Nobel Prize for physics awarded for gravitational waves detection
Scientists Rainer Weiss and Kip Thorne, together with Barry Barish, whose effort led to the discovery 100 years it was …
Magnetic streamers to decorate eclipsed sun, scientists predict
If the prediction comes true, it will mark a major scientific achievement and could facilitate forecasting of space weather in future
Scientists edit human embryos to safely remove disease for the first time – here's how they did it
Two researchers are impressed with a pioneering study showing that it may be both safe and effective to edit out diseases in human embryos
IIT Madras develops surgical robot for medical colleges
The use of robots offers greater precision and helps surgeons minimise loss of blood by restricting incisions to smaller areas
Women aren't failing at science — science is failing women
Female scientists publish more and better research but are promoted less. New research from Mexico exposes gender gap in science there, and …
What is love? Here's the science ...
We think we know when we feel it – but here's what is really going on in our brains and bodies
2016: the year in space and astronomy
Colliding black holes to exploding spacecraft, 2016 was an incredible year for astrophysics
Is chicken's odour the answer to mosquito-borne diseases?
Research finds that mosquitoes avoid feeding on chicken through olfactory identification
Making sex count
In the annals of modern medicine, medical research experiments have always been sexist. The tide is finally turning
Touchscreens for dogs, wearables for chickens: welcome to the world of animal technology
It might sound strange but the world of animal-computer interaction could improve their welfare and help us understand them better
Internet freedom: why access is becoming a human right
It is time to demand the 'positive right' of affordable access if we want internet freedom for all
Brazil to use nuclear technology to fight spread of Zika
A cobalt-60 gamma cell irradiator is expected to be transferred to the country to produce sterile mosquitoes
A new proposal for quantum entanglement between microorganisms
Tongcang Li from Purdue University, USA, and Zhang-qi Yin from Tsinghua University, China, have proposed a new method to teleport the internal …
Increase investment in R&D in India, stress experts at Indian Science Congress
Advocate adopting a Public Private Partnership approach and promoting technology transfer
Secret life of plants
A new book reinforces the fact that plants have intelligence and a complex sensory network
‘DMC3 constellation has the capacity to capture any image on Earth’s surface’
Major applications also include surveying the resources on the planet and its environment, managing urban infrastructure and monitoring disasters
Printing gets a new dimension
With right raw materials and the know-how, one can create almost anything using 3D printers
How light impacts brain
Light-sensitive photoreceptors melanopsins play crucial role in cognitive ability of the brain
Early years with nature
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“What does it feel like?”
The news about Fukushima Daiichi nuclear waste leaking into the ocean and groundwater, prompts us to take a look at what the sciences can model …
Catching them young
Every year, the Indian Science Congress Association awards young scientists of the country. Down To Earth spoke to some of the winners about …
Perfect model
Biologists use a variety of animal models for experiments. But a mouse or a fruitfly cannot truly represent a human being. Jessica Bolker, …
Shutting down the particle powerhouse
Even though funds for the Superconducting Super Collider have dried up, particle physicists are determined to prove their theory of, well, everything
Ash-less coal
An Indian scientist has developed a process to refine low-grade coal to prevent its residue of fly ash
Maps of the world
Geographical Information Systems is revolutionising the present and portend a happier future. Or so we hope in the maps of our minds.