Cosmic cliffs, galaxy group: 1st series of photos by James Webb Space Telescope
Sound of silence: How COVID-19 lockdowns help scientists
COVID-19 has made the planet less noisy, helping scientist
Is Coronavirus driving OTT consumption?
Shelving of the Indian Premier League is also expected to drive audience
Colour-changing ink that can bust fakes
The ink contains small amounts of what are called fluorophore particles
New algorithms can thwart Internet of Things attack on power grid
While one code will balance power supply, the other will cut short outages
Chandrayaan 2 lunar landing: Isro loses contact with lander Vikram
Lander performed as planned up to 2.1 km above the lunar surface during its descent
Mobile app supported system to better manage people at risk of cardio-vascular disease
Follow the Chinese way on high tech
Making universities the hub of innovation and churning out scientists adept in frontier technology has put China at the top
Union Budget 2024-25: Scientists disappointed over silence on National Research Foundation
Lack of transparency persists in proposed institution’s structure, governance
How 535 new fast radio bursts can help answer deep questions about the universe
Every newly captured event is allowing astrophysicists to learn more about weird cosmic phenomena; some astronomers have begun to use fast radio …
Environmental DNA-based assay to detect invasive catfish in waterbodies
North African Sharptooth catfish is one such species that was illegally introduced in India for aquaculture purposes
Researchers develop super-hydrophobic cotton for oil-spill cleanup
Both heavy and light oils can be effectively absorbed by a super-hydrophobic Cotton, developed by IIT-Guwahati, which is easy to prepare, cost-…
Want to delete your social media, but can’t bring yourself to do it? Here are some ways to take that step
A 2021 meta-analysis found a small positive association between depressive symptoms and social media use
It’s reassuring to think humans are evolution’s ultimate destination – but research shows we may be an accident
Modern biologists agree most complex organisms have become more complex over the last 4 billion years, disagree over the process that accounts …
Dianna Cowern: The Wonder Woman who teaches science
At a time of increasing scientific ignorance, Cowern has leapt highest wall of all — one between scientists and everyone else
DTE Coverage: Will India strike gold with Chandrayaan-3?
Chandrayaan-3 is expected to make a soft landing on the Moon in the fourth week of August
World past Holocene Epoch; Anthropocene began in 1950, say scientists
The Anthropocene Working Group proposes Crawford Lake near Toronto as a designated geological repository of evidence, marking the transition into …
First ever view of the Milky Way seen through the lens of neutrino particles
It’s the first time we have seen our galaxy “painted” with a particle, rather than in different wavelengths of light
Shipwrecks can teach us a lot. But the submersible incident is a warning: Experts to DTE
The shipwreck tourism industry in India is still very small and elite; but this could change
Missing Titanic sub: What are submersibles, how do they communicate and what may have gone wrong?
Submersibles are manned watercraft that move in a similar fashion to submarines, but within a much more limited range
Decentralised clean energy tech can impact 37 mn livelihoods in India’s agri, textile sectors: Study
Decentralised renewable energy technologies have a market potential worth Rs 4 lakh crore in India, notes study
Life: modern physics can’t explain it – but our new theory, which says time is fundamental, might
This is perhaps the most radical departure for physics of life from standard physics, but it may be the critical insight needed to explain what …
Evolution influences our physiology today. Here’s how
Neanderthal variant in Homo sapiens responsible for more live births, with a risk of premature delivery
ChatGPT threatens language diversity. More needs to be done to protect our differences in the age of AI
When writing tools prioritise one way of writing over another, they reinforce existing hierarchies that unfairly position Standard American …
On the move: Antarctic iceberg the size of Greater London breaks away
Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf has broken off into an iceberg of 1,550 aquare kilometre size. However, the event was expected and not linked to …