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Researchers call Australia carbon credit scheme a ‘catastrophe’

27/03/2024
Carbon stored by forests in the Outback was turned into credits and sold to heavily polluting industries to offset their emissions, but researchers said the forests haven’t performed this function

Chilling out instead of blowing off steam better to manage anger, review of 154 studies says

27/03/2024
Scientists found that activities that influence arousal levels had a profound impact on anger and aggression

‘Our world is built on basic science, and part of basic science is rationality’  

27/03/2024
Jayant Murthy, a senior professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, now has an asteroid named after him. He was conferred this honour by the International Astronomical Union in recognition of his contributions to the world of astronomy

How subpar treatment options allow sickle cell disease to persist | Explained

27/03/2024
Genetic therapies have created a lot of hope for treating SCD, yet they require the same amenities still out of reach of those most affected by the disease

Sensing China threat, India joins race to mine new sea patch

26/03/2024
Files application with the International Seabed Authority for rights to explore two vast tracts in Indian Ocean seabed that aren’t part of its jurisdiction

Astronomers looking for space gas accidentally find 49 new galaxies

26/03/2024
Instead of discovering hydrogen gas in the galaxy we aimed at, scientists spotted no less than 49 previously unknown galaxies

MIT to host Solar Electric Vehicle Championship from March 27-31 in Manipal

26/03/2024
The institute will host the event in collaboration with Coimbatore Society of Racing Minds

Fighting every wildfire makes bigger fires more extreme, study says

26/03/2024
When forests aren’t allowed to burn, they become more dense, and dead branches, leaves and other biomass accumulate, leaving more fuel for the next fire

Goa scientists find 50,000-year-old magnetic fossils in Bay of Bengal

26/03/2024
Magnetofossils are the fossilised remains of particles created by magnetotactic bacteria

ISRO’s POEM-3 mission accomplishes zero orbital debris mission

26/03/2024
The PSLV-C58/XPoSat mission has practically left zero debris in orbit, the ISRO said

Why do so many contemporary vaccines have low durability? | Explained

26/03/2024
Barring a very few, most new-generation vaccines have a short duration of protection

Dogs understand more than they let on, create mental images of known words: Study

25/03/2024
The researchers said it did not matter how many object words a dog understood — known words activated mental representations anyway.

How are semiconductors fabricated? | Explained

25/03/2024
Like a faucet can be used to control the flow of water, semiconductors can be used to control the flow of electric currents

Can ‘good sounds’ help coral islands recover from bleaching?

25/03/2024
Many coral islands like India’s Lakshadweep are inhabited by people

IAU approves ‘Statio Shiv Shakti’ as name for Chandrayaan-3 landing site

24/03/2024
The nomenclature for the landing site of Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander was approved on March 19

NASA touts space research in anti-cancer fight

24/03/2024
Pharmaceutical giant Merck has conducted research on the International Space Station with Keytruda, an anti-cancer drug that patients now receive intravenously

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