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  School teacher in Bihar's Gaya makes 'Matka Cooler'

  News | July 12, 2021 10:42 IST

  A school teacher, Sushmita Sanyal, in Bihar's Gaya made a unique 'Matka Cooler' to beat the heat.

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  Who is Sirisha Bandla, flying into space with billionaire Richard Branson - 5 things to know

  Science | July 11, 2021 17:53 IST

  ​Sirisha Bandla, a 34-year-old aeronautical engineer, is set to fly into space onboard Virgin Galactic's first fully crewed flight test on Sunday. Here are 5 things to know. 

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  Study suggests exposure to nature during COVID-19 lockdown is beneficial for mental health

  News | June 23, 2021 11:19 IST

  A new study conducted by Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelonahas found that exposure to nature is beneficial for mental health during the first lockdown of COVID-19 in 2020 was beneficial for the mental health of Spanish and Portuguese citizens.

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  AI predicts how patients with viral infection will fare

  Science | June 12, 2021 14:14 IST

  A team of researchers has used an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to sift through terabytes of gene expression data to look for shared patterns in patients with past pandemic viral infections.

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  Trinity College research finds why COVID 19 is to hard to treat

  Science | May 08, 2021 9:39 IST

  Study conducted at Trinity College Dublin suggests that a comprehensive look into COVID 19 suggests that it has a unique infectious profile

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  NASA Mars helicopter heard humming through planet's thin air

  Science | May 08, 2021 8:57 IST

  NASA is sharing sounds of its Ingenuity helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.

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  China, Russia welcome international partners in moon station cooperation

  Science | April 24, 2021 14:08 IST

  China and Russia's aerospace authorities have invited all interested countries, international organizations and partners to cooperate in a moon station project.

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  Budget 2021: Govt allocates Rs 13,949 crore to Space Dept as India preps up for Gaganyaan launch

  Science | February 01, 2021 17:43 IST

  After a steep cut last year, the Department of Space has been allocated Rs 13,949 crore in this Budget, of which Rs 8,228 crore have been earmarked for capital expenditure.

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  Need of the hour to ensure more c develop interest in science: PM Modi

  News | October 02, 2020 22:25 IST

  The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on October 02 said that the need of the hour is to ensure more youngsters develop an interest in science.

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  PM Modi inaugurates 'VAIBHAV Summit' via video conferencing

  News | October 02, 2020 22:06 IST

  The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi inaugurated 'VAIBHAV Summit' via video conferencing on October 02 in New Delhi.

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  NASA Hubble Telescope captures stunning galaxy moving away from earth at 3 million miles per hour

  Science | July 07, 2020 13:19 IST

  The Hubble Space Telescope captured galaxy NGC 7513 speeding away from us at a rate of roughly 1,564 kilometers per second, or nearly 1,000 miles per second. This is because of the fact that the Universe is always expanding and it drives many objects in space farther away.

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  Astronomers detect first regular fast radio bursts with unknown origin

  Science | June 18, 2020 19:17 IST

   Researchers have detected a strange repeating rhythm of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million light-years away.

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  GSEB Gujarat Board HSC Class 12 Science Result: Check date, time

  Exam Results | May 16, 2020 20:01 IST

  GSEB Gujarat Board HSC Class 12 Science Result: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) will announce Class 12 Science Result tomorrow. Candidates who had appeared for the exam can check their result on the official website -- gseb.org. Over 16 lakh candidates appeared for the Gujarat Board exams this year. Of these, 6 lakh appeared for Class 12 Board exams.

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  Super Earth & 5 mini-Neptunes: Scientists discover 6-planet system in orbital harmony

  Science | April 20, 2020 13:22 IST

  Scientists have discovered a six-planet system -- a "super-Earth" and five "mini-Neptunes" which display an exceptionally regular spacing, hinting at how the system may have formed. The planets revolving the star HD 158259 in the Draco constellation were found using the SOPHIE spectrograph.

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  NASA's 2024 moon mission delayed due to Coronavirus outbreak

  Science | March 20, 2020 11:28 IST

  NASA's ambitious 2024 return-to-moon mission has been delayed due to the global coronavirus outbreak. According to a Reuters report, NASA's Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA) was shutting down the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and the Stennis Space Center in nearby Hancock County, Mississippi, due to a rise in coronavirus cases in the region. NASA chief on Thursday ordered the temporary closure of two rocket production facilities after an employee tested positive for the respiratory illness, Reuters reported. 

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  NASA accepting applications for aspiring Moon explorers

  Science | March 03, 2020 21:05 IST

  As NASA prepares to send the first woman and next man to the Moon with the Artemis programme, the agency, for the first time in more than four years, has begun accepting applications for future astronauts.

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  CBSE Class 10 Science Board Exam 2020: Last-minute tips to score good marks

  High Schools | March 04, 2020 10:25 IST

  CBSE Class 10 Board Science Exam Tips: The CBSE Class 10 Science exam paper is divided into two parts – theory exam of 80 marks and internal assessment of 20 marks. With good preparation of the paper, students can definitely have an edge. The CBSE 10th Board Science Exam 2020 is scheduled to be held on March 04, 2020.

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  Pune telescope helps detect biggest explosion since Big Bang

  Science | February 28, 2020 17:04 IST

  The blast, which released five times more energy than the previous record holder, came from a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy hundreds of millions of light-years away.

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  Key NASA science, cargo head to space station

  Science | February 16, 2020 21:54 IST

  A Northrop Grumman rocket carrying the Cygnus resupply spacecraft has been successfully launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in the US.

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  Scientists dive into ‘Midnight Zone’ to study dark ocean

  Science | February 05, 2020 15:48 IST

  A team of scientists is preparing to dive deep into the depths of the Indian Ocean — into a “Midnight Zone” where light barely reaches but life still thrives. Scientists from the British-led Nekton Mission plan to survey wildlife and gauge the effects of climate change in the unexplored area.