The story so far: Microplastics, especially nylon fibres, seem to be present rather sparsely in Chennai’s beach sediments but could still wreak long-term ecological damage, new research has cautioned. A study by researchers at V.O. Chidambaram College in Thoothukudi examined the abundance, sources, and ecological risks of microplastics from beach sediment samples from 15 sites...
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March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Environment, Science & Tech
India raises clean-energy ambition with 60% non-fossil fuel power goal by 2035
Updating its climate goals, India has pledged that by 2035, 60% of its installed electric capacity will comprise of non-fossil sources. It also aims to reduce by 47% the intensity of emissions per unit of GDP from 2005 level and to increase its carbon sink to 3.5 billion tonnes – 4 billion tonnes. These targets...
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March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Science & Tech
What is mineral water and how does it naturally contain dissolved minerals?
Millions of people around the world drink mineral water every day because their tap water is unsafe or because they prefer the taste. It’s packed with naturally occurring minerals that support bone and muscle health and governments and health organisations promote it as a clean, reliable source of hydration. What is mineral water? Mineral water...
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March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Health, Science & Tech
Antibiotic resistance fuels 87% of India’s typhoid economic burden: Study
Antibiotic-resistant typhoid infections accounted for at least 87% of India’s disease-related economic burden in 2023, according to a study in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia. The total economic burden due to typhoid fever was estimated at ₹123 billion. Children under the age of 10 incurred the highest economic burden, contributing to over half of...
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March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Children, Science & Tech
What is ‘The Wow!’ signal?
If you are a distinguished member of the “I think about extraterrestrial life all the time!” fraternity and don’t know about ‘The Wow!” signal, then you have some catching up to do. E.T Evolved from the ideas of the ‘alien’, the SETI or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is the endeavour — diverse efforts, projects, etc....
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March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Science & Tech
West Asia war: how finding oil changed the Persian Gulf’s ecology
Military ships and oil tankers dominate how we imagine the Persian Gulf today. Yet beyond this familiar imagery of geopolitics and petroleum lies a mosaic of vulnerable ecosystems. It wasn’t always this way. Just six decades ago, these waters were busy not with warships but fishing boats, and the glittering megacities that now line the...
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March 24, 2026March 24, 2026Science & Tech
Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive
Scientists in Geneva took some antiprotons out for a spin — a very delicate one — in a truck, in a never-tried-before test drive that has been deemed a success. If this so-called antimatter came into contact with actual matter, even for a fraction of an instant, it would have been annihilated in a quick...
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March 24, 2026March 24, 2026Science & Tech
How BioPharma SHAKTI can transform biologics with non-animal models
In 2006, London woke up to a tragedy. Six healthy men involved in a phase I clinical trial of theralizumab, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) designed to treat rheumatoid arthritis, developed multiple organ failure. The antibody triggered an intense immune reaction that the researchers didn’t observe in rhesus monkeys in preclinical tests because their immune cells...
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March 24, 2026March 24, 2026Science & Tech
Ahead of Chandrayaan-4, IIT and PRL team decodes moon’s titanium-rich rocks
The moon’s surface is covered by ancient lava flows that are often different from those found on the earth. While volcanic rocks on the earth rarely contain more than 2% titanium dioxide (TiO2), some lunar basalts — common volcanic rocks — carry up to 18%, a fact that planetary scientists have struggled to explain for...
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March 24, 2026March 24, 2026Science & Tech
Moon was formed around 4.51 billion years ago: study
Evidence to support an older age for the formation of the Moon, around 4.51 billion years ago, as per a paper published in the journal Nature. This new analysis suggests that a ‘remelting’ of the Moon’s surface around 4.35 billion years ago may have masked a far older history. The Moon is thought to have been formed through...
