While the loss was in the forest core and bridge areas (corridors connecting different core areas), the increase in forest area was mostly restricted to islets — patches of forest containing no core and representing isolated habitats. Nearly half of newly added forests were islets, while a negligible 6% increase in forest cover was in the core
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There were 50 earthquakes with over 5 magnitude, including the July 20, 2025 quake of 7.4 magnitude and three 6.6 magnitude earthquakes, preceding the July 30, 2025 quake of 8.8 magnitude. The 7.4 magnitude quake on July 20, 2025 may be a foreshock
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Rather than trying to develop even stronger chemotherapy drugs, our approach aims to make cancer cells more sensitive to existing treatments by blocking their defence mechanisms. In this case, blocking TLK1 protein’s activity weakens the ability of cancer cells to survive, making it easier to kill them
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Looking for protein-packed natural food that is also rich in omega-3 fatty acid, calcium and iron? Turn to solar dried epipelagic fish such as mackerel, sardine, anchovy, and ribbon fish which are rich in protein, and low in salt. Fish dried through the traditional method has over 30% salt content, only 35-40% protein, and short shelf life
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With over one lakh visitors to date, the Bengaluru-based Curiouscity’s science centre has exhibits and experiments for children aged 8-15 years that have been designed by experts from IITs, IISc and Cornell, and facilitated by trained guides. It takes at least three hours to fully cover the centre and interact with the models
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In a trial in South Africa and Uganda, there were zero HIV infections among 2,134 participants who received Lenacapavir PrEP injectable once in six months. Gilead Sciences has licensed four pharmaceutical manufacturers in India to make and sell generic Lenacapavir
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NISAR will be the first satellite ever to observe the Earth with a dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instruments — an L-band radar and an S-band radar (around 9 and 24 cm, respectively) — simultaneously and provide SAR data in single, dual and quad polarisations
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Science did not retract the paper in 2012 because there was no deliberate fraud or misconduct on the part of the authors. But Science’s standards for retracting papers have since expanded. If a paper’s reported experiments do not support its key conclusions, even if no fraud or manipulation occurred, a retraction is considered appropriate
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In August 2018, former IIT Dhanbad Director had said that scientific misconduct by Prashant Kumar Sharma and Rashmi Madhuri appears serious and may attract major penalty. In April 2021, Prashant Sharma was promoted as Associate Professor
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NexCAR19, approved in 2023, is India’s first home-grown CAR-T cell therapy for blood cancers. NexCAR19 is not an isolated success story. Indian institutions are working on gene and cell therapies for haemophilia A, sickle cell disease, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
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On February 3, 2025, CSIR famously tweeted: “The expert Committee constituted to review the RRs has recommended to increase the upper age limit to 35 years. The agenda has been prepared and is going to be placed before the GB CSIR for approval in the next meeting of GB, CSIR.” But till date, CSIR has done nothing to increase the age limit
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The chemical composition and adverse health effects of particulate matter arising from plastic burning have been poorly understood till now. The IIT Madras study addresses this lacuna by demonstrating what the particles are made of and how these particles have a much greater impact on health
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To begin with, the penalty this year to institutions for retractions will be mild, which will become harsh next year
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