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Sept 7 Softlanding on Moon Will be Biggest Chandrayaan-2 Mission Test For ISRO
20 Aug 2019
On Tuesday, Chandrayaan-2 successfully entered the lunar orbit at 9.02 am as planned, using the on- board propulsion system.
PTI
Pune Scientists Develop Tech to Detect Early Spread of Cancer
19 Aug 2019
OncoDiscover, a liquid biopsy technology, is the first-of-its-kind to be licensed to manufacture for sale under the new Medical Device Guidelines, 2017, the start-up claimed.
Sandipan Talukdar
Pain Sensing Could Involve Previously Unknown Cells
17 Aug 2019
The specialised cells, a kind of Schwann cells, which reside in the skin and engulf nerve cells and keep them alive, have been largely overlooked for their role in sensing pain, as per a new research…
Ditsa Bhattacharya
India Moving Farther Away from Achieving 3rd Goal on Climate Change: IPCC Report
16 Aug 2019
Data from India’s Biennial Update Report shows that the levels of emission removal by forestry has worsened in 2014 at only 68,215 Gt of Co2 equivalent as compared to the 200,036 GtCO2e in 2010.
Newsclick Team
'ONGC Is Not Safeguarding Environment While Hydrocarbon Extraction'
14 Aug 2019
The public sector company ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) has been involved in hydrocarbon projects in the Cauvery delta region of Tamil Nadu for many years.
Bharathy Singaravel
HRD Minister Makes Unscientific Claims at IIT Bombay Convocation
13 Aug 2019
He claimed that Rishi Charaka was the first person to study atoms and molecules. Charaka who probably lived in the 3rd century BCE is considered one of the foremost contributors to Ayurvedic…
Sandipan Talukdar
Is Dark Matter Older than Big Bang?
10 Aug 2019
A new research published in Physical Review Letters has proposed that dark matter might have been produced during the era known as cosmic inflation, the time when space was undergoing rapid expansion.
Sandipan Talukdar
Human Activities on Land Account for 23% of Greenhouse Gas Emission: IPCC
08 Aug 2019
Report calls for urgent action to save land from growing human pressure, climate change to ensure food security.
Sandipan Talukdar
Recent Study Shows New Findings on Aging of Human Cells
08 Aug 2019
The study focused on the process known as the senescence, that involves the natural process in which cells permanently stop creating new cells.
Sandipan Talukdar
Revealing Earth’s History from a Microscopic Drop of Ancient Seawater
07 Aug 2019
The research not only gives a renewed idea about the starting of plate tectonics, but also gives insights into the first stages of plate tectonics and the beginning of continent crust.