NASA said on Thursday that the long-delayed launch of Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, could come as soon as April 1. “We are on track for a launch as early as April 1, and we are working toward that date,” Lori Glaze, a senior NASA...
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March 12, 2026March 12, 2026Science & Tech
ISRO, AIIMS sign MoU for cooperation in space medicine and research
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for cooperation in space medicine and research. According to ISRO, the MoU aims to promote joint research aligned with ISRO’s priority areas, with a shared objective of advancing human health, performance and safety...
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March 12, 2026March 12, 2026Science & Tech
India-made app turns impaired speech into clear speech in near-realtime
A whisper. A few slurred words. For those who suffer from dysarthria, a motor speech disorder, basic communication is a challenge, indelibly affecting both their professional and personal life. But now a new innovation based on artificial intelligence (AI) and developed in India could be life-changing. Led by associate professor Vineet Gandhi of the International Institute...
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March 12, 2026March 12, 2026Science & Tech
The Uncut Diamond: Book explores the life of pioneering physicist and meteorologist Anna Mani
Researcher and writer Asha Gopinathan remembers asking children to name a female scientist when working on science popularisation programmes with the Alliance Francaise in Thiruvananthapuram in March 2015. After several moments of silence, a hand went up and a voice said ‘Marie Curie’. “I realised then that something was wrong. And this wrong needed to...
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March 11, 2026March 11, 2026Science & Tech
A seismic decision: On revision to India’s earthquake zoning, rollback
The Centre’s rollback of the revision to India’s earthquake zoning by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), follows a major challenge to the methodology used, which some engineers believe are out of sync with site-based evaluations. Yet, the reversal is driven largely by the massive cost and execution implications, as the decision impacts urban planning,...
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March 11, 2026March 11, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
LPG crisis: India needs to electrify heat and win thermal independence
In the industrial town of Morbi in Gujarat, the air usually hums with the roar of gas-fired kilns producing millions of square metres of ceramic tiles. Today, however, nearly a quarter of the town’s ceramic units have gone silent. Nearly a thousand kilometres away in Ludhiana, Punjab, one of India’s largest hosiery and knitwear clusters...
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March 11, 2026March 11, 2026Science & Tech
IIT Bombay scientists develop solar heat battery for freezing Himalayan homes
In a breakthrough that could reshape winter heating in India’s cold desert regions, such as snow-covered Leh, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have developed a solar-powered thermal battery that can store summer heat for use in the harsh Himalayan winters. This heat storage system could offer a cleaner, long-term alternative...
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March 11, 2026March 11, 2026Science & Tech
Tamil Nadu needs more basic science funding to create green technology
As Tamil Nadu approaches its Assembly elections, its ambition to become a $1-trillion economy and its position as one of India’s leading industrial and knowledge hubs means it’s worth examining how the State has invested in science and environmental issues in the last five years. First, the State’s strategy on environment and climate action has...
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March 11, 2026March 11, 2026Science & Tech
The Rearview Podcast | PC Mahalanobis: India’s First Data Cruncher
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893–1972) was a Bengali statistician and institution-builder who became one of the most consequential figures in twentieth-century Indian science. Trained as a physicist in Calcutta and Cambridge, he discovered statistics almost by accident through an encounter with Biometrika, and went on to found the Indian Statistical Institute in 1931 out of a...
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March 11, 2026March 11, 2026Science & Tech
Earth’s magnetic flips can last 70,000 years, new study finds
The earth’s magnetic field aids navigation but also protects the planet from high-energy radiation from the sun. For decades, geologists believed that when this field periodically flipped, swapping the north and south poles, the process happened relatively quickly, on the order of 10,000 years. However, a new study in Communications Earth & Environment has reported...
