New study uses ideas from string theory and quantum field theory to simplify calculations of transcendental numbers, like pi and Euler’s Zeta function.

Ecology

Dharwad
17 Sep 2020

Eastern Ghat Cricket Frog [Image credits: Prudhvi Raj]

Researchers discover a visibly different individual of the Eastern Ghats cricket frogs, in the Western Ghats

Bengaluru
23 Sep 2020

Changing habitats force Western Ghats’ endemic lion-tailed macaques to alter their social structure to adapt, putting them at risk, finds study.

Bengaluru
1 Oct 2020

A new study puts the focus of the conversation on Climate Change on Climate Justice.

Bengaluru
1 Oct 2020

Study finds plants, which were earlier found in lower elevations, are now replacing the native vegetation of the higher altitudes.  

Chennai
9 Jul 2020

Tetrastemma freyae [Image credits: Mohandhas S Vignesh]

Mumbai
16 Sep 2020

Photo by Jan Kopřiva on Unsplash

Researchers use ultra-small graphene particles to develop a new soil moisture sensor

Bengaluru
19 Aug 2020

In a new study, researchers from the National Center for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, and SASTRA University, have studied what trade-offs drive movement of butterflies.

Kerala
16 Sep 2020

A group of enthusiastic birders take part in the survey for Kerala Bird Atlas. [Image credits: Kerala Bird Atlas]

Over a thousand birdwatchers, working for over five years, complete Kerala’s first Bird Atlas.

Bengaluru
15 Sep 2020

A woman cooking food using improved cookstoves [Image credits: Udaipur Urja Initiatives]

Chandigarh
11 Sep 2020

A Hoolock Gibbon from Meghalaya [Image Credits: Programme HURO / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

The specimen, which is millions of years older than any previously known fossil, highlights their migration from Africa to Asia.