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Photograph of sappan heartwood used for the study BENGALURU: A team of chemists at Christ University has turned a traditional Asian dye wood into a scientific tool to tackle one of the most persistent problems in food safety—detecting when milk begins to spoil.Using extracts from Caesalpinia sappan L., or sappan heartwood, the researchers have developed…

China successfully launched a Pakistani remote sensing satellite into orbit on Sunday, accompanied by two of its own satellites, underscoring the deepening space collaboration between the two long-time allies.A Lijian-1 Y8 carrier rocket carrying three satellites—the Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-2) and China’s AIRSAT 03 and 04—was launched from a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone…

Source: Tropical Natural Survey Scientists exploring northern Thailand’s hidden caves have made an extraordinary discovery: a new millipede species that resembles a tiny dragon. Found in the Pha Daeng Cave of Mae Hong Son Province near the Myanmar border, this unusual creature has attracted global scientific attention for its unique appearance and behaviour. Named Desmoxytes…

Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele.In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps patients manage pain after surgery. Along with medications, he offers tunes on request and sometimes sings. His repertoire ranges from folk songs in…

If life ever existed on Mars, traces of it could still be preserved beneath the planet’s icy surface. Recent experiments conducted by NASA and Penn State University suggest that fragments of biomolecules from ancient microbes may survive in Martian ice for tens of millions of years. Laboratory simulations exposed frozen samples of E. coli to…

Mumbai: Sensex rallied to a 52-week high on Friday at above the 84,100-point mark in early trades but end-of-the-session profit taking pulled the index down a bit and it closed 485 points up at just below the 84k mark. Since Tuesday, the sensex has risen nearly 2,000 points or 2.3%.On NSE, Nifty gained 178 points…

When Myanmar was rocked by a powerful magnitude-7.7 earthquake in March 2025, scientists noticed something unusual. The ground shook harder and faster than expected, and data showed the rupture moved at extreme speeds. Researchers later confirmed it was a supershear or “sonic boom” quake, where the rupture front travels faster than seismic shear waves. This…

A remarkable fossil discovery in China is rewriting our understanding of insect evolution. Scientists have identified a 151-million-year-old fly preserved in amber with features not seen in any modern species. The fossil, found in Liaoning Province, retains ancient wing structures, bristles, and mouthparts that reveal an evolutionary branch previously unknown. According to a 2025 report…

Astronomers have witnessed an extraordinary discovery around the icy celestial body, Chiron between Saturn and Uranus encircled by a developing ring system. This discovery has made an extraordinary glimpse into the formation and evolution of rings around the minor celestial objects and offers insights into the well-known majesty of Saturn’s rings. Due to hybrid characteristics,…

Source: The New York Times Scientists have found that a massive earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could trigger a second catastrophic quake along California’s San Andreas Fault. A study published in SciTechDaily reveals that seismic stress from one fault system can transfer to another, creating a dangerous domino effect across the region. This challenges the…