Genetically modified microbe could help make Mars habitable, researchers sayAt Pioneer Labs, a biotech startup based in Emeryville, Calif., researchers have engineered a bacterial strain that can grow under simulate...
11 Oct, 2026, 01.17 AM IST
In 1998, an Iowa couple bought land to restore a lost landscape; 25 years later, it became home to hundreds of plant and wildlife speciesJim grew up on a dairy farm, and spent much of his childhood outdoors. He studies natural sciences teaching and earned a master's degree in...
11 Oct, 2026, 12.11 AM IST
Be mindful, listen, empathise: Is modern life killing our mental health? New findings reveal alarming truths about social isolationWorld Mental Health Day highlights the significance of listening to people with lived experiences of mental health conditions. These experi...
09 Oct, 2026, 11.38 PM IST
(Good) poetry can hone AI-HI skill setsThe recent Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Anne Carson highlights a pivotal truth: poetry nurtures human intelligence. It acts as a vi...
09 Oct, 2026, 11.07 PM IST
China AI developers publish safety tests for just 3.6% of model releases, report findsOnly a fraction of the 857 AI models released by Chinese companies have undergone safety testing, with merely 3.6% revealing published eval...
09 Oct, 2026, 06.19 PM IST
Gujarat to turn ocean into next big industry: Rs 100 crore marine biotech corridor planned in Porbandar; seaweed, algae & microbes could soon fuel new business boomAn initiative of the Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), Department of Science and Technology, the proposed corridor is envisioned...
08 Oct, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX's Elon Musk, other tech leadersUS President Donald Trump will present the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk and other innovators. The White House event will discuss ...
08 Oct, 2026, 06.37 AM IST
US government, Google join Zuckerberg-backed Biohub in $1.8 billion push for AI biology dataThe US government and tech heavyweights Meta Platforms and Google parent Alphabet are joining nonprofit Biohub to build open datasets to tr...
07 Oct, 2026, 09.51 PM IST
What happened inside Russia’s 'plague' lab: Was it a bioweapon leak? Here's what officials revealed about the mysteryPlague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Pneumonic plague occurs when the infection affects the lungs. It c...
06 Oct, 2026, 07.22 PM IST
How a single-celled alga helped scientists control brain cells with light — the discovery behind the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine: Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel discovered channelrhodopsin, a light-sensitive protein in single-celled algae....
06 Oct, 2026, 06.54 PM IST
This brain gene can move through human DNA — and scientists found it inside a virusResearchers at Cornell University identified the BC200 gene, which originated from a transposon in human DNA. This gene displays unusual mo...
05 Oct, 2026, 11.58 PM IST
Russia pneumonic plague scare: US lawmaker invokes Ukraine bio labs after Irkutsk lab death; worker had broken test tube. Are Americans at risk?Pneumonic plague Russia: Russia's Irkutsk plague scare has sparked fresh questions after a laboratory worker died from pneumonia of unknown...
05 Oct, 2026, 09.49 PM IST
Want to do NASA research? 24 new US projects backed by $23 million will let citizen scientists hunt comets, study space weather and explore Earth data — all you need to knowNASA has selected 24 organizations to partake in a new Science Activation portfolio aimed at public engagement. This initiative will provid...
02 Oct, 2026, 11.52 PM IST
150-year-old human might already be among us, claims Harvard scientist. His experiment may have unlocked how long we can really liveWhat if humans could eventually live for 150 years, not through a simple extension of existing treatments but by actually turning back some...
02 Oct, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
IITian who secured AIR 1 in JEE, left India to study at University of California in 2004. 10 years later, one Shah Rukh Khan flop film inspired him to return to India. Today, he is an expert on mosquito brainHe was once the very epitome of the Indian success story. Meet Professor Nitin Gupta, who once left India to pursue a PhD in bioinformatics...
02 Oct, 2026, 08.40 PM IST
2026 Nobel Prize Predictions: From GLP-1 drugs and CAR-T therapy to gene editing, these breakthroughs could take centre stagePredictions for the 2026 Nobel Prizes in science highlight significant contributions in areas like GLP-1 research and cancer therapies. Car...
30 Sep, 2026, 07.16 PM IST
Why NASA is studying 1.2-billion-year-old Scottish rocks for clues to ancient life on Mars and the Red Planet’s watery pastAncient rocks found in Scotland's Stoer Formation are being studied by NASA to understand potential signs of life. These rocks formed 1.2 b...
30 Sep, 2026, 01.15 AM IST