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Category: Science
Why public health nutrition policies need novelty, prec...
A medley of nutrients prevents anaemia, and the whole diet works better than the sum of its parts. Therefore, rather than focusing...
Cowpea seeds sprouts in space, leaves expected soon, sa...
ISRO conducts CROPS experiment to study plant growth in space, alongside India’s first space robotic arm demonstration
R. Chidambaram, doyen of India’s nuclear programme, die...
A recipient of the Padma Shri (1975) and Padma Vibushan (1999), the longest serving Principal Scientific Advisor to the Indian gov...
What do the State of Forest Report 2023 findings mean? ...
Experts say the report doesn’t specify the quality of forests contributing to increases in forest cover nor provides data on cause...
Theory of relativity, quantum physics key to explaining...
P. Ajith, astrophysicist with the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru, pointed out that the concept of a prim...
IIT Bombay’s space start-up tests its green propulsion ...
The PSLV Orbital Experimental Module is a versatile initiative by the Indian Space Research Organisation designed to provide a cos...
Researchers find bacteria that can clean up pesticides ...
IIT Bombay researchers have identified bacteria that can consume toxic pollutants in the soil and produce helpful nutrients as a b...
Hydrogel developed for targeted breast cancer therapy
The breakthrough is the outcome of collaborative research between the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati and Bose Institute, ...
Four UN environmental summits fell short in 2024. What ...
At the heart of the talks’ breakdown lies a stark and growing divergence in national priorities. Developing nations, grappling wit...
ISRO’s SpaDeX docking experiment postponed to January 9...
ISRO was scheduled to carry out the docking experiment of the two small satellites, SDX01 (Chaser) and SDX02 (Target) on January 7
Cowpea sprouts unveil first leaves in space: ISRO share...
The experiment plans to grow eight cowpea seeds in a closed-box environment with active thermal control.
Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Electroreception
This week’s Sci-Five quiz is on electroreception.
Chandrayaan-3 landed on possibly oldest craters of Moon...
Chandrayaan-3 was found to have landed within a crater — about 160 km in diameter — and detected in the images as a nearly semi-ci...
Was animal fat present in Tirupati laddus? | Explained
What did the Centre for Analysis and Learning in Livestock and Food (CALF) of the National Dairy Development Board find in the Tir...
When American astronauts returned to space
On September 29, 1988, the U.S. launched the STS-26 mission. In case you are wondering why that is important, it was the first Ame...
Surviving in India’s salt desert
The Rann of Kutch evolved when waters of the Arabian Sea made incursions into this region 150-200 million years ago. Geological up...
Can Kerala’s policy to limit antibiotics misuse lead to...
Kerala imports at least 60% of broiler chicken, eggs and vegetables from neighbouring States, many of which have no AMR regulation...
IIA researchers find evidence of interaction between a ...
Department of Science and Technology said the finding challenges the hypothesis that only large and massive galaxy jets which regu...
Exploring the ‘wonderful world’ of symplectic geometry ...
Wolf Prize laureate Yakov Eliashberg delivers the new TNQ Distinguished Lecture in Mathematics
Could rotating black holes be the wind turbines powerin...
Scientists have postulated a theory which concerns all rotating objects that can absorb matter or radiation, and a black hole is, ...
Scientists are using ancient DNA to reveal the Iberian ...
Research has revealed how the Iberian lynx interbred with its cousin, the Eurasian lynx over the past few thousand years to boost...
Octopuses, fish hunt together using surprisingly comple...
Animals of the same species often cooperate – work together to reach some kind of goal. But it’s rare to find cooperation between ...
Extinct volcanoes could help sate humanity’s hunger for...
Demand for rare earths is soaring as society moves away from fossil fuels and electrifies energy production and transport.
Could groundbreaking CAR-T cancer therapy trigger more ...
Car-T therapy, short for “chimeric antigen receptor T-cell”, is a cutting-edge treatment that reprogrammes a patient’s immune cell...
Rush to return humans to the moon could threaten opport...
Only recently have astronomers started thinking about potential conflicts between the desire to expand knowledge of the universe o...
How do vapes work? A look inside
Australia has just passed a world-first bill that will ban all vapes from general retail later this year.
The two vaccines that brought us to the brink of eradic...
The wild poliovirus is restricted to pockets of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and is beginning to reappear from here in big cities in ...
In China, rocket accidentally lifts off during test and...
According to Space Pioneer, the first stage of the Tianlong-3 ignited normally during a hot test but later detached from the bench...
U.S. company offers to ferry Indian astronaut to space ...
On July 1, SERA said it will offer people around the world six seats on a future mission to be flown by Blue Origin
ISRO will launch first dedicated SSLV commercial missio...
The announcement was made jointly by NewSpace India, Ltd. and Space Machines Company at the India Space Congress