Current affair

Eyes wide open

Silver bullet

Impatience is the new life

Papain has a new source

The stuff of Cinderella's slippers

Stop replication

Viral genome reveals the way to check attacks on tassar

Science & Technology - Briefs

Night blooms

Plants change flowering traits to mark friend from foe  

See end to end

A new lens for radars to bring in more efficient communication  

Fear of asteroids is expensive

Unmanned space missions can be as helpful in garnering knowledge of outer space

A fibre for all seasons

The manufacturer of a newfibre claims that it combines the qualities of cotton and synthetics. But the price may not be right

Spy which loves nature

To record environmental trends US spy satellites will now be used for monitoring natural phenomena

Making power

Villagers in Pathanpara, Kerala, are no longer dependent on the state electricity board. Today, they have their own power generation system

Victim of changes

In a politically correct world, it is indeed surprising that the male cells enjoy an unabashed superiority when it comes to mutation

Sensing pressure using paper

This sensor is made of plain and corrugated cellulose papers coated with the chemical tin-monosulfide

Guess what NASA plans to buy? Gender-inclusive space suits

NASA had to cancel its first all-female space walk earlier March 2, 2019, as they didn't have enough space suits that fit two women

Scientists are using new satellite tech to find glow-in-the-dark milky seas of maritime lore

Compared with the old technology, viewing Day/Night Band imagery is like putting on glasses for the first time

‘Vapour on Venus will tell us if it’s alive’

More than two-and-a-half decades after its last missions to Venus, NASA has planned a trip to Earth’s nearest neighbour

Quantum computers: how they work

Scientists are achieving major breakthroughs in the construction of computers that will function in a totally new way

DTE in Indian Science Congress: chronic underfunding in this sector highlighted

PM Modi reposes faith in deep-rooted scientific tradition to help India quickly adapt to new realities

Indian patents make no dent in space

ISRO lags behind other space agencies in the patents it holds, a sign that it needs to ramp up technological prowess

Quantity v quality

Though India is churning out research papers at a higher rate, scientists are not celebrating as yet

Digital diagnosis: intelligent machines do a better job than humans

Humans can only do so much when it comes to diagnosing a patient. So why not let machines take over? They learn faster …

India close to solar energy breakthrough

Solar energy is free, but harnessing it using conventional crystalline silicon cells is expensive. Efforts in India to produce an efficient, low-…