Could Life on Earth Be Older Than We Thought? Scientists Find Clues in 3.3 Billion-Year-Old RocksScientists have unearthed faint chemical traces in rocks over 3.3 billion years old, potentially representing Earth's earliest biological e...
13 Mar, 2026, 09.59 PM IST
A New Study Suggests Life May Have Appeared on Earth Much Earlier Than Scientists Once ThoughtScientists have found chemical evidence of life on Earth from over 3.3 billion years ago. This discovery pushes back the timeline for life'...
08 Mar, 2026, 02.57 PM IST
Inside Earth’s Oldest Rocks, Microbes Have Been Living in DarknessScientists have discovered vast microbial life deep within Earth's solid rock, challenging previous beliefs. These organisms, thriving in t...
23 Feb, 2026, 02.53 PM IST
Earth Once Had Purple Oceans, Scientists SayEarly Earth might have shimmered in shades of purple, not green, according to the Purple Earth Hypothesis. Researchers propose that before ...
22 Feb, 2026, 04.57 PM IST
Scientists Found an Ecosystem That Runs on Hydrogen Instead of SunlightScientists have discovered deep-sea and underground microbial ecosystems thriving without sunlight, powered by hydrogen gas produced throug...
22 Feb, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
Oxygen Without Sunlight? Deep-Sea Discovery Challenges What We Thought We KnewScientists have discovered a phenomenon dubbed "dark oxygen" on the Pacific seafloor, where oxygen appears to be generated in total darknes...
16 Feb, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
Sustainability, climate change and innovation take centre stage at design festival in the capitalKey highlights of the festival included community integration, creative art projects, sustainable mental models and innovative fashion syst...
11 Mar, 2025, 10.38 AM IST
How Noida man, inspired by a web series, grew weed worth Rs 60 lakh in flower pots in a flatPolice in Noida arrested a man for growing cannabis in his flat. He had 80 cannabis plants worth Rs 60 lakh. The man used high-tech methods...
13 Nov, 2024, 03.53 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
Climate change is improving French wine -- for nowA new study suggests that climate change could contribute to better-quality wine vintages, up to a certain point. The research analyzed dec...
15 Oct, 2023, 03.10 PM IST
Well being of environmentThe well-being of the environment has a bearing on our well- being. Being the human face of the environment, we have to restore its health ...
04 Jun, 2023, 11.28 PM IST
- Scientists find new way to produce hydrogen fuel from sunlight
Bengaluru, April 28 (IANS) The energy provided by sunlight in an hour is equivalent to mankind's total energy consumption for one year, but...
28 Apr, 2018, 03.22 PM IST
- Fossil fuel formation linked to rise in atmosphere's oxygen
New York, Dec 31 (IANS) The rapid rise in the atmospheres oxygen roughly 500 million years ago which made advanced animal life possible on ...
31 Dec, 2016, 03.25 PM IST
- More efficient use of sunlight can improve crop yields
Bengaluru, Nov 28 (IANS) Researchers in the US, led by one of Indian origin, have developed a genetic manipulation technique that results i...
28 Nov, 2016, 11.15 AM 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
Scientists closer to making fuel from water and sunResearchers, including one of Indian-origin, have moved one step closer to turning water and sunlight into sustainable fuel by successfully...
04 Dec, 2014, 02.07 PM IST
No fantasy this! X-Men & the very real world of mutantsBut it would still require millions of joules of energy for human cells to replicate like the Hulk’s. There is science backing some of the ...
16 Aug, 2014, 05.08 AM IST