M.P. Parameswaran, former nuclear scientist who later became prominent as a Marxist theorist, people’s science movement activist and writer, passed away in Thrissur, Kerala, on Tuesday (August 11, 2026). He was 92. Mr. Parameswaran was one of the earliest and foremost members of Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP). His ideas on the ‘fourth world’ had...
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August 11, 2026August 11, 2026Science & Tech
M.P. Parameswaran, renowned nuclear scientist and CPI(M) theorist, dies at 92
M.P. Parameswaran, former nuclear scientist who later became prominent as a CPI(M) theorist, people’s science movement activist and writer, passed away in Thrissur, Kerala, on Tuesday (August 11, 2026). He was 92. Mr. Parameswaran was one of the earliest and foremost members of Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP). His ideas on the ‘fourth world’ had...
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August 11, 2026August 11, 2026Science & Tech
Ladakh’s giant ‘rivers of ice’ are slowing as the mountains warm
Glaciers look still — but in reality they are constantly moving as they slowly carry ice from high mountains to the lower reaches. A new study has reported that glaciers in the Zanskar region of Ladakh are now moving more slowly than they did 30 years ago, offering new clues about how climate change is...
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August 11, 2026August 11, 2026Science & Tech
Solar eclipse 2026: Will it be visible from India?
A solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2026, with many parts of the world set to witness the celestial event, either partially or completely. Also read: What the night sky offers in August What is a solar eclipse? A solar eclipse is when the Sun, Moon and Earth are in alignment, and the Moon...
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August 10, 2026August 10, 2026Science & Tech
The work that won Deepak Dhar the Dirac Medal | Explained
The story so far: Theoretical physicist Deepak Dhar has been awarded the Dirac Medal for his contributions to statistical physics — an honour he is sharing with three other physicists, Bernard Derrida, Marc Mézard, and Haim Sompolinsky. The Dirac Medal is awarded by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy, on the...
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August 10, 2026August 10, 2026Science & Tech
ICTS professor Deepak Dhar awarded prestigious 2026 Dirac Medal
The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences on Monday (August 10, 2026) said that its professor Deepak Dhar has been awarded the prestigious 2026 Dirac Medal, recognising his contributions to statistical mechanics and complex systems. Prof. Dhar, who is an Indian National Science Academy (INSA) distinguished professor at ICTS, shares the honour with three other stalwarts...
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August 10, 2026August 10, 2026Science & Tech
TB vaccine offers clue to retrain immune system against Alzheimer’s
As the immune system ages, it enters a state of chronic, low-grade inflammation called ‘inflammaging’. In the brain, inflammaging is especially damaging. Immune cells that normally clear toxic amyloid-beta, a protein that can clump together to form the plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease, instead become dysfunctional, fuelling the neuroinflammation that drives the disease. So a...
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August 10, 2026August 10, 2026Science & Tech
How does the human brain’s biological clock track a 24-hour day?
— Sahitya Agrawal, Raxaul A: The brain’s biological clock is a network of genes and proteins whose concentrations rise and fall in a roughly daily cycle. There is a cluster of neurons in the hypothalamus called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Inside SCN neurons, certain genes are switched on to produce certain proteins. At one point,...
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August 10, 2026August 10, 2026Science & Tech
Scientists turn to sharks for better hurricane predictions
From the killer shark of Jaws to the tornado-tossed predators of the Sharknado movies, films long have portrayed sharks as objects of summer fear. But when a shark cuts through the waters off the U.S. East Coast, it now may be doing more than hunting. It may also be gathering data that helps scientists understand...
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August 9, 2026August 9, 2026Science & Tech
What is a glueball?
Nature has four fundamental forces: gravity, the weak force (responsible for radioactivity), electromagnetism, and the strong force. The strong force is responsible for keeping the protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms. The theory describing the strong interaction between two particles is called quantum chromodynamics (QCD). In QCD, the strong force is carried...
