ISRO’s new space company gets its first order
American space rideshare company Spaceflight bought payload slot on the first commercial launch of ISRO’s newest rocket, Small Satellite …
Surprise discovery for Indian scientists: nanosheets can also act as chemical reagents
Team from IIT Gandhinagar discovers that boron-rich nanosheets are chemical reagents too, with potential applications in energy storage devices …
Indian scientists find asthma drug useful in TB as well
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, found that an existing anti-asthma drug is effective against tuberculosis and can help address the …
'Pharmacy of the world' is in peril
In the past decade, India’s import of Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients and advanced intermediates used to manufacture formulations has …
सेब पर जलवायु परिवर्तन की मार
कुल्लू घाटी में किसान अब सेब के स्थान अनार, कीवी, टमाटर, मटर, फूलगोभी, बंदगोभी, ब्रोकोली फूलों की खेती बड़े पैमाने पर कर रहे हैं।
Hindu Kush Himalayan region contains 27% less ice than estimated: study
The region is expected to lose half of its present-day glacier area by 2060, says a study on world’s glaciers
Here is what Indian scientists achieved in 2018
Here is a collection of 15 such stories that gives a glimpse of important developments reported by Indian scientists during the year.
Startup shows how crop residue can generate useful products
Incubated in the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Kriya Labs can convert any agro-residue into paper, tableware, bioethanol or fabric
Massive exercise underway to map air pollution sources in Delhi
A group of scientists and students are braving heat and dust this summer in the national capital to map all possible sources of air pollution
India gets robotic telescope to keep an eye on dynamic cosmos
A new telescope will be commissionined at the Indian Astronomical Observatory at Hanle in Ladakh as part of an international network designed to …
Mortgaging our ecological future
A climate change narrative lost in rhetoric and catchy metaphors
Moving towards a planet-friendly diet
New study recommends more fruits and veggies, less red meat for a healthy, planet-friendly diet
पृथ्वी और खुद की सेहत के लिए भोजन की थाली में करें बदलाव
रेड मीट जैसे उत्पादों के सेवन में 50 प्रतिशत तक कमी लानी होगी, जबकि फलियां, मेवे, फल और सब्जियों की खपत में 100 फीसदी ...
Indian scientists discover how serotonin helps brain cells cope with stress
Mumbai-based scientists say the role of serotonin in regulating neuronal energetics was not known till now
How dust storms are adding to pollution woes of north India
Such storms lead to increase in surface ozone, particulate matter as well as harmful greenhouse gases
A solar water purifier, with a difference
Scientists at the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute at Phaltan in Maharashtra developed a solar water purifier, that does not require …
नेविगेशन प्रणाली नाविक के लिए बाधा बन सकते हैं वाई-फाई सिग्नल
एक ताजा अध्ययन से पता चला है कि नाविक उपग्रह से प्राप्त होने वाले सिग्नल रिसीवर्स में वाई-फाई के सिग्नल से बाधित हो सकते ...
New study questions Kerala flood link with climate change
Instead, the study says, the 2018 extreme precipitation and flood events might have been caused due to anomalous large-scale circulation features
भूजल दोहन की दोहरी मार
भूजल के अंधाधुंध दोहन से भूमिगत जल स्तर में तेजी से हो रही गिरावट के साथ-साथ कार्बन उत्सर्जन में भी बढ़ोतरी हो रही है
‘Virtual psychiatrist’ is effective in diagnosing mental disorders: study
The ‘virtual psychiatrist’ tool developed by Indian researchers can help address the problem of poor diagnosis and treatment of …
Experts demand ethical framework and standards for AI systems
Two-day international colloquium on ‘Ethics and Governance of Autonomous Al Systems for a Better World’
Big data may help get new clues on Alzheimer’s
Researchers develop a big data analytics framework to look for early diagnostic biomarkers of the disease
Obituary: Pushpa Mitra Bhargava, a conscientious scientist and advocate of scientific temper
In the death of Dr Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, India has lost one of the most vocal advocates of scientific temper and rationality in India
Healthy lifestyle can overcome genetic risk of heart disease: study
Subjects who followed a low-fat diet reported higher levels of good cholesterol despite carrying a gene shown to increase risk of diabetes, shows …
Deaths due to non-communicable diseases increased by 37 per cent since 1990
Kerala, Goa, and Tamil Nadu have the largest share of non-communicable diseases, according to the 2016 India State-level Disease Burden study