Surprising discovery of oxygen in 67P comet’s atmosphere
The Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has thrown a very big surprise — its atmosphere contains molecular oxygen. Based on our current thinking,
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Two objects fused to form Rosetta’s 67P comet
The rubber-duck shaped comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P) made up of a larger lobe and a smaller lobe separated by a thin
Read MoreOutdoor air pollution killed 0.65 million Indians in 2010: study
Of the 3.3 million premature mortality worldwide in 2010 caused by outdoor air pollution, about 0.65 million deaths took place
Read MoreNew antimalarial agent shows promise
A new antimalarial compound (DDD107498) tested on mice and several mosquito species has shown great promise, says a study published
Read MoreWhat ails science in India?
Unlike other countries, India successfully sent a spacecraft (Mangalyaan) to Mars in its first attempt. But the country has failed
Read More25 years of the Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope — a joint venture between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) — was launched in
Read MoreKey science developments to look forward to in 2015
The year 2015 is likely to see some key science developments. The one that most people are eagerly looking forward
Read MoreISRO: Radhakrishnan in journal Nature’s top ten list
Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is one of the 2014 top ten scientists chosen
Read MoreL’Aquila’s bizarre verdict reversed
Justice has finally been done. A few days ago, an appeals court in L’Aquila, Italy, acquitted six Italian scientists who
Read MoreNew avenues to novel drugs open up
Two years after the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for revealing the “inner workings” of G-protein–coupled receptors (GPCR) that
Read MoreSTAP cells: Haruko Obokata agrees to retract controversial papers
The sordid tale of Haruko Obokata, a 30-year-old Japanese stem cell researcher at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in
Read MoreWhat ails Indian science?
“Getting funding [for research] is easy in India,” said Dr. Mathai Joseph “because there is no competition here. Money is
Read MoreEditorial: The wages of scientific fraud
With the Supreme Court of South Korea upholding its 2010 ruling, Hwang Woo Suk, the notorious stem cell researcher from
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