Kepler Space Telescope Hit by Cosmic Ray
NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope was hit by a cosmic ray event during a recent campaign to observe TRAPPIST-1.
TRAPPIST-1 is a star system that...
Scientists Recreated ‘Primordial Soup’
Scientists have recreated the universe’s ‘primordial soup’ in miniature format by colliding lead atoms with extremely high energy in the world’s most powerful particle...
HIV Drug Cleared First Hurdle
In an experimental treatment HIV Drug Cleared has cleared the first hurdle. VRC01 is a so-called monoclonal antibody, a relatively recent development in the...
Largest Neutrino Telescope of World
KM3NeT -- a European collaboration pioneering the deployment of kilometre cubed arrays of neutrino detectors off the Mediterranean coast -- has reported in detail...
Cloud Evidence on Pluto Found
Scientists from NASAs New Horizons mission claimed that they have identified some clouds on Pluto.
Pluto's complex, layered atmosphere is hazy and appears to be...
Scientists Measures Photosynthesis Speed
Scientists have determined the speed of photosynthesis in the crucial process for the first time.
The study by researchers at Imperial College London in the...
NASA Releases Free Software for People
NASA has released its 2017-2018 software catalog totally free of cost. The package includes thousands of newly developed software; which NASA uses for its...
WB-57F Research Jet Planes of NASA
There is a total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. It will last less than two and half minutes. The team of NASA-funded scientists in...
Green Propellants for Rocket and Satellites
ISRO is developing green propellants for use in future rocket & satellite propulsion systems. All space faring nations have been investigating green propulsion systems...
India Faces Problem of E-Waste
Electronic waste or e-waste describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. Used electronics which are destined for reuse, resale, salvage, recycling or disposal are also...
New Glowing Creatures Discovered
Scientists have discovered a new species of luminous creatures in the Red Sea, living in colonies as garlands of ‘fluorescent lanterns’ and emitting a...
Driverless Taxis Started in Singapore
The world's first driverless taxis went into operation in Singapore in a limited public trial.
The six taxis -- Renault Zoe and Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric...
Plastic Developed to Carry Hydrogen in Pocket
A Waseda University (Tokyo) research group has developed a polymer which can store hydrogen in a light, compact and flexible sheet, and is safe...
Spectacular Phenomena in Universe Discovered
Astronomers, using data from India’s Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), have discovered two of the most powerful phenomena in the universe — a supermassive...
NASA’s Mars Probe Completes 50,000th Orbit
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has completed its 50,000th orbit recently, continuing to compile the most sharp-eyed global coverage ever accomplished by a camera...
‘ISS-CREAM Mission’ in News
Research that started aboard balloons a century ago soon culminated into a three-year stint aboard the International Space Station as scientists work on solving...
Nasa Releases Latest Pics of Pluto
Current Affairs: Nasa has released enhanced colour mosaics of Pluto that combines some of the sharpest views of the mysterious landscape.
The pictures are part...
Scientists Find New Planet
Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in US have discovered a rare triple-star system with a gas giant planet similar in size to...
NASA Launches Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx
NASA launched a space probe called OSIRIS-REx to chase down a dark, potentially dangerous asteroid called Bennu.
The probe will take a sample of the...
Weather Satellite Fengyun 4 Launched
China has successfully launched a new generation weather satellite Fengyun-4.
The satellite is the first of China’s second-generation weather satellites in geostationary orbit to have...
India Test Fired Exo-Atmospheric Interceptor Missile
India successfully conducted a test wherein an incoming ballistic missile target was intercepted by an exo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the Bay of Bengal.
With this...
GSLV Mk III Rocket and Its Launch in India
The first developmental flight (GSLV MkIII-D1) of India's heavy lift launch vehicle GSLV Mk-III was successfully conducted on June 05, 2017 from Satish Dhawan...
Embryo Transfer Technology and Bovine Breeding
Embryo transfer technology (ETT) has revolutionized the breeding strategies in Bovines as a tool to optimize the genetic improvement in cattle.
Department of Animal husbandry,...
Medical Technology in India
The Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has called for various Medical Technology (Med-Tech) Innovations developed by the...
