Will electoral compulsions force govt to use muscular tech?
Display of technological power is being identified as a valid political tool to galvanise public sentiment
Contest to identify and nurture school students talented in science
‘Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan’, a national programme to nurture school students talented in science, is here again
This new photonic chip may power 5G
It can also find applications in satellite communication, RADARs, sensing and medical imaging equipment
Citizen science growing in India: Study
The concept is gaining rapid popularity in India and citizen science projects have considerable potential to contribute to environmental …
A Hippocratic Oath for data science? We’ll settle for a little more data literacy
Part of the issue is the ease with which machine learning algorithms can be applied, making data literacy no longer particular to mathematical …
India’s 5G fantasy: The future looks decidedly dim
The country is dithering over starting field trials while dreaming of securing patents in this revolutionary technology
Ancient drop of seawater shows Earth’s tectonic activity began 3.3 bn years ago
Plate tectonics is the constant recycle process of the Earth, without which the planet would look like Mars. It was previously assumed to have …
James Webb Space Telescope: How our launch of world’s most complex observatory will rest on a nail-biting knife edge
If all goes well, humanity will have a new eye on the cosmos, with capabilities that far surpass anything that has gone before
The 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine helps unravel mysteries about how the body senses temperature and pressure
Discoveries of Julius and Patapoutian have given sensory researchers fundamental insights into how people interact with their world. But they …
Directed energy weapons shoot painful but non-lethal beams – are similar weapons behind the Havana syndrome?
If Havana syndrome is the result of deliberately targeted electromagnetic beams, employees of the US government and other nations will remain …
Researchers develop super-hydrophobic cotton for oil-spill cleanup
Both heavy and light oils can be effectively absorbed by a super-hydrophobic Cotton, developed by IIT-Guwahati, which is easy to prepare, cost-…
Why it took 20 years to ‘finish’ the human genome — and why there’s still more to do
The newly updated sequence fills in most of the remaining gaps, providing the full 3.055 billion base pairs of our DNA code in its entirety
Excessive nutrients from land can cause coral bleaching: Study
Incorporating nutrient-supplying ocean currents into coral bleaching forecasts can enhance the predictions, the researchers said
IIT Mandi researchers use mathematical modelling to sharpen images
Active imagign techniques, like flash modes, often introduce noise in photographs
Pentagon UFO videos steal limelight from COVID-19
Older, leaked clips of unidentified flying objects now confirmed by US defence department
'If humans, robots work together productivity will be higher'
Naresh Kantoor, managing director of Gurugram-based Encon Systems International, a firm that assembles industrial robots, says these machines do …
We talk about artistic inspiration all the time – but scientific inspiration is a thing too
There is a large literature on “creativity” in science, but I have found nothing that really speaks to the lack of discussion of …
Science communicators get awards for popularising subject
The award is to promote bridging gaps between scientists and lay man for better scientific communication
Skygazers, it’s time for a super snow moon tonight
Today’s moon will be the biggest and brightest in 2019 as it will be the closest to Earth’s orbit
Why does India plan to send humanoids to space?
ISRO wants to send humanoids because it wants to test its space module before they are used by humans. A humanoid with the necessary sensors …
Punjab, a cradle of science popularisation in India
Punjab, which is holding the Indian Science Congress, not only produced some of the brightest scientific minds but also a great science communicator
Here's a technique that can cure range of diseases using electricity, but is it safe?
A device that uses electricity to pass through your brain is believed to be a cure for many diseases, but the jury is still out on its safety
Haryana’s Rors brought Western flavour to the Indus Valley
New genetic study claims that the Rors came to the Indus Valley when it was flourishing during the Bronze Age and inducted West Eurasian genetic …
NASA's Insight mission lands on Mars
After a 300-million-mile journey from Earth over nearly seven months, NASA's InSight spacecraft landed successfully on the surface of Mars on Monday.
DTE Coverage: Will India strike gold with Chandrayaan-3?
Chandrayaan-3 is expected to make a soft landing on the Moon in the fourth week of August