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  • G20: Two-day Science-20 Inception Meeting set to get underway in Puducherry today Jan 30, 2023 10:06 AM IST

    G20: Two-day Science-20 Inception Meeting set to get underway in Puducherry today

    Indonesia and Brazil are the Troika members along with India, the host nation. The two-day meeting to be held on Monday and Tuesday will focus on scientific and technology aspects that would help the growth of nations.

  • Human activity degraded more than a third of remaining Amazon forest: Study Jan 28, 2023 04:43 PM IST

    Human activity degraded more than a third of remaining Amazon forest: Study

    In a projection made by the team for 2050, the four degradation factors will continue to be major sources of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, regardless of the growth or suppression of deforestation of the forest.

  • Science in India should be aimed at making India self-reliant: PM Modi at ISC Jan 03, 2023 11:44 AM IST

    Science in India should be aimed at making India self-reliant: PM Modi at ISC

    Development in science should be aimed at fulfilling India's needs, and this should be the inspiration for our scientific community, he said in his address to the Indian Science Congress, being held in Nagpur, via video conferencing.

  • Yearender 2022 | A look at how the year was for science Dec 28, 2022 05:02 PM IST

    Yearender 2022 | A look at how the year was for science

    The year 2022 has seen some of the key developments and breakthroughs in science. From images of unseen universe to breakthrough in Alzheimer's treatments. Let’s take a look at some…

  • James Cameron: Filmmaker extraordinaire or intrepid explorer? Dec 11, 2022 04:31 PM IST

    James Cameron: Filmmaker extraordinaire or intrepid explorer?

    Cameron holds the record for the deepest a human being has ever dived in the ocean; with 'Avatar: The Way of Water', he hopes to inspire the next generation of discoverers by introducing viewers to the wonders of the ocean.

  • A promising trial targets a genetic risk for Alzheimer’s Dec 05, 2022 04:59 PM IST

    A promising trial targets a genetic risk for Alzheimer’s

    In a bold attempt to stop the progress of some cases of Alzheimer’s disease, a group of researchers is trying something new: injecting a protective gene into patients’ brains.

  • Cambridge university publishes surviving Charles Darwin correspondence online Nov 26, 2022 04:51 PM IST

    Cambridge university publishes surviving Charles Darwin correspondence online

    The entire collection covers more than 15,000 letters written between 1822 and 1882

  • 'World's oldest meal' discovered by scientists. Why it matters Nov 26, 2022 04:03 PM IST

    'World's oldest meal' discovered by scientists. Why it matters

    A team from the Australian National University shares some astonishing new insights.

  • Indonesia, Turkey, China, Mexico, Afghanistan: Why So Many Earthquakes? | World News Nov 26, 2022 12:23 PM IST

    Indonesia, Turkey, China, Mexico, Afghanistan: Why So Many Earthquakes? | World News

    News of an earthquake in some part of the world is popping up every now and then… But why is it so? Is the frequency of earthquakes really rising? Or it is just a temporary cluster? Find out every detail in this video!

  • Siddhartha Mukherjee's 'The Song of The Cell' book review: What connects all life forms Nov 20, 2022 07:47 AM IST

    Siddhartha Mukherjee's 'The Song of The Cell' book review: What connects all life forms

    Siddhartha Mukherjee's new book, a deep-dive into the mysteries and marvels of the tiny biological cell, is a monumental addition to the small but solid genre of medical non-fiction.

  • Climate change contributed to deadly West African floods, scientists find Nov 17, 2022 06:22 PM IST

    Climate change contributed to deadly West African floods, scientists find

    The floods, which killed more than 600 people in Nigeria and more than 200 in Niger and Chad, were the consequence of an extremely wet rainy season.

  • How science can fix a different oil imbalance in India Nov 02, 2022 07:20 AM IST

    How science can fix a different oil imbalance in India

    There is, however, another imported oil the South Asian nation is addicted to: the one used for cooking. Indian kitchens spend $19 billion annually on Indonesian palm, Ukrainian sunflower and Argentinian soybean oil.

  • APJ Abdul Kalam’s birthday | Anand Mahindra shares his favourite photo of him: ‘Eyes looking into future’ Oct 15, 2022 04:57 PM IST

    APJ Abdul Kalam’s birthday | Anand Mahindra shares his favourite photo of him: ‘Eyes looking into future’

    APJ Abdul Kalam: India's former president and renowned scientist was born on October 15, 1931.

