A bright band of diffuse gamma ray glow along the map’s center, which marks the central plane of the Milky Way galaxy, is seen in an undated image based on five years of data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. | Photo Credit: Reuters Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark … Read more
(This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) There is ample evidence that the big leaps science achieves from time to time are often built on scientists asking simple questions, driven solely by their curiosity and not because … Read more
India’s biotech surge has been nothing short of extraordinary over the past several years. From a modest count of roughly 500 startups in 2018, the number has soared to over 10,000 in 2025. This rapid expansion is supported by a network of 94 incubators across 25 States, fuelling innovation that’s transforming healthcare and the life … Read more
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There is ample evidence that the big leaps science achieves from time to time are often built on scientists asking simple questions, driven solely by their curiosity and not because they wanted to develop a specific technology. In a widely circulated piece in The New York Times, the journalist Katrina Miller wrote how one of … Read more
Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh (third from right) observes the demonstration of ‘Vidyut Swasthya,’ a pedal-assisted exercise system that converts human energy into electricity, at the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Union Minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Wednesday (October 15, 2025) … Read more
A schematic illustration of the experiment. The rectangles on the right depict the microwave pulses. The pointed spheres denote the carbon-13 nuclei’s spins. | Photo Credit: Moon, L.J.I., Schindler, P.M., Sun, Y. et al. Nat. Phys. (2025). Scientists have discovered a new phase of matter called a time rondeau crystal that shows an unusual kind … Read more
ISRO preparing to commence unmanned flight tests for the Gaganyaan Mission, in Sriharikota in 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The story so far: The Gaganyaan mission aims to safely transport Indian astronauts to a low-earth orbit of around 400 km altitude using the human-rated LVM3 (HLVM3) rocket as the launch vehicle, and to return them … Read more
Microplastics in water bodies can be ingested by very small organisms, which in turn are consumed by larger ones. As a result, the bodies of animals higher up in the food chain accumulate more microplastics and can suffer from amplified toxicity. This phenomenon is called bioaccumulation. To understand microplastic bioaccumulation along the Goan coast, scientists … Read more
Meals rich in carbohydrates, such as rice, bread, and sweets, raise the amount of glucose in the blood. | Photo Credit: Zoshua Colah/Unsplash We often feel sleepy after a meal because digestion changes how blood and energy circulate in the body. When we eat, the stomach and intestines start working to break down food and … Read more