The ingredients of India’s biopharma ambitions
The headlines focus mainly on breakthroughs in curing diseases; the infrastructure needed to enable that research gets little attention except in times of crisis Source link
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Why does a loud vehicle passing nearby make the heart pound?
Why does a loud vehicle passing nearby make the heart pound? Source link
The evolving China-Pakistan space cooperation
Today, China has built and launched satellites for Pakistan and in 2026 announced that it will send one Pakistani astronaut to the Tiangong space station. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Chinese space programme has undertaken major strides since it built and launched its first satellite in 1970. In last half a century Beijing…
Trump administration fires entire National Science Board
President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump’s administration has terminated the entire National Science Board of more than 20 members, two fired members of the board said on Monday (Aprl 28, 2026). The independent board was established in 1950 to guide the governance of the National Science Foundation and to advise…
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NASA’s Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage
This photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield underwater after Artemis II splashed down Friday, April 10, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP The spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began. NASA’s Artemis II capsule returned to Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre on Tuesday…
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Nano urea and public health: why India must proceed with caution
Agricultural inputs operate within complex ecological and biological systems where unintended consequences often emerge slowly. File photograph used for representational purposes only India’s agricultural transformation has long been driven by technological shifts—from the Green Revolution’s high-yielding varieties to the widespread use of synthetic fertilisers. Today, nano urea is being positioned as the next leap: a…
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Why science and scientists must learn to celebrate their failures
Science progresses by trial and error. | Photo Credit: Sasun Bughdaryan/Unsplash Failure is part and parcel of research but many scientists consider discussing it in a scientific forum to be taboo. Laboratories are littered with unfinished experiments and inconclusive facts and theories that failed to stand the test of study. However, when science is being…
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Lectures in bars? Pint of View Hyderabad is making it popular
The audience at one of the sessions in Hyderabad | Photo Credit: Ronaldo Laishram Imagine listening to lectures on string theory, biodiversity or geopolitics — at a bar. That is the premise of Pint of View (PoV), whose Hyderabad chapter has been hosting bi-monthly sessions since October 2025. The series has steadily grown, with attendance…
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Trump administration fires entire National Science Board
President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump’s administration has terminated the entire National Science Board of more than 20 members, two fired members of the board said on Monday (Aprl 28, 2026). The independent board was established in 1950 to guide the governance of the National Science Foundation and to advise…
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The evolving China-Pakistan space cooperation
Today, China has built and launched satellites for Pakistan and in 2026 announced that it will send one Pakistani astronaut to the Tiangong space station. (Representational image) The Chinese space programme has undertaken major strides since it built and launched its first satellite in 1970. In last half a century Beijing has conducted satellite launches,…