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The announcement was made as Imperial’s president joins a U.K. delegation led by the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is making his first official visit to India. | Photo: Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS The Imperial College, London, has partnered with Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB) to co-develop open research facilities, boost U.K.-India and global talent…
Daily Quiz | On Kepler’s Supernova Johannes Kepler’s original drawing from his book ‘De Stella Nova in pede Serpentarii’ (1606) depicting the location of the stella nova. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | In which constellation did SN 1604 occur? 2 / 6 | What type of supernova was SN 1604 classified as? 3…
Amanda Wolthuizen, Vice-President (Strategic Engagement) at Imperial College Londong along with Jahnavi Phalkey, Founding Director at Science Gallery, Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Imperial College London and Science Gallery Bengaluru (SGB) have announced a partnership to facilitate the exchange of talent and knowledge with the development of new facilities, a joint fellowship programme, and…
Conservation scientists are sounding warning bells over ‘stealth invader’ species that they say are destroying local biodiversity and changing landscapes. This has in turn posed a chicken-and-egg dilemma for researchers: should they wait to document the effects of all invasive alien species in India and then prepare a conservation plan or should they conduct the…
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This undated image provided by the University of California, Berkeley, shows Omar Yaghi, who was one of three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. | Photo Credit: AP Born into a family of Palestinian refugees in Jordan with little schooling, Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) paid tribute to science’s…
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Heiner Linke (left), Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, explains a model as Hans Ellegren (centre), Secretary General of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Olof Ramstroem, Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, listen during a press conference on the announcement of the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at…
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Susumu Kitagawa (Japan), Richard Robson (UK), Omar M. Yaghi (USA). Image courtesy: X/@NobelPrize (©Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is being awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday (October 8, 2025)….
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The newly discovered species (from left): Zeuxine seetharamii; Oberonia marnkuliensis; Parasopubia gorensis, and Utricularia kumtensis. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement A team of researchers led by botanist Prof. K. Kotresha from Karnatak Science College, Dharwad, has discovered four news species of plants in the Western Ghats of Karnataka during floristic explorations. According to a release…
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One must never underestimate the power of technology in impacting society. Today, the revolution of AI has been making our lives easier, but over centuries ago, one machine not only came to be a technological breakthrough, but also geared society to where it is today — democratised education, individual thinking, and communication on a mass…
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If you have studied almost any European language, you will have noticed words that felt oddly familiar. French mort (dead) recalls English murder. German Hund (dog) is a dead ringer for hound. Czech sestra resembles English sister. No prizes for guessing the meaning of Albanian kau (it’s actually ox). You might have wondered: could these…
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