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Catalytic boost for cheaper biodiesel production

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Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images GUWAHATI A team of scientists from Assam, Odisha, China, and the United Kingdom have developed a water-repellent catalyst that can cut the cost of producing “environmentally benign” biodiesel substantially from the current levels. The process of arriving at the “spherical superhydrophobic activated carbon catalyst” to…

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AI can help shipping industry cut down emissions, report says

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Oil tanker SCF Primorye, owned by Russian state shipping company Sovcomflot, transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The global commercial shipping industry could cut down its carbon emissions by 47 million tonnes per year by deploying artificial intelligence for sea navigation, a study by autonomous shipping startup Orca…

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More than 800 coal plants worldwide could be profitably decommissioned, research group says

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A general view of Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant, state utility owned by Electricity of Vietnam, in Hoa Binh province, Vietnam, June 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters More than 800 coal-fired power plants in emerging countries could be decommissioned and profitably replaced by cleaner solar energy starting from the end of the decade, research on…

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India’s ‘heat trap’ cities make summers worse, says government official

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A woman walks under an umbrella as heat wave grips the city of Guwahati, India, Saturday, May 25, 2024. Most parts of the north India are sweltering under scorching temperatures with the capital New Delhi under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country. | Photo Credit: AP Indian cities have…

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India’s ‘heat trap’ cities make summers worse, says government official

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A woman walks under an umbrella as heat wave grips the city of Guwahati, India, Saturday, May 25, 2024. Most parts of the north India are sweltering under scorching temperatures with the capital New Delhi under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country. | Photo Credit: AP Indian cities have…

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‘Universal’ equation predicts how often bird, bat, insect wings beat

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Almost all animals that fly through the air and many that swim through water have evolved to flap their wings (or fins) at a frequency given by a simple formula, three scientists at Roskilde University in Denmark have found. The formula relates the flapping frequency at which a winged entity bats its wings to hover…

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How diapers use quantum physics to attend to nature’s call | Explained

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Still wondering what you should gift your friends who have just turned parents? Think no more and buy a bunch of diapers. This sleep-giving, time-relieving, and peace-conferring machinery has been providing the only solace young parents can often find between all the screaming and food-throwing their adorable babies are doing. Just wrap this soft, powdery…

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IN-SPACe announces pre-incubation programme for space startups

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Chennai-based private space technology start-up Agnikul Cosmos test launching the Agnibaan rocket. Start-ups registered with Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on or after July 1, 2022, are classified as early-stage start-ups. | Photo Credit: Photo for representation only Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has launched the Pre-Incubation Entrepreneurship…

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Year after Titan’s fatal dive, explorers vow to pursue ocean mysteries

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The deadly implosion of an experimental submersible en route to the deep-sea grave of the Titanic last June has not dulled the desire for further ocean exploration, despite lingering questions about the disaster. June 18 marks one year since the Titan vanished on its way to the historic wreckage site in the North Atlantic Ocean….

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