Science and Technology

100th launch from India’s space port Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota scheduled for January-end

The Hindu:Science - 24/01/2025
The GSLV-F15 with indigenous cryogenic stage will place NVS-02 satellite in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit

IIT Madras director V. Kamakoti’s comments on cow urine | Fact-check

The Hindu:Science - 24/01/2025
The Hindu spoke to researchers and scientists about these claims and research papers

Space telescopes stumble on rule-breaking black hole in early universe

The Hindu:Science - 23/01/2025
LID-568, a black hole that existed just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, was found feeding on a cloud of matter at almost 40-times faster than the upper limit

ISRO dispatches crew module for first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan

The Hindu:Science - 22/01/2025
Gaganyaan will be ISRO’s first attempt to acquire human spaceflight capabilities.

Wuhan keen to shake off pandemic label five years on

The Hindu:Science - 22/01/2025
One of the few remaining public commemorations of the lockdown is next door to the abandoned Huoshenshan Hospital

In breakthrough, scientists find pressure sensor in fat tissue

The Hindu:Science - 22/01/2025
Gautam Menon, a professor at Ashoka University who studies how cells sense and respond to mechanical forces, called it ‘a major discovery’. It has also kicked up a new mystery. As its co-discoverer and 2021 Nobel laureate Ardem Patapoutian remarked, what could the biological sensor be sensing in fat?

DRDO conducts key test in scramjet technology development

The Hindu:Science - 21/01/2025
Hypersonic missiles are a class of weapons that travel at speeds greater than Mach 5 - five times the speed of sound or more than 5,400 km/hr

Builders study LA homes that survived blazes

The Hindu:Science - 21/01/2025
Architects and contractors are using newer materials and techniques in roofing, walls, and windows to keep buildings standing

Newfound nerve-muscle crosstalk means exercise can help neurons grow

The Hindu:Science - 21/01/2025
While the effects of exercise on our physical health are widely recognised, researchers hadn’t explored the specific impact of exercise on neurons

Ancient DNA suggests women were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain

The Hindu:Science - 20/01/2025
Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery in southern Britain shows women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage

Indian cryptography research gears up to face the quantum challenge

The Hindu:Science - 20/01/2025
Areas where Indian researchers are working extensively include communication complexity, proof complexity, and algebraic coding theory

Invasive water hyacinth threatens fishers’ livelihoods on popular Kenyan lake

The Hindu:Science - 19/01/2025
Water hyacinth was first sighted on Kenya’s popular Lake Naivasha about 10 years ago

23 species of blood-sucking flies recorded in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

The Hindu:Science - 19/01/2025
These insects, 13 species of which have been reported in India for the first time, are more like mosquitoes in their feeding habits

Is the MBTI test just a trend or a real science?

The Hindu:Science - 19/01/2025
Have you ever wondered if you’re an introvert or an extrovert? To find out, there are hundreds of personality quizzes available online. One of the most popular tests/quizzes that claims to reveal one’s true personality is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). But with its immensely increasing popularity, one might wonder — is the MBTI test scientifically correct or just another online personality quiz? Let’s find out!

The man who bridged the skies and the seas

The Hindu:Science - 18/01/2025
January 18, 1911 will forever remain etched in the history of naval aviation. It was on this day that aviation pioneer Eugene Burton Ely accomplished the first successful landing and take-off from a naval vessel, marking the birth of naval aviation. A.S.Ganesh brings you the short, eventful life of Ely, the man who demonstrated that the skies and the seas could in fact be joined…

COVID-19 vaccines fail to alter neuro symptoms of Long COVID

The Hindu:Science - 18/01/2025
While vaccination decreases the severity of acute COVID-19 and the rate of hospitalisation and death, it does not alter the subsequent neurologic manifestations of Long COVID

ISRO carries out demonstration of restarting Vikas liquid engine

The Hindu:Science - 18/01/2025
The space agency said the Vikas engine is the workhorse that powers the liquid stages of its launch vehicles.

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