Discovery of two new giant radio galaxies offers fresh insights into the universe
They are about 62 times the size of the Milky Way but are fainter than some others the same size
Coronavirus has put scientists in the frame alongside politicians – and poses questions about leadership
While science-based leadership may be popular in these times of coronavirus and Donald Trump, scientific input can only ever be limited in …
2020 Physics Nobel to trio for work on black holes
Roger Penrose showed black holes to be a direct consequence of Theory of Relativity; Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez discovered a massive black …
Study zeroes in on target plant hormone to improve potassium deficiency in rice
Plants deficient in Potassium more susceptible to salt, drought, chilling and other stresses
A year around the moon
India’s second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, completed one year in orbit around the moon August 20, 2020. Space agency ISRO said it has …
Indian researchers may improve wave forecasts
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services-led team research may help in coastal management, mitigation of adverse impacts
Water vapour discovered on potentially ‘habitable’ planet
Using Hubble Space Telescope, scientists also detected the presence of hydrogen and helium in K2-18b's atmosphere
Scientists find new nano-drug delivery route for chemotherapy
Researchers from IISER, Thiruvananthapuram, fabricated a 3-component nano-drug delivery system that targets cancer cells specifically and …
50th anniversary of Apollo 11: Look at these panoramas from the Moon missions
It’s the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission, when humans stepped on the surface of the moon for the first time. The National Aeronautics …
COVID-19 and medicine’s misguided romance with machines
The history of a controversial syndrome linked to COVID-19 shows the risk of letting technology dictate treatment
Act responsibly on climate emergency to protect public health, editors urge leaders
Over 200 editors from across the world call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health
As a heatwave spectre hangs again over India’s wheat harvest, its home-grown crop simulation model can help
InfoCrop, available for free on IARI’s website, can forecast climate impact on farm yield in real time
What causes lithium-ion battery fires? Why are they so intense? An expert explains
The onset and intensification of lithium-ion battery fires can be traced to multiple causes, including user behaviour, such as improper charging …
Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’
NASA’s Canberra Deep Space Station 43 is the only antenna in the world that can communicate directly with both Voyagers
Wrongful FAME subsidy claims drive EV makers into trouble
Seven manufacturers were fined over not complying with local sourcing norms; government is planning to take legal action against them
This tool can help companies track digital carbon footprint of stored data
Data carbon ladder enables organisations to see environmental impact of stored data at various stages
A lesson on acceptance: It has been half a decade since we lost Stephen Hawking
Without acceptance, the great theoretical physicist and cosmologist may not have uncovered the cosmic mysteries that he did
End of invasive surgery? Researchers grow electrodes in living tissues of zebrafish
If successful in future tests, the gel could one day replace conventional materials that help restore brain, eye, ear, spinal cord, nerve and …
How has the inside of the Earth stayed as hot as the Sun’s surface for billions of years?
Even now, moving plates keep changing the surface of the Earth, constantly making new lands and new oceans over millions and billions of years
Good news for farmers: ICRISAT uses X-ray to assess peanuts’ quality
X-ray radiography has the potential to be the right technology for in-field evaluation of farmers’ produce, the study by ICRISAT has showed
Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR critical for India’
India has a well thought out ecosystem of data and a young population that can be skilled for the new technologies
‘Einstein’s E = mc2 does not work in the biosphere’
Behaviour of light changes on entry into Earth's atmosphere from space; it assumes a benevolent role
‘James Webb Space Telescope will try to look at the first stars formed 13.5 billion years ago’
Scientist Jessy Jose on how James Webb Space Telescope is superior to Hubble & aims of its investigation
Sendit, Yolo, NGL: Anonymous social apps are taking over once more, but they aren’t without risks
These can have harmful consequences for young people like cyberbullying, image-based abuse & even online grooming
ISRO satellite detected 500 black hole formations in 6 years. Mission scientist tells us how they did it
Dipankar Bhattacharya talks about how AstroSat uses gamma ray bursts to detect formations of black holes