Nepal floods: Engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding tunnel rescue efforts
An army of experts in a WhatsApp group is guiding rescue workers scouring a Nepali valley after a massive flash flood more than a week ago, as they desperately search for anyone who may still be alive inside the tunnels of devastated hydropower plants. The messaging group was set up by engineers before the wall […]
ISRO’s advanced earth observation satellite launched successfully
ISRO successfully launches the GSLV-F17/EOS-05 mission from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. (Screengrab) (X/@ISRO) ISRO’s advanced Earth observation spacecraft, India’s first-ever imaging satellite in geo-orbit, was successfully launched from the spaceport here on Friday (September 4, 2026) by a GSLV rocket. The EOS-05 satellite was successfully placed in the intended sub-geosynchronous […]
Scientists built 10 giant chambers around a Minnesota peat bog and warmed it by up to 9°C; within 3 years, every warmed plot switched from storing carbon to releasing it
Pic credit: Misha Krassovski/ORNL,U.S. Dept. of Energy Swamps and peatlands play an important role in the global carbon cycle and, consequently, in the global climate. Scientists wanted to know if there was a link between climate change and carbon loss in peatland ecosystems. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory looked at […]
Science For All newsletter astrorad vest offers astronauts lighter shield against solar storms
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins evaluates the AstroRad vest onboard the International Space Station, July 17, 2022. | Photo Credit: 2s0ckz (CC BY-SA) Despite their best efforts to settle the moon and later Mars, humans may never become a spacefaring species, more than a few experts have said over the years. An important reason for this […]
Atal Knowledge Centres for All Gram Panchayats, ETEducation
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma Jaipur, Sept 2 Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has directed officials to accelerate rural development works with a focus on roads, employment, education, sports, irrigation and farmer welfare, and announced plans to establish Atal Knowledge Centres in every gram panchayat in a phased manner. Chairing a high-level meeting at his […]
How BODH is training India’s scientists to become better lab leaders
The BODH team (L-R): Veda Krishnan, Chandra Shekhar Sharma, Pooja Devi, and Sriparna Chatterjee. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement India’s laboratories are expanding, research funding is growing, start-ups are emerging, and Indian researchers are increasingly contributing to scientific knowledge. Amid this expansion, who is preparing scientists to become leaders? A researcher may spend years mastering […]
Why do people make odd facial expressions when self-administering eye drops?
The brain doesn’t always activate only those muscles needed for an activity. | Photo Credit: Vanessa Bumbeers/Unsplash — Akarsh A: People often make oddly tense facial expressions when putting eye drops in their own eyes because the activity significantly tasks the nervous system. To place a drop in your eye, you need to control yourself […]
A first step towards a universal vaccine against pneumonia, meningitis
There is a bacterium called Streptococcus pneumoniae. It comes in at least a hundred different forms, or serotypes, and lives in the tissue lining our nose and throat. S. pneumoniae is normally harmless. But when your body’s immune system becomes weaker, for example when you have a viral fever, these bacteria may invade your lungs […]
Bhotekoshi flood ‘serious signal’ of rising climate risks, says Nepal PM Shah urging global action
Nepal PM Balen Shah, in the Parliament Nepal PM Balendra Shah on Wednesday described the catastrophic Bhotekoshi River flood of August 26 as a stark warning of escalating climate risks in the Himalayan region, urging the international community to share responsibility for tackling the growing impact of climate change.Addressing Parliament, Shah said experts had identified […]
Bihar Cabinet Extends Student Credit Card Scheme to 2031, Approves Urban Development Initiatives, ETEducation
The Bihar Cabinet has approved 27 agenda items at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, including the extension of the Bihar Student Credit Card Scheme for another five years and measures related to urban development, heritage conservation and welfare initiatives. Patna, The Bihar Cabinet has approved 27 agenda items at a meeting chaired […]