From farm ponds to AI chatbots: India's blueprint for revitalising dryland agriculture10 Sep, 2026, 06.46 AM IST
Cockroach milk once touted as a ‘superfood’ - But scientists explain why ethics and logistics could make its energy-dense potential too difficult to exploitResearchers won the Ig Nobel Prize for studying cockroach milk crystals. These tiny crystals contain more energy than dairy milk. The uniqu...
05 Sep, 2026, 02.22 PM IST
Five things to know about Anthropic ahead of Wall Street debutAnthropic, the OpenAI rival that bet everything on computer coding, is expected to go public within weeks in a listing that could eclipse S...
26 Aug, 2026, 10.39 AM IST
For thousands of years, Pacific farmers adapted crops to drought and changing weather; now Samoa and Tonga are combining that ancestral knowledge with modern science to rebuild soil, manage weeds and make farms more climate-resilientPacific farmers are reviving ancestral wisdom and scientific methods for climate resilience. Traditional practices like mulching and sheep ...
17 Aug, 2026, 10.25 PM IST
Mandrake Bio raises Rs 16 crore to build AI-powered gene-editing platform for agriculture, medicineBengaluru startup Mandrake Bio secured sixteen crore rupees in new funding. This capital will expand their AI and biophysics teams for plat...
16 Jul, 2026, 12.13 PM IST
ISRO working on mission to advance high-resolution thermal imaging for climate, resource managementThe TRISHNA mission, a collaboration between ISRO and the French space agency CNES, aims to monitor Earth's surface temperature, water stre...
06 Jun, 2024, 12.04 AM IST
Shraddha Walkar case: Bones cut with saw, says post-mortem reportAccording to sources, it is called Osteological study or biophysical study of the bone pieces which help the police in such cases. It has b...
14 Jan, 2023, 11.33 AM IST
IISc scientists develop miniproteins that may prevent COVID infectionResearchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore have designed a new class of artificial peptides or miniproteins that they ...
06 Jun, 2022, 04.10 PM IST
IISc researchers provide alternative mechanism to render viruses like SARS-CoV-2 inactiveA protein-protein interaction is often like that of a lock and a key, the Bengaluru-based IISc noted in a statement. This interaction can b...
06 Jun, 2022, 01.56 PM IST
Scientists develop model for better diagnosis, treatment of osteoarthritisThe paper builds on another recent study the RIT-Cornell team published in Soft Matter that looked at how cartilage's properties resisted f...
19 Feb, 2022, 10.18 PM IST
Infinion Biopharma files draft papers with Sebi to mop-up funds through IPOProceeds from the IPO will be used towards investment in Mobius Biomedical Inc, acquisition of licenses for product development of skincare...
02 Sep, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
Agri ministry gets DGCA nod for taking drone-based crop images under PMFBY: Narendra Singh TomarThis is the first remote sensing technology based largest pilot study conducted so far in the country for crop yield estimation, the agricu...
04 Feb, 2021, 10.42 PM IST
Inexplicable abilities does not mean octopuses came from outer spaceCephalopods share a lot of genes with very earthly creatures, from mussels and flies to human beings; and unless this connection is cited a...
21 May, 2018, 10.48 PM IST
- Shape of bird egg related to flight ability
New York, June 23 (IANS) In what could perhaps crack the long-term mystery behind the astonishing variety of bird egg shapes, an internatio...
23 Jun, 2017, 06.06 PM IST
- AI helps scientists gain insight into cancer biophysics
New York, Jan 29 (IANS) A team of scientists has used artificial intelligence (AI) to gain insight into the biophysics of cancer with their...
29 Jan, 2017, 11.54 AM IST
Jamia Millia Islamia to introduce four new coursesThe online application process for the admissions to various undergraduate, postgraduate and diploma courses being offered by the varsity w...
12 Apr, 2015, 05.22 PM IST
How living things capture energy from the Sun decodedA specific combination of lipids contributes to how living creatures capture sunlight and convert it into energy, a new study suggests.
02 Aug, 2014, 12.22 PM IST