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47 stories for “Science & Technology” · September 2026
Clear filtersAstronomers 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...
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 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...
A healthy female calf of the Badri breed was successfully born in Uttarakhand using Ovum Pick-Up and In Vitro Fertilization (OPU-IVF) technology. Badri cattle are an indigenous breed adapted to the mountainous terrain of...
Bengaluru-based Astrogate Labs unveiled India's first indigenous Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) terminal at the Bengaluru Space Expo. OISL technology uses laser beams to enable direct, high-speed communication betwe...
India launched the Ocean Research Vessel (ORV) Sagar Manthan at Rishi Bankim Shipyard in Kolkata. The vessel is expected to strengthen the country's domestic capabilities in ocean research.
