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Soft matter: the unusual yet persistent physics inside your bathroom cabinet
Every morning, you perform a small physics activity without realising it. You squeeze toothpaste out of a tube. You apply…
Budget 2026-27: Space budget recovers but misses crucial private sector reforms
Union Budget 2026-27 The Indian space program has moved out of its post-pandemic slump and is entering a phase of…
Union Budget 2026: push for technology, planetary science in space programme
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The total budget allocation for the Department of Space…
Budget 2026-27: CII backs Union Budget plan for dedicated rare earth corridors
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Industry body CII on Sunday (February 1, 2026) welcomed the…
Budget 2026: Odisha, T.N., Andhra, Kerala to get dedicated rare earth corridors to promote research and mining
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to support the mineral-rich states of Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu in…
Apple leaf waste yields green anti-corrosion solution for metals
Prof. Ambrish Singh (R), Nagaland University, with Prof. Yujie Qiang, National Centre for Materials Service Safety, University of Science &…
Scientists plan to build a graviton detector. Why is it so hard?
The Stevens Institute of Technology in the US recently said some of its scientists plus a group at Yale University…
Why only female Darwin’s bark spiders weave the toughest webs
One of the strongest materials on the earth isn’t made in a factory or synthesised in a laboratory but spun…
What happens if you have a medical emergency onboard the ISS?
This screengrab from video provided by NASA TV shows the SpaceX Dragon departing from the International Space Station shortly after…
What’s ailing India’s battery scheme for EVs? | Explained
The ACC PLI scheme, launched in October 2021, was designed to catalyse a domestic battery manufacturing ecosystem and reduce a…

