Month: August 2025

In boost to quantum computing, AI makes atoms dance with lasers

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Clockwise from top-left: nearly defect-free 2D square array with 2,024 atoms; 2D pattern of the letters ‘USTC’ with 723 atoms; trilayer cuboid array with 1,077 atoms; trilayer twisted graphene structure with 752 atoms. | Photo Credit: arxiv:2412.14647 Quantum computing holds the promise to revolutionise science and technology by solving problems currently beyond the limits of…

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Soybeans rise after Trump says he wants China to buy more U.S. beans

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Soybeans are displayed with a farmer miniature in this illustration picture. | Photo Credit: Reuters Chicago soybean prices rose more than 2% on Monday (August 11, 2025) after U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped China would quadruple its soybean orders from the United States. China is the largest soy importer in the world, but…

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Rupee rises 8 paise to 87.50 against U.S. dollar in early trade

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Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee appreciated 8 paise to 87.50 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Monday (August 11, 2025), tracking a weak American currency, as investors await cues from the upcoming talks between Russia and the U.S. Forex traders said the Indian rupee opened with…

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Sensex climbs 104 points higher in early trade amid fresh foreign fund inflows

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From the Sensex firms, State Bank of India, Trent, NTPC, Tata Motors, UltraTech Cement and Kotak Mahindra Bank were among the gainers on August 11, 2025. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty were trading in positive territory in early trade on Monday (August 11, 2025) amid fresh foreign fund…

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Major study opens window to the brain when an emotion first appears

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What are emotions, really? And why do we have them? Simply put, emotions are intangible responses to what we see happening around us. They arise spontaneously, without conscious thought. Emotions allowed early humans to efficiently dodge dangers as they explored the world around them. While the world and our lives in it are very different…

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Countries must make policies to mitigate crisis from tariff wars: Nigerian farm scientist Ademola Adenle

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Nigerian scientist Prof. Ademola A. Adenle, first M.S. Swaminathan annual award for food and peace winner, poses for a photograph in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Eminent agriculture scientist and policymaker based in Nigeria, Ademola Adenle, who won the first M.S. Swaminathan Annual Award for Food and Peace last week, told The…

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Tamil Nadu among States that saw a dip in capex in Q1, FY2026

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Capital expenditure (capex) goes towards creation of fixed assets, such as roads and bridges, irrigation structures, schools, hospitals, along with investments made in Public Sector Undertakings. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Tamil Nadu is among the States which saw a decline in capital expenditure in the first quarter of 2025-2026. Capital expenditure (capex) goes towards creation…

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