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Scientists Studying a Microscopic Creature Found Something Astonishing About Its SurvivalTardigrades, or water bears, are remarkably resilient creatures known for surviving extreme conditions like space vacuum, freezing, and deh...
A 1,000-X-ray blob: Why Chernobyl’s Elephant’s Foot still terrifies scientistsNearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, the remnants of Reactor No. 4, especially the Elephant’s Foot—a dense, highly radioactive...
Is World War III inevitable? This is a simulation of how nuclear war would unfold over 12 days by the PentagonWhat happens when global tensions spiral out of control and nuclear weapons come into play? The Proud Prophet simulation of 1983, one of th...
WHO-led study reveals working under sun causes one in three deaths from non-melanoma skin cancerThe study underscores the urgent need for protective measures, including policies, regulations, and training, to reduce the risk of sun-ind...
In a first, IAF woman fighter pilot to join aerial wargames in JapanThe exercise Veer Guardian 2023 will be carried out from January 16 to January 26 at the Hyakuri Air Base and its surrounding airspace in O...
How to survive a tactical nuclear bomb? Defence experts explainIn this article we examine what would happen during a tactical nuclear bomb explosion, including the three stages of ignition, blast and ra...
ISS sets its research scope on longer space missionsThe latest arrival of four more astronauts to the ISS, due to blast off aboard a SpaceX rocket from Florida on Thursday, will open the door...
India successfully test-fires land attack version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missileThe range of the new land-attack version of the missile has been extended to 400 km from the original 290 km but its speed has been maintai...
Police study looks at crowd-control technology for Jammu and KashmirThe BPR&D study shared with home ministry, discusses several sophisticated "weapons" used by militaries and police forces across the world ...
Good news! Cure for pancreatic cancer may be in pipelineScientists including those of Indian origin have found that gold nano-particles may limit tumour growth and spread of pancreatic cancer.
New drug may protect against deadly nuclear radiation even after 24 hours of exposureIn a breakthrough, scientists have discovered a drug that may combat the deadly effects of nuclear radiation even after 24 hours of exposur...
Country scores firsts with maiden mission to MarsAccording to MOM project director, Subbiah Arunan, the Mars-bound spacecraft crossed the deadly Van Allen radiation belt as many as 39 time...
Out of this worldMars One is a non-profit organisation that has publicised its plans for sending people to the red planet in batches of four to establish a ...
India developing guided bombs for fightersFirst-of-its-kind bomb in the country will boost India's strike capabilities as targets can be hit even beyond the range of a fighter aircr...
- Like Bhopal, Fukushima may haunt future
The spectre of lethal radioactive fallout from the damaged nuclear reactors at Fukushima in Japan continued to haunt the country as ripples...
- Radioactive metal came from DU
If the presence of radioactive cobalt 60 at the Mayapuri scrap market wasn’t shocking enough, the police on Wednesday dropped a bigger bomb...
- DRDO lines up Rs 2k-cr deals
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is willing to transfer technology related to nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC...