The recent announcement that China awarded its first “practical PhDs”, doctoral degrees conferred for tangible products rather than traditional research papers, is a timely catalyst for a long-overdue conversation on the relevance, design, and culture of PhD education in India. In China’s new model, doctoral candidates are evaluated on working prototypes and real-world applications instead … Read more
Skywatchers across the country and the globe turned their gaze upward as a dramatic lunar eclipse unfolded on March 3, 2026 evening, turning the full moon into a darker orb.As Earth’s shadow moved steadily across the lunar surface, the Moon shifted its shade from a bright white to deeper shades of amber and red. The … Read more
The recent announcement that China awarded its first “practical PhDs”, doctoral degrees conferred for tangible products rather than traditional research papers, is a timely catalyst for a long-overdue conversation on the relevance, design, and culture of PhD education in India. In China’s new model, doctoral candidates are evaluated on working prototypes and real-world applications instead … Read more
From the lapis-laden trade routes of the Bronze Age, blue travelled east and west, carrying with it power, devotion, and value. By the Kushan period, between the 2nd and 4th centuries CE, ultramarine pigment was extracted from Afghan lapis lazuli through a complex and painstaking process of crushing it carefully and treating it with beeswax … Read more
Rain comes down steadily, painting the skies a dull grey and sending a chill breeze wafting through the windows of high-rise buildings. On the street below, water creeps out of cracks and pores. Next to the highway lies a lake but the boundary between water and land has blurred. What was once contained spreads across … Read more
Modern cancer research is closely linked to the study of genes, with a particular focus on variants. Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, nearly 20 million new cancer cases were recorded in 2022, with the figure projected to surpass 35 million annually … Read more
The team tests the QR code. | Photo Credit: TU Wien By shrinking a QR code to the size of a microbe, researchers from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) and the German-Austrian start-up Cerabyte have shown that the future of the digital world could depend on ceramics, one of the oldest and most … Read more
Using data from NASA’s MAVEN mission, scientists have detected a type of radio wave called a whistler. | Photo Credit: NASA Radio whistles are first clear sign of Mars lightning Scientists have reported the first clear evidence of lightning on Mars. Using data from NASA’s MAVEN mission, they detected a type of radio wave called … Read more
A webinar on ‘Constitution Under the Microscope: Federalism, Free Speech and the Indian Republic’ at Future Career Conversations. A webinar on Constitution Under the Microscope: Federalism, Free Speech and the Indian Republic, jointly organised by the SRM Institute of Science and Technology and The Hindu, focused on strained Centre-State ties in many States, the role … Read more
