Research shows universe's first life was born on carbon planets

This work shows that even stars with a tiny fraction of the carbon in our solar system can host planets

When the sun flares up

During its active stage, the star spews tonnes of plasma that can disrupt satellites and power grids. Is the world ready to protect itself?

A monthly defence

A recent hypothesis contends that menstruation protects women against various uterine infections.

Cosmic radiations originate in earth's galaxy

Latest satellite observations provide an answer to the long-standing query: What is the source of cosmic rays -- high energy radiations -- that …

Fresh light illumines search for dark matter

New evidence has emerged for the existence of dark matter -- an invisible constituent of the universe that is believed to play a key role in the …

Industry wary of entering handicapped market

New, more efficient aids are being developed for the physically handicapped under a government project. The stumbling blocks, however, are the …

Seven-in-one

The highly laborious and time consuming process of sugarcane planting has been made simpler, thanks to a multiple-function device developed by …

Saved by a signal

Rescue operations in the high seas get a boost with the development of a new communication device

Graft craft

An artificial blood vessel, developed indigenously, would shortly undergo clinical trials on humans, heralding a new era in India's medical technology

Born in a dish

The birth of a mouse in a petri dish -the end result of the use of an effective technique to manipulate oocytes -heralds a new era in …

Papermaking at your doorstep

Although papermaking has traditionally been located in urban settings, technological innovations brought about by an NGO brings a new trade to …

Nature's laboratory

The ice cover almost 4.8 km thick is perhaps the most valuable feature of Antarctica, with its record of past atmospheres in the trapped air bubbles

Gas to liquid

A new physical process will help convert natural gas into liquid fuel, making it easier to transport

Look sharp

With the most powerful telescope in the world coming up in Chile, our view of the final frontier is sure to become larger and clearer

Hanging by a silk

It’s flexible yet tougher than a bullet-proof jacket. Are we anywhere near deciphering the fibre?

Celestial lab

Black hole found in the Milky Way to help decipher cosmos

Beam us up Scotty

Teleportation is no more a fantasy

A view into the past

A new galaxy sheds light on the origins of the universe

Unattractive magnet

Universe's age

Photocatalysts

Vaccine against Anthrax

New DNA-based vaccine protects mice against anthrax

The AIDS war plan

How HIV infects is now understood, brings researchers close to a cure

Core of a chromosome

The secret chromosome center, the root of many cancers, is sequenced

Black death unravelled

The plague bacterium genome is mapped