An international team of authors led by Ilka Agricola, professor of mathematics at the University of Marburg, Germany, has investigated fraudulent practices in the publication of research results in mathematics on behalf of the German Mathematical Society (DMV) and the International Mathematical Union (IMU), documenting systematic fraud over many years. The results of the study…
Estrogen’s role in kidney health reveals why women have a lower risk of chronic kidney disease. Shown here are AI-labeled filtering units in a mouse kidney. Image credit:Tale c et al. Science2025 Chronic kidney disease is an increasing global health problem that affects approximately 700 million people worldwide.1 It is a progressive condition wherein the…
The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) on Tuesday (September 23) arrested a revenue clerk of the Kochi Corporation and an assistant labour officer on charges of accepting bribes amounting to ₹25,000 and ₹5,000, respectively. The accused were identified as S.S. Prakash, a revenue clerk at the Palluruthy zonal office of the Kochi Corporation, and K.A….
The Ig Nobel Prize honors research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. Its 35th award ceremony possibly also makes people hungry: ISTA physicist Fabrizio Olmeda and colleagues researched the secret of a perfect cacio e pepe pasta sauce. They received the popular award for their findings on Thursday evening in Boston. Cacio…
Stem cells that spent about a month in space showed signs of accelerated aging and accumulated cancer-linked mutations. Image credit:© Istock, dima_zel According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, time passes more slowly in space. As a result, astronauts would experience a delay in aging. However, scientists found that space travel may have the opposite effect…
Side hustles can be hard for hosts. Their on-camera jobs typically require long hours, lots of preparation, frequent travel and back-to-back shoots or red carpet events, leaving little spare time. But somehow Scott Evans, the well-liked and long-serving host of Access Hollywood, found a way to make his work in Webby Award-winning ways as a…
The rifles will be produced and delivered at the Icomm–Caracal Small Arms Complex in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: Handout UAE-based EDGE group’s entity Caracal in collaboration with Megha Engineering & Infrastructures (MEIL) group firm Icomm Tele has bagged a contract to supply 200 CSR 338 sniper rifles to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The rifles…
The ground-shaking that an earthquake generates is only a fraction of the total energy that a quake releases. A quake can also generate a flash of heat, along with a domino-like fracturing of underground rocks. But exactly how much energy goes into each of these three processes is exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to measure…
