Science says some turtles can breathe through their rear ends, but the real biology is stranger than you can imagineWhat these turtles do is considerably more complex than the phrase “breathing through their rear ends” suggests. They move water over speci...
21 Sep, 2026, 10.24 PM IST
In 2018, a laboratory was launched to the International Space Station to study ultra-cold quantum gases in the microgravity environmentIn 2018, a laboratory was launched to the International Space Station to study ultra-cold quantum gases in the microgravity environment. NA...
27 Aug, 2026, 01.36 AM IST
Billionaires from Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman to Peter Thiel are betting on longevity to cheat deathTech billionaires and leaders are investing heavily in longevity research and technologies. They aim to reverse aging and extend healthy hu...
21 Aug, 2026, 11.23 PM IST
Eight Roads-backed PlasmaGen Biosciences raises Rs 150 crore at Rs 1,500 crore valuationPlasmaGen Biosciences has secured Rs 150 crore in a funding round led by ViNS Bioproducts, valuing the company at over Rs 1,500 crore. This...
22 Dec, 2025, 04.17 PM IST
Nearby star hurls plasma into space, astronomers capture it for the first time and it changes everything we know about life on other planetsScientists have confirmed that eruptions from distant stars can escape their star's pull. A radio telescope in the Netherlands detected a t...
14 Nov, 2025, 02.52 PM IST
Rare 'sprite' lightning event caught by NASA astronaut from spaceNichole Ayers, a NASA astronaut, spotted a rare sprite. The red flash occurred above thunderstorms. It happened over Mexico and the United ...
06 Jul, 2025, 12.27 PM IST
MH370 mystery deepens: New theories emerge as countries fail to solve aviation industry’s longest unresolved disappearanceMH370 News: More than a decade after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared, the search remains unresolved. Theories continue to emerge...
29 Apr, 2025, 02.40 PM IST
Meet the US billionaire, Bryan Johnson, who spends $2 mn per year to stay youngTech billionaire Bryan Johnson reportedly spends $2 million per year to keep himself young. He takes 111 supplements daily, gets plasma tra...
13 Aug, 2023, 12.26 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccines may protect against other coronaviruses: StudyThe researchers found that mice immunised with a SARS-CoV-1 vaccine developed in 2004 generated immune responses that protected them from i...
19 Oct, 2021, 01.22 PM IST
Common cold virus saved lives in IndiaOne of the biggest mysteries of the Covid-19 infection in India relative to other countries like the US and UK has been the lower mortality...
23 Mar, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
Health ministry frames detailed guidelines for Covid immunisation precautionsFollowing international protocols, the ministry has prescribed that a person who is suffering from Covid-19 would need to wait 4-6 weeks be...
14 Jan, 2021, 11.13 PM IST
Plasma jets may kill novel coronavirus on surfaces within secondsPlasma is one of the four basic states of matter and can be created by heating a stable gas or subjecting it to a strong electromagnetic fi...
11 Nov, 2020, 01.59 PM IST
Mars has ideal conditions to produce oxygen from CO2: StudyAccording to researchers from University of Porto in Portugal and Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, Mars has 96 per cent carbon dioxide (CO2) i...
23 Oct, 2017, 12.46 PM IST
- Black hole found producing fuel for star formation
New York, Feb 15 (IANS) In a surprising discovery, astronomers have observed a black hole producing cold, star-making fuel from hot plasma ...
17 Feb, 2017, 03.16 AM 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
- India to build world's largest fridge to house fusion reactor
Indian engineers will fabricate the world's largest high-vacuum cold storage vessel for an ambitious international project to generate ener...
09 Oct, 2011, 12.13 PM IST
- Railways to procure Rs 500 crore hi-tech rescue equipment
Railways have decided to procure hi-tech equipment worth Rs 500 crore, including high-speed self-propelled accident relief trains, plasma c...
27 Jul, 2011, 10.58 AM IST