In 1896, a French physicist accidentally discovered radioactivity after leaving uranium crystals on photographic plates wrapped in black paper inside a dark drawerIn 1896, a French physicist accidentally discovered radioactivity after leaving uranium crystals on photographic plates wrapped in black pa...
20 Aug, 2026, 01.53 AM IST
In the 1950s, J. Desmond Clark found a notched log at Zambia’s Kalambo Falls but died without proving its age; 60 years later, dating revealed the world’s oldest wooden structure at 476,000 yearsIn the 1950s, archaeologist J. Desmond Clark discovered a notched log at Zambia’s Kalambo Falls. He died without ever proving its true age....
19 Aug, 2026, 09.05 PM IST
Marie & Pierre Curie's belongings: Even after more than 120 years, why everything Nobel Prize-winning couple touched is still kept in lead-lined boxesMarie Curie's notebooks remain radioactive more than a century later because they were contaminated with radium-226, an element with a half...
18 Jul, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
Scientists discover radioactive stardust still falling on Earth from an ancient cosmic blastScientists often look to distant galaxies for answers, but sometimes those clues are hidden beneath Earth’s oceans. In a stunning discovery...
18 Jun, 2026, 08.11 PM IST
US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites set up "cat-and-mouse" hunt for missing uraniumBombing of Iranian nuclear sites creates verification challenges for the IAEA. Questions arise about the fate of Iran's enriched uranium. C...
29 Jun, 2025, 05.20 PM IST
UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors finds Iran isn't complying with its nuclear obligationsThe U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors has formally declared Iran non-compliant with its nuclear obligations, marking the first suc...
12 Jun, 2025, 01.54 PM IST
Iran rejects criticism of its nuclear stance by European powersIran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said the statement was "unconstructive", adding "the three European countries are advis...
10 Sep, 2022, 11.24 PM IST
France, Britain and Germany say Iran's stance on IAEA probe jeopardises nuclear talksIran earlier this month sent its latest response to the European Union's proposed text to revive the agreement under which Tehran had restr...
10 Sep, 2022, 06.38 PM IST
Iran has dropped some demands for nuclear deal: U.S. officialThe United States aims to respond soon to a draft agreement proposed by the European Union that would bring back the 2015 nuclear deal with...
23 Aug, 2022, 12.59 PM IST
Iran says nuclear talks not at impasse, but difficult issues remainOn Monday, a report from the U.N. nuclear watchdog showed that Iran had failed to explain traces of uranium found at several undeclared sit...
01 Jun, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Nuclear power could soon be harnessed from oceansResearchers have long known that uranium dissolved in seawater combines chemically with oxygen to form uranyl ions with a positive charge.
21 Feb, 2017, 06.00 PM IST
Oxygen-starved oceans delayed recovery after 'Great Dying'Global ecosystems collapsed as some 90 per cent of species perished in this Permian-Triassic extinction event 250 million years ago.
18 Feb, 2016, 04.30 PM IST
- Pakistan's fourth nuclear reactor has India worried
Pakistan is focusing on building low-yield, tactical nuclear weapons which it can use in case of skirmishes at the border with India.
19 May, 2011, 04.46 AM IST
- BARC scientists recover uranium, cobalt-60 from N-waste
Use of radiation-resistant micro- organisms have enabled scientists of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to recover heavy metals like ur...
10 Apr, 2011, 02.21 PM IST
- ONGC reaps double bonanza in Assam
ONGC, the oil & gas PSU major, has found uranium in Borholla and struck oil in Kasomarigaon, both in Upper Assam.
11 Nov, 2009, 09.08 PM IST
- ONGC, Uranium Corp to explore, develop uranium
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Uranium Corp of India for uranium exploration and deve...
11 Nov, 2008, 07.07 PM IST
- ONGC finds uranium traces in some wells
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp has found traces of uranium in some of the 9,500 wells it has dug so far, a top company official said.
17 Sep, 2008, 08.55 PM IST