India has successfully cultivated the country’s first plants in space, sprouting black-eyed peas aboard a repurposed rocket stage orbiting Earth. Launched in late December 2024 by the Indian Space ...

A new study measuring how seismic waves lose energy as they travel through the Earth's crust reveals the intense geological ...

Imagine a creature so small that dozens of them could fit on the tip of your finger and yet crafty enough to build its own armour by carefully selecting grains of sand from the ocean floor and glueing ...

Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India have discovered a new species of moss from the misty, high-altitude forests of the Western Himalayas. Named Indopottia himalayensis, the green plant was ...

Researchers from India and Sweden have developed a new, cost-effective digital tool to monitor the health of vital coastal defences, such as seawalls and groynes. Piloted during the heavy monsoon ...

An international team of scientists from India and the United States has engineered a highly stable, fast-charging new material for sodium-ion batteries. Their breakthrough could make large-scale ...

HISTO-UNet, a newly developed AI framework, not only accurately maps the shapes of tumours and glands but also flags its own uncertainties, acting as a smart assistant to speed up and secure medical ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of burrowing snake from the lush, high-altitude forests of the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot. The secretive reptile, newly named Trachischium lalremsangai ...

Microscopic analysis of coal from Western Kachchh reveals a unique, petal-like mineral formation that sheds light on prehistoric marine environments and highlights major environmental challenges for ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of tardigrade, fondly known as the marine water bear, off the northeast coast of India. This marks the first time in 43 years that a new member of its elusive ...