Month: February 2017

Researchers modelled a somewhat similarly shaped active particle using a computer to understand its mechanical properties better. Credit: Zappys Technology Solutions/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Scientists in Chennai Uncover Insights Into Tiny, Self-Propelling ‘Active Particles’

Ronak Gupta 13/02/2017

The active particle design can be used to model...

Rhino cub at Kaziranga.

Fighting Rhino Poaching in India

Giovanni Ortolani 13/02/2017

A DNA profiling tool developed in South Africa could...

Credit: garryknight/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Infinite in All Directions: A Scientist’s Horoscope, Digital Philosophy, the Best Expletive

Vasudevan Mukunth 13/02/2017

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire‘s science newsletter....

venus_transit

After Big Launch, ISRO Gunning for Mars and Venus With France, US Help

The second mission to Mars is tentatively slated for...

Scott and Mark Kelly.

NASA Sent a Twin to Space to Study Nature Versus Nurture and We’re Starting to Get Results

Nick Caplan 12/02/2017

A twin experiment in space can help us prevent...

following gooseberries -carousel

Comic: Following Indian Gooseberries With a Forest Ecologist

Aashima Dogra and Clarissa Hart 11/02/2017

Soumya Prasad wanted to find out who eats Indian...

A worker watches as a loader unloads coal at a yard on the outskirts of Ahmedabad

In Talks With Indian Government to Develop Clean Coal, Says Vedanta

Reuters 10/02/2017

Vedanta CEO Tom Albanese said coal is still needed...