Month: March 2016

The Valparai landscape. Credit: Soumya Prasad

Keeping Track of How Plants Move Across Changing Landscapes

Soumya Prasad 04/03/2016

The real challenge that we face today is whether...

Equipment surrounding the SuperKEKB installation. Source: KEK

Rivalling LHC’s High Energy, Japanese High Intensity Collider Nears Completion

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/03/2016

The SuperKEKB will produce 50-times more collisions than previous...

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For Science, Centre Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth is – But Not Much Elsewhere

T.V. Padma 03/03/2016

An unexpected – and not wholly unwelcome – surprise...

Elegant but elusive. Simulation of merging black holes showing gravitational waves. Credit: NASA/ESA/wikimedia

Misplaced Pride on NASA Scholarship for Indian Girl Trips Up National Media

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/03/2016

Widely circulated news reports on March 2 had many Indian...

Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft being prepared for a prelaunch test at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Credit: ISRO

First Scientific Result from Mars Orbiter Mission Published

The Wire Staff 03/03/2016

It's from the instrument called MENCA, whose designs are...

A USGS map showing the location of the M7.9 earthquake (large red dot) near Sumatra, Indonesia. Source: USGS

Indonesia Issues, Then Revokes Tsunami Warning After M7.8 Quake Near Sumatra

The Wire Staff 02/03/2016

Initial reports of deaths have been emerging, and relief...

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Yamuna Ecology Imperilled, Green Tribunal Urged to Cancel Art of Living Event

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 01/03/2016

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday began...