Smoke rises from a coal-powered steel plant at Hehal village near Ranchi. File | Photo Credit: AP The Union Environment Ministry should roll back its 2015 policy mandating all of Indiaâs 537 coal-fired plants to install a class of equipment called Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) in order to reduce sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions. Instead, it…
A frame grab provided by the Schmidt Ocean Institute shows a colossal squid, or Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat, during an Ocean Census flagship expedition in the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean | Photo Credit: AP A colossal squid has been caught on camera for the first time in the deep…
In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet’s atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes. The two gases – dimethyl sulfide, or…
In a significant breakthrough to tackle the freshwater scarcity in various parts of the world, scientists from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have developed a new material that can facilitate water desalination. Â Researchers Professor Swatantra Pratap Singh and Aiswarya C. L. have developed Dual-Sided Superhydrophobic Laser-Induced Graphene (DSLIG) evaporator that addresses multiple shortcomings of…
In a potential landmark discovery, scientists obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system. They used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b and detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms. The two gases found…
When people on the internet searched Google for âcheese not sticking to pizzaâ in May 2024, the newly launched âAI Overviewsâ feature of the popular search engine replied âyou can ⌠add about â cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to give it more tackiness.â In a series of strange answers, the artificial intelligence…
(Bloomberg) — A plume of Saharan dust is set to curb solar generation in parts of central and southern Europe in the coming days, adding support to power prices around midday. A low-pressure system with brisk southerly winds is forecast to carry sand from north Africa to Europe, resulting in moderate to high amounts of…
CCMB Director Vinay Kumar Nandicoori and IICT Director D. Srinivas Reddy at a press conference held in Hyderabad on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) and CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) are working on âAnti-Viral Missionâ to come up with drugs and diagnostics to…
Science Quiz | The worldâs oldest lifeforms Name this micro-animal. Itâs renowned for being able to survive harsh conditions, including outer space, and evolved around 500 million years ago. Credit: Kiosya Y., VonÄina K., GÄ siorek P. (2021) START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Scientists widely believe X are the first lifeforms on the earth…
Bike riders passed through the parched forest area near Kulapully in Keralaâs Shoranur where trees are drying due to a lack of water and extreme weather conditions. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu In the early spring of 2022, South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan experienced back-to-back extreme heat waves in the…
