Goodbye to the Dragon Man mystery: Ancient proteins suggest the skull belonged to a DenisovanScientists have uncovered new molecular evidence. This evidence indicates the Harbin cranium fossil, known as 'Dragon Man', is a Denisovan....
29 May, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
A 7-year-old found a strange fossil in the Badlands, and scientists were stunned by what it was: It belonged to a member of an extinct family of saber-toothed cat-like mammalsA young visitor to Badlands National Park made an extraordinary find. Seven-year-old Kylie Ferguson discovered the fossilized skull of an a...
23 May, 2026, 02.34 PM IST
Living Supermaterial: What is the new plastic alternative scientists have created that is stronger, smarter, & fully biodegradable?Living Supermaterial: Indian scientists have developed a novel bacteria-grown cellulose material that could serve as a sustainable alternat...
23 May, 2026, 09.50 AM IST
India’s next big energy bet may come straight from China’s coal handbookThe Strait of Hormuz closure is impacting Asia's chemical industry, pushing India to emulate China's coal-to-chemicals model for energy and...
21 May, 2026, 09.31 AM IST
‘Kraken-Like’ giant octopuses as large as semi-trucks ruled oceans 100 million years ago, study findsNew research reveals giant octopuses were powerful ocean predators around 100 million years ago. These creatures, some reaching 19 meters, ...
24 Apr, 2026, 10.25 AM IST
DNA Fragments in Crude Oil Are Revealing a Hidden Archive of Earth’s Ancient LifeScientists have discovered ancient DNA fragments within crude oil, offering a new way to reconstruct Earth's biological history. This groun...
04 Mar, 2026, 04.24 PM IST
Germany strikes Lithium gold with 43 million-ton discovery beneath former gas fieldGermany has confirmed one of the world's largest lithium deposits, estimated at 43 million tonnes, in a former gas field in Saxony-Anhalt. ...
08 Jan, 2026, 02.25 AM IST
43 million tons of lithium discovered in Germany could transform European EV battery supply chainNeptune Energy confirmed Germany holds 43 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent in the Altmark Region, one of the world's largest li...
29 Sep, 2025, 01.12 PM IST
Hungry for clean energy, Facebook looks to a new type of geothermalTech giants in the US, such as Meta and Google, focus on geothermal energy to power their data centers as they struggled with finding clean...
27 Aug, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
Can we engineer our way out of the climate crisis?As the risks became clearer, political and corporate leaders pledged to keep global average temperatures to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsiu...
02 Apr, 2024, 09.56 AM IST
UN warns against thirsty tech to solve water crisisThe world needs to better manage its freshwater resources but thirsty new technologies touted as solutions could lead to "serious problems"...
23 Mar, 2024, 10.18 AM IST
UAE could be the ideal place to test unique climate change solutionIt's important that by the middle of the century, the world eradicate billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air every year. Only this...
29 Sep, 2023, 09.28 AM IST
Race for speedier lithium is underway from Arkansas to ArgentinaThis new way of mining lithium is being seen as the solution for increasing output while protecting the environment all across the world’s ...
31 Aug, 2023, 10.10 AM IST
Technique to make bio-bitumen using stubble to be unveiled in 2 to 3 months: Gadkari"I have introduced a new technique which we will be launching in two to three months under which tractor-mounted unit will go to farmers' l...
07 Nov, 2022, 09.27 PM IST
Auto sector shifts gear towards recycling parts, batteries"As demand for these materials increase, the pressures on these (economically marginalised) regions are likely to be amplified, risking the...
19 Oct, 2021, 09.54 AM IST
Turning e-waste to electricity: IIT Madras innovation waits for takersScientists at IIT, Madras have come up with a novel technique where e-waste can be used as a resource not only to treat waste water but als...
24 Feb, 2017, 09.46 PM IST
Diseases carried by humans linked to Neanderthal extinctionScientists from universities of Cambridge and Oxford Brookes in the UK have reviewed the latest evidence gleaned from pathogen genomes and ...
11 Apr, 2016, 01.42 PM IST