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56 stories for “Science” · September 2026
Clear filtersThe International Day of Science, Technology and Innovation for the South is marked every year on 16 September. It promotes science, technology and innovation (STI) for sustainable and inclusive development across the Gl...
Astronomers have confirmed Elias 2-24 b as the youngest planet known, less than 1 million years old. It circles the star Elias 2-24, roughly 450 light-years away, and has a mass comparable to Jupiter. The planet sits in...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi, the country's fifth major semiconductor conference, and noted India's move towards commercial chip production. The event aimed to strengthen the s...
India's 51st Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) was inaugurated at Sambalpur in Odisha. A DWR uses radio waves to track where rainfall and severe weather are, how they move and how intense they are. With this, Odisha now has th...
CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR) is using SARAL AI, an initiative of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), to convert research papers into short videos with...
Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Kremer was appointed World Bank Group Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics on September 16, 2026. Kremer shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Scienc...
ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA) has introduced a deboning technology for milkfish. The technology is intended to improve the fish's marketability and its acceptance among consumers.
The fifth edition of Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar (SSSS) 2026 was launched on 1 September 2026 to remove marine litter and conserve coasts. Its week-long drive runs from 12 to 19 September 2026, ending on International...
The MG Hector Tomahawk is India's first mainstream Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) SUV. A PHEV pairs a petrol engine and an electric motor with a battery that can be charged externally, so it can run on electric p...
The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) facility at Takwe, Pune, has received accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for high-pressure cylinder tes...
A new study suggests Mercury may have contracted 10-30% more than previously thought as its interior cooled over billions of years. Researchers estimate that the planet's radius may have reduced by about 7.2 miles (11.6...
India's fusion research, often called the 'artificial sun' project, has moved ahead with a new 82.6 GHz, 400 kW gyrotron installed in the SST-1 tokamak at the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gujarat. SST-1 (Steady S...
