Yashpal: a people’s scientist
Instead of going in for easy option like importing equipment, Yashpal pushed the envelope and developed indigenously the technology for satellite …
Beyond DNA
Maurizio Meloni's book is a fascinating social and political history of human heredity spanning over 150 years
Rare plant species rediscovered in Western Ghats after more than 100 years
The wild plant was redicsovered in a biosphere reserve in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu
Holy cow! So many patents
ICAR and CSIR laboratories are helping a Nagpur cow research institute to patent therapies based on cow excreta
Have scientists stumbled upon the brain of a plant?
Scientists have shown how a 'decision making centre' of a plant that assesses environmental conditions and determine when seeds will germinate
Tropical depression forms in the Arabian Sea
An interesting fact about the present depression is that it is the first-ever to form in the Arabian Sea in October after seven years
Cicadas could hold the secret to self-cleaning surfaces – new study
Cicadas have a fascinating trick up their sleeves that keeps their wings spotless without any effort
Did our mammal ancestors live alongside dinosaurs? New research hopes to end long-running debate
Placental mammals co-existed with dinosaurs for several million years; they have soared since to become the most dominant animals on Earth
Airplanes face a growing risk of being hit by uncontrolled re-entries of rockets used to launch satellites
An aircraft in flight could be seriously damaged by just 300 grams of space debris impacting an engine, windshield or other critical surface
DTE Coverage: Here is what happened at the 108th Indian Science Congress
From the quality of Indian scientific research to women in science, the event focussed on several issues
Life on Mars? NASA's Curiosity helps discover traces of ancient ocean
A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars, signifying a higher potential for life on …
India is patently way behind on 5G
Policy blocks and poor vision have held up 5G in India, while China’s breakthroughs are helping to set global standards
Life on Internet: Why people are turning to AI for creating artwork
Behind the scenes of artifical intelligence model Craiyon that has taken the Internet by storm
How tech rebooted economics and platforms broke the invisible hand
Growing evidence and new research explain the evolution of economic diversity and the need to rethink monopolies in the age of technology
Why can’t we throw all our trash into a volcano and burn it up?
Reasons include the sacred status of several volcanoes, the toxic nature of trash and the design of volcanoes
Are you a more holistic or analytic thinker? Take this quiz to find out
Analytic thinkers focus on individual objects, assigning them to categories based on their attributes. Holistic thinkers consider the context as …
Scientists discover a new way to detect early colon cancer
Colon cancer currently gets detected at a very late stage; the new technique could help detect it at stage I
International Women’s Day: Female biologists bring much-needed perspective to science
Scientific fields have not only overlooked female researchers, but have also overlooked research into female biology, both of humans and animals
Marsquakes: InSight lander shows active faults in the planet’s crust
It successfully managed to use a robot arm to place a seismometer on ground clear of landing platform, then cover it with a wind & thermal shield
Fast radio bursts: The mystery deepens
Research by Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and Fast Radio Burst Project finds repeated pattern to FRBs
Scientists develop nanocomposite for bone implants using microwave energy
Researchers at the IIT Mandi, have developed a novel technique to fabricate a porous nanocomposite which shows potential as a bone scaffold
Red planet rumbles: NASA’s recordings of ‘marsquakes’ let us listen to the martian heartbeat
Sounds and vibrations are important, they tell us about the medium they’re travelling through
Scientists create first portrait of a Denisovan by analysing chemical changes to DNA
The ancient hominins shared many traits with Neanderthals: Low foreheads and wide rib cages, an elongated face and a wide pelvis; but differed in …
Study paves the way for new approach to boost rice yield
The new development represents a new approach towards developing rice varieties that produce bigger and consequently heavier grains
New nanocomposite for flexible electronic devices in the offing
Researchers could overcome challenges like establishing electronic properties of materials and the reproducibility of nanocomposites