7+ hour, 7+ min ago   (503+ words) Updated - February 09, 2026 12:09 am IST By the late 1800s, scientists knew the cell nucleus was linked to heredity, but they did not know what it was made of or how it carried genetic information. In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher discovered a phosphorus-rich…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (341+ words) Published - February 02, 2026 09:00 am IST - CHENNAI Imagine trying to filter sand from pebbles using a fishing net: it won't work because the holes are too big and uneven. In chemistry, separating molecules that are almost the same size is just as…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (222+ words) CSIR-IICT transfers innovative natural fibre reinforced plastic technology to JRS, enhancing sustainable automotive components for electric vehicles. CSIR'Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, has successfully transferred its Natural Fibre Reinforced Plastic (FRP) formulation and compounding technology to J Rettenmaier…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (292+ words) Living things dump a lot of heat into their surroundings. The universe is strict about conserving energy. If there's a soup of cells and you make them settle down and work together in orderly fashion, you reduce the system's entropy....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (456+ words) A new state of matter appears to be a solid-liquid hybrid, scientists from Ulm University in Germany and the University of Nottingham in the UK have reported in the journal ACS Nano. The newfound material isn't a slush or a…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (392+ words) Published - January 06, 2026 05:30 am IST - CHENNAI The hydrogen molecule H2 is the simplest stable molecule, with two protons and two electrons bound together. Scientists have studied it for more than a century because it's small enough that theory can try to predict…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (336+ words) Two Madras University scholars win awards for innovative PhD research on nanotechnology applications in biomedical materials. Shalini Thomas and Elakkiya Krishnamoorthy, PhD scholars from the National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras (UoM), have won awards for outstanding…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (280+ words) Published - January 03, 2026 08:10 pm IST - HYDERABAD About 26 students of 8-10th grades from Hyderabad, Peddapalli and Hanamkonda had the opportunity to spend a week and observe the scientists at work in the labs of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad,…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (299+ words) Published - January 03, 2026 01:46 pm IST - GUWAHATI A study published in the'Indian Journal of History of Science'a few months ago has challenged long-held beliefs about the origins of mineral acids, suggesting that ancient Indian scholars may have understood and used them centuries…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (71+ words) Science quiz: Chemistry's foul fellows'The Hindu Science quiz: Chemistry's foul fellows Premium Published - December 31, 2025 07:07 am IST - Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click - Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products Comments have…...