WATCH: Will mixing COVID-19 vaccines be effective?
Some early studies have shown that combining vaccines produce a better immune response. But the efficacy of the vaccine combination is yet to be …
Scientists have come closest to confirming a new fundamental force
The Muon g-2 experiment demonstrates that an unknown force or sub-atomic particle is at play
How does Mars sound? First audio clip from the Red Planet gives an idea
Any note we hear on Earth would sound fainter and more sombre on Mars, observed the Perseverance rover
Three win Nobel Prize in medicine for discovery of Hepatitis C virus
Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M Rice won the prize for the discovery of the virus that caused several deaths in the 1960s and …
We need to reassess vocabulary, behaviour to undo gender bias: A mathematician explains why
Mathematician Eugina Cheng speaks to DTE on her new theory of people that doesn’t look at world as a dichotomy between genders, as …
Earth’s inner core is older than previously determined, find researchers
Researchers revise age of Earth’s solid inner core from 565 mln years to 1-1.3 bln years
The order of spread: A review of The Rules of Contagion
The Rules of Contagion is less about diseases and more about the underlying principles of contagion
On loony ideas
Why do some ‘crazy’ endeavours click while others don’t? Safi Bahcall’s book probes the underlying mechanics
Mango leaf extract can prevent steel from corroding: Study
In a bid to develop a ‘green’ alternative, researchers from the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, …
India can play leading role in global future space explorations: Rakesh Sharma
He emphasised on the importance of Indian space programme and the role it has played in the last few decades in different sectors
Scientists transform black soot into a boon for water purification
Black carbon soot is emitted from gas and diesel engines, coal-fired power plants and other processes that involve burning of fossil fuel
Government hikes emoluments of research scholars
Department of Science and Technology's move comes after research scholars said previous emoluments were not enough
Is the Opportunity lost forever?
Over a decade after NASA’s Opportunity rover landed on Mars, it is feared ‘dead’ after a historic dust storm swept the planet
Designer babies can lead to growth of homogenous individuals
A Chinese researcher has claimed that he helped make world’s first genetically edited babies but the development may come at a heavy cost
ISRO's PSLV-C42 launches 2 foreign satellites
Both satellites belong to Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, UK, which has a contract with ISRO
Hoping to collide at CERN
The second phase of experiments, being conducted at world’s leading laboratory, to develop more understanding of sub atomic physics is …
IPR course in school? It's silly
Promoting the study of intellectual property rights without focusing on innovation is so misplaced that it's laughable
Antibiotic for superbugs
Teixobactin, the first antibiotic announced in decades, successfully treats mice infected with superbug Staphylococcus aureus
Purifying contaminant
Excessive phosphorus pollutes water bodies, but substantially reduces nitrogen contamination
Cyber dystopia
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Lethal nanopowder
Researchers develop water-soluble carbon nanoparticles that arrest growth of mosquitoes beyond the larval stage
Politics of the Internet
Regulating the Internet to keep it free of pressures from governments and corporate interests is turning tougher for the UN
Setting up shop
First, the government shook scientific institutions out of their lethargy by applying the brake on funds. Now, its asking them to tie up with …
To kill a mocking pest
With pesticides no longer a viable means of controlling pests in most cases, the search for alternatives like bio-pesticides has proved that …
Arsenic-free
Scientists in Sweden are propagating laterite treatment for the removal of arsenic from groundwater in the Bengal Delta plains