Noise enfolded
Muffling the sound made by a supersonic jet during take-off could bring calm to areas where air traffic is high
Looking for life
The rightplace to look for extraterrestrial life is not planets of other solar systems but their moons
The physical Net
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Love Thy Planet: That is the key takeaway from the news that Earth’s inner core has stopped turning
This might be the planet’s way of telling us that it is our only home in the vast universe
Are you interested in the weather and its impact on nature? Here’s a career for you
Biometeorology is highly interdisciplinary and involves working with several different types of professionals
Offering long-distance lessons to fight lockdown disruptions
An educational non-profit virtually connects rural children with teachers who can instruct in their native language
Book calls for a rethink of capitalism amid the ravages of COVID-19
What is needed, Goldin believes, is a fundamental rethinking of capitalism. Big government and the activist state is back, he says
Day and night aren’t equal length on an equinox — here’s why
The lengths of the day and night aren’t quite the same, and there are two reasons for this
Portal to provide all-inclusive information on SERB sanctioned projects
Portal expected to work as a comprehensive tool to help forge stronger scientist-scientist and science-society connections
Keep calm, but don’t just carry on: how to deal with China’s mass surveillance of thousands of Australians
Australia needs to adopt recommendations by law reform inquiries and establish a national right to privacy
This new protein may help diabetes patients with fractures
Diabetes patients are more susceptible to bone fractures and take longer than usual to heal
Bengaluru ready for 107th India Science Congress
The event is a major focal point for scientists, researchers and academicians interested in various aspects of science discoveries and …
Is Artificial Intelligence excluding Indian women smartphone users?
Making the effort to create solutions that take a gender lens to solution design, can aid digital inclusion for Indian women
This amino acid can help mung bean plants withstand heat stress
Researchers have found that reproductive functions of bean plants reduced upon heat stress and that this damage could be reversed by application …
The story of how Cambridge bounced back
A simple tale of how one of the world’s greatest centres of knowledge got to where it is today
A Neanderthal tooth discovered in Serbia reveals human migration history
The Neanderthals were a group of ancient humans who lived in western Eurasia during the Pleistocene epoch
Smart tech will only work for women when the fundamentals for its uptake are in place
If we want to tackle the underlying causes of gender inequality, to build smart and innovate for change, then technology is good
Scientists see link between oxidative stress and neurological disorders
A gene known to play a role in neurological disorders, is also involved in mitigating oxidative stress-induced cell death in brain cells, they find
NASA’s TESS confirms 3 new exoplanets
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), in its search for extra-terrestrial life, recently confirmed the their existence
What would it mean to decolonise palaeontology? Here are some ideas
Nobody knows what decolonised palaeontology will look like but part of it must acknowledge Africa’s original fossil hunters, without&…
Immortality is mathematically impossible, new research finds
A mathematical equation has proven that controlling one of the two major changes in a cell—decay or cancerous growth—enhances the …
In a surprise, scientists find that arthritis drug may treat stomach cancer too
Anti-arthritis drug can be used to kill a bacterium responsible for stomach-related problems ranging from chronic gastritis and ulcers to cancer
Technology to generate electricity from water without any energy ready for takeoff
The innovation is now ready for next stage of development and awaiting government's support.
Government launches scheme to attract distinguished scientists from abroad
The objective is to utilise specialised knowledge and technical skills of overseas scientists, including non-resident Indians, people of Indian …
Making sense of sexual swings
Is your sexual preference only a result of your genes or do environment and culture also influence it?