WHO Tells Asia-Pacific to Brace for Omicron as Variant Spreads
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Asia-Pacific countries on Friday to boost healthcare capacity and fully vaccinate their people to prepare for a surge in COVID-19 cases as the Omicron variant spreads globally despite travel curbs.
Scientists Develop Tiny Camera Size of Grain of Salt
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Researchers created a tiny camera that is about the size of grain of salt yet captures full-color images at the quality of a conventional lens 500,000 times larger.
Scientists Build First Living Robots That Can Self-Replicate
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Miniscule biological machines developed by scientists from the cells of frogs – commonly referred to as Xenobots – can now self-replicate, according to a new scientific report.
Genome Sequencing Used to Monitor COVID-19 Variants in Eastern Mediterranean Region
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Fourteen out of 22 countries in WHO’s Region for the Eastern Mediterranean use genome sequencing to detect and monitor coronavirus variants of concern in order to understand the evolution and genomic diversity of COVID-19.
Archaeologists Unearth 800-Year Old Mummy in Peru
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A team of experts has found a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on Peru's central coast, one of the archaeologists who participated in the excavation said on Friday.
Milky Way May Have Just Lost a Whole Bunch of Satellite Galaxies
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The space around the Milky Way isn't vacant. It's swarming with dwarf galaxies – small, faint, and low in mass, with as few as around 1,000 stars each.
Scientists Detect A Quantum Effect Blocking Atoms from Scattering Light
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A cloud of ultracold atoms is like a motel with a neon “no vacancy” sign. If a guest at the motel wants to switch rooms, they’re out of luck. No vacant rooms means there’s no choice but to stay put.
New Mysterious Planet Possibly Spotted in Solar System
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A leading British astronomer suggests that a mysterious object could be hiding in our Solar System’s outer regions.
Black Holes Could Be Shortcuts across Universe
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Objects, including spacecraft, could pierce through the universe using several black holes as a ‘shortcut’, a new study suggests.
Asteroid May Actually Be An Old Chunk of Earth’s Moon
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Could there be a mini-Moon floating through our solar system? Researchers from the University of Arizona say a near-Earth asteroid, named Kamo`oalewa, may actually be a large piece of the Moon that somehow broke away from our lone satellite.
Deepest Earthquake Ever Detected Should Have Been Impossible
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Scientists have detected the deepest earthquake ever, a staggering 467 miles (751 kilometers) below the Earth's surface.
Best Time to Sleep Revealed in New Study
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Researchers revealed that one way to reduce risk of heart disease boils down to a very specific bedtime.
Massively Powerful Black Hole Jet Explained, Einstein’s Theory Confirmed Again
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The galaxy Messier 87 (M87) is located 55 million light years away from Earth in the Virgo constellation. It is a giant galaxy with 12,000 globular clusters, making the Milky Way’s 200 globular clusters appear modest in comparison.
Scientists Find Gene Responsible for Doubling Risk of COVID-19 Death
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Scientists identified a specific gene that doubles the risk of respiratory failure from COVID-19 and may go some way to explaining why some ethnic groups are more susceptible to severe disease than others.
Water Found in Most Distant Part of Universe
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The early universe is shrouded in mystery. But every now and then, astronomers get a peek at what the cosmos were like by peering back in time at distant, ancient galaxies.
Climate Change Impact on Crops Expected within 10 Years, Study Finds
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Climate change may affect the production of maize (corn) and wheat as early as 2030 under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, according to a new NASA study.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Goes Way Deeper than Thought
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – New results from the Jupiter-divebombing spacecraft Juno reveal more about the depths of the gigantic planet including just how voluminous the Great Red Spot is, weird info about its stripes, and more about the even weirder and eerily regular cyclones swarming at its poles.
This Is Why Great White Sharks Bite Humans
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – There have long been theories that when great white sharks bite humans, it is a case of mistaken identity.
