Why This Strange Underwater “Lost City” Has Scientists Talking About Alien LifeScientists have found a vibrant 'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic Ocean, thriving without sunlight. This discovery suggests life can exist i...
11 May, 2026, 03.18 AM IST
Microplastics in India’s agriculture: A growing problem demanding urgent actionA new roadmap by NAAS emphasises national monitoring, improved waste management, and biodegradable alternatives to combat the growing crisi...
11 Apr, 2026, 06.52 PM IST
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
China has created this precious commodity in space with just carbon dioxide, water and electricity; here's what it isChina's space agency has successfully produced oxygen and ethylene—essential rocket fuel components—from carbon dioxide, water, and electri...
05 Feb, 2025, 12.26 AM IST
Chinese astronauts make first-of-its-kind artificial photosynthesis in space; here's how they did itChinese astronauts on the Tiangong space station have successfully produced oxygen and rocket fuel through artificial photosynthesis.
31 Jan, 2025, 02.14 AM IST
Genetically engineered rice plants that produce high yields developed"Food shortage related to world population growth will be a serious problem our planet will have to face," said Xin-Xiang Peng of South Chi...
14 Jan, 2019, 05.01 PM IST
- Scientists pioneer novel model to turn sunlight into fuel
London, Sep 4 (IANS) In a breakthrough move, British scientists have used natural sunlight to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen by mix...
04 Sep, 2018, 05.07 PM IST
- First movie of energy transfer determines photosynthesis speed
London, Dec 25 (IANS) Using ultrafast imaging of moving energy, scientists have determined the speed of photosynthesis.
25 Dec, 2016, 04.54 PM IST
First artificial photosynthesis system to produce fuelThere are also other approaches, such as using perovskites, a novel class of hybrid materials, with which it is already possible to achieve...
13 Sep, 2016, 02.35 PM 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
Global warming could cause fall in oxygen, mass mortalityEarth's oxygen could dramatically fall due to change in ocean temperature of just several degrees, thereby resulting in mass mortality, sci...
02 Dec, 2015, 01.26 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
Artificial 'plants' could fuel future carsScientists have taken a big step towards creating artificial 'plants' that can use only sunlight to make gasoline and natural gas to run fu...
09 Sep, 2015, 07.06 PM IST
Here's how the world can be fed by hacking photosynthesisImagine if we could grow 30 to 60 percent more wheat in a field, using the same amount of space, water, fertilizer, and sunlight.
06 Jul, 2015, 12.46 PM IST
Artificial photosynthesis method turns waste CO2 into fuelsResearchers have developed new system that uses sunlight to convert waste carbon dioxide into valuable chemical products such as biodegrada...
24 Apr, 2015, 05.56 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