facebook has banned a third-party application called "myPersonality" after finding that the personal information of nearly four million users may have been improperly shared with researchers and companies, the social media giant said on…

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

Google is giving users a way to take a break from the constant stream of negative headlines. Its Google Assistant has introduced an experimental feature called "Tell me something good", which delivers a daily selection of positive stories…

NASA's InSight spacecraft crosses halfway mark to Mars

NASA’s InSight spacecraft has crossed the halfway point on its journey to Mars, with all of its scientific instruments and major spacecraft systems reported to be functioning properly, the US space agency said.

InSight, short for Interior…

Now, mobile app for India's border roads developers

A new mobile application has been launched to provide easier access to personnel and career-related information for thousands of General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) employees serving in remote border areas across India.

The application, named…

Google clarifies tracking users even with location data turned off

Google has revised the wording on its Location History Help Page after facing criticism over reports that some of its services continued to record users’ location information even when they had disabled location tracking.

The technology…