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Testing capabilities, setting stage for 2025 moon mission — what’s the purpose of Chandrayaan-3 

On 14 July, ISRO’s third moon mission will be launched from Sriharikota. Merely a tech demonstrator aimed at test landing and roving capabilities, it doesn’t carry sophisticated payloads

Board games boost math ability in young children: Study

Los Angeles , July 8 (ANI): Researchers found that board games based on numbers, such as Monopoly, Othello, and Chutes and Ladders, make young...

AI tool decodes brain cancer’s genome during surgery: Research

Washington , July 7 (ANI): Scientists have developed an AI tool that can instantly decode a brain tumour's DNA to determine its molecular identification...

Eliminating extra chromosomes in cancer cells prevent tumor growth: Study

Connecticut , July 7 (ANI): Cancer cells with extra chromosomes rely on those chromosomes for tumour growth, according to a new Yale study, and...

Study finds structure of a crucial neural transport protein

Los Angeles , July 7 (ANI): Researchers have decoded the molecular architecture of a transporter protein that controls the movement of a key neurotransmitter...

Study finds how weaker immune response to viral infections in children with mitochondrial disorders

Washington , July 7 (ANI): Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) discovered in a recent study that infants with mitochondrial abnormalities had...

How fast is universe expanding? Indian scientists may know a way to solve mystery using black holes

Gravitational waves can help determine expansion rate, according to team at International Centre for Theoretical Sciences. Findings published in 'Physical Review Letters'.

India’s next moon mission Chandrayaan-3 to take off on 14 July

Hopes are high that the orbiter will be able to soft-land a robotic module on the moon’s surface, which the previous mission had failed to do in 2019.

What is geoengineering? US govt open to studying idea that blocking Sun rays could cool Earth

A White House report has suggested the Biden administration is open to studying the possibility of the effectiveness of solar radiation management, bringing concept to headlines again.

Astrophysicists explain why Earth’s day was always 19.5 hours for more than a billion years

Toronto (Ontario) , July 6 (ANI): The slow and steady lengthening of the Earth's day caused by the tidal pull of the moon has...

On Camera

Deepika Padukone isn’t faking her pregnancy. Internet ‘critics’ need a refresher on biology

One of the comments on her recent picture, read: “She is not able to do the role of a pregnant woman properly”. It's a nasty cocktail of misogyny and an ignorance of basic human biology.

Noida International Airport, Delhi NCR’s 2nd, delayed. To begin operations by April 2025

According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.

India’s 15-yr quest for anti-tank missile: Israeli Spike, DRDO option, back to US for Javelin talks

Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.