Pilia, an enigmatic genus of jumping spider has just been rediscovered in the tropical forests of Western Ghats after a staggering 123 years. The find has not only led to the description of a brand-new species, Pilia malenadu, but, also allowed researchers to document the first-ever female of the entire genus.
Researchers have demonstrated how a magnetised catalyst can speed up hydrogen production while bringing down the energy cost.
A new cooling model gave better predictions of the strength and ductility of cast iron
Researchers have found how cancer cells hoodwink the biological clock controls and use them to promote tumour growth.
Researchers identify the factors affecting snow leopard density in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh.
Do you recollect knowing axioms and proving theorems in your high-school mathematics class? Most theorems start as conjectures — a proposition that is believed to be true but without enough formal proof. Over time, mathematicians use the axioms to prove the conjectures. Proving or disproving conjectures can be challenging, sometimes taking centuries. ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’, which states that no three positive integers can satisfy the equation an+bn=cn where n>2, although sounds straightforward, took 350 years to prove!
Researchers have studied the characteristics of a natural dye extracted from Indigofera tinctoria leaves.
Researchers have sealed the mathematical gaps between two seemingly different approaches explaining particle interactions.
There was a time when stars in the night sky were a simile for infinity — one could see so many spluttered across a black blanket that counting them would take a lifetime! Fast forward to today, the night sky is lit not by the moon or stars but by city lights. Indiscriminate use of artificial light — from light bulbs in buildings to sodium lamps on streets to glaring neon billboards — has killed the joy of stargazing. It is estimated that about 83% of the world’s population lives in areas contaminated by light pollution.
Researchers have identified two groups of genes that switch activity and help cancer cells evade therapy and spread aggressively.
Researchers from IIT Bombay report increasing dependence on groundwater after frequent droughts as the cause for the alarming decrease in groundwater levels in South India.