Scientists Are Now Mapping Invisible Soil Life From the SkyGroundbreaking research now allows us to study the vital underground microbial world from the surface. Airborne sensors and satellite image...
30 Mar, 2026, 03.37 PM IST
Iran-linked hack hits FBI Chief Kash Patel: Emails and photos leaked in shocking cyberattackAn Iran-linked hacking group, Handala Hack Team, claims it breached FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email account and leaked emails, pho...
27 Mar, 2026, 09.47 PM IST
New ‘Cicada’ COVID variant hits US: What BA.3.2 means and why experts are watchingThe BA.3.2 COVID-19 variant, nicknamed “Cicada,” has emerged in the United States and multiple countries, prompting close monitoring by the...
26 Mar, 2026, 06.45 PM IST
Joshimath panel points to 'water from unknown source' for cracksThe expert panel's field assessment report on Joshimath has pointed out that sediment-laden water, gushing out of an unknown underground so...
13 Jan, 2023, 12.48 AM IST
Japan space agency finds ample soil, gas from asteroidThe Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said its staff initially spotted some black particles sitting on the bottom of the capsule's sample-...
15 Dec, 2020, 02.38 PM IST
What has Japan's Hayabusa2 mission accomplished?Launched on Dec. 3, 2014, the unmanned Hayabusa2 spacecraft touched down twice on the asteroid Ryugu, more than 300 million kilometres (190...
07 Dec, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
Japan awaits spacecraft return with asteroid soil samplesJapan's space agency said its final checks confirmed the Hayabusa2 spacecraft is on track to return to Earth a capsule containing samples f...
05 Dec, 2020, 12.45 PM IST
Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 approaches Earth to drop samples from asteroid RyuguThe spacecraft left the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million kilometers (180 million miles) away, a year ago. The capsule is to be released 22...
04 Dec, 2020, 06.23 PM IST
China's Chang'e-5 probe drills moon's surface, collects samplesThe lander first drilled a 2-meter-deep hole, digging out soil, and sealed it up at 4:53 a.m. on Wednesday. Next, it will use its robotic a...
03 Dec, 2020, 01.01 PM IST
Japan spacecraft carrying asteroid soil samples nears homeThe Hayabusa2 spacecraft left the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million kilometers (180 million miles) from Earth, a year ago and is expected t...
27 Nov, 2020, 05.07 PM IST
Telangana sitting on atomic time bomb as high levels of uranium concentration found in groundwaterThe frighteningly high uranium concentration in groundwater samples were found by the AMD.
12 Oct, 2019, 10.34 AM IST
'Underground metro exposes commuters to cancer-causing agents'For the study, published in the journal Aerosol and Air Quality Research, the researchers collected air samples using battery-operated devi...
30 Nov, 2017, 06.45 PM IST
'Driest place on Earth' may provide clues to life on MarsNASA scientists are exploring the "driest place on Earth" that provides a Mars-like environment to study the limits of life, and test drill...
29 Feb, 2016, 03.24 PM IST
Bengaluru's Namma Metro Phase I unlikely to complete before June deadlineThe government's new year gift to Bengaluru is the certainty that Namma Metro's Phase I cannot meet the June 2016 deadline.
19 Jan, 2016, 10.56 AM IST
Government agencies collect garbage from only 32% Delhi's urban householdsThe survey conducted during July-December 2012 was part of the 69th round of National Sample Survey (NSS) Reports.
26 Dec, 2014, 10.30 PM IST
Cyber criminals using Bitcoins to buy credit card information: McAfeeCyber criminals have been trying to purchase stolen credit card numbers and personal user data from 'Cybercrime-as-a-Service community' usi...
10 Mar, 2014, 08.02 PM IST
- Cyber crime industry booming despite economic downturn
In a time when most of the sectors are reeling under economic strain, the underground cyber crime industry is booming.
26 Nov, 2008, 05.27 PM IST