  • Svante Pääbo wins Nobel Prize 2022 in Physiology or Medicine Oct 03, 2022 03:07 PM IST

    Svante Pääbo wins Nobel Prize 2022 in Physiology or Medicine

    Svante Pääbo has been given the top honour “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution", an official statement said.

  • Book review: The whys have it Sep 10, 2022 10:01 AM IST

    Book review: The whys have it

    In seven quick chapters, scientist Justin Gregg unpacks how humans are 'why' specialists, and why we would do well not to consider our intelligence superior to other animals'.

  • This Jellyfish Can Live Forever. Its Genes May Tell Us How. Sep 07, 2022 07:17 PM IST

    This Jellyfish Can Live Forever. Its Genes May Tell Us How.

    These miniature jellyfish, known as Turritopsis dohrnii, wave and grasp with their pale tentacles, bringing plankton to their mouths, as do many other jellyfish species adrift in the glowing water.

  • IISc's virus like particle may lead to new COVID-19 vaccine Aug 30, 2022 06:20 PM IST

    IISc's virus like particle may lead to new COVID-19 vaccine

    Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore have created and tested a brand-new COVID-19 vaccine candidate that resembles the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

  • Two-thirds of Delhi govt schools not teaching science in classes 11-12: RTI Aug 28, 2022 05:14 PM IST

    Two-thirds of Delhi govt schools not teaching science in classes 11-12: RTI

    The Education Department of the Delhi government gave the information in response to an application filed under the Right To Information (RTI) Act on behalf of PTI. The RTI sought information on the number of Delhi government schools teaching science and commerce subjects in classes 11 and 12 as well as the number of new schools opened by the government between February 2015 and May 2022 in the city.

  • Some Monkeys Use Stone Tools for Pleasure, Study Suggests Aug 27, 2022 04:58 PM IST

    Some Monkeys Use Stone Tools for Pleasure, Study Suggests

    The study is based on observations of a population of free-ranging, long-tailed macaques that live in or near the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, a Balinese town in Indonesia, where the animals regularly receive food from humans.

  • The Juicy Secrets of Stars That Eat Their Planets Aug 19, 2022 06:50 PM IST

    The Juicy Secrets of Stars That Eat Their Planets

    Stars come in many varieties, including simmering dwarfs and brilliant hypergiants. The life expectancy and ultimate fate of a star — and, therefore, any planets orbiting it — is tied to its mass: Red dwarfs may live for trillions of years, whereas massive stars blow up within a few million.

  • Gujarat govt announces Semiconductor Policy, offers incentives for investment in sector Jul 27, 2022 03:43 PM IST

    Gujarat govt announces Semiconductor Policy, offers incentives for investment in sector

    Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel unveiled the 'Gujarat Semiconductor Policy’, will remain in force till 2027, state Science and Technology Minister Jitu Vaghani said in a statement.

  • Depression is probably not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain – new study Jul 24, 2022 06:41 AM IST

    Depression is probably not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain – new study

    If you’re taking antidepressants, it’s very important you don’t stop doing so without speaking to your doctor first. But people need all this information to make informed decisions.

  • Tech Mahindra, Mahindra University to set up lab for Metaverse, quantum computing Jul 23, 2022 06:03 PM IST

    Tech Mahindra, Mahindra University to set up lab for Metaverse, quantum computing

    In order to establish a new "Makers Lab" for research and development in quantum computing, explainable artificial intelligence, and the Metaverse,Tech Mahindra and Mahindra University have signed a memorandum of understanding.

  • 6 ways governments drive innovation and how they can help post-pandemic resilience Jul 17, 2022 11:01 AM IST

    6 ways governments drive innovation and how they can help post-pandemic resilience

    Policymakers and leaders in science and industry are pinning their hopes on further innovation to drive economic recovery.

  • US, Russian astronauts will ride each other's rockets again Jul 15, 2022 09:59 PM IST

    US, Russian astronauts will ride each other's rockets again

    U.S. astronaut Frank Rubio will launch to the space station from Kazakhstan with two Russians in September. That same month, Russian cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, will join two Americans and one Japanese aboard a SpaceX rocket flying from Florida.