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Thirty years ago, archeologists excavated the tomb of an elite 40-50-year-old man from the Sicán culture of Peru, a society that predated the Incas. The man’s seated, upside-down skeleton was painted bright red. Researchers analysed the paint and found that in addition to a red pigment, it contains human blood and bird egg proteins. The…
Influenza virus is very stable in unpasteurised milk Even as the Atlanta-based CDC has cautioned people to avoid drinking raw milk, especially in the States where H5N1 has been reported in cattle herds, there has been increased demand for raw milk. From the day H5N1 (bird flu) was confirmed in cattle in mid-March this year…
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Recently, for two consecutive days, Delhi reported daytime temperature above 50 degree C, the highest ever recorded in the city. There is a reason why cities are experiencing higher temperatures than non-urban and rural areas. The ongoing climate change and rapid urbanisation are now defining the Anthropocene, with the cities experiencing both thereby making the…
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The world-famous Roman Baths are home to a diverse range of microorganisms which could be critical in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance, a new study suggests. The investigation of extreme ecological niches, such as hot springs, has gained recent interest due to their unique ecosystems, increasing the chance for novel antimicrobial natural product discovery. The…
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Boeing’s Starliner capsule, atop an Atlas V rocket, sits on the launch pad during sunrise at Space Launch Complex 41 on June 1, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Photo Credit: AP Boeing took another crack on June 1 at launching astronauts for the first time aboard its new space capsule, after a delay for…
This handout picture obtained on May 30, 2024 from the Institut Botanic de Barcelona (CSIC) shows a fern in New Caledonia. | Photo Credit: AFP New research shows that a fork fern species, called Tmesipteris oblanceolata, has a genome — all the genetic information of an organism — that is 7% larger than that of…
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This handout image obtained on May 30, 2024 courtesy of NASA/ESA/CSA STScI shows an infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. A galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0 (shown in the pullout), was determined to be at a redshift of 14.32 (+0.08/-0.20), making it the current record-holder for the earliest known galaxy. | Photo Credit: AFP NASA’s James…
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The story so far: At least five people in Bihar’s Aurangabad city reportedly died on Thursday due to a sunstroke, news agency Reuters reported. Parts of north and central India continued to reel under a severe heatwave on Thursday, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted a gradual fall in temperature over the next…
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A Sea crab pulls a fresh hatching baby turtle towards the Sea water for its food as it is attached in the plastic thread of fishing nets at the Rushikulya river mouth beach at Podampeta in Ganjam district of Odisha. Baby Olive ridley turles returns back to the Bay of Bengal Sea after their hatching…
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, have developed a novel method for the production of recombinant proteins. According to IISc, mass production of recombinant proteins using yeast cell factories needs methanol, a compound that requires safe handling, carries the risk of catching fire, and sometimes produces…
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