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We need more mega-science projects, says CERN Director-General

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We need more mega-science projects, says CERN Director-General

Director-General of CERN, Mark Thomson. | Photo Credit: Vinaya Deshpande The world needs more mega-science projects, said Director-General of CERN, Mark Thomson, during his visit to Mumbai on Monday (August 31, 2026) for the India premiere of ‘The Peace Particle’, a documentary on CERN. The documentary was premiered at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research….

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Gaganyaan Episode 1: Why India’s Human Spaceflight Mission Matters | The Scope

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Gaganyaan Episode 1: Why India’s Human Spaceflight Mission Matters | The Scope

In the first episode of The Scope’s special series on Gaganyaan, we explore why India’s first human spaceflight mission is about much more than sending astronauts into orbit. Discover what Gaganyaan is, why human-rating a rocket is essential, how ISRO has prepared through years of testing, and why this mission could make India only the…

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Gaganyaan Episode 2: Why India Needs Special Rockets | The Scope

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Gaganyaan Episode 2: Why India Needs Special Rockets | The Scope

India’s LVM-3 has already launched satellites and carried Chandrayaan-3 towards the Moon. But carrying astronauts demands an entirely different level of safety. In Episode 2 of The Scope’s Gaganyaan — India’s Leap, we explore how ISRO is transforming the proven LVM-3 into the human-rated HLVM-3, with redundant systems, rigorous testing and a powerful Crew Escape…

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What two districts can teach India about dealing with rural waste

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What two districts can teach India about dealing with rural waste

On April 30, 2025, Bibhash Bormedhi looked on as a tonne of waste left Majuli on a boat across the Brahmaputra river. This was a first for the world’s largest river island. “This was the first time the waste from Majuli crossed the Brahmaputra, instead of being dumped into the river,” Mr. Bormedhi, Project Manager…

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New study captures Sun’s early warning signs before solar flares

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New study captures Sun’s early warning signs before solar flares

Abstract Illustration of an a Big Sun Star in Space | Photo Credit: rasslava In a new study, scientists have found small, short-lived brightenings in the Sun’s atmosphere that appear in the hours before a major solar flare erupts and cluster around the very spot where the flare later occurs. The study was carried out…

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How a star with an extreme magnetic field could prove space is not empty

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How a star with an extreme magnetic field could prove space is not empty

Quantum physics has made numerous strange predictions, and scientists have checked and confirmed many of them. But one of the strangest ones persists unresolved. In the 1930s, the German physicists Werner Heisenberg and Hans Heinrich Euler proposed that empty space is not really empty. Instead, they predicted that in the presence of a magnetic field,…

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Do mRNA tumour vaccines herald a new revolution in cancer treatment?

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Do mRNA tumour vaccines herald a new revolution in cancer treatment?

Not long ago, a diagnosis of advanced cancer left doctors with little more than symptom control and hope. Over the course of a few of decades, however, that picture changed dramatically. Chemotherapy delivered the first meaningful survival gains, though at a steep cost in side effects, a cost later softened by a new generation of…

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