Airplanes face a growing risk of being hit by uncontrolled re-entries of rockets used to launch satellites
An aircraft in flight could be seriously damaged by just 300 grams of space debris impacting an engine, windshield or other critical surface
Life on Mars? NASA's Curiosity helps discover traces of ancient ocean
A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars, signifying a higher potential for life on …
How tech rebooted economics and platforms broke the invisible hand
Growing evidence and new research explain the evolution of economic diversity and the need to rethink monopolies in the age of technology
Fast radio bursts: The mystery deepens
Research by Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and Fast Radio Burst Project finds repeated pattern to FRBs
Red planet rumbles: NASA’s recordings of ‘marsquakes’ let us listen to the martian heartbeat
Sounds and vibrations are important, they tell us about the medium they’re travelling through
Yashpal wore many hats and fit them all
As a defender of the scientific temper, his major concern was the rise of irrationality even among the educated Indians
Yashpal: a people’s scientist
Instead of going in for easy option like importing equipment, Yashpal pushed the envelope and developed indigenously the technology for satellite …
Heat comes in from the cold
The unlit part of the crescent moon can help calculate Earth's temperature and measure greenhouse warming
Windows for the Third World
Scientists claim highly insulating windows called "Low-E (emissivity)" windows could save considerable amounts of power in developing countries.
A close encounter with Jupiter's secrets
Spacecraft Ulysses passed the largest planet in the solar system and picked up a rich haul of information before heading for the sun on its …
New stars on the horizon
An exciting new discovery might lead to a confirmation of the presence of the farthest known galaxy
Hay days forever!
A simple procedure helps in the conversion of surplus fodder during the monsoons into hay, which can help overcome fodder shortage in the summer …
Less fuel, more fire
A new research, currently in an experimental stage, could be the propelling force behind the future rocket
Spaceage goes to sea
Launch sites based at sea will offer a safer and cost-effective way for the flourishing satellite industry
The mysterious planets
Tadpole like objects in the Helix nebula, detected by the Hubble telescope, suggest the presence ofhitherto unseen objects in the universe
Soaring greener heights
Surrey University in the UK, specialising in satellite engineering, is developing a hybrid rocket motor that uses liquid and solid fuel, both of …
Drip as you trip
Patients hooked on to intravenous drug delivery systems have so far had to confine themselves to their beds. But a new portable infusion pump …
Byte by byte
To increase disk drive capacity, both silicon chips and magnetic-memory disks will have to get better
Precious mine
With the help of nickel and vitreous carbon, the industrial manufacture of diamonds becomes easier
On borrowed time
The Hubble telescope is slowly wearing out and efforts to repair it are on, alongwith preparations for its replacement
Distance dilemma
Are quasars near or far? Doubts appear as the astronomical calculator, red shift, is challenged
Space science, biology and politics
NASA hopes to solve its resource crunch by putting forward a case that uses space science for explaining the origins of life
Composition: critical
While the aircraft industry flies high with composites, one question nags engineers: are they really safe?
Challenge of the balance
When will scientists stop? The latest is the 'nanobalance', which would measure the mass of microorganisms and viruses
Y2K, and all that
Though India woke up late to the millennium bug, most large organisations seem on course to fix the problem
