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#FunFactFriday Did you know that tardigrades—also known as water bears—can survive in the vacuum of space? These microscopic creatures can endure extreme temperatures, radiation, and even complete dehydration by entering a state called cryptobiosis, where they effectively shut

Scientists have unveiled Bedmap3, the most detailed map of Antarctica’s hidden subglacial landscape, offering unprecedented insights into its topography beneath the ice. This breakthrough, developed over six decades of research, enhances our understanding of ice dynamics, climate

#TuesdayTrivia Which of the following elements was discovered first?

#OnThisDay in 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared India polio-free—a historic milestone in global health. After three years without a single reported case, relentless vaccination efforts, including the Pulse Polio Programme, helped eradicate a disease

#FunFactFriday Did you know that Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the Sun? Venus' thick atmosphere, made mostly of carbon dioxide, creates a runaway greenhouse effect, trapping heat and pushing surface temperatures to a scorching

Is dark energy in space evolving over time? New results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) at Berkeley Lab hint in this direction. When combined with other cosmological measurements, the data suggest that the impact of dark energy may be weakening, potentially

#TuesdayTrivia Which of the following best describes 'April Fools' Day' in a scientific sense?

Lipids studied by Infosys Prize winner Siddhesh Kamat are essential for energy storage and cell signaling. Can you name a disease linked to lipid imbalance? While you're at it, here's our profile on Prof. Kamat, sharing his work and his achievements. Siddhesh Kamat

Ever wondered how our biases shape economic decisions? Sendhil Mullainathan, 2018 Infosys Prize winner in Social Sciences, has been a trailblazer in behavioral economics and has the answers. It isn't surprising that his work has far-reaching impact and is helping change

We congratulate Prof. A. Ajayaghosh, for being awarded the CSIR Bhatnagar Fellowship for 2024. Prof. Ajayaghosh was awarded the 2012 Infosys Prize in Physical Sciences for his pioneering development of methods for the construction of supramolecular functional materials, which can

Block your calendar for 19 Apr 2025 as Infosys Prize laureate Prof. Mukund Thattai takes the stage to share 'The Astonishing Story of Complex Cells.' Prof. Thattai will take you through the evolution of primordial cells with exciting new discoveries, quite literally, from the

#DidYouKnow that the Human Genome Project was launched in 1990 and was declared complete in April 2003, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA's double-helix structure?

Join Prof. Satyajit Mayor, Director, NCBS and the 2012 Infosys Prize laureate in Life Sciences, as he shares the story behind the establishment of the Bangalore Life Science Cluster (BLiSC), comprising of NCBS, inStem, TIGS, and C-CAMP. While Prof. Mayor takes you through the

An average Greenland shark has been around since the fall of great empires, the rise of new ones, changing global constructs, and the modern wars. They're known to live for anywhere between 250 - 500 years (diet plan, anyone?)! New research through genome mapping of these

#TuesdayTrivia What percentage of jellyfish species are bioluminescent?

How is climate change impacting the generation of renewable energy? That's not a question you would encounter too often, but there are instances where climate change is impacting how renewable energy is generated. For instance, nuclear power plants not being able to generate

#DidYouKnow that the first in-human indigenous gene therapy developed at CMC, Vellore in India, to treat a variant of hemophilia, showed positive results in all the participants in the trial? Read more on India's continued contribution and research, in finding a cure for