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Posture panic hits researchers. IITs, AIIMS, big hospitals use smart microscopes now

From IIT Guwahati, AIIMS to Lilavati Hospital and Apollo Diagnostics, the transition from traditional to 'smart' microscopes has been widespread. The shift started in 2017.  

China’s rise in research papers has an unfair ‘home bias’, say US, Japan studies

New papers from US, Japan say Chinese researchers citing country's papers more than those in English journals can skew global research rankings. But not all academics convinced.

NASA’s Mission 2026: Set up lunar time zone that could prove ‘foundational’ for future exploration

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Planet outside Solar System, twice the size of Earth, may have ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

A chilling trend — anchors for Antarctic ice shelves reducing fast, leading to more ice melting

New Delhi: The melting of Antarctic sea ice is contributing to rising sea levels, with global warming identified as a key factor. A fresh...

The things they do for sex? These Aussie marsupials give up sleep in mating season & end up dead

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Collision with Theia 2.5 bn years ago left its mark on Earth — 2 giant rock structures in its mantle

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Scientists have created synthetic embryos without sperm or ova. But what about ethics?

One of the reasons researchers want to use these embryos is for research into miscarriage and developmental anomalies. But it might not yield useful results.

Robots smaller than human hair to deliver drugs inside body & raging cyclone on north pole of Uranus

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Discovered, an Earth-sized exoplanet outside our solar system that could be ‘covered in volcanoes’

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

On Camera

This is how Strait of Hormuz shock is forcing a global trade reset

The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.