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ISRO's analogue space mission kicks off at Ladakh's Leh

01/11/2024
The analogue space mission will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat to tackle the challenges of a base station beyond Earth

What are melanistic tigers? | Explained

01/11/2024
Odisha has moved a tigress from Maharashtra to its Similipal to address the increasing number of pseudo-melanistic tigers

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Drones

31/10/2024
This week’s Sci-Five quiz is on drones.

Rohini Godbole: a passion for high-energy physics, gender equity

31/10/2024
Prof Godbole was a role model for young researchers, particularly women scientists struggling against gender bias and negative attitudes

Astronomers just found complex carbon molecules in space – a step closer to deciphering the origins of life

30/10/2024
A new study shows that complex organic molecules (with carbon and hydrogen) likely existed in the cold, dark gas cloud that gave rise to our Solar System.

Stoneflies change colour in response to deforestation, suggesting humans can alter evolution

30/10/2024
So far, researchers have observed fewer clear-cut examples of human-induced evolution in the wild than one might imagine.

China launches Shenzhou-19 spaceship; new crew has arrived at space station in sign of growing influence in space field

30/10/2024
The team of two men and one woman will replace the astronauts who have lived on the Tiangong space station for the last six months, conducting a variety of experiments and maintaining the structure

Study offers clues to why COVID-19 vaccine protection wanes quickly

30/10/2024
While most vaccines generate memory B-cells, not all of them turn into long-lasting plasma cells, and herein lies the rub

Science and technology key to raising India’s profile in the world, says CSIR chief

29/10/2024
Over 70,000 undergraduate, postgraduate and M.Phil students given degrees in absentia and 520 Ph.D candidates, including 90 gold medal-winners, receive their degrees in person

Insulin’s new upgrade: Can it truly prevent blood sugar lows?

29/10/2024
Preclinical studies of an insulin candidate named NNC2215 have shown promise; this smart insulin can alter its own activity in response to glucose concentration in the body

NIAB scientists working on next generation vaccine against ‘Leptospirosis’

29/10/2024
One million cases of human leptospirosis are reported every year resulting in an estimated 60,000 deaths, while vaccination is a cost-effective and secure preventive measure to combat this disease, the current killed vaccine only provides short-term immunity specific to certain strains of the zoonotic disease, say scientists

Medicinal foods: A missing category on the regulator’s plate

29/10/2024
When medicinal foods are regulated as foods, they are subjected to lower efficacy and safety standards than if they were medicines, putting consumers at risk

What are carbon credits?

28/10/2024
Possessing one carbon credit gives you a licence to emit 1,000 kg of carbon dioxide

When AI changes the way we do science, will we understand the results?

28/10/2024
Letting AI shape the future of science may undermine hard-won progress in getting science to build public trust

Sustainability science for FMCGs

28/10/2024
FMCGs should be a priority target sector for ANRF, the new public-private partnership initiative, and the BioE3 policy of the government

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