Tea and banana waste used to develop non-toxic activated carbon
New Delhi-- A team of scientists have used tea and banana waste to prepare non-toxic activated carbon, which, without any toxic agent, is useful...
Indian monsoon – the impact of climate change
New Delhi-- Scientists have already warned of changing climatic conditions. The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has sounded...
How exhaust pollution from SpaceX, Blue origin rockets heat atmosphere
Washington-- Rockets' propulsion emissions create significant heating and compositional changes in the atmosphere, finds a study.
Popularised by commercial space flights of companies like SpaceX...
Eruptions from Sun may have kickstarted life on Earth: Study
Washington-- The first building blocks of life on the Earth may have formed thanks to eruptions from the Sun, finds a new study.
The study,...
New study on Universe expansion: Indian physicist feels vindicated
By K.S. Jayraman
Bengaluru--Indian astrophysicist Abhas Mitra, whose revolutionary theories challenging the existence of "black holes" and "dark matter" remain uncontested till date, again feels...
Building city on Mars could cost up to $10 trillion: Elon Musk
San Francisco-- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has not stopped at lofty talks of colonising Mars. He has even estimated the cost of having a...
Indian agri scientists complete genome sequencing of pomegranate
Chennai-- A team of Indian agricultural scientists, after six years work, have completed the genome sequencing of the country's pomegranate cv.Bhagawa.
The team belonging to...
Hubble Telescope snaps a doomed star’s destruction
Washington-- NASA and Euopean Space Agency's Hubble Space Telescope recently gave astronomers an unprecedented, comprehensive view of the first moments of a star's cataclysmic...
‘No benefit from culling wild birds to control virus’
Bonn-- In response to recent large-scale outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds, the Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and...
How bacteria may help make sustainable, super-efficient rocket fuel
New York-- Scientists have used a molecule made by bacteria to develop a new class of sustainable biofuels powerful enough to launch rockets.
A team...
