Kerala Takes Steps to Appoint Permanent Vice-Chancellors in State Universities, ETEducation
Higher education minister minister Roji M John Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam has begun preliminary steps to appoint permanent vice-chancellors for the universities across the state, Higher Education Minister Roji M John told the state Assembly. Replying to a question during the Question Hour, John said several universities are yet to get permanent vice-chancellors, and the government has […]
Scientists decode solar eruptions using Aditya-L1, Proba-3
A file photo of Aditya-L1 entering the Halo Orbit. In a first, scientists from Bengaluru and their international collaborators have analysed scientific observations of solar eruptions and studied the coronal mass ejections (CMEs) by using data derived from India’s Aditya-L1 mission and Europe’s Proba-3. Scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) combined observations from […]
Britain-sized Doomsday Glacier is melting faster than feared
The high cliffs of Thwaites Glacier taken from the British Antarctic Survey Twin Otter aircraft (Rob Larter/British Antarctic Survey) Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ could unleash a bigger threat than previously feared, with new research warning that it could drive twice as much sea-level rise by 2100 as earlier models predicted.According to CNN, the study found that […]
CERN and Mistral partner to build AI foundation models for physics
File photo of Mistral AI, the French artificial intelligence company. File | Photo Credit: Reuters European physics research centre CERN and Mistral AI have signed a statement of intent to establish a long-term strategic partnership to develop foundation models for scientific discovery, the two organisations said on Thursday (October 15, 2026). The partners aim to […]
As inscrutable AI proofs emerge, mathematicians wait in the dark
The French mathematician Hugo Duminil-Copin, who won the Fields Medal — mathematics’ Nobel — in 2022 for his work on phase transitions in statistical physics, said in a video call of the French Mathematical Society on October 8 that years of his research agenda had been “wiped out” thanks to a tumult of mathematical proofs and […]
Building bridges for India’s wildlife
A male western Hoolock gibbon hangs from the lower branches of a tree in the Hoollangapar Gibbon Sanctuary. | Photo Credit: Krunal Desai (CC BY-SA) The Hoolock gibbon is India’s only ape other than us humans. Found in Northeast India, mostly to the south of the Brahmaputra river, the western and eastern hoolock gibbon populations […]
Super El Niño: ‘Collapse could be precipitous’: Super El Niño could push coral reefs closer to extinction, UN biodiversity expert warns
File photo: A fish swims through a coral reef in the Dutch Cays of Guna Yala on Panama’s Caribbean coast (Picture credit: AP) A potentially record-breaking super El Niño could push the world’s fragile coral reefs closer to extinction as ocean temperatures soar to unprecedented levels, David Obura, chair of the UN’s expert scientific panel […]
IISER researchers make solid material that releases two fuel gases
An illustration of a hydrogen pipeline. Hydrogen is emerging as an important new fuel because its combustion does not directly release carbon dioxide. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, have developed a chemical compound that releases hydrogen and methane when heated moderately. Per the team, […]
A Game Changer for Universities and Research Institutions, ETEducation
DDA plans 138-hectare education hub in Narela under Delhi master plan 2047 New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) held its ninth and tenth stakeholder consultations under the Master Plan for Delhi-2047 (MPD-2047), focusing on the proposed education and medical hubs. The meetings were held under the guidance of Lieutenant Governor Sardar Taranjit Singh Sandhu. […]
Why are the whites of human eyes white?
Scientists are not sure why the human sclera is white. | Photo Credit: Bacila Vlad/Unsplash A: The tough outer covering of the eyeball is called the sclera. In humans, the sclerae (in both eyes) are white. This allows someone standing a distance away to easily say which way a person is looking. Scientists are not […]