Sacred assault
High stress levels are affecting the reproductive health of endangered Asian elephants in captivity, says study
Stage set for armageddon
Two wheat genes that confer absolute resistance to lethal Ug99 stem rust strain identified
Our Frugal Innovation
India is working on a model of inclusive innovation to provide solutions for people at the bottom of the heap. Will it work?
A reprieve for the paper industry
Jute fibre, which could provide a solution to the increasing crisis in procuring wood pulp, could be science's gift to the paper industry.
New role for earthworms as sewage cleaners
A Pune-based research institute has developed a process that employs earthworms to remove impurities from waste water.
Mothballing nitrogen
Some now ways of using fortilisers which will prevent nitrogen seepage into the water table
Umbilical discord
As a result of air pollution in Delhi, strains of toxic metals like lead and cadmium are increasingly finding their way into the womb
The sunny side
Another 100 years and the world will begin to suffer from high fever. Utilising solar energy may prevent a catastrophe
Lead(ing) to disaster
Environmentally-hazardous backyard smelting units swell as multinationals fail to recycle used batteries
Time for a facelift ?
A German company claims its silicon-based technology can restore the Taj Mahal to its past glory. But some experts doubt its effectiveness
Virtual reality
A new computing laboratory can project larger than real life images of human body's smallest part
Scientists provide new insight into bipolar disorder
Researchers find that patients carry some residual impairment in terms of processing of information even in their normal phases
Space Race 2.0: Are we ready to stay in outer space?
Habitation designs and technologies are almost ready to make life possible on other planets
Say hello to hachimoji: Scientists just doubled the genetic alphabet
Research results hold potential to look for different forms of life existing elsewhere in the universe
Discovered: More than 300,000 new galaxies
200 astronomers from 18 countries analyse results of low frequency telescope in radio survey of northern hemisphere
On 3 decades of Pale Blue Dot, Nasa cleans up iconic image
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Nasa published a new version of image taken by Voyager 1 on its 30th anniversary
Is SARS-CoV-2 becoming more stable? A new study tracks virus’ evolution
The virus also showed signs of stabilising around some proteins, according to the study
Book Digest: Mapping the COVID-19 story, human behaviour driving infections and more
From accounts of previous epidemics that should have prepared us for COVID-19 to history of poverty in the US, DTE tracks contemporary books on …
Yash Pal Abrol, pioneer in nitrogen research, dies at 84
His most recent contribution was the Indian Nitrogen Assessment in 2017, which led India to pilot the first ever UN resolution on sustainable …
A tiny radioactive capsule is lost on a highway in Western Australia. Here’s what you need to know
The capsule contains caesium-137, a radioactive isotope which spits out electrons and high-energy photons
Seeing fewer stars? LEDs might be increasing light pollution
New lighting technologies might have increased it by 10% every year in last decade, finds study
Satellite to monitor methane emissions not in pipeline, but will be happy to build one: ISRO
ISRO to have a busy year with missions to the sun and moon as well as unmanned spaceflight
Ancient humans may have first walked upright on trees, not land
Researchers look at chimpazees to understand bipedalism; New study contradicts earlier theories
NASA gets ready to say farewell to InSight spacecraft on Mars
Lander losing power after 4 years on the Red Planet as dust gathers over solar panels
2022 Chemistry Nobel awarded for ‘click chemistry’, which has possible applications in healthcare
Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless worked on click chemistry, or linking chemicals together, and biorthogonal reactions, …