Bt Brinjal: NBA may prosecute Mahyco, collaborators
Mahyco claims innocence, alleges violation by Dharwad University
Search for prey in diminishing habitats drains cheetahs of energy, says study
Scientists are studying factors that may have affected their population
World’s primary forests under threat
Study calls for international cooperation to arrest degradation of primary forests
Climate change: Scientists look at 20th century data, heat extremes for early-warning signals
The study found that early-warning signals existed before global warming and were possibly due to the interplay of multiple environmental determinants
Northern Hemisphere 2023 summer warmest in two millennia; study calls for urgent greenhouse gas reduction
The 2023 summer temperature was 1.19°C higher than the warmest summer in 246 AD
Scientists solve mystery of milky rain
Dust plume from dry lake in Oregon behind the rare phenomenon
Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto on Oxford University Press ban over mention of pigs
What is in a name? Plenty if you are this fish
The hump-backed mahseer, native to South India, has been given a scientific name in a race to save it from extinction
New omicron sub-variant detected in China; Macao shuts down casinos
The sub-variant was detected July 8 from Shanghai’s financial district, Pudong; health authorities maintain the case is linked with another …
Scientists accidentally discover parasite that doesn't breathe oxygen
The parasite did not have mitochondrial genome and therefore, did not perform aerobic respiration, according to researchers
Examining a video’s changes over time helps flag deepfakes
Rather than looking at each face image individually, look for inconsistencies in how different parts of the face move from frame to frame over time
Scientists identify genetic factors responsible for infertility among Indian men
Hyderabad-based scientists find that the deletions on Y chromosome of infertile Indian men are vastly different from such deletions seen among …
Now, chickens lay eggs with anti-cancer drugs
These chickens were genetically modified by Scottish researchers, who say that this method is 100 times cheaper than producing the drugs in factories
Milky Way to collide with another galaxy
UK researchers find that this will happen in the next two billion years and will send our solar system hurtling into space
Here’s a scientific explanation to our polarisation debate
Study finds that those with radical beliefs, left or right, overestimate their ability to arrive at correct answers and display a generic …
Scientist who called mysterious Oumuamua object alien probe explains why
Abraham Loeb, one of the Harvard scientists who came up with this theory, talks about this extraordinary conclusion and the media frenzy it generated
Melbourne could go the Cape Town way: Study
A large forest near the city is on the brink of collapse, in turn endangering the city’s water supply
Scientists find natural food preservative from bacteria
The bacteria isolated from chicken intestine inihibits the growth of the organism that causes food-poisoning
How the rise in ethnic tensions at Kenya's universities is hurting the academy
Ethnic consciousness has been a part of Kenya’s higher education politics since the first decade of independence
Indian universities lag behind in scientific research: study
Findings of publishing house Elsevier presented at science meet
Wave energy could prove to be more steady, cheaper renewable energy source
Power generated by waves can be can be forecast with a high degree of accuracy without much variability for hours at a time, which is a huge …
Six strategies to reduce water scarcity by 2050
Improved irrigation techniques, better cultivars, checking population growth rate are among measures that can help lower water demand, says study
Oxford University defers decision on divesting stake in fossil fuels
Alumni occupy office building in protest; 21 international universities have already divested their stakes
Gut microbes can cause severe malnutrition
Study on Malawian children suffering from kwashiorkor establishes the link
Humans caused unprecedented damage to Earth's ecosystem
Owl vomit fossils lead to conclusion in a study