ISRO conducts the Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for Gaganyaan at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, on April 10 | Photo Credit: ANI The crew module, where the astronauts reside, orbits the earth at a high velocity of about 7,800 m/s. When the module returns to the earth and re-enters the atmosphere, it … Read more
Researchers can send shortlisted candidates to integrated lab partners for synthesis and testing, with results routed back into the system to guide the next round of design [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Amazon’s cloud unit on Tuesday launched Amazon Bio Discovery, an artificial intelligence application designed to speed early-stage drug discovery by allowing scientists to … Read more
Representative image. Research showed that a tree’s leaf density had a major effect on where pollen ended up. | Photo Credit: Alex Jones/Unsplash Every spring, lakhs of people suffering from allergies brace for sneezing fits and itchy eyes as trees release pollen into the air. Now, a team of researchers from France and the U.S. … Read more
Mice that had exercised had higher cognitive performance compared to their fellow mice that hadn’t received a running wheel. | Photo Credit: George Shuklin (CC BY-SA) “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” goes the proverb. Now, it seems no working out can also make Jack a dull boy — especially if … Read more
File image released by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) of Chandrayaan-3 Vikram Lander. Photo: X A new study conducted during the final phase of the Chandrayaan-3 mission when the Vikram lander performed a successful hop experiment has offered fresh insights on the moon surface. The study, In Situ Temperatures, Regolith Properties, and Evidence of Erosion … Read more
The Hubble eXtreme Deep Field image taken in 2012. | Photo Credit: NASA A: There is a major disagreement among physicists about how fast the universe is expanding. Astronomers use a value called the Hubble constant to measure it. However, the two main ways to calculate this number have produced different results. In the first … Read more
Representative image. A new international study suggests that this long-neglected condition may finally be biologically treatable. | Photo Credit: Yue Wu/Unsplash In many Indian homes, ageing unfolds quietly. A grandfather who once walked to the local market now pauses every few steps. A grandmother takes days to recover from a minor fall. Such changes are … Read more
Representative image. In the absence of ethnicity, religion, or political ideologies, social networks can divide, and new group boundaries can emerge, leading to collective violence, according to research. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto They were once a convivial, unified group that lived, fed, groomed, and patrolled together, with may be the odd scuffle. But then … Read more
Ravish Malhotra is the Indian Air Force officer seen with Rakesh Sharma who served as the backup cosmonaut in 1984 Published – April 14, 2026 05:11 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit
The green pill millipede (Arthrosphaera lutescens). Photo: Special Arrangement A recent study has revealed the self-cleaning mechanism of green pill millipede (Arthrosphaera lutescens), a species endemic to the Western Ghats. Researchers found that these millipedes, primarily located in the Munnar region of Idukki and Nelliampathy in Palakkad, utilise a biological mechanism similar to the famous … Read more