Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size â from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of an eagle. We have found, however, that this incredible diversity is underpinned by a hidden mathematical rule that governs the growth and shape of beaks in nearly all living birds. Whatâs more,…
 G.S. Vaitheeswaran | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT G.S. Vaitheeswaran from University of Hyderabadâs (UoH) School of Physics has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry for his contributions to understanding the electronic structure of solids, particularly in the field of energetic materials. The fellowship will enable Prof Vaitheeswaran to expand…
The Science Quiz: Mathematical puzzles 1 / 6 | Visual: Name the game whose starting setup is shown here. The point is to move the entire stack of disks to another pole, one at a time, but at no point allowing a larger disk to sit atop a smaller one. 2 / 6 | Pick…
The Large Hadron Collider has been responsible for astounding advances in physics: the discovery of the elusive, long-sought Higgs boson as well as other new exotic particles, possible hints of new forces of nature, and more. Located at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on the border of France and Switzerland, the LHC is…
An international team of solar physicists led by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have traced giant tides of plasma beneath the Sunâs surface at a region called near-surface shear layer (NSSL). According to a study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, the plasmaâs currents shift with the Sunâs magnetic heartbeat and could have a…
Six years after missing out on historyâs first women-only spacewalk due to a shortage of medium-sized spacesuits, Colonel Anne McClain of the US Army finally ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday alongside Air Force Major Nichole Ayers. The pair, both military pilots, had journeyed to the orbiting laboratory in March to take…
In a major milestone, scientists working on the world’s largest nuclear fusion project have completed its main magnet system with India playing a key role in building critical infrastructure. This system will power the core of ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Tokamak reactor, which aims to demonstrate that fusion, the energy source of the sun…
Puttur city municipality in Dakshina Kannada district use Bio CNG generated from wet waste to operate its six vehicles since August 2024. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT In a rare initiative in Karnataka, Puttur City Municipal Council in Dakshina Kannada district has been converting wet waste into Bio Compressed Natural Gas (BioCNG) with the help…
Cosmology is in for exciting times, going by the latest research that suggests the key to revealing the fundamental nature of the universe lies in finding out how clumpy it is. Accepted theory has it that after the universe was explosively born in a âBig Bangâ in the void some 13.8 billion years ago, it…
The portion of Chandrayaan-3âs landing site taken by Vikram Lander after the successful landing. Photo: ISRO In a new finding, scientists of the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) have revealed that the landing site (Shiv Shakti point) of the Chandrayaan-3 mission is a promising site to access primitive mantle samples, which was otherwise lacking in the…
