Year: 2016

A nanotechnology laboratory. Credit: wilfolsom/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Why India Needs Nanotechnology Regulation Before it is Too Late

Prateek Sibal 23/06/2016

For us to fully harness the advances made in...

Kitchen Science: The Chemical Reaction That Makes Our Favourite Foods Taste So Good

Les Copeland 22/06/2016

Maillard reactions give many foods their familiar flavours and...

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NASA’s Retro Mars-Recruitment Posters Call for Explorers

The Wire Staff 22/06/2016

A new series of posters from NASA exhorts people...

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Controversy Over How Indian Brick Kilns Clean up Their Act

Darryl D'Monte 22/06/2016

Brick kilns in India, a big source of greenhouse...

The PSLV C34 takes off on its 35th consecutive successful mission and 36th overall. Source: ANI News

Watch: ISRO Launches 36th PSLV Mission With a Record 20 Satellites Including CartoSat

The Wire Staff 22/06/2016

ISRO successfully launched its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket on its...

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A Computer Scientist Who Plays With Chaos

Aashima Dogra 21/06/2016

Mamta Rani has already made seminal contributions to fractal...

Hubbard glacier, Alaska. Credit: robertraines/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

A Brief History of Earth: The Lives and Times of the First Ice Ages

Sandhya Ramesh 21/06/2016

A series exploring the natural history of Earth, beginning...