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
The “New Species” Pipeline Is Speeding Up—and It’s Revealing What We’ve MissedScientists are identifying new species at an unprecedented rate, not due to recent evolution, but improved genetic and observational tools....
06 Feb, 2026, 08.37 PM IST
We aim to adopt regenerative farming across 10 million acres globally by 2030, including in India: Yashika Singh, PepsiCo IndiaPepsiCo India believes that a crop-agnostic sourcing approach that propels regenerative agriculture can ensure our supply chain remains res...
10 Nov, 2025, 05.32 PM IST
‘Iron-breathing’ microbe which eliminate toxic sulfide from Earth discovered by scientistsUniversity of Vienna researchers discover MISO bacteria that breathe iron minerals while oxidizing toxic hydrogen sulfide in marine sedimen...
27 Oct, 2025, 12.03 PM IST
ITC’s eco push: Sustainable plastic alternatives soar 2.4 times in 3 yearsThe total capacity of ITC’s paperboards and specialty paper business is over 9.8 lakh MT/year at present, says B. Sumant, Executive Directo...
04 Aug, 2025, 02.15 PM IST
Regulatory delays, farmer ignorance slow biological solution adoption: IPL Biologicals’ BhagchandkaIndia’s reliance on chemical pesticides has long raised concerns about soil degradation, environmental impact, and food safety, says Harsh ...
22 Jul, 2025, 09.50 AM IST
Oil India Ltd & GMC ink MoU to collaborate on transformation of Municipal Solid Waste into compressed biogasOil India Limited (OIL) and Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on co...
21 Jan, 2024, 07.43 PM IST
Can soil microbes thrive in a changing climate?19 Aug, 2023, 03.30 PM IST
What if there's alien life on Mars, but our rovers just can't 'see' it?On Earth, most organisms use photosynthesis to harness energy from sunlight.
22 Feb, 2023, 06.36 PM IST
Antarctic bacteria live on air and make their own water using hydrogen as fuelDespite the harsh conditions, microorganisms thrive. Hundreds of bacterial species and millions of cells can be found in a single gram of s...
15 Nov, 2021, 10.49 AM IST
Sentient Labs, Agharkar Research Institute develop tech to generate hydrogen directly from agri residueElaborating about the need for use of hydrogen fuel, the researchers said that the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology is estimated to be...
12 Aug, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
Green movement sweeps the spirits world: ‘Solar power’ vodkas, wine that absorbs CO2 in demandLuxury wine companies are showing off their eco-conscious credentials.
16 Apr, 2020, 05.05 PM IST
Going under the knife? Over one-third of heart surgery devices contaminated with bacteriaMultiple other strains of micro bacteria were also detected in other units.
15 Jun, 2017, 05.25 PM IST
Earth may be home to 1 trillion life formsAltogether, these data represent over 5.6 million species from 35,000 locations from across the world, except Antarctica. The scientists co...
03 May, 2016, 12.44 PM IST
The key to colonizing Mars could be tiny green microbesIn science fiction, we find humans harvesting fields of wheat under terraformed Martian skies and growing rows of potatoes inside climate-c...
23 Sep, 2015, 04.09 PM IST
- Crop rotation boosts soil health, plant growth
Traditional wisdom that got sidelined by modern agriculture has been confirmed in a new study which found that crop rotation – planting dif...
05 Sep, 2015, 12.19 PM IST
- West Bengal to go organic; plans to set up bio-villages
West Bengal government, which is keen to spread organic cultivation, has resolved to set up one bio-village in each of the 341 blocks in th...
30 Mar, 2009, 01.43 AM IST