News on Science, Technology and Research in India
Earlier, scientists believed that Syzygium originated in Australia or Southeast Asia around 51 million years ago. However, new research suggests a much older origin—about 80 million years ago in East Gondwana, with India acting as a major centre for early diversification.
ISRO’s 2040 Moon goal fits squarely within the Government of India’s formal space roadmap. In September 2024, the Union Cabinet approved the first phase of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station, with the first module targeted for 2028 and the full station targeted for 2035; the same decision explicitly linked these steps to a crewed Indian lunar mission by 2040.
The significance of the study goes well beyond a niche galactic puzzle. Supermassive black holes are commonly observed in large galaxies, but dwarf spheroidal galaxies are faint, poor in gas, and heavily dominated by dark matter, making any central black hole extremely hard to detect directly.
Shukla’s work has received a Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation, a competitive programme under which researchers can receive support of up to Rs 60 lakh plus overheads for three years. IIIT Hyderabad said he was selected among roughly 700 researchers from more than 6,000 proposals, giving the project both national visibility and a funding path for early-stage development.
In this study, the researchers focused on the rare cases where a filament shows both longitudinal and transverse oscillations simultaneously, giving them a stronger handle on the underlying magnetic conditions.
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Plant cell fermentation is a biotechnology process in which living plant cells are grown in a controlled bioreactor environment to produce useful compounds such as phytochemicals, herbal biomass, and bioactive extracts with greater consistency and year-round reliability.
A quantum ecosystem is the full network that allows quantum science to grow into an industry. It includes universities doing advanced research, startups building hardware and software, large companies investing in use-cases, government funding and policy support, skilled talent pipelines, testing and fabrication infrastructure, and real-world sectors such as defence, healthcare, finance and communications that can use quantum technologies.
According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, SARAL AI is being designed to convert technical research into podcasts, short videos, posters, business briefs, presentations and social media content in 18 Indian languages. The idea is to bridge the gap between laboratories and the public by presenting scientific outcomes in simpler formats that citizens can understand and use.
The new sensor is based on an iron metal-organic framework, or Fe-III-MOF, designed in the form of microscopic nanospheres. Researchers said the material contains tiny pores that can trap nicotine-related molecules. These Fe-MOF nanospheres were synthesised through a solvothermal process and then tested for safety and performance.
The female cheetah, identified as KGP12, is the second cub from Gamini’s first litter and is around 25 months old. According to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, she had been living in the wild for more than a year before successfully delivering the cubs under natural conditions at Kuno.
