Gene transfer enhances insect survival, says study
Gene transfer might have helped in the development of better traits in mating, nutrition, growth and adaptation
Life on Internet: Why people are turning to AI for creating artwork
Behind the scenes of artifical intelligence model Craiyon that has taken the Internet by storm
Cicadas could hold the secret to self-cleaning surfaces – new study
Cicadas have a fascinating trick up their sleeves that keeps their wings spotless without any effort
Did our mammal ancestors live alongside dinosaurs? New research hopes to end long-running debate
Placental mammals co-existed with dinosaurs for several million years; they have soared since to become the most dominant animals on Earth
DTE Coverage: Here is what happened at the 108th Indian Science Congress
From the quality of Indian scientific research to women in science, the event focussed on several issues
India is patently way behind on 5G
Policy blocks and poor vision have held up 5G in India, while China’s breakthroughs are helping to set global standards
International Women’s Day: Female biologists bring much-needed perspective to science
Scientific fields have not only overlooked female researchers, but have also overlooked research into female biology, both of humans and animals
Marsquakes: InSight lander shows active faults in the planet’s crust
It successfully managed to use a robot arm to place a seismometer on ground clear of landing platform, then cover it with a wind & thermal shield
New, reusable masks may help meet COVID-19 demand
The silicone rubber new masks can be sterilised for repeated use and have an N95 filter
2020 Nobel Prize in physics for work on black holes: An astrophysicist explains trailblazing discoveries
At the singularity, our conceptions of space, time and matter fall apart; resolving this issue is perhaps the biggest open problem in theoretical …
Astronomers used machine learning to mine data from South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope: What they found
MeerKAT is an array of 64 large antenna dishes that uses radio signals from space to study the evolution of the universe
Seeing fewer stars? LEDs might be increasing light pollution
New lighting technologies might have increased it by 10% every year in last decade, finds study
On 3 decades of Pale Blue Dot, Nasa cleans up iconic image
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Nasa published a new version of image taken by Voyager 1 on its 30th anniversary
Four volcanic hotspots in the Solar System
Venus is far from the only world beyond Earth to exhibit signs of volcanic activity
Five space exploration missions to look out for in 2023
Jupiter's icy moons, asteroid exploration on the cards
Countries bet big on nuclear energy to explore deep space
From fuel to outer space power plants, the world is developing different usages of nuclear energy to explore space
NASA offers insight on supernova that may have been alluded to in ‘Hamlet’
450-year-old supernova’s shockwave still apparent; was visible to humans on Earth in 1572
South America’s High Andes may pay for the world’s ‘green’ electric vehicle switch
Global rush to decarbonising cars is overlooking lithium mining techniques, which might dry out the region
Science and technology to get over Rs 16,000 crore in Budget 2023-24, experts say not enough
Slight jump over last year’s allocation of Rs 14,217 crore; does not account for inflation or foster research ecosystem
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in Pune helps detect atomic hydrogen from far-away galaxy
Finding opens up exciting new possibilities for probing the cosmic evolution of neutral gas with low-frequency radio telescopes
Industry 4.0: Smaller Indian firms need policy boost to catch up
Scale and skill two major challenges for MSMEs
Researchers find what happens when the sun goes to sleep
Magnetic activity stays low during grand solar minima phases, which can last decades to centuries
Astronomers detect biggest collision of ‘impossible’ black holes
The mammoth collision of two black holes formed another one 150 times the mass of the sun
No COVID-19 vaccine before 2021, Centre puts out then deletes
Sentence in question inadvertently included: PIB official; Things are contextual, says author of original article
Machine language
The past few years have seen a spurt in AI tools that can write. Will future books be composed by computers? How does this development threaten …