Category Archives: Science
India’s rice fields now rank among world’s top methane hotspots
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from paddy fields worldwide have doubled since the 1960s, a new [...]
Jul
Will Trump’s bunker buster bombs punch through Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain?
Conventional bombs explode on or near a target surface, with the explosion and fragments, e.g. [...]
Jul
2,000 volunteers join a painstaking effort to restore massive skeleton of
Volunteers armed with chisels, brushes and protective goggles chip away at rock encasing the bones [...]
Jul
How did we identify fossil fuels to be remains of fossils, particularly those of
— Vivek Keshri, Patna
Jul
India’s rarest heron faces a silent end as new dam ignores its home
The white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis)is among the world’s most elusive birds, nesting along fast-flowing rivers [...]
Jul
New planet revealed around a young star after a decade in hiding
Astronomers have discovered a faint, elusive planet orbiting a young star after more than a [...]
Jul
Scientists compile largest meta-dataset of tree inventory studies from India
A new study led by researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and [...]
Jul
How magnetic levitation lifts and propels high-speed maglev trains
‘Maglev’ is a portmanteau of ‘magnetic levitation’. Instead of running on wheels, maglev technology uses [...]
Jul
India’s green transition is missing long-duration energy storage
On May 21, India recorded its highest peak demand of 270.8 gigawatt (GW) during the [...]
Jul