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Peregrine Mission-1 Faces Anomaly

A new era of commercial lunar exploration dawned recently as NASA booked passage on a private company’s robotic moon lander alongside some unusual companions – the cremated remains...

January 9, 2024

New Antibiotic Compound Effective Against Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Trials

Antibiotic resistance arises when disease-causing bacteria mutate and evolve over time to evade the effects of commonly used antibiotic drugs. This global public health crisis has accelerated with...

January 6, 2024

NASA Announces Grant Winners Under NIAC Program

NASA has announced 13 winning ideas in Phase 1 of its NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program funds early-stage studies to...

January 6, 2024

ISRO Tests Fuel Cell in Space for Future Missions

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully tested a fuel cell aboard a PSLV rocket launch on January 1st, 2023. The hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell generated electricity along with...

January 6, 2024

NASA Tests Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine for Future Mars Missions

NASA has successfully tested a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) that can potentially halve travel time to Mars. The engine detonates fuel in explosive bursts instead of continuous...

January 6, 2024

Fossils of Giant “Terror Beasts” Worms Unearthed

Scientists have discovered fossils belonging to a previously unknown group of ancient aquatic predators near Greenland. Named “Timorebestia” or “terror beasts”, these large worm-like creatures may have been...

January 5, 2024

GolDN: IIT Bombay Develops Equipment for Plastic Waste Recycling

Researchers at IIT Bombay have developed an instrument named GolDN for mechanically recycling waste plastic polymers through melt-mixing. This indigenous single screw extruder can manufacture composites from thermoplastic...

January 5, 2024

NSIL Picks SpaceX to Launch ISRO Satellite GSAT-20

On January 3rd, NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) announced it has contracted American firm SpaceX to launch an Indian communication satellite aboard the Falcon 9 rocket. NSIL is the...

January 5, 2024

India Joins Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)

India has formally signed up for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) – an ambitious multinational initiative to build the world’s largest radio telescope spanning over a square...

January 3, 2024

Three New-to-Science Frogs Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

Scientists have reported three new frog species belonging to new genera from Arunachal Pradesh’s Namdapha-Kamlang protected area network along the Myanmar border. The finds highlight the significance of...

January 3, 2024

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