Quote of the day by J. Robert Oppenheimer: 'There are no secrets about the world of nature, but there are secrets about...'Spoken in 1955, J. Robert Oppenheimer’s reflection on secrecy shifts attention from science to human intent. The article explores how his w...
29 Dec, 2025, 06.32 PM IST
'Enemy within': Ex-CIA officer says US tipped off Pakistani general before nuclear smuggling arrestA former CIA officer has revealed a secret US operation to arrest a Pakistani general involved in nuclear smuggling. Senior US State Depart...
08 Nov, 2025, 06.48 AM IST
US ignored Pakistan's nuclear weapons development despite repeated warnings: Ex-CIA OfficerRichard Barlow, a former CIA intelligence officer has said that despite having extensive evidence that Pakistan was building atomic weapons...
07 Nov, 2025, 05.52 PM IST
As World War III fears rise, why is the US building a Gravity N-bomb 24 times stronger than Hiroshima's 'Little Boy'?The US is fast-tracking production of its deadliest nuclear weapon in decades — the B61-13 — amid growing fears of global conflict. Develop...
10 Apr, 2025, 10.56 AM IST
Scientists freeze light: Researchers discover a rare state of matter where it flows like liquid but holds shape like a solidA team of Italian scientists has successfully made light behave like a supersolid for the first time. Published in Nature Journal, their st...
12 Mar, 2025, 03.09 PM IST
Sweeping US energy department layoffs hit nuclear security, loans office, sources sayThe Trump administration has laid off 1,200 to 2,000 workers at the Department of Energy, affecting employees in critical areas such as the...
14 Feb, 2025, 10.18 PM IST
Mission fusion: 3 Indian startups working on clean and unlimited energy through nuclear fusionIndian startups Pranos, Anubal Fusion, and Hylenr are advancing efforts in nuclear fusion by exploring different technological methods. The...
11 Jan, 2025, 10.25 PM IST
‘Oppenheimer’: Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer? Know everything about the physicist behind Christopher Nolan’s filmJ. Robert Oppenheimer, portrayed in Christopher Nolan's latest biopic "Oppenheimer," now showing in theatres, is renowned as a prominent ph...
22 Jul, 2023, 01.48 AM IST
'Oppenheimer' is a cautionary tale against overdependence on technology, says director Christopher NolanSome worry that AI could escape its creators and endanger humanity, much like scientists and others fretted eight decades ago with the dawn...
20 Jul, 2023, 08.14 AM IST
How this week’s major breakthrough in nuclear science can change everythingEnergy from fusion could be a game changer, especially when humanity is facing a climate crisis and there is an urgent need to decarbonise ...
16 Dec, 2022, 10.58 PM IST
Three astronauts enter China's space station module after successful launchEarlier in the day, the spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China. Minutes later, the official at t...
05 Jun, 2022, 08.28 PM IST
Amazon and Google set to attend White House forum on quantum technologyThe technology, which is based on core principles of physics, is still in its infancy but has become a darling of investors aspiring to rev...
05 Oct, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
Did Nazis produce these uranium cubes? Researchers look for an answer.The answer could lead to more questions, such as whether the Nazis might have had enough uranium to create a critical reaction. And, if the...
10 Sep, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
Building blocks of life found in comet by NASA researchersWhile until recently, scientists thought that the formation of amino acids like glycine required energy, setting clear constraints to the e...
17 Nov, 2020, 12.46 PM IST
View: Nehru and science in the age of coronavirusWith 422,829 infections, worldwide and 18,907 deaths and still counting, Nehruvian vision of science and his efforts in creating a scientif...
25 Mar, 2020, 11.42 AM IST
NASA plans to create 'coolest spot in universe'CAL's instruments are designed to freeze gas atoms to a mere billionth of a degree above absolute zero - more than 100 million times colder...
07 Mar, 2017, 01.24 PM IST
Indian scientists exploiting healing powers of plasmaToday scientists at the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) are using this little known fourth state of matter for healing not only humans ...
22 Jan, 2017, 02.32 PM IST