Science for All campaign eyes pan-India presence

Increasing the number of classrooms, introducing a post-graduate fellowship and launching a foundation programme to train full-time primary …

Central concerns

In a bid to give more fiscal autonomy to states, the Centre in the last budget gave them a higher share in Union tax receipts. Has this helped …

The power of sewage

Maharashtra is all set to use treated sewage water in thermal power plants. Can this move be scaled up?

Government approves LIGO-India project

The decision comes days after LIGO scientists announced the discovery of gravitational waves

An app that can generate earthquake warning

Using smartphones to detect seismic activity, the application may be useful in areas without sophisticated seismic networks

Meet thy neighbours

Every existence has its excuse, it is said. Every year taxonomists in India venture into uncharted landscapes and scan every nook and corner to …

Naturally repelling

Given the global upsurge in the demand for organic mosquito repellents, companies are launching products made from natural oils

Research paves way for preventing mass amphibian die-offs

Out of the total 7,511 species of amphibians alive today, 40 per cent are declining

Government approves proposal to scale production and sale of compost

Will provide financial assistance of Rs 1,500 for every tonne of compost sold

Plate tectonics began three billion years ago, claims study

This finding may have huge implications on geological studies and provide basis for research on Earth’s history

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 …

The hottest technique in gene editing, called CRISPR, could soon be used to study human embryos

UK researcher details proposal for CRISPR editing of human embryos. Regulatory committee meets to contemplate granting her a license

Phytoplankton blooms in the Atlantic may originate in autumn rather than spring: NASA

The finding is startling as autumn and winters are a harsh time when growth conditions for phytoplankton are at their worst

Madras High Court directs to restrict plastic flag use in elections

The court has asked the Election Commission to come up with a concrete plan to curtail their usage

5.6-magnitude earthquake hits Afghanistan

This may be an aftershock of the quake that struck the country in October last year, experts suggest

Indian Science Congress: assessing progress and challenges

Pride of India

The 'Pride of India Expo' at the Indian Science Congress 2016 hosted nearly 180 top notch scientific organisations of the country to display new …

Increase investment in R&D in India, stress experts at Indian Science Congress

Advocate adopting a Public Private Partnership approach and promoting technology transfer

A technology that protects babies and restores lakes

Photo catalyst rings that treat sewage water were recently unveiled at the Indian Science Congress

103rd Indian Science Congress begins at Mysuru

Event to stress on the use of science and technology for indigenous development in India

Moving mountains

A number of models are recording the disruption of weather and ecology to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the Himalayas

`Construction is still going on with the tacit support of the Nainital Lake Development Authority'

One of the most popular hill stations in India, Nainital is threatened by rampant constructions, even in landslide-prone sites. Ajay Singh Rawat, …

Bumps found at the LHC could be ‘signs of new particle’

A similar bump found four years ago, had led to the discovery of the Higgs boson

Fog can be deadly, says study

Fog water contains 20 times more monomethylmercury, the most neuro-toxic form of mercury, than rain water

CAG assesses performance of ministries

The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India had submitted 16 performance reports on various sectors to the Finance Ministry and they were tabled …