Visual illusion that may help explain consciousness: New study
We tend to assume that our visual consciousness gives us a rich and detailed picture of the entire scene in front of us. The truth is very different
‘Facial recognition technology will hamper people’s right to freedom of expression and privacy’
Anushka Jain of non-profit Internet Freedom Foundation, Delhi, talks about the concerns that surround the use of facial recognition …
When did humans first go to war?
Although the first modern Europeans may have been the first humans capable of organised warfare, we can’t say this behaviour was …
A step towards a drug for schizophrenia like diseases
Researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s Pune-based National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) have captured three-dimensional views …
B V Sreekantan (1925-2019): Bhabha protégé and institution builder
He was widely credited with establishing field stations of TIFR which subsequently became independent research centres
Milky Way’s supermassive black hole exploded 3.5 million years ago: Study
The blast took place 63 million years after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs; and when our earliest ancestors — the Australopithecines &…
Molecular mechanism of gender differences in sexual behaviour deciphered
Hyderabad researchers study the differences in the central nervous systems of male and female of humans and other organisms and how they …
Only science can help the world achieve sustainable development: UN Report
It says the current development model is not sustainable and only a fundamental and urgent change in the relationship between people and nature …
Contest for PhD scholars and post doc fellows on popular science writing
Government of India's Department of Science and Technology (DST) has called for entries from post-doctoral fellows and PhD scholars for a writing …
In Australia nuclear becomes latest round in energy wars
The Australian government has formally reopened the highly contentious debate on nuclear power by referring the issue to a parliamentary committee,…
Artificial Intelligence can help decode epileptic brains
A team of interdisciplinary researchers finds that there exist independent neural networks that can carry disease-sensitive information about the …
No evidence of rift between Einstein and Bose: New book
As long as they lived, there was no sign of a sour relationship between the two, says historian Rajinder Singh who recently wrote a book titled …
I was part of the team that found the Homo naledi child’s skull: How we did it
The child has been named “Leti” after the Setswana word “letimela”, meaning “the lost one”
The most powerful space telescope ever built will look back in time to the Dark Ages of the universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch into orbit and usher in the next era of astronomy December 18, 2021
Gamers know the power of ‘flow’ — what if learners could harness it too?
Gamers experience the flow state when totally engaged in the game; the challenge in education is to plan for and achieve that level of …
IIT researchers devise economical method to extract hydrogen from water
An electric field applied through the cobalt oxide to water molecules resulted in the electrolysis of water; a magnetic field created using a …
IICT Scientist to be awarded CRSI Bronze Medal
Srihari Pabbaraja has been awarded for his contributions on the total synthesis of natural products and method development for new chemical entities
What happens when a raindrop hits a puddle?
Dispersion is the ability of waves of different wavelengths to each move at their own individual speeds
Space Race 2.0: Journey so far
Humans have mapped the solar system. A few probes have even gone interstellar, but beyond that we have snapshots of galaxies, quasars and black …
New device promises to make stroke rehabilitation fun
An IIT-Hyderabad-incubated startup makes an upper arm exercising device with a gaming console
'Advance IST by 30 minutes to help the North East'
Two time zones will create a divide between the North East and the rest of India, they say
Prime Minister confers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes
Narendra Modi conferred the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s prestigious prizes for 2016, 2017 and 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan in …
Twinning Europe and Asia in cyberspace
There are plenty of lessons for ASEAN to learn from the dynamics of the EU’s cyber regulations such as GDPR and e-IDAS and, use them to …
China became the first country to sprout a seed on the moon
This is the farthest point from the Earth where humans have grown plants. A lone cottonseed sprouted in a canister aboard the Chang’e-4, …
Now, a technology that can make reading latent fingerprints faster
Since this new nanomaterial is luminescent, it highlights fingerprints, which can be captured by UV lamps and then reconstructed