Bioremediation – using microbes to clean polluted environments
Why in news? With increasing awareness about sustainable waste management, scientists and policymakers are exploring bioremediation as an eco‑friend...
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Why in news? With increasing awareness about sustainable waste management, scientists and policymakers are exploring bioremediation as an eco‑friend...
Why in news? Health authorities in the United States have reported a spike in norovirus infections, with more than 14 % of tests turning positive in r...
Why in news? NASA’s Perseverance rover has recorded electrical discharges in Mars’s atmosphere, confirming that the planet experiences “mini lig...
Why in news? The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR‑NAL) has unveiled the production‑ready ve...
Why in news? Researchers in France have reported promising results from a gene‑editing therapy that corrects the root cause of β‑thalassemia, a h...
Why in news? The fifth edition of the India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) concluded in New Delhi on 28 November 2025. Over two days, policymakers, ...
Why in news? On 28 November 2025 the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) signed memoranda of understanding with the Nagaland Medical Council, the St...
Why in news? Syntactic foam has gained attention in recent months due to new applications in marine research and aerospace engineering. Engineers have...
Why in news? An international team of scientists recently discovered that the milk of Atlantic grey seals contains an astonishing 332 different oligos...
Why in news? Scientists have reported that certain compounds found in Aloe vera could help treat Alzheimer’s disease. Using computer‑based screeni...
Why in news? Health experts have been warning that subtle changes in our skin can signal a deficiency of vitamin B12 long before serious neurological ...
Why in news? A recent epidemiological study projected that global cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) will rise by nearly 70 per cent by 2040...
Why in news? The Union Minister of State for Science and Technology recently noted that the Entrepreneur‑in‑Residence (EIR) programme is gaining t...
Why in news? Researchers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital analysed a decade’s worth of data from...
Why in news? The International Astronomical Union’s Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature approved a series of names proposed by Indian re...
Why in news? A new analysis of health records from more than 11 million U.S. military veterans has found that untreated obstructive sleep apnea nearly...
Why in news? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the Cyber Security Innovation Challenge 1.0 under the ongoin...
Why in news? Viral videos have surfaced showing roasted chana (gram) being coated with an industrial dye known as Auramine O to make it appear brighte...
Why in news? Researchers have shown that spores of the common moss Physcomitrium patens can survive extended exposure to the harsh environment of spac...
Why in news? Health officials in Karnataka reported that by the second week of November 2025, 2,042 cases of leptospirosis were recorded across the st...