Scientists Decode Groundnut DNA
A global team of 51 scientists from four countries have decoded the complete DNA sequencing of the ancestor of the groundnut, or peanut.
This could...
Chinese Astronauts Enter Space Lab
China’s Shenzhou-11 spacecraft carrying two astronauts docked with an experimental space lab orbiting the earth.
Shenzhou-11 was successfully launched in China’s longest-ever manned space mission.
The...
Indian Space Programme: Year End Review
The year 2016 was very eventful for the Indian space programme which scored very prominent and significant successes in launch vehicle, satellite, applications and...
Hubble Telescope Captures Galaxy
The Hubble space telescope has captured a new image showcasing an incredibly massive galaxy located under 400 million light—years away from the Earth. The...
Indian Venus Mission: Latest Information
The Indian Venusian orbiter mission is a proposed orbiter to Venus by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to study the atmosphere of Venus....
Compressed BIO-GAS ‘SATAT Initiative’
Union Minister of Petroleum kicked off an innovative initiative in New Delhi on 1st October, 2018, with PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs ,i.e. IOC,...
First Fire-Fighting Robot Unveiled
A fire-fighting robot to be used to fight fires in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state has been unveiled.
NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliot...
Great Attractor Region Explained
Hundreds of hidden nearby galaxies have been studied for the first time, shedding light on a mysterious gravitational anomaly dubbed the Great Attractor.
Despite being...
Fat Burning Molecule Identified
Researchers have found that a protein that leads to breakdown of fat.
The study reports a new role for the protein, Perilipin 5, in the...
AYUSH-QOL-2C To Reduce Side Effects
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has developed an anti-diabetic drug AYUSH-82.
License has been granted to eight firms through National Research...
World’s Highest Altitude Telescope ‘Ngari’
China is setting up the world’s highest altitude gravitational wave telescopes in a Tibet prefecture close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with...
First Recycled Rocket Successfully Launched
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket recovered at sea from its maiden flight last year blasted off again from Florida in the first successful launch...
Scientists Create ‘Diamond Rain’
In an experiment designed to mimic the conditions deep inside the icy giant planets of our solar system, scientists were able to observe "diamond...
PSLV Places 6 Satellites in Orbit
In its 32nd flight conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR, Sriharikota on December 16, 2015, ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C29 successfully...
World’s Tiniest Thermometer Created
Scientists have created the world’s tiniest thermometer, using DNA structures that can fold and unfold at specifically defined temperatures.
Researchers at the University of Montreal...
China Launches Space Station Tiangong 2
China has launched its second space station Tiangong 2.
The Tiangong 2 was carried into space by Long March 7 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite...
Rare Seaweed Found on Indian Coast
According to report published recently in the Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography, researchers of India have identified a seaweed Sargassum zhangii, growing along...
Scientists Discovered New Geckos Species
Scientists have discovered a new species of geckos.
The species, dubbed Geckolepis megalepis, possesses the largest scales of any gecko.
The scales are attached by relatively...
GSAT-17 Communication Satellite Launched
India's latest communication satellite GSAT-17 was launched using the European Ariane 5 Launch Vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana.
The 3477 kg GSAT-17 carries communication payloads...
Thruster Activity Started in NASA Voyager
A set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft successfully fired up after 37 years without use.
Voyager 1, NASA's farthest and fastest spacecraft, is...
Efforts to Awake Comet Probe Philae
Scientists will send a few final prods to robot lab Philae to awake it. A last-chance manoeuvre was attempted on 10 Jan to shift...
Indian Researchers Exploring Arctic
From metering the precipitation in the Arctic region to drawing up a baseline data on microbial biodiversity in Kongsfjorden sediments and carrying out a...
Hydrogen Map of Milky Way Created
A team of scientists from Australia and Germany have created the most detailed hydrogen map ever produced of the Milky Way.
The map was pieced...
Purple Rocks on Mars Revealed
NASA's Curiosity rover has revealed the purple rocks on the surface of the Red planet Mars. The photos were taken near the base of...
Scientist Found Wheat Yield Boosting Molecule
Scientists have discovered a new molecule that can make the wheat crop resistant to climatic stress and boost yields by 50 per cent.
The new...
