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74 stories for “Science” · August 2026
Clear filtersIntroductionMarking an extraordinary expansion in bilateral space exploration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to partner in the c...
IntroductionIn a major archaeological discovery affirming the advanced hydraulic engineering of ancient Tamil civilization, archaeologists from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on 14 August 2026 identified a rare...
IntroductionAccelerating India's sovereign artificial intelligence and supercomputing capabilities under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) and IndiaAI Mission, the Prime Minister of India on 14 August 2026 inaugu...
IntroductionIn a landmark scientific breakthrough for modern particle physics, international researchers analysing collision data from the BESIII (Beijing Spectrometer III) experiment in Beijing, China, announced on 13 A...
IntroductionTo significantly enhance extreme weather forecasting and disaster mitigation in the ecologically fragile Western Ghats, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on 13 August 2026 that it will commi...
Indian scientists observed an abnormally thick ozone layer at 21–23 km altitude over the North Bay of Bengal, with concentrations far above normal for eastern India and persisting for over 24 hours. Researchers from ARIE...
IntroductionIndia scripted space history on 12 August 2026 with the successful launch of Chandrayaan-4, the country's first-ever lunar sample return mission, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota. The...
Bengaluru-based start-up Astrobase Space Technologies has revealed EVEREST, an 800-kilonewton (kN) rocket engine based on Full-Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) technology. It is the first engine of this class to be built by...
IIT Hyderabad, together with Crimson Energy Experts Pvt. Ltd., has introduced ANUGYAN (Nuclear Technology Orientation Programme). It is a three-month residential course and the country's first programme jointly run by in...
IntroductionDr. Srinivasa Kumar Tummala, a noted oceanographer and scientist, assumed charge as Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India, on 11 August 2026. He succeeds M. Ravichandran. Dr....
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati have built "E-Eye", an inexpensive and portable optical sensing device. The instrument is designed for quick detection of toxic substances and carcinogenic heavy...
Karthikeyan Lanka, Associate Professor at IIT Bombay, has been chosen for the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) Young Scientist Award 2026. The award will be handed over at the 96th NASI Annual Session, schedule...
