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Remembering Rosalind Franklin, whose photograph was crucial to discovering DNA’s structure

Remembering Rosalind Franklin, whose photograph was cru...

When the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1962 was announced, the names on that lis...

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Failure of atomic clock cripples ISRO’s NavIC system

Failure of atomic clock cripples ISRO’s NavIC system

At least four satellites are needed to keep NavIC functional, the government say...

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Pi Day 2026: significance of the mathematical constant π

Pi Day 2026: significance of the mathematical constant π

March 14 is celebrated globally as Pi Day as the first digits of the mathematica...

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Antibiotics can leave a long-term footprint on our gut microbiome: study

Antibiotics can leave a long-term footprint on our gut ...

Certain types of antibiotics can be linked to changes that last for four to eigh...

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What we call animals when they come together

What we call animals when they come together

Explore the fascinating terminology for groups of animals in this engaging scien...

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Electrifying industrial heat as a path to India’s thermal independence

Electrifying industrial heat as a path to India’s therm...

As the conflict between the United States and Iran intensifies, the Strait of Ho...

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Experts clash over HALEU-Th fuel for Indian nuclear reactors

Experts clash over HALEU-Th fuel for Indian nuclear rea...

Indian scientists and international experts are divided over a study questioning...

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LPG crisis: why it is important for India to electrify industrial heat

LPG crisis: why it is important for India to electrify ...

Concentrated solar thermal offers a renewable source of heat that also does not ...

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India-made app turns impaired speech into clear speech in near-realtime

India-made app turns impaired speech into clear speech ...

The delay is only a few hundred milliseconds, and the developers are now focusin...

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NASA clears its Artemis 2 moon rocket for April launch with four astronauts

NASA clears its Artemis 2 moon rocket for April launch ...

The rocket will be crewed by three American astronauts — mission commander Reid ...

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Groups to prevent human-elephant conflict linked to more elephant deaths

Groups to prevent human-elephant conflict linked to mor...

Anti-depredation squads were formed in villages to incentivise communities to jo...

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ISRO, AIIMS sign MoU for cooperation in space medicine and research

ISRO, AIIMS sign MoU for cooperation in space medicine ...

The memorandum aims to promote joint research aligned with ISRO’s priority areas...

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The Uncut Diamond: Book explores the life of pioneering physicist and meteorologist Anna Mani

The Uncut Diamond: Book explores the life of pioneering...

Researcher and writer Asha Gopinathan speaks about delving into the life of trai...

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Earth’s magnetic flips can last 70,000 years, new study finds

Earth’s magnetic flips can last 70,000 years, new study...

A weak field for 70,000 years could have exposed the atmosphere and surface life...

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Tamil Nadu needs more basic science funding to create green technology

Tamil Nadu needs more basic science funding to create g...

Although revenue spending on science and technology has risen in recent years, S...

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LPG crisis: India needs to electrify heat and win thermal independence

LPG crisis: India needs to electrify heat and win therm...

Concentrated solar thermal offers a renewable source of heat that also does not ...

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A seismic decision: On revision to India’s earthquake zoning, rollback

A seismic decision: On revision to India’s earthquake z...

India needs a holistic, implementable earthquake zoning framework

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The Rearview Podcast | PC Mahalanobis: India’s First Data Cruncher

The Rearview Podcast | PC Mahalanobis: India’s First Da...

In this episode, we explore PC Mahalanobis, the visionary statistician behind In...

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Scientists rewire bacteria to build ‘designer’ proteins on demand

Scientists rewire bacteria to build ‘designer’ proteins...

By engineering a protein called a ‘nutrient transporter’, scientists have found ...

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What is cheaper to cook with, LPG or induction?

What is cheaper to cook with, LPG or induction?

A gas flame is more inefficient because it loses nearly 60% of its heat to the s...

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Faunal survey in Kerala’s Vazhachal adds 26 species to checklist of wildlife division in Western Ghats

Faunal survey in Kerala’s Vazhachal adds 26 species to ...

Findings highlight rich biodiversity of key corridor in Western Ghats. Survey wa...

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We now know why some people had severe blood clots after COVID shots

We now know why some people had severe blood clots afte...

For years, the mechanism behind VITT cast a shadow over adenoviral vector vaccin...

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With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in 'moon dirt'

With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas ...

Researchers at Texas A&M University demonstrate the potential for sustainable lu...

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Asteroid YR4 will miss the moon, too, NASA says

Asteroid YR4 will miss the moon, too, NASA says

For several months, orbital models suggested a small but notable chance that the...

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HALEU-Thorium fuel unsuitable for Indian nuclear reactors: study

HALEU-Thorium fuel unsuitable for Indian nuclear reacto...

The proponents of ANEEL, a new type of nuclear fuel, have suggested it can be dr...

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Four astronomy facilities announced in Union Budget to cost ₹3,500 crore, to be completed over a period of three to 13 years

Four astronomy facilities announced in Union Budget to ...

IIA Director Professor Annapurni Subramaniam informed that the projects will be ...

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India’s Project Cheetah must stop importing big cats, say scientists

India’s Project Cheetah must stop importing big cats, s...

Conservationists believe the new batch of African cheetahs, brought from Botswan...

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Daily Quiz: On firebombings of World War II

Daily Quiz: On firebombings of World War II

The worst damage a weapon can inflict in a war need not be nuclear. The firebomb...

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UV camera snaps treetops glowing as thunderstorm passed overhead

UV camera snaps treetops glowing as thunderstorm passed...

Researchers have captured the first direct evidence of coronae in the wild as th...

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