108th Indian Science Congress: Research needed to ensure carbon capture tech is efficient, experts say

Directly Observed Short Course Therapy, vaccination can make India TB-free

COVID-19: Is India equipped to carry out clinical trials on vaccines?

The country does not have the animals for such pre-clinical trials

US study finds hundreds of thousands of nanoplastic particles in bottled drinking water

Each litre contained 110,000 to 370,000 particles, 90% of them smaller than microplastics

Taiwan dominates the world’s supply of computer chips — no wonder the US is worried

US wants to prevent China from exercising a global tech leadership role

Indo-US satellite NISAR to study Earth’s cryospheric changes, will help in natural resource, hazard management

The satellite's all-weather capability is particularly beneficial for monitoring regions like the Himalayas, where cloud cover can hinder data …

IMTech Chandigarh to start novel coronavirus genome sequencing

Two other institutes under CSIR already on the job

Painting it red! Striking ‘Blood Moon’ to eclipse skies Nov 8

Next total lunar eclipse to happen in 2025 

Must assess ethical, social and cultural risks of climate engineering along with climate action: UNESCO report

Urges countries in a geographic region to make agreements to avoid risks of unequal spatial distribution of effects

6 days to landing: Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander decouples successfully from main module

The spacecraft was launched on July 14 and is expected to touch down on August 23

NASA tweets audio of what a black hole sounds like — and it is super eerie

Space agency debunks popular misconception of no sound in space 

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will land on an asteroid to bring home rocks and dust – if it can avoid Mt. Doom

However, nothing ventured, nothing gained

COVID-19: Fishermen from Andhra stuck in Odisha as state declares ‘fishing holiday’

Fishermen begin to weave nets, another source of income for them

Powerful winds of change: Supportive policy, better tech help sector globally

As offshore wind energy is based on expensive technology, pilot projects need support

Scientists characterise a natural pathogenic fungi to help save eucalyptus forests from devastating pest

Eucalyptus snout beetle can cause great damage, but fungi could be used to develop a bio-pesticide for sustainable forestry

COVID-19: Distress calls from migrants reveal India’s digital divide

Communication between migrant workers, their family members has come to a standstill

More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble

Annual extent of winter sea ice has stopped increasing and now we have had two years of record lows

Livestock not susceptible to novel coronavirus: study

Ferrets, cats highly susceptible to being infected

Antibody injections could fight COVID-19 infections: An infectious disease expert explains the prospects

Antibodies are perhaps the safest type of therapy and have many important functions

COVID-19 changes platelets, says study. Why this is harmful

Altering blood platelets can raise risk of building up life-threatening clots

Coronavirus: Where do new viruses come from?

The first thing to know is that it is rare for viruses to jump between species

COVID-19: Around 45 mln pushed into global food insecurity, says FAO report

Around 33 million reside in South and South east Asia, remainder in sub-Saharan Africa

AI can see you

A sophisticated and frightening face-recognition algorithm being employed by technology firms could be the end of privacy as we know it

Simply Put: The mystery of Earthlings

Making jugaad a global success

Frugal innovation is the new concept that companies are adopting to take technology to developing countries

The brightest object in the universe is a black hole that eats a star a day

The accretion disc around J0529-4351 is seven light years across, is a gateway to a place of no return