West Asia crisis: Government plans weekly monitoring of EXIM flowsIndia's commerce ministry will launch a weekly system to monitor export-import trends and industry stress. This move addresses concerns ove...
10 Apr, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
International Energy Agency discussing further oil stock releases, chief Birol saysThe International Energy Agency is discussing releasing more oil from stockpiles. This action is being considered due to the ongoing Iran w...
23 Mar, 2026, 09.22 AM IST
Iran war chokepoints begin to cast doubt on global chip supplyThe ongoing Middle East conflict poses significant risks to the global semiconductor industry. Taiwan, a crucial hub for chipmaking, faces ...
16 Mar, 2026, 07.14 PM IST
ISRO successfully completes development of Service Module Propulsion System for GaganyaanISRO has successfully completed the development of the Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) for the Gaganyaan Mission, marking a signifi...
12 Jul, 2025, 03.14 PM IST
Is helium the hidden villain behind space missions?NASA astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner will remain on the International Space Station for months due to a faulty propulsion system with ...
11 Sep, 2024, 07.10 PM IST
Is the Earth’s core leaking? Mysterious element in ancient lava sparks debateIn a puzzling revelation, recent studies of 62-million-year-old lava flows on Baffin Island, situated in Canada's Arctic Archipelago, have ...
22 Oct, 2023, 09.04 PM IST
IISc scientists discover two species of few-electron bubbles in superfluid heliumThese FEBs can serve as a useful model to study how the energy states of electrons and interactions between them in a material influence it...
12 Jul, 2021, 12.14 PM IST
How Isro toiled for years to develop cryo engine to power 'Bahubali'Over 25-30 years ago, Isro was desperate to develop the cryogenic technology for its GSLV rocket in order to lift heavier payload of over 3...
23 Jul, 2019, 09.06 AM IST
Glitch fixed, Chandrayaan-2 will be a success: Isro chief K SivanIsro engineers and scientists at the spaceport, however, are spending anxious hours during the run-up, cross-checking that everything is in...
22 Jul, 2019, 07.26 AM IST
Forty years and counting for this scientist's 'eureka' moment; One who shoots photons everydayA Benguluru-based scientist has been doing a single type of subatomic experiment repeatedly for 40 years. What is he hoping to find out?
02 Feb, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
Qatar charts second gas boom as Saudis try to tighten the nooseState-owned Qatar Petroleum will boost its production by 30 percent to 100 million tons a year within seven years from about 77 million ton...
06 Jul, 2017, 07.44 AM IST
- SpaceX to try new launch on Sunday
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) Barely three months after one of its rockets blew up on the launchpad - destroying a $200 million Facebook satelli...
03 Jan, 2017, 10.20 AM IST
- Saturn moons younger than previously thought: Study
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) Saturn's moons may be younger than previously thought, says a study based on freshly-harvested data from NASA's Cass...
08 Dec, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
From gigabyte to yottabytes...what next?There is so much data stored in the world that we may run out of ways to quantify it. Have a look at the storage options of the future, whi...
26 Mar, 2015, 11.12 AM IST
World's most powerful MRI scanner developedThe MRI scanner equipped with a superconducting magnet will offer unprecedented images of the human brain when it is fully developed next y...
28 Oct, 2013, 04.43 PM IST
- Qatar becomes world's largest exporter of liquid helium
The combined annual production of 2 billion cubic feet (bcf) at the Helium 1 and 2 plants will help meet around 25 per cent of current glob...
17 Jul, 2013, 03.43 PM IST
- Matheson K-Air India to invest $100 mn for air separation plant in Pune
Matheson K-Air India Private Limited (MKI) plans to construct a 200 ton per day air separation plant in Chakan near Pune.
16 Jul, 2011, 06.18 PM IST