Smartphone addiction leads to release of higher levels of gamma aminobutyric acid, or GABA, a neurotransmitter in the brain that inhibits or slows down brain signals, and glutamate-glutamine (Glx), a neurotransmitter that causes neurons to become more electrically excited, found a study.
Taiwan rainbow remains the longest-lasting rainbow which the world has ever witnessed. It was present in the skies from 07.00 AM to 04.00 PM. The World Meteorological Organization has not yet recorded it though.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed orbiting black hole pair while capturing images of Andromeda galaxy. The black hole pairs are at a close distance and found to be in a stage of the merger to form a supermassive black hole.
Ockhi will begin extratropical transition as it tracks northeastward and will become extratropical as it makes landfall over northwest India, including Mumbai on December 5
NASA study based on multiple researches found that life could be present in outer solar system objects. The study was based on simulations and results from multiple research. The scientists had already proven that subsurface oceans exist in other moons and dwarf planets. These worlds also have conditions which could sustain life.
A team of researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa has discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) directly impacts the brain in the early stages of the infection.
A recent study in the US says that subways, one of the cheapest and most availed forms of public transport, expose commuters to more pollution than a car.