Method to simulate, predict solar activity

A team of researchers from IISER Kolkata has developed a way of predicting the intensity of activity in the next solar cycle (approximately from 2020 to 2031) using data spread over the last 100 years.

Dendritic cells

Sci­en­tists in Swe­den claim to have suc­cess­fully re­pro­grammed mouse and hu­man skin cells into im­mune cells called den­dritic cells.

M.S. Swaminathan calls GM crops ‘a failure’

A research paper co-authored by leading agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan, which describes Bt cotton as a ‘failure,’ was criticised by India’s Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA), K. VijayRaghavan as ‘deeply flawed’.

GSAT-11

GSAT-11, the heaviest Indian communication satellite built to date, for faster Internet connectivity, is back once again at the Guiana Space Centre for an launch.

NASA’s InSight Rover

Nasa’s InSight spacecraft is about to endure “seven minutes of terror” and might end them dead on the Martian surface.