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Meet Aadit Krishna, the 15-year-old North Carolina student who built a floating device to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from water |

Santanu1 week ago04 mins

PC: LinkedIn Profile of Aadit Krishna A Union County teenager has developed a floating water-purification system designed to tackle PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a class of persistent chemicals called ‘forever chemicals’. Aadit P. Krishna, whose research focuses on decentralised water purification, developed HelioPure as a solar-powered platform that can operate on surface water. The…

A retired Kodak finance worker picked moss from a New York log and found an animal no one had seen before; a year later, scientists confirmed it as a new tardigrade species

Santanu1 week ago05 mins

Judy Dobles collected moss near Cumming Nature Center that led to the discovery of a new tardigrade species. (Photo: Finger Lakes Public Radio) Judy Dobles, a retired worker from Kodak’s finance department, was walking a trail at the Rochester Museum & Science Center’s Cumming Nature Center in Naples, New York, when she made a discovery…

24×7 eye on China, Pakistan borders: Why EOS-05 launch on ‘Naughty Boy’ is key to India’s security

Santanu1 week ago03 mins

In this image posted on Sept. 1, 2026, The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F17) stands integrated on the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR), in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Scheduled for liftoff on September 4, the 19th GSLV flight will place the Earth Observation Satellite EOS-05 into a Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. (Image…

Scientists built 10 giant chambers around a Minnesota peat bog and warmed it by up to 9°C; within 3 years, every warmed plot switched from storing carbon to releasing it

Santanu1 week ago04 mins

Pic credit: Misha Krassovski/ORNL,U.S. Dept. of Energy Swamps and peatlands play an important role in the global carbon cycle and, consequently, in the global climate. Scientists wanted to know if there was a link between climate change and carbon loss in peatland ecosystems. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory looked at…

In 1896, William Hadaway patented an electric stove, helping transform cooking from wood, coal and gas to modern electric appliances |

Santanu1 week ago03 mins

In 1896, American electrical engineer William Hadaway received the first patent for an electric stove, marking an important step in the development of electric cooking. His patent came just four years after Canadian executive Thomas Ahearn put together the first electric range in 1892, as cooking technology was moving beyond wood, coal and gas. According…

Meet Ho-Yeung Chan, the student who accidentally discovered a new sea slug smaller than a grain of rice |

Santanu1 week ago05 mins

Thecacera sesama. Image Credit: Ho-Yeung Chan An accidental encounter by a student during a recreational dive has led to the formal description of a ‘tiny new sea slug’ from the waters of north-eastern Taiwan. ‘Ho-Yeung Chan’ first noticed the animal while diving and later helped establish that it belonged to a species previously unknown to…

In 2007, ESA exposed 3,000 tardigrades to space vacuum and solar UV radiation in low Earth orbit; 68% revived when the microscopic animals were rehydrated |

Santanu1 week ago03 mins

In September 2007, the European Space Agency launched roughly 3,000 tardigrades into low Earth orbit aboard the Biopan-6 platform on the FOTON-M3 mission. Known as water bears, these microscopic animals were dried into a dormant state before being exposed directly to the vacuum of space, alongside doses of solar and cosmic radiation, for ten days…

Quote of the day by Richard Feynman: “I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things…” |

Santanu1 week ago06 mins

Quote of the day by Richard Feynman (Image: Wikipedia) Not knowing the answer to a question can often feel like a weakness. In school, at work and even in everyday conversations, people may feel pressure to appear knowledgeable and confident, even when they are uncertain. American physicist Richard Feynman viewed uncertainty very differently. Known for…

In 1999, scientists dropped 45 tons of wollastonite over a 29-acre New Hampshire watershed to replace calcium lost to acid rain; by 2013, it was exporting 30 times more inorganic nitrogen than nearby watersheds

Santanu1 week ago04 mins

In 1999, scientists dropped 45 tons of wollastonite over a 29-acre New Hampshire watershed A large-scale effort to restore an American forest damaged by acid rain had an unexpected environmental effect when added nutrients caused a huge increase in nitrogen flowing into nearby streams. In October and November 1999, researchers spread about 45 short tons…

In 1921, a young Canadian doctor experimented with starving dogs; one dog’s dramatic reaction helped lead to the discovery of insulin |

Santanu1 week ago05 mins

Representative Image of Frederick Banting and Charles Best conducting early diabetes research in a laboratory with dogs (AI-generated image) In May 1921, Frederick Banting arrived at the University of Toronto with an idea about diabetes and little laboratory experience. Professor John J.R. Macleod gave him space in the physiology department, several dogs and Charles Best,…

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Underwater sensors caught a rare event off Cornwall: one porpoise became trapped in a net while two animals exchanged possible distress calls

Sea otters returned to a polluted California estuary in 1984; eelgrass expanded 600%, while marsh-edge erosion later slowed by 69% on average

Brazil restored a former cattle landscape with native trees; decades later, lowland tapirs returned after disappearing for 100 years |

Quote of the day by Isaac Newton: “Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things” |

A Scottish river project set out to revive oysters that once covered an area the size of Edinburgh; now, 60,000 have been returned |

In 2015, Canada sank a 113-metre retired warship off British Columbia; five years later, monitoring had recorded more than 170 marine species on the wreck

Human hair, receipts, fishing nets, and eggshells were among 17 waste materials tested to create stronger, lower-carbon cement building products |

Meet Franklin Howley-Dumit Serulle, the amateur naturalist whose online insect photo helped reveal a new hoverfly species |

Meet Naidely Valeria Vidaurre-Quesada, the scientist who helped uncover a ghost shark species hiding in Costa Rica’s dark waters |

From 2012 to 2022, nearly 30,000 commercial vessel arrivals brought 430 sq km of submerged hull surface to Alaska; biofouling habitat grew 50%, increasing invasive-species risk

Meet Aadit Krishna, the 15-year-old North Carolina student who built a floating device to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from water |

A retired Kodak finance worker picked moss from a New York log and found an animal no one had seen before; a year later, scientists confirmed it as a new tardigrade species

24×7 eye on China, Pakistan borders: Why EOS-05 launch on ‘Naughty Boy’ is key to India’s security

Scientists built 10 giant chambers around a Minnesota peat bog and warmed it by up to 9°C; within 3 years, every warmed plot switched from storing carbon to releasing it

In 1896, William Hadaway patented an electric stove, helping transform cooking from wood, coal and gas to modern electric appliances |

Meet Ho-Yeung Chan, the student who accidentally discovered a new sea slug smaller than a grain of rice |

In 2007, ESA exposed 3,000 tardigrades to space vacuum and solar UV radiation in low Earth orbit; 68% revived when the microscopic animals were rehydrated |

Quote of the day by Richard Feynman: “I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things…” |

In 1999, scientists dropped 45 tons of wollastonite over a 29-acre New Hampshire watershed to replace calcium lost to acid rain; by 2013, it was exporting 30 times more inorganic nitrogen than nearby watersheds

In 1921, a young Canadian doctor experimented with starving dogs; one dog’s dramatic reaction helped lead to the discovery of insulin |