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Visual: Name this Nobel laureate who, among other things, minimised the role of HIV in causing AIDS and said DNA emitted low-frequency signals that could leave a “memory” in water. Q: Visual: Name this Nobel laureate who, among other things, minimised the role of HIV in causing AIDS and said DNA emitted low-frequency signals that…
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One explanation is that crying helps the body manage stress. | Photo Credit: Louis Galvez/Unsplash A: Sadness can sometimes overwhelm the body to the point that it produces tears. These tears, called emotional tears, are different from the ones that keep our eyes moist or flush out irritants like dust or vapours from cut onions….
As artificial intelligence (AI) and its attendant data demand continue to expand in India and worldwide, a curious dilemma has arisen: will AI help transform energy delivery for the better or will the data centres crucial to its operations impose a new burden on the world’s power grid? In a 2024 report, the International Energy…
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The species belongs to genus Apterichtus was found off the Colachel coast and has been named after Kanniyakumari. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Researchers from National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Kochi functioning under Indian Council of Agricultural Research, have discovered a new species of finless snake eel and named it after Kanniyakumari as…
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The species belongs to genus Apterichtus was found off the Colachel coast and has been named after Kanniyakumari. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Researchers from National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Kochi functioning under Indian Council of Agricultural Research, have discovered a new species of finless snake eel and named it after Kanniyakumari as…
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Image used for representation (This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) Did you know that, like yogurt, kimchi, and sauerkraut, chocolate is a fermented food as well? When microorganisms like bacteria and fungi ferment carbohydrates in food,…
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Artemis 2 involves NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, built by Boeing and Northrop Grumman, and its Orion capsule, built by Lockheed Martin. File | Photo Credit: Reuters NASA officials on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) said the agency’s first crewed flight in its Artemis program – a trip around the moon and back – is on…
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Science quiz: Applications of lasers Visual: Name the nuclear fusion technology illustrated here, where laser beams blast a capsule, producing X-rays that compress a capsule (sphere) to fuse hydrogen nuclei. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Name the nuclear fusion technology illustrated here, where laser beams blast a capsule, producing X-rays that compress a…
Quantum entanglement — once dismissed by Albert Einstein as “spooky action at a distance” — has long captured the public imagination and puzzled even seasoned scientists. But for today’s quantum practitioners, the reality is rather more mundane: entanglement is a kind of connection between particles that is the quintessential feature of quantum computers. Though these…
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Researchers at the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) in Gandhinagar have laid out a roadmap for India to achieve fusion power. They envisage developing India’s first fusion electricity generator, called the Steady-state Superconducting Tokamak-Bharat (SST-Bharat), with a power output 5x the input. According to the team, it will be a fusion-fission hybrid reactor with 100…
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