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Quantum breakthrough in digital security: How Indian researchers achieved this, significance

October 09, 2025 7:40 pm

For the first time, a technique to generate true random numbers is ready to be deployed in real-life situations. It potentially paves the way for the development of hack-proof digital security.

Nobel Prize 2025 Chemistry Winners: What have the three done, what are the real-world uses of their work

October 09, 2025 1:50 pm

Nobel Prize 2025 Winners in Chemistry: The 3 winners have created metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs. MOFs can trap moisture from desert air to get water, or ethylene gas from fruits so they spoil slowly. We explain how MOFs were created, what they do, and how.

Physics Nobel 2025: How winners revealed quantum physics in action

October 08, 2025 11:54 am

Nobel Prize Winners 2025 in Physics: This year’s Nobel Prize in physics has gone to three scientists who showed that it was possible even for large systems, made up of billions of these small particles, to exhibit quantum behaviour under carefully controlled conditions.

Why DGCA will probe unusual deployment of last-resort RAT system on Air India Boeing 787

October 07, 2025 4:53 pm

This extremely unusual incident of an uncommanded deployment of the RAT has raised concerns about the Boeing 787, and comes barely four months after the fatal Air India crash in Ahmedabad, which also involved the aircraft

Nobel Prize in Medicine out: What exactly have the winners done, why it matters

October 08, 2025 2:42 pm

Nobel Prize winners 2025, Nobel Prize Medicine: Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi have been awarded for their work on the immune system. We break down what they have done, what diseases it will help treat, and how.

Survival by chance: Wheel well stowaways & perils of flying hidden in landing gear bay of aircraft

September 30, 2025 4:53 am

A 13-year-old boy from Kunduz, Afghanistan arrived in Delhi on the wheel well of an aircraft. His survival was nothing short of a miracle

60% uranium enrichment: Why Iran’s claims of not pursuing nuclear weapons lack credibility

September 25, 2025 5:29 pm

Iran’s supreme leader, Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, said the enrichment of uranium had been limited to 60 per cent, instead of the 90 per cent that is generally done for nuclear weapons. But this number still matters for Iran's capabilities.

Tylenol use during pregnancy linked to autism? An AIIMS expert unpacks Trump claim

September 26, 2025 11:26 am

Trump Tylenol autism claims, Tylenol 'pregnancy risk': Trump also recommends that vaccines such as the measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) shots should be given in a delayed manner or in smaller doses, without much evidence.

Explained: How India is simulating space on Earth to write its own astronaut protocols

September 19, 2025 2:25 pm

These experiments are a part of India’s preparations to send humans to space

Why China is investigating Nvidia for 'violating' its anti-monopoly laws

September 16, 2025 6:40 pm

China’s scrutiny of Nvidia is not being seen as an isolated case, but the latest in a series of actions in its AI race with the United States.

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