Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor reaches criticality, boosts India’s nuclear programme: Dr SC ChetalA key figure in India’s fast breeder nuclear programme has highlighted the significance of the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achiev...
04 May, 2026, 05.50 AM IST
Iran war could make petroleum products from clothes to crayons more costlyGlobal oil disruptions are making everyday items more expensive. From plush toys to bandages, the cost of materials derived from petroleum ...
22 Apr, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
Astronomers detect record-breaking ‘Space Laser’ from merging galaxies 8 billion light-years awayAstronomers have detected the most distant and brightest "space laser," a megamaser, originating from a galactic collision when the univers...
14 Apr, 2026, 09.28 AM IST
Microsoft-backed Lace raises $40 million for advanced chipmaking equipment techLace, a Norwegian chipmaking startup, secured $40 million for its helium atom beam lithography. This technology promises chip designs ten t...
23 Mar, 2026, 09.33 PM IST
India developing 3 types of small modular reactors, govt tells Lok SabhaIndia is developing three types of small modular reactors (SMRs), including a 5 MWth high-temperature gas-cooled reactor for hydrogen gener...
12 Mar, 2026, 10.45 AM IST
India developing three types of small modular reactors: Jitendra SinghIndia is developing three indigenous Small Modular Reactor (SMR) types, including a hydrogen-dedicated one, primarily for energy-intensive ...
25 Jul, 2025, 09.52 AM IST
McGill & IISc astronomers detect radio signal from atomic hydrogen in distant galaxy using GMRTThe astronomical distance over which such a signal has been picked up is the largest so far by a large margin. This is also the first confi...
16 Jan, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
US scientists take quantum leap on the road to create nuclear fusion energy for generating powerScientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California, US have achieved a major b...
13 Dec, 2022, 10.42 PM IST
New policy to cut green hydrogen cost by 40-50 per cent, says Indian OilIn refineries, hydrogen is used to remove excess sulphur from petrol and diesel. This hydrogen presently is produced from fossil fuels such...
20 Feb, 2022, 11.26 AM IST
Energy independence by 2047 achievableIn this regard, the PM’s aspiration to make India a global hub of green hydrogen (whose production entails no greenhouse gas emissions) was...
15 Aug, 2021, 10.56 PM IST
Astronomers use the upgraded GMRT to measure the gas mass of galaxies in the distant UniverseThe study resulted in a measurement of the average atomic gas content of star-forming galaxies located 4 billion light years away, when the...
24 Nov, 2019, 09.42 PM IST
- Water has new molecular properties: Scientists
New York, Aug 14 (IANS) US scientists have predicted a fundamental asymmetry in the mechanism of water, which had previously gone unnoticed.
14 Aug, 2018, 08.27 PM IST
Metallic hydrogen, once theory, becomes reality!While the research offers a new window into understanding the general properties of hydrogen, it also offers tantalising hints at revolutio...
29 Jan, 2017, 01.24 PM IST
Hot hydrogen atoms found in Earth's atmosphereIn order to extract information about the upper atmosphere from such measurements, one needs to calculate exactly how the solar photons are...
08 Dec, 2016, 04.37 PM IST
- Hot hydrogen atoms in Earth's upper atmosphere found
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) A team of University of Illinois researchers has discovered the existence of hot atomic hydrogen (H) atoms in an upp...
08 Dec, 2016, 03.15 PM IST
Mars loses 10 times more hydrogen when closest to sunMAVEN has been tracking the hydrogen escape without interruption over the course of a Martian year, which lasts nearly two Earth years.
20 Oct, 2016, 07.04 PM IST
- NASA's MAVEN probe observes how water escapes from Mars
Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) After investigating the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet for a full Martian year, NASA's MAVEN mission has foun...
20 Oct, 2016, 05.01 PM IST