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The Southern Ocean has the earth’s cleanest air — scientists finally know why

05/04/2024
Fewer sulphates are produced during winter, which is when the air over the Southern Ocean is most pristine.

A century after the EEG was discovered, it remains a crucial tool for understanding the brain

05/04/2024
It is 10 years before the scientific community accepts Berger’s work, birthing the field of electroencephalography, or EEG for short

Scientists investigate thousands of dead Antarctic penguins for bird flu

05/04/2024
While the researchers suspect the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus killed the penguins, the field tests were inconclusive.

Sanofi gets approval for alternative inactivated polio vaccine

05/04/2024
There is no shortage of polio vaccine from its side, company says

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On elements found after 1900

04/04/2024
This week’s Sci-five science quiz is on elements found after 1900.

President launches India's first homegrown CAR T-cell therapy for cancer treatment, calls it 'new hope'

04/04/2024
Developed by the IIT Bombay and the Tata Memorial Centre, this gene-based therapy will help in curing different types of cancer

‘Noisy’ autistic brains seem better at certain tasks

04/04/2024
Studies have shown that in some cognitive tasks, autistic people perform better than allistic people

New generation ballistic missile Agni-Prime successfully flight-tested

04/04/2024
India tests Agni-Prime ballistic missile successfully, meeting all trial objectives, validating reliable performance

Like India’s PRATUSH, astronomers want to put telescopes on, around the moon

04/04/2024
Moon-based instruments have a better chance of spotting a weak signal from the universe’s Dark Ages

Archaeological excavation reveals 5,200-year-old Harappan settlement in Kachchh, Gujarat

03/04/2024
Kerala University researchers unearth crucial evidence that sheds light on Early Harappan settlement in collaborative project

White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moon

03/04/2024
White House directs NASA to establish Coordinated Lunar Time for moon missions amid international space race

India’s private space sector boom and ISRO’s role | Explained

03/04/2024
How big is India’s private space sector? How is the Centre promoting it? What laws and schemes govern it? What is ISRO’s role in it?

Cosmic ‘speed camera’ reveals staggering speed of neutron star jets

03/04/2024
The most powerful jets in the universe come from the biggest black holes at the centres of galaxies.

Gene involved in cell shape offers clues on left-handedness

03/04/2024
For most people, the determination of which hand is dominant may come down to chance

World’s most powerful MRI scans first images of human brain

03/04/2024
One of the main goals of such a powerful scanner is to refine our understanding of the anatomy of the brain

How has Daniel Kahneman’s work in psychology withstood the test of time?

03/04/2024
Psychology, behavioural economics, public policy, and many other fields owe a great debt to his and Amos Tversky’s work

‘Underwhelming Indian genomics research, and gatekeeping’

02/04/2024
India is an extremely price sensitive market and people routinely tap foreign genomics organizations to get superior insights from their biological samples at a value bargain.

Bird species exploded after dinos’ doom, largest yet bird genetics study says

02/04/2024
The new family tree overturns some previous ideas about bird relationships, while also revealing some new groupings.

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