Science
Why is rice such a water-intensive crop?
Rice is a C3 plant, and C3 photosynthesis is less water-efficient in hot or dry conditions than C4 plants, e.g….
IIT-Gn team builds precise sieve for industry with molecular ‘donuts’
Ultra-precise “POMbranes” sieve out larger molecules (red) and allow only 1-nm species (green) to pass through, enabling sharp molecular sorting….
Indonesia to restore access to Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot
Grok has faced a global backlash after it emerged that its image creation feature allowed users to sexualise pictures of…
X back up after brief outage hits US users, Downdetector shows
The website tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Elon Musk’s…
From field to screen: the changing landscape of ecology research
For centuries, ecology and biology have been built on muddy boots, mosquito bites and long days spent in forests, wetlands…
What is waste-to-energy technology? – The Hindu
A view of a waste-to-energy plant at Bidadi, near Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: RAVICHANDRAN N./The Hindu A: Waste-to-energy (WtE) is…
Narrating stories of the world’s women mathematicians, in portraits
“Solving mathematical problems gave me a unique sensation of freedom that did not depend on what happened around me,” confessed…
Microscopic crustacean discovered in Kavaratti established as a new genus and species, say researchers
A tiny crustacean discovered from the Kavaratti lagoon in the Lakshadweep islands has now been established as a new genus…
What happened to ISRO’s PSLV-C62 mission? | Explained
The story so far: On January 12, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) PSLV-C62 mission lifted off from Sriharikota carrying the EOS-N1 satellite along…
New state of matter is a solid-liquid hybrid
An image from the paper showing the corralling effect in action. | Photo Credit: ACS Nano, 2025, 19 (50), 42002-42012…