Scientists Alters Genes of Human Embryo
U.S. scientists from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) have succeeded in altering the genes of a human embryo to correct a disease-causing mutation.
Scientists...
Perovskite Solar Cells in News
Solar energy has long been considered the most sustainable option for replacing our dependence on fossil fuels, but technologies for converting solar energy into...
New Species of Dinosaur Discovered
Latest in Science and Technology: Scientists have discovered a new species of 'horned' plant-eating dinosaur in China. The dinosaur species, Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis, stood on...
China’s Largest Space Rocket Ready
China new largest carrier rocket Long March-5 is ready foe the future space missions. It was moved to its launch base in southern Hainan...
NASA Ends ISS RapidScat Mission
NASA's International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer (ISS-RapidScat) Earth science instrument has ended operations following a successful two-year mission aboard the space station.
The mission launched...
Orbit of Mangalyaan Realigned
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully realigned the orbit of its Mars Orbiter Mission ‘Mangalyaan’ so it is not affected by long-duration eclipse.
The...
NASA’s New Frontiers Program in News
The New Frontiers program is a series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA with the purpose of researching several of the Solar...
Guardian of Genome Stability ‘Histone 1’
Histone H1 is one of the five main histone protein families which are components of chromatin in eukaryotic cells. Though highly conserved, it is...
Hubble Telescope Spots Supernova Explosion
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the image of the first-ever predicted supernova explosion.
This unique event offers opportunity for astronomers to test how mass...
India for World’s Largest Telescope
After protests in Hawaii in the US against the proposed Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) project, the largest to be built, alternative sites are being...
Mumbai’s First Satellite ‘Pratham’
Mumbai's first satellite, Pratham will be launched on September 26 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
The nearly-10kg Pratham, designed by IIT Mumbai students...
Japan Launches Space Junk Collector
Japan successfully launched a rocket carrying the unmanned cargo spaceship Kounotori 6 to deliver supplies for astronauts living in the International Space Station (ISS).
It...
Scientists Discovered New Species of Amoeba
Scientists have discovered a new species of amoeba.
Thecamoebians are among the 30-45 lineages of amoebae known to exist worldwide. During their evolution, they have...
Antibiotic Resistance: Gonorrhoea Hard to Treat
Gonorrhoea is becoming harder to treat due to antibiotic resistance and there is a need for better prevention and treatment of the disease that...
Giant Galaxy ‘Centaurus A’ in News
Scientists used two Australian radio telescopes and several optical telescopes to observe a nearby radio galaxy known as Centaurus A.
As the closest radio galaxy...
Aerosol Monitoring System Launched
Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the new user-friendly website of IMD and dedicated to the nation...
PSLV C34 Launches 20 Satellites
In its 36th flight (PSLV-C34), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched the 5 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite along with 19 co-passenger satellites morning...
Telescopes Spot Brown Dwarf
A microlensing event has revealed an elusive brown dwarf. Discovery of the new brown dwarf star was made possible by a unique collaboration between...
Hubble Discovers Cosmic ‘Megamaser’
This megamaser galaxy is named IRAS 16399-0937 and is located over 370 million light-years from Earth. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image belies the...
First Pristine Air-Quality Monitoring Station
National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has established an atmospheric monitoring station in the campus of Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT) at Palampur (H.P.) at...
Heavy Metal Supernova Discovered
Astronomers team led by Matt Nicholl from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge have found an extraordinarily bright supernova "SN 2017egm" in a...
Global Ice-Measuring Satellite by NASA
NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), a mission to measure the changing height of Earth's ice was launched recently.
The spacecraft lifted off...
ISRO To Launch 6 Singaporean Satellites
Science and Technology Current Affairs: India will launch six Singaporean satellites weighing about 625 kg on December 16 through its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle...
Electronic Plants Created
Researchers at Linkoping University in Sweden have created analog and digital electronics circuits inside living plants.
The group at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE),...
Now Smartphones to Detect Toxic Gases
Researchers have developed a new low cost sensing material that can be integrated in electronic circuits and can enable smartphones to detect toxic gases...
Desalination of Water in India
Desalination of seawater is possible by using Thermal Desalination Technology and/or Membrane Technology like Reverse Osmosis (RO).
Thermal and/or Electrical energy from Atomic Power Station...
