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Nobel Prize for Physics 2017 given for discovering gravitational waves

The Royal Swedish Academy for Science had declared the award for Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, and Kip S. Thorne for their contributions in the development of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) detector and for their observations of gravitational waves. Oct 4, 2017

Protein identified to cure deadly viral diseases

Researchers have found that a protein - retrocyclin101 can be used to cure influenza and infectious diseases. The research on mice have found lesser deaths from infection when it was treated with the protein. Oct 1, 2017

Space agencies compete to colonize Mars

The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) meeting in Adelaide, Australia on September 29 became a platform for Space companies and agencies to deliver their idea for mankind's mission to Mars. Sep 30, 2017

Tsunami debris drives Japanese marine species to migrate to US

Around 300 marine species from the Japanese coast have been found on the western coast of United States, indicating that the marine organisms had traveled through the ocean to evade the plastic debris formed after the devastating tsunami in Japan March 2011. Sep 30, 2017

Japan has discovered climate change in Venus

The Akatsuki spacecraft of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, has discovered speeding and rotating winds in the atmosphere of Venus using their spacecraft Akatsuki. The images from the planet show that the wind speed is prevalent during certain months. Sep 29, 2017