Astronomers from India have discovered the second farthest spiral galaxy in the depths of the universe, using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), and have named it ‘Alaknanda’. The galaxy was an unexpected sight during a broader study of galaxy shapes in the early universe. The findings were published in Astronomy & Astrophysics in...
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December 29, 2025December 29, 2025Opinion, Science & Tech
Aravalli question faces the brunt of India’s fondness for ‘strategic exemptions’
On December 23 Air Marshal and the Integrated Defence Staff chief Ashutosh Dixit laid out the defence establishment’s case for critical minerals. Modern defence systems, he said, rely on reliable access to these minerals and import dependence has become a strategic vulnerability because global supply chains are concentrated and exposed to export controls and geopolitics....
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December 29, 2025December 29, 2025Science & Tech
What is a frequency comb?
A frequency comb is a special kind of laser light whose spectrum, or set of frequencies, resembles the teeth of a comb. Instead of containing just one colour (one frequency), it emits a large number of evenly spaced frequencies. The spacing is extremely regular. One way to make a frequency comb is using a mode-locked...
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December 28, 2025December 28, 2025Environment, Science & Tech, Trending
World’s Largest Animal Genome Decoded — Lungfish DNA 30× Larger Than Humans
Global Science News: Researchers have successfully sequenced the largest animal genome ever documented, belonging to the South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) — a freshwater fish known as a “living fossil.” At approximately 91 billion DNA base pairs, this genome is about 30 times larger than the human genome, which contains roughly 3 billion base pairs,...
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December 28, 2025December 28, 2025News, Science & Tech
ISRO & PAU Join Forces to Combat Groundwater Crisis Using Satellite Data &aI
Ludhiana / 28 Dec 2025: In a strategic move to tackle India’s worsening groundwater crisis, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has partnered with Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) on a major interdisciplinary research initiative. The project, backed by a three-year research grant under ISRO’s RESPOND programme, aims to use cutting-edge satellite data, artificial intelligence and...
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December 28, 2025December 28, 2025News, Science & Tech, Trending
China Surpasses Key Quantum Computing Threshold, Edges Ahead in Global Tech Race
Beijing / 28 Dec 2025: Chinese scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in quantum computing, becoming the first team outside the United States — and the second in the world — to cross a critical stability milestone needed for practical quantum computers. Their success with the Zuchongzhi 3.2 superconducting quantum system marks significant progress toward...
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December 28, 2025December 28, 2025Science & Tech, Trending
Scientists Unveil Breakthrough Technology to Eliminate Toxic “Forever Chemicals” from Water
New research offers hope for cleaner water worldwide: A team of scientists led by researchers at Rice University, in collaboration with international partners, has developed a new eco-friendly method that not only captures but actually destroys toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — commonly known as “forever chemicals” — from water far more efficiently than...
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December 28, 2025December 28, 2025Science & Tech, Trending
Sambhal’s Young Innovators Make Waves at IIT Bombay Techfest 2025
Mumbai / Sambhal, 27 Dec 2025: A group of bright young students from government-run council schools in Sambhal district (Uttar Pradesh) has captured national attention with an outstanding performance at the Techfest 2025, the annual science and technology festival of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay — one of Asia’s largest and most prestigious...
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December 28, 2025December 28, 2025Science & Tech
How the Aravalli Hills formed and why they look the way they do
The Aravalli Hills look modest today but they sit on some of the oldest and most studied rocks in India. Geologists care about them because they preserve a long record of how a piece of the earth’s crust in northwestern India was built, deformed, heated, and intruded by magma, then worn down. The Hills’ features...
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December 27, 2025December 27, 2025Health, Science & Tech
Even low alcohol intake raises oral cancer risk in Indian men: study
Alcohol consumption, even in small amounts, significantly increases the risk of buccal mucosa cancer (BMC), a common and aggressive form of oral cancer in India, according to a large multicentre study published in BMJ Global Health. The study analysed data from 1,803 men diagnosed with buccal mucosa cancer and 1,903 cancer-free controls recruited from six...
