The Khasi word for ‘frog’ is the name of a second new species, belonging to the genus Raorchestes, recorded by the same team

In the village of Pathorichuk, Majuli, Assam, local residents have discovered a remarkable way to combat riverbank erosion by planting Kanchan trees along the Brahmaputra River. This sustainable and eco-friendly approach has proven to b ...more

NASA has offered employees two separate opportunities in 2025 to leave through the government’s Deferred Resignation Program

ISRO to launch NISAR satellite with NASA, providing high-resolution Earth data every 12 days for various applications

July 26 is the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem

A new study suggests the universe might collapse in 20 billion years. This challenges the idea of endless expansion. Scientists analyzed data from the Dark Energy Survey and Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. They propose dark energy ...more

Researchers at institutes in Kolkata have reported that the compound chromium-antimony is the first altermagnet to display direction-dependent conduction polarity

On July 24, Science said it would be retracting a paper nearly 15 years after it made a sensational claim that its authors said could rewrite biology

Ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs, featuring human-like figures, have resurfaced on Oahu's Waianae coast after years of being hidden by sand. Seasonal ocean swells revealed the panel of over two dozen images, dating back at least 500 years. ...more

Combined with biodegradable polymers, the fast-growing Bambusa tulda has potential applications in automobiles and packaging, researchers said

Germany explores bio-robotics for defence. Cyborg cockroaches are the new surveillance bots. Swarm Biotactics develops these insect-based robots. They carry cameras and sensors for real-time data. These robots can operate individually o ...more

Understanding the limit of how much heat a solid can hold without changing its phase is important for engineers to design materials that work in extreme environments

These findings have been published in the PNAS journal