Special Features
This telescope in Ooty is over the muon
CRL scientists are studying the mysteries of cosmic rays with the help of an indigenous muon telescope, the most sensitive on Earth.
Peter Higgs (1929-2024): a classic and classical scientist
Peter Higgs gave humanity a 'jewel in the crown of knowledge'.
The eDNA hunters
Environmental DNA, collected from water, soil and air, is helping scientists monitor biodiversity.
The soft robo-touch
With lessons from vines and jellyfish — and aided by 3D printing — scientists are making shape-shifting advances in soft robotics.
A new organelle on the block
Scientists find a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium living as an organelle inside a marine alga.
