Could We Accidentally Create Dark Matter? The Truth About Fusion FearsFusion ignition achieved at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has sparked unfounded fears of creating exotic particles like dark matte...
27 Feb, 2026, 03.44 PM IST
NTPC in talks to buy minority stake in US-based nuclear tech firm CCTEIndia's NTPC is exploring a significant investment. The state-owned power giant is in discussions to acquire a minority stake in US firm Cl...
02 Jan, 2026, 08.01 PM IST
How the ‘Devil Comet,’ almost as big as Everest, brought scientists closer to solving Earth’s biggest mysteryA recent study of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, the "devil comet," reveals that its water vapor possesses a chemical composition nearly identical ...
24 Aug, 2025, 11.32 AM IST
This is how water may have originated on Earth. New study makes startling revelations about cometsScientists have revisited the theory that Earth's water came from icy comets. New research suggests cometary dust might alter deuterium mea...
07 Dec, 2024, 07.27 PM IST
Could comets, asteroids be responsible for Earth's rich water reserves? New Nasa study reveals shocking detailsScientists have reevaluated the water composition of Comet 67P, finding it surprisingly similar to Earth's oceans. This challenges previous...
05 Dec, 2024, 08.41 PM IST
UK Scientists generate massive heat by nuclear fusion, Will it be a game-changer?The nuclear scientists raised the temperature to 150 million degrees Celsius, ten times hotter than the core of the Sun. Deuterium and trit...
08 Feb, 2024, 11.49 PM IST
Earth's core is leaking an isotope that can produce a year's electricity from just 100 kg, finds a studyA new study has found unusually high levels of helium-3 (³He) in lava flows on Baffin Island, suggesting that the Earth's core might be lea...
23 Oct, 2023, 04.13 PM IST
Sun Pharma completes acquisition of Concert PharmaceuticalsThe drug major has successfully completed the acquisition of Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company ...
06 Mar, 2023, 08.48 PM IST
Understanding nuclear fusion milestone and what does it mean?Nuclear fusion refers to the process which provides the sun with its energy.
14 Dec, 2022, 10.30 PM IST
Why fusion could be a clean-energy breakthroughScientists have long understood how nuclear fusion has worked and have been trying to duplicate the process on Earth as far back as the 193...
13 Dec, 2022, 08.21 AM IST
Canada to boost strategic ties with India with defence, nuclear pushIndia is among the top priorities for the Justin Trudeau government that came to power late last year, Canadian High Commissioner to India ...
12 Jul, 2018, 06.23 PM IST
Extreme universe events recreated in labHigh pressure can turn a soft form of carbon - graphite, used as pencil lead - into an extremely hard form of carbon, diamond.
17 Apr, 2016, 03.20 PM IST
ITER: A $14-billion machine which may usher in a new era of nuclear fusion powerIt's called ITER and is expected to usher in a new era of nuclear fusion-powered electricity -something scientists have been working toward...
22 Feb, 2016, 10.49 AM IST
'Wonder material' Graphene can efficiently filter nuclear wasteThe 'wonder material' graphene can be used to clean up nuclear waste by filtering different isotopes of hydrogen, a new study has found.
06 Jan, 2016, 01.32 PM IST
ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission: Red planet, with secrets of life, to draw more probesNasa's Curiosity mission which landed on Mars on August 6, 2012 established that conditions on Mars were once suitable for life, but there ...
25 Sep, 2014, 01.34 PM IST
We are not engaged in space race with China: ISROThe MOM would be launched onboard PSLV C25 on November 5 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in the spaceport of Sriharikota.
27 Oct, 2013, 02.37 PM IST
Safe and clean energy: How seawater can power the worldDebate about America’s energy supply is heating up: Gas prices are rising, ethanol is under attack and nuclear power continues to struggle ...
12 Jul, 2011, 12.22 PM IST