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Zeiss India sets up research lab for AI in eyecare at IISc

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Zeiss India sets up research lab for AI in eyecare at IISc

Attentive ophthalmologist examines a patient’s eyes using specialized equipment during a comprehensive eye examination | Photo Credit: Getty Images Optics and optoelectronics technology company Zeiss India has collaborated with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to start a research lab for AI in eye care at the IISc campus.  The initiative aims to leverage AI…

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Euclid space telescope discovers new ‘Einstein ring’ in nearby galaxy

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Euclid space telescope discovers new ‘Einstein ring’ in nearby galaxy

In the middle of this image, the fuzzy-looking bulb of light in a warm shade of yellow extends around a small bright spot, nestled within a thin light circle that appears to be drawn closely around it. The circle is an Einstein ring. | Photo Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA More than a century ago, Albert Einstein…

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Scientists make plans to keep spacefarers from contaminating other worlds

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Scientists make plans to keep spacefarers from contaminating other worlds

In his inauguration speech in January, United States President Donald Trump declared the US would “plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars”. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. In 2017, in Trump’s previous term of office, he promised to “establish a foundation for an eventual mission to Mars”. And his billionaire adviser Elon…

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China’s EAST reactor keeps the fire of magnetic fusion burning

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China’s EAST reactor keeps the fire of magnetic fusion burning

On January 20, Chinese scientists reported that they were able to maintain a plasma at a temperature of 100 million degrees C for about 1,066 seconds in a nuclear fusion reactor called the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). In 1938, physicists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann found that energy is produced when the nucleus of…

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Research discovers ancient Egyptian remains smell nice

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Research discovers ancient Egyptian remains smell nice

In this undated photo provided by Abdelrazek Elnaggar, Emma Paolin, PhD student at University of Ljubljana, sets up active air sampling with sorbent tubes and pumps. | Photo Credit: Abdelrazek Elnaggar/AP At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science…

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Odisha tribal healer’s remedies for chronic diseases to undergo scientific validation under Ministry of Ayush initiative

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Odisha tribal healer’s remedies for chronic diseases to undergo scientific validation under Ministry of Ayush initiative

Hari Pangi, the tribal healer, in Odisha‘s Koraput district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement  In the quiet foothills of Tentuliguda, a remote village in Odisha’s Koraput district, where age-old wisdom thrives around leaves, epidermal plant tissues, and roots, a humble four-room building serves as a laboratory for a tribal healer. Recently, this unassuming space hosted 17…

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Earthquake in Delhi-NCR, Bihar: What is a shallow earthquake that struck Delhi?

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Earthquake in Delhi-NCR, Bihar: What is a shallow earthquake that struck Delhi?

National Center for Seismology said the earthquake struck at a focal depth of five kilometres in Delhi-NCR on February 17, 2025 | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Strong tremors were felt in the national capital and adjoining regions as an earthquake of 4.0 magnitude struck the region early on Monday (February 17, 2025). The National Center…

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AI-fit cameras in Similipal Tiger Reserve send poaching plummeting

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AI-fit cameras in Similipal Tiger Reserve send poaching plummeting

“Last year, we lost two of our men to poachers,” Samrat Gowda, deputy director of the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha, said. “Every time we come across them, the poachers are armed with a loaded gun.” But such encounters have become much less common of late. As part of an early alert system called TrailGuard…

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China to develop gene-editing tools, new crop varieties in biotech initiative

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China to develop gene-editing tools, new crop varieties in biotech initiative

Wheat crop ready for harvest in a farmer’s field near Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Canada September 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters China issued guidelines on Friday to promote biotech cultivation, focusing on gene-editing tools and developing new wheat, corn, and soybean varieties, as part of efforts to ensure food security and boost agriculture technology. The 2024-2028…

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