ISRO’s CARTOSAT-3 images show damages caused by earthquake in Myanmar

ISRO has released images captured by its earth imaging and mapping satellite, CARTOSAT-3 showcasing the damages caused by the earthquake in Myanmar on March 28. The post-disaster Cartosat-3 imagery was acquired by ISRO on March 29 over the cities of Mandalay and Sagaing in Myanmar, it said. Additionally, the pre-event Cartosat-3 data acquired on March … Read more

Laser allows long-range detection of radioactive materials

Lasers emerging from the new laser system on Unit Telescope 4 of ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile’s Antofagasta Region, in the Atacama Desert. In a new breakthrough, a team of physicists from the U.S. has successfully demonstrated a new way to detect radioactive materials using carbon-dioxide lasers — from a distance. The potential applications … Read more

Kolkata professor’s work published in leading science journal, made guest editor for issue on sanitation

Kaizar Hossain, assistant professor, Asutosh College in Kolkata | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It is a proud moment for Asutosh College in Kolkata where an assistant professor in the department of environmental science not only got a paper published in the prestigious Nature journal but was also invited as a guest editor for the same … Read more

Top free ed-tech platforms and courses to do this summer

With the introduction of technology in the education sector and several debates about banning smartphones in schools in the country, we need to understand the good and the bad side of the internet. While the world is literally at your fingertips, the same is true vice versa; your data is also at the world’s fingertips. … Read more

AI-powered drones track down fires in German forests

A firefighter works to control the Black Cove Fire on March 26 in North Carolina, US. Representative image. | Photo Credit: AP Inside a green orb planted in the German countryside is a high-tech aid to prevent wildfires that have grown more common and destructive with rising global temperatures. The installation, resembling a giant golf … Read more

India’s first satellite | 50th anniversary of ‘Aryabhata’ launch to be celebrated in Telangana’s SCES-run institutions

Aryabhata Satellite being balanced on the dynamic balancing table at ISSP, Bangalore. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives To develop students’ interest in space science and technology, the Singareni Collieries Educational Society (SCES) has decided to celebrate the golden jubilee of the launch of India’s first satellite Aryabhata on April 19, 2025. The celebrations would be … Read more

What to know about earthquakes like the one that hit Myanmar

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, residents watch as rescue workers search for victims in the aftermath of an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Early on March 28, a major 7.7-magnitude earthquake that originated near Mandalay, Myanmar, shook the earth as far as Bangkok, about 1,300 km … Read more

New wave of smaller, cheaper nuclear reactors erupts across US

With the promise of newer, cheaper nuclear power on the horizon, U.S. states are vying to position themselves to build and supply the industry’s next generation as policymakers consider expanding subsidies and paving over regulatory obstacles. Advanced reactor designs from competing firms are filling up the federal government’s regulatory pipeline as the industry touts them … Read more

Myanmar earthquake, Kathua operation, Hurun Global Rich List 2025, and more: The week in 5 charts

(From left) Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Rajat Patidar, CEO of Tesla Inc. Elon Musk, Rescuer search for survivors amid the rubble, Yashwant Varma, Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, Bhim Sen Tuti pays tribute to the mortal remains of Head Constable Jagbir Singh.  | Photo Credit: AP/PTI/Reuters (1) Myanmar earthquake: Death toll rises to over 1,700 The … Read more

SpaceX to launch private astronauts on first crewed polar orbit

The Fram2 astronauts and Space X completed a full rehearsal of launch day activities ahead of liftoff on March 31, 2025. Photo: X/@SpaceX SpaceX is set to launch the first human spaceflight directly over Earth’s polar regions on Monday (March 31, 2025) — a days-long, privately funded orbital mission involving four astronauts. Named “Fram2” after … Read more

Centrifuge: getting to the good uranium

The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Kursk, Russia. The enrichment centrifuge is a device used to extract uranium-235 isotope from a sample of natural uranium. U-235 is fissile and thus useful to generate nuclear power and to build nuclear weapons. Natural uranium consists of 99.3% U-238 and 0.7% U-235. Nuclear power reactors need the … Read more

Bipolar Day: disorder is complex but early diagnosis can lead to fulfilling lives

The second phase of India’s National Mental Health Survey is currently underway. The first phase identified mood disorders as an important diagnostic category in terms of prevalence in India. March 30 is celebrated worldwide as World Bipolar Day. Mood disorders are psychiatric disorders characterised by a pathological alteration in one’s mood, energy, and activity levels. … Read more

WHO conference: Over 50 countries pledge to reduce air pollution health impacts by 50% by 2040

India has pledged to reduce the health impacts of air pollution by 2040, aligning its actions with the National Clean Air Programme at the concluding session of the second World Health Organisation (WHO) conference on air pollution and health. Speaking at the conference organised in Colombian city of Cartagena, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s … Read more

Bipolar Day: disorder is complex but early diagnosis can lead to fulfilling lives

The second phase of India’s National Mental Health Survey is currently underway. The first phase identified mood disorders as an important diagnostic category in terms of prevalence in India. March 30 is celebrated worldwide as World Bipolar Day. Mood disorders are psychiatric disorders characterised by a pathological alteration in one’s mood, energy, and activity levels. … Read more

Arduino, the man behind modern stratigraphy

A 19th Century medallion of Giovanni Arduino. As there are no contemporary portrait of Arduino, this medallion that was made sometime before 1850 for the Venetian Pantheon in Campo Santo Stefano, Venice serves as the best option for his likeness. | Photo Credit: Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti / Wikimedia Commons What is … Read more

ISRO achieves breakthrough in Semicryogenic engine development for LVM3

“Induction of the Semi cryogenic propulsion system along with an uprated cryogenic stage in the LVM3 vehicle enhances its payload capability from 4 tonne to 5 tonne in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO),” ISRO added. File | Photo Credit: Reuters ISRO has announced significant progress in the design and development of a Semicryogenic engine or Liquid … Read more

Myanmar earthquake: India’s National Centre for Seismology says soil liquefaction caused severe damage

Rescuers resume operations at the Chatuchak site of a skyscraper collapse on March 29, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. In the aftermath of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar, Bangkok finds itself in an unprecedented state of paralysis on March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s earthquake monitoring agency, the National Centre for … Read more

Growth in most southern States is concentrated in a few districts: Data

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin with Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu during the first day of the Budget 2025-26 session in Chennai. Various southern States have tabled their Budgets and Economic Surveys this year. An analysis of their Surveys shows that economic growth in all of these States lagged behind India’s economic growth in 2023-24. … Read more

Making research inclusive: Bringing patients and the public into the fold

PPIE is not the same as simply taking patient feedback. It involves deep and genuine collaboration, where patients help make research decisions alongside scientists and clinicians. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images Imagine you’re at the doctor’s office, discussing your latest test results or asking about a symptom that just … Read more