Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy
Regardless of the efficiency of a future fusion power plant, taking energy conversions from basic science to the real world will require …
NASA‘s capsule returns with asteroid Bennu samples
It is likely to provide fresh insights into the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago and possibly how life started
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 …
Always look up: Earth’s top 7 asteroid defences
If an asteroid threat emerged, Earth would need to be ready. Scientists are continually working to give the planet the best range of defensive …
New map of Earth’s tectonic plates to help understand quakes, volcanoes better
The study, of which the map is a part, sheds light on how past continents were formed by tectonic movements; new microplates have been added with …
New book presents untold stories of societal impact of science & technology in independent India
Indian National Science Academy, an apex body of Indian scientists, has come out with a book that shares unknown developments which made …
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
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
CERN: Discovery sheds light on the great mystery of why the universe has less ‘antimatter’ than matter
Studying the world on the smallest scale is our best chance to be able to understand what we see on the largest scale
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
Death metal: how nickel played a role in the world's worst mass extinction
A new study unravels evidence of a link between the genesis of nickel and the onset of the Great Dying some 250 million years ago
Here’s how genetics helped crack the history of human migration
Humans evolved in Africa, spread across the world, and then it gets messy. Luckily advances in genetic sequencing have helped …
Did life evolve more than once? Researchers are closing in on an answer
Has all of life on Earth evolved only once, or are different living beings cut from different cloths?
Generative AI is forcing people to rethink what it means to be authentic
Generative AI thrives on exploiting people’s reliance on categorical authenticity by producing material that looks like “the real …
Shakespeare by numbers: how mathematical breakthroughs influenced the Bard’s plays
Shakespeare's plays registered the 16th-century crisis of classical mathematics in the face of newer ideas
Radio interference from satellites is threatening astronomy — a proposed zone for testing new technologies could head off the problem
The more radio transmissions there are, the more challenging it becomes to deal with interference in radio quiet zones
India’s tryst with numbers is an old one
As the 108th Science Congress ends January 7, an excerpt from Amir D Azcel’s 2015 book, ‘Finding Zero: A Mathematician’s …
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,…