Physical Science

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding deterioration of Nayar river, Uttarakhand, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …

Nasa twin spacecraft may reveal how moon was born

Stereo journey the mission During their journey, the space- craft will use a wide-field-of-view telescope to look for asteroids orbit- ing the region. Two identical Nasa spacecraft are preparing to enter a point in the universe that may eventually answer the question of how our moon originated. The spacecraft duet, …

Gamma ray burst may strike again

A brilliant burst of gamma ray killed most of the creatures on Earth some 440 million years ago, and researchers say, a similar celestial catastrophe could happen again. Most gamma-ray bursts are thought to be streams of high energy radiation produced when the core of a very massive star collapses. …

Astronomys orginal rebel

Galileo upturned the Biblical theory of the universe On February 13, 1633, Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Catholic Church

Science & Technology - Briefs

chemical sciences Sugars preserve organs longer Growth of ice crystals during organ preservation at low temperatures leaves them unfit for transplantation. Several carbohydrates have the ability to prevent the growth of ice crystals. This ability correlates with the hydration number which is the number of water molecules bound to one …

Chandrayaan-1: Indias first planetary science mission to the moon

Chandrayaan-1, the first Indian planetary exploration mission, will carry out high resolution remote sensing studies of the moon to further our understanding about its origin and evolution. Original Source

Science & Technology - Briefs

technology Mediaeval books dated by DNA testing Timothy Stinson from the North Carolina State University is using modern dna testing to trace the evolution of the book industry during the Middle Ages. Thousands of volumes, handwritten during the mediaeval period on parchments made of animal skin, still exist today. Scholars …

ISRO calls meet to analyse Chandrayaan data

Amitabh Sinha Posted: Jan 12, 2009 at 0016 hrs IST New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to report some significant new information about the evolution and composition of the moon when it reveals the first results of the data being sent by Chandrayaan-I at the end …

Puzzle solved: Black holes came before galaxies

London:Astronomers claim to have finally solved the cosmic chicken-egg problem. They say that black holes have come before galaxies. For several years, researchers have known galaxies and black holes must have co-evolved. If not all, at least our own

Boon to Physics? But bane to Nilgiris

This article presents an interesting case study on how projects, even science based projects are being conceived without any regard to ecology.

ISRO launches jointly built satellite

Will help maintain network across countries The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) reached new heights today with the launching of a satellite, built jointly by ISRO and EADS-Astrium, which will help in maintaining communication network across Europe, West Asia and North Africa. The state of the art communication satellite, W2M, …

Universe is still expanding: Study

Toronto:Canadian astronomers have rejected the new

CERN scientist unravels mysteries of Hadron Collider

Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the machine that has promised to unearth the mysteries of the formation of the Universe, was at the forefront of the discussion of Archana Sharma, an Indian scientist to be working at CERN-European Organisation for Nuclear Research, during her presentation on the second day of five-day …

Tricolour on moon

The Chandrayaan probe gets clicking THE probing instrument on board Chandrayaan-I with the map of India painted on it dislodged from the spacecraft and hit the surface of the Shackleton crater on the moon on November 14. This crater in the south pole of the moon had earlier been identified …

Why India must make its Moon probe pay

India needs all the sexy science projects and clear thinking it can get if the country is to become a major player in basic research.

2008 A lunar odyssey

From a pariah after Pokhran II to scientific self esteem, India raced its way to the moon. Archita Bhatta tracked the nation

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