December 19, 2023 10:58 AM ISTThe next battle, among private companies, promises to make satellites as cheap and accessible as an iPhone with off-the-shelf parts that survive just a few years
November 28, 2023 05:08 PM IST Scientists may shift to asking new questions — losing their obsession with proving humans are unique among animals and instead investigating how mammalian brains are different from our increasingly intelligent machines
November 16, 2023 05:43 PM IST He added that whether it is the roads, railways, Smart City project, digital health, deep sea exploration, groundwater mapping, or crop imaging, the applications of science and technology are quite visible to all.
November 14, 2023 07:12 PM IST Argoland, now dispersed as an archipelago separated by ocean basins, initially drifted northwest, contributing to the formation of several Southeast Asian islands.
November 10, 2023 11:48 AM IST The combined power of wind, sun, and batteries is leading to significant strides in the reshaping of our energy landscape
November 05, 2023 05:38 PM IST A 2023 study found that eating more planet-friendly foods could help you live a longer, healthier life.
October 03, 2023 04:56 PM IST The Covid-19 shots that seemed to appear overnight built on decades of work by Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman
September 06, 2023 10:53 AM IST As governments, coupled with research organisations and commercial clients, find the cash to make lunar missions happen and some like India do it on a shoestring budget, we face the very real prospect of moonshots becoming a truly global venture. That alone is an achievement worth celebrating
August 28, 2023 11:45 AM IST Antimicrobial resistance already kills millions and is projected to get worse. But there is little incentive for Big Pharma to tackle the issue
August 06, 2023 01:13 PM IST In late June, a team of American astrophysicists published a pre-peer-reviewed paper on the net. It claimed that massive “invisible” bosenovas may be occurring all around us all the time.
August 05, 2023 08:02 AM IST The claimed discovery of a room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor opens up possibilities for less restriction on their widespread practical applications.
July 22, 2023 07:55 PM IST The facilitation of this test underscores ISRO's "commitment to nurture private players, start-ups, and non-government entities in developing the country's space eco-system", the space agency said in a release
July 21, 2023 10:12 AM IST India is now the world’s third largest producer of scientific research which is a great achievement, now it needs to scale up the quality of its research
July 14, 2023 08:56 PM IST Lauding ISRO, US space agency NASA’s administrator Bill Nelson expressed anticipation for the scientific findings that will emerge from this mission.
July 14, 2023 03:23 PM IST August 15 this year will mark two decades of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announcing the Chandrayaan programme. India hopes the failure-based design approach and robust testing done by the ISRO on C3 will ensure a successful mission and an expanded lunar exploration programme for the future.
June 28, 2023 08:44 PM IST Accelerated melting of the polar ice sheets and mountain glaciers had changed the way mass was distributed around the planet enough to influence its spin.
June 26, 2023 10:32 AM IST Scientists who announced that they had created "synthetic human embryos" should worry that the name and the still unanswered questions about how these so-called synthetic embryos were created and related misunderstandings could lead to bans that could derail this important scientific work representing a potentially significant breakthrough in the study of infertility
June 19, 2023 05:30 PM IST New scientific methods are helping researchers understand how dreams can boost brainpower
June 15, 2023 06:50 PM IST The temperature on the exoplanet, WASP-76b, rises up to 4,350 degrees Fahrenheit or 2,400 degrees Celsius, which is hot enough to vaporize iron.
June 09, 2023 10:53 PM IST .The first evidence of a virgin birth in crocodiles has been reported in a captive American crocodile at a Costa Rica zoo.
June 09, 2023 10:32 AM IST Mice fed Taurine, an amino acid, lived 10–12 percent longer; worms’ lives were extended 10-23 percent; and middle-aged monkeys showed improvements across health parameters. But we don't know the dangers of Taurine supplements to human health, including on cancerous cells. Years of research lie ahead
May 24, 2023 03:01 PM IST G20 deliberations currently ongoing in Mumbai aim to promote sustainable blue economies through advancements in science, technology, and innovation, supported by robust policy frameworks, governance initiatives, and alternative finance mechanisms.
May 18, 2023 06:21 PM IST It’s human nature to latch on to the most easily available snippets of information.
May 10, 2023 02:38 PM IST What is beyond Big Bang? Here’s an alternative to the popular theory of origin of the universe
May 03, 2023 05:55 PM IST The decade-long Zoonomia project shows that animals have a lot to teach us about our health, disease, and potentially new ideas for medicines