NASA Hi-SEAS Study at Hawaii
Six scientists have entered a dome perched atop a remote volcano in Hawaii where they will spend the next eight months in isolation to...
NASA First Mission to Touch Sun in News
NASA has announced its first mission to fly directly into our sun’s atmosphere.
The mission, Solar Probe Plus, is scheduled to launch in the summer of...
Actual Operational Satellites of India
The currently operational 42 satellites are being utilised to meet the requirements of resources monitoring, infrastructure planning, enabling weather forecasting, disaster management support, location...
China Launches Latest Satellite
Current Affairs: China successfully launched the country's first space telescope in search for signals of dark matter.
The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) Satellite was...
Mercury Makes Transit Between Earth and Sun
The planet Mercury passed directly across the face of the Sun for the first time in 10 years, as it casts a shadow across...
The ‘Ksheer Tester’ Launched
Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan on the occasion of the 64th Foundation Day Celebrations of Central Electronics...
ISRO Sign Pact for Satellites with Alpha Design
ISRO has signed contract with Alpha Design for assembly, integration and testing of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System Satellites (IRNSS).
IRNSS is an independent regional...
ISRO Launches Satellites Century in One Go
ISRO successfully launched record 104 satellites by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in a single mission.
No other country has ever tried to hit a century...
Scientists Develop Pro-vitamin A Rich Bananas
Scientists in Australia have developed the world's first golden-orange fleshed bananas rich in Vitamin A.
The decade-long research, led by Distinguished Professor James Dale, involved...
NASA Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star
Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling...
‘Green Pea’ Galaxies in News
According to a new study “Green pea” galaxies, which are small, round and green, may shed light on the formation of the early universe.
Rresearch...
Indo-EU ‘Water4Crops’ Project
Minister of State for the Ministry of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Y.S. Chowdary, chaired the inaugural session of the Review and Planning...
Wukong Satellite Detects 1.6 bn Particles
Chinese Satellite launched into space in 2015 to explore dark matter has detected 1.6 billion particles.
Scientists will now have to analyse the information gathered...
Initiatives of CSIR: Ministry of Science and Technology
Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) entered 75th year of existence ushering in year–long Platinum Jubilee celebrations which were inaugurated by Prime Minister...
Biofuels Reduce Jet Engine Pollution: Study
Using biofuels to help power jet engines reduces particle emissions in their exhaust by as much as 50 to 70 percent, in a new...
Alloy ‘Multimetallic Nanoclusters’ Created
Scientists have succeeded in developing precisely controlled alloy nanoparticles 'multimetallic nanoclusters (MNCs)' made of three metals: copper, platinum, and gold.
They also discovered that MNCs...
Mexico Approves First Dengue Vaccine
First Dengue Vaccine: Mexican has approved the first dengue vaccine to gain official acceptance for use against the dengue virus.
Mosquitoes transmit the dengue virus....
Gene Responsible for Schizophrenia Identified
Scientists have discovered that changes to a gene called SETD1A can dramatically raise the risk of developing schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a severe and common psychiatric...
Kudankulam Synchronised with Southern Grid
The 1000 MW second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) was test synchronised with the southern power grid, marking generation of electricity from...
500 Metre Telescope in News
The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in the China's southwest, which was launched in September and cost 1.2 billion yuan ($180 million) to build,...
Scientists Developed Solar Water Purifier
Engineers at the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a solar-powered water purifier using carbon-dipped paper, which has the...
Plate Tectonics: Juan de Fuca is Sliding Under North America
Several hundred miles off the Pacific Northwest coast, a small tectonic plate called the Juan de Fuca is slowly sliding under the North American...
High Altitude Cloud Physics Observatory
A high altitude cloud physics observatory has been established at Munnar (Kerala), in Western Ghats, the region which is gateway for the monsoon of...
Scientists Created Two-Dimensional Boron
Scientists has created a two-dimensional sheet of boron -- a material known as borophene. No bulk form of elemental boron has this metal-like behavior.
Borophene,...
Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Successfully Tested
ISRO successfully flight tested India’s first winged body aerospace vehicle operating in hypersonic flight regime.
In this experimental mission, the HS9 solid rocket booster carrying...