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Can you weigh an elephant before and after it picks up a one-rupee coin, and tell the difference? You can if the measurement is precise. To detect a 4-gram coin on a 4-tonne creature, the scales must come with a resolution of at least 1 part per million (ppm). Precise measurements such as these routinely…
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The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) on Tuesday announced the selection of the PixxelSpace India-led consortium to design, build, and operate India’s first fully indigenous commercial earth observation (EO) satellite constellation under the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The Bengaluru-based PixxelSpace India consortium comprises Piersight Space, Satsure Analytics India, and Dhruva Space. IN-SPACe…
Prof Arnab Bhattacharya, Prof Ajit Kembhavi, Chief guest Prof Ajay Kumar Sood, Prof Aniket Sule during the opening ceremony of 18th International Olymopiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on August 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI India is ensuring that technology is the priority for Viksit Bharat,…
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Minister for Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnav briefing the media on cabinet in New Delhi on August 12, 2025 | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Union Cabinet on Tuesday (August 12, 2025) approved four projects under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM). Two of the projects will be in Bhubaneswar…
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NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore en route to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 on June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of their lift0off on the Boeing Starliner capsule. | Photo Credit: AP One of NASA’s two astronauts who piloted the ill-fated Boeing Starliner crew capsule has retired…
The specific components of the immune response in a human body that protect against a dengue virus (DENV) infection and the subsequent illness remain unclear. Scientists are still trying to understand how natural infection and vaccination protect people so that they can develop better vaccines. Now, a novel study has revealed important insights into developing…
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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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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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C.P. Radhakrishnan, Governor of Maharashtra, presenting an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science to V.Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO, at the 21st SRM Institute of Science & Technology Convocation on August 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: Ragu R. After marking a humble beginning in the Indian space programme with a tiny rocket supplied by the United States,…
An aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in August 2023. The tanks contain treated radioactive wastewater the facility has been slowly releasing into the Pacific Ocean. | Photo Credit: Reuters Most monitoring of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant’s release of tritiated wastewater has thus far focused on local coastal waters. No…
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