International Day for Biological Diversity 2020: Why viruses are necessary
Possible solution to antimicrobial resistance, organ protection are some beneficial roles viruses play
Union Budget 2020-21: Quantum computing gets funds
Rs 8,000 crore over 5 years may go some way to help Indian researchers catch up with a dast-evolving global scene
Where did Chandrayaan-1 leave us?
Before India achieves the feat of soft landing on the Moon, let’s look at what the first mission attained and how the second will be different
Understanding the cosmos: Bizarre flash of light traced back to kilonova a billion light years away
Odd behaviour by gamma ray burst breaks long-held traditional paradigm
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
Blasting out Earth’s location with the hope of reaching aliens is a controversial idea – two teams of scientists are doing it anyway
Two international teams of astronomers are planning new attempts at alien communication; one is using a giant new radio telescope, and the …
Aditya successfully lifts off from Sriharikota to study the sun, space weather
The spacecraft will travel 1.5 million km to reach Lagrange point 1, a point in space where the gravitation pulls of Earth and the Sun are in …
The ‘weird’ male Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced. Can we now understand how it works & how it evolved?
Y chromosome bears genes that determine maleness and make sperm — but it’s also small and seriously weird
Photos: James Webb reveals intricate networks of gas, dust in nearby galaxies
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are getting their first look at star formation, gas and dust in nearby galaxies with …
AVRA Technology Award–2021 presented to Bharat Biotech chairman
Need to create an ecosystem where India innovates and not copies, says awardee Krishna M Ella
Peninsular India may get locusts after 46 years. Blame the wind
The pests are being carried into the region by the southern branch of winds entering India north of the Western Ghats
COVID-19: Lucknow lab to sequence SARS-CoV-2 strains
The research lab has inked an MoU with King George’s Medical University
ESA’s JUICE mission will soon start unlocking the secrets of Jupiter’s icy moons
Six space missions to look forward to in 2021
From Artemis 1 to Chandrayaan 3, here are some missions to keep an eye out for
Jupiter’s moon Europa produces less oxygen than we thought — it may affect our chances of finding life there
Although Europa boasts three basic ingredients for life –we don’t yet know if there has been enough time for life to develop
SERB calls for applications under ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ scheme
Accelerate Vigyan strives to provide a big push to high-end scientific research, prepare scientific workforce
A mysterious ring on a dwarf planet is puzzling astronomers
Quaoar, which revolves the Sun beyond Neptune, has a ring that is too far out according to current theories
New reactor powered by sun can convert plastic, CO2 into fuel
Cambridge researchers find way to turn PET plastic bottles and carbon dioxide into sustainable fuels like CO, syngas or formate
Artemis: Why it may be the last mission for NASA astronauts
Within the next few decades, robotic exploration of Mars could be almost entirely autonomous
UK, South African, Brazilian: A virologist explains each COVID-19 variant, what they mean for the pandemic
The take-home message is that variants will emerge, and we need to closely monitor their spread
Indian genome sequences: 32 variations found unique
Results from the extensive computation analysis of 1,029 sequenced genomes from India were published earlier this week
COVID-19: Can antigen test be a game-changer?
Unlike commonly available COVID-19 tests that use polymerase chain reaction, antigen diagnostics work by quickly detecting fragments of virus in …
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
Venus’ volcanoes may be active, show decades-old radar images
NASA Magellan spacecraft captured images of Venus from 1990-1992
Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide & methane in atmosphere of alien world
Chemical traces have been found in atmosphere of planet K2-18b, about 124 light-years from Earth