Identifying the gene gives scientists a handle to reduce chalkiness across rice varieties

Just 25 nanomoles of mercury, well below the WHO safety limit, produced a readable current within three hours

The brain’s energy efficiency depends on more than just responsive neurons: a new study has found that it also requires a hidden vascular network

The facility has been named Pasang Wangchuk Sona ISRO Space Laboratory, in honour of the minister's father and in recognition of his lifelong belief in the transformative power of education, it said

Wildfires continue to test firefighters and locals across Europe as droughts and heatwaves turn regions into tinderboxes. The data for 2025 alone is a sign of things to come.

Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in decoding inner speech, offering hope for individuals with speech impairments. Researchers successfully translated imagined words into text using brain implants and AI. The study, pa ...more

A 26-million-year-old whale skull, belonging to the newly identified Janjucetus dullardi, has been unearthed at Jan Juc Beach in Australia. This Oligocene-era predator, unlike modern baleen whales, possessed sharp teeth and large eyes, ...more

On August 5, a deluge of rain that led to a landslide and flooding flattened the village of Dharali in Uttarakhand. So far, only one body has been retrieved and 69 people remain missing. Rescue teams are battling challenging conditions to do their work. Many, in this village of less than 1,000 people, have lost lives and livelihoods in the tragedy, ...more

Marking Independence Day celebrations, the Prime Minister announced and hailed the achievement as a pivotal step towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat in the energy sector, underscoring the country's transformation from a fossil-fuel-dependent ...more

Multiple draft versions of the text couldn’t reconcile deep differences between blocs of nations on, whether cutting plastic production was integral to ending plastic pollution

After a talks session held behind closed doors broke up, countries gathered in the UN Palais des Nations' main assembly hall to reflect on the impasse and consider where they go from here

India has achieved its ambitious climate target of having 50% of its cumulative installed electricity capacity from non-fossil-based sources five years ahead of schedule, says the Prime Minister

The Prime Minister said India is working on becoming self-reliant in the space sector as well, and is preparing for launch of Gaganyaan

Addressing the nation on the 79th Independence Day, PM Modi said that six semiconductor units are already on the ground and four new units have been given green signal

The Prime Minister said that six semiconductor units are already on ground and four new units have been given green signal

A groundbreaking study by ETH Zurich reveals that solid rock in Earth's D" layer, located deep within the mantle, can move like a fluid while remaining solid. Researchers used diamond anvil cells and X-ray diffraction to observe mineral ...more

In May 2016, NASA satellites detected ten unusual dark voids within cloud cover above Heard Island, a remote volcanic landmass. These formations, linked to von Kármán vortices, exhibited an atypical darkness, tight spiral structure, a ...more

A multi-million pound conservation programme in England helped save 150 struggling species but "time is running out" to halt the decline, the head of Natural England, which led the initiative, said Wednesday. But time is running out fas ...more