Shubhanshu Shukla Space Experiments: Indian astronaut to grow methi, moong daal and study tardigrades in microgravityShubhanshu Shukla Space Experiments: India’s science ambitions just got a lift—straight into space. With astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on boa...
25 Jun, 2025, 02.00 PM IST
Shubhanshu Shukla Axiom-4 mission: Lucknow boy charts India’s return to space after 40 years on SpaceX aircraftIndian Air Force Captain Shubhanshu Shukla made history by flying to the International Space Station on a private mission. This feat is sig...
25 Jun, 2025, 01.25 PM IST
Axiom-4 Mission: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla set for space leap on May 29, here’s what he will exploreIndian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is preparing for a 14-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Axio...
29 Apr, 2025, 08.14 PM IST
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to grow crops, study water bears at space station next monthIndian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will conduct seven experiments at the International Space Station during the Axiom Mission-4. These expe...
21 Apr, 2025, 05.11 PM IST
The mystery behind the deaths of over 350 elephants in Botswana revealedResearchers confirmed toxic cyanobacteria in waterholes caused the mysterious deaths of over 350 elephants in Botswana in 2020. Satellite d...
15 Dec, 2024, 06.08 PM IST
Study reveals living cells outnumber stars in the universe; exploring how much life is on earthThe findings raise questions about extraterrestrial life, particularly on icy moons, and how their biospheres might evolve with changing co...
17 Dec, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
Botswana's mass elephant deaths caused by bacteria: GovtMore than 300 of the pachyderms have mysteriously died since March, with their intact tusks ruling out the hypothesis that they were killed...
21 Sep, 2020, 05.18 PM IST
Scientists create living concrete using bacteriaScientists have used bacteria to create a sustainable concrete that is alive, and can even reproduce, an advance that may help reduce the e...
16 Jan, 2020, 05.16 PM IST
Bright pink, deep purple, blood red: A look at the world's oldest colours discoveredScientists have discovered the oldest colours in the geological record.
10 Jul, 2018, 08.23 PM IST
How startup TeamIndus is eyeing space colonisation and plans to land on moonThe Bangalore-based startup is sending a rover to the moon in March next year, as part of a $30 mn challenge to land and travel on the moon...
07 Dec, 2017, 09.47 AM IST
Lab2Moon Challenge: Team Space4Life to work with TeamIndus for space odysseyLab2Moon was launched mid last year as a global challenge for youth, to send in ideas for experiments.
16 Mar, 2017, 09.03 AM IST
Clean energy generated using bacteria-powered solar panelScientists have created a bio-solar panel that generates electricity from photosynthesis and respiratory activities of cyanobacteria, or bl...
12 Apr, 2016, 02.08 PM IST
Algae could be a new green power sourceAlso known as cyanobacteria, blue-green algae are the most prosperous microorganisms on Earth, evolutionarily speaking, researchers said.
25 Nov, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
The key to colonizing Mars could be tiny green microbesIn science fiction, we find humans harvesting fields of wheat under terraformed Martian skies and growing rows of potatoes inside climate-c...
23 Sep, 2015, 04.09 PM IST
First Oxygen appeared on earth way earlier than we realizedA team of geochemists reports the discovery of rusty, iron-rich rock layers in sediments deposited on shallow ocean floors some 3.2 billion...
09 Sep, 2015, 02.33 PM IST
NASA-funded company to produce oxygen on Mars using bacteriaThe organisms would use Mars' ample supply of regolith as fuel, and may even serve a dual purpose in removing nitrogen from the Martian soi...
14 May, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
Climate change will upset vital ocean chemical cyclesThe new research means that ocean warming will impact plankton, and in turn drive a vicious cycle of climate change.
09 Sep, 2013, 04.25 PM IST