Category: Science

Science

Inside a scientific experiment that transformed skin cells into embryo-forming eggs

Posted on By admin
Inside a scientific experiment that transformed skin cells into embryo-forming eggs

For millions battling infertility, the effortless miracle of procreation is a punishing ordeal of tests, treatments and trials, often chipping away not just at their finances, but also their sense of self. Researching embryos and embryo-like models is therefore critical to peering into the earliest moments of human development to understand why conceptions fail. A…

Read More “Inside a scientific experiment that transformed skin cells into embryo-forming eggs” »

Science

2025 ICTP Prize awarded to Titas Chanda, Sthitadhi Roy

Posted on By admin
2025 ICTP Prize awarded to Titas Chanda, Sthitadhi Roy

Titas Chanda (left) and Sthitadhi Roy. | Photo Credit: International Centre for Theoretical Physics The 2025 ICTP Prize has been awarded to Titas Chanda of IIT-Madras and Sthitadhi Roy of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru, the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) has said. A statement said the award “recognises the winners’ exceptional…

Read More “2025 ICTP Prize awarded to Titas Chanda, Sthitadhi Roy” »

Science

ISRO lines up 7 launches, including uncrewed Gaganyaan mission by March 2026

Posted on By admin
ISRO lines up 7 launches, including uncrewed Gaganyaan mission by March 2026

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters ISRO has lined up seven launch missions by March next year, including one to demonstrate home-built electric propulsion systems for satellite and quantum key distribution technologies, and the first uncrewed mission of the Gaganyaan project. The first of the seven launches is expected to take…

Read More “ISRO lines up 7 launches, including uncrewed Gaganyaan mission by March 2026” »

Science

How mangroves’ cells helps plants survive in saltwater

Posted on By admin
How mangroves’ cells helps plants survive in saltwater

Given so much of the world’s population lives along coasts, mangroves’ functions directly benefit many people. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Saltwater would kill most plants, but it cannot fell the ancient mangroves species distinct for their giant stilt roots. So how do they survive on brine? International researchers and authors of a new paper…

Read More “How mangroves’ cells helps plants survive in saltwater” »

Science

‘Publication retractions from India have skyrocketed since 2022’

Posted on By admin
‘Publication retractions from India have skyrocketed since 2022’

Achal Agrawal, founder of India Research Watch. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Achal Agrawal founded the India Research Watch (IRW) after his observations of grave academic misconduct in India. Dr. Agrawal, now a freelance data scientist in Raipur, told scientific journal Nature how shocked he was when a student spoke casually of using software to…

Read More “‘Publication retractions from India have skyrocketed since 2022’” »

Science

Science Quiz: Remembering Max Born, quantum physics architect

Posted on By admin
Science Quiz: Remembering Max Born, quantum physics architect

Visual: Max Born was the maternal grandfather of this celebrated musician and actor. Name her. | Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi Q: Max Born was the maternal grandfather of this celebrated musician and actor. Name her. A: Olivia Newton-John Q: Max Born made many contributions to quantum theory. This said, he was awarded the Nobel Prize…

Read More “Science Quiz: Remembering Max Born, quantum physics architect” »

Science

Why human-rating matters as India prepares for Gaganyaan

Posted on By admin
Why human-rating matters as India prepares for Gaganyaan

As India moves closer to flying astronauts as part of Gaganyaan, human-rating has emerged as a central but oft-unseen part of the story. Launch vehicles like LVM-3 already fly satellites safely but carrying people demands a lower tolerance for risk and a different way of thinking about failure. What’s the definition of human-rating? Human-rating is…

Read More “Why human-rating matters as India prepares for Gaganyaan” »

Science

NASA loses contact with MAVEN spacecraft after a decade in Mars orbit

Posted on By admin
NASA loses contact with MAVEN spacecraft after a decade in Mars orbit

This illustration provided by NASA depicts the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars. | Photo Credit: AP NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Also Read | MAVEN beams first images from Martian atmosphere Maven abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations…

Read More “NASA loses contact with MAVEN spacecraft after a decade in Mars orbit” »

Science