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Life as a Dream Born on March 14, 1854 at Strehlen, Germany (now Strzelin, Poland), Paul Ehrlich was the son of Ismar Ehrlich and his wife Rosa Weigert. Educated at the gymnasium at Breslau, he went on to study at the Universities of Breslau, Strassburg, Freiburg-im-Breisgau and Leipzig. With a dissertation on the theory and…
People walk at Marine Drive as dark clouds hover in the sky, Mumbai, August 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A: A cloud is not a big pool of liquid water but consists of minuscule droplets (~10 microns each) and sometimes ice crystals. These particles are so small and light that they are easily suspended…
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The DBT, which is under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), has been running the Biocare programme since 2011. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Almost five months after being selected for the DBT Biocare programme, an initiative by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) to encourage women scientists, none of the 75 chosen candidates has received…
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Odonatologists have reconfirmed the presence of the elusive dragonfly species, Crocothemis erythraea, in the high-elevation regions of the southern Western Ghats. The species had previously been misidentified or overlooked in this region due to its close resemblance to the more widespread lowland species, Crocothemis servilia. The genus Crocothemis in India includes two known species—C. servilia…
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IN-SPACe said the transfer is aimed at enabling wider applications of space technologies in sectors such as automotive, biomedical, and industrial manufacturing. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) has facilitated the transfer of five technologies developed by ISRO to five Indian companies. IN-SPACe which is the single window…
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IN-SPACe said the transfer is aimed at enabling wider applications of space technologies in sectors such as automotive, biomedical, and industrial manufacturing. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) has facilitated the transfer of five technologies developed by ISRO to five Indian companies. IN-SPACe which is the single window…
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CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology scientists have discovered a novel method to accelerate tissue repair and regeneration. This discovery opens a new frontier in cell biology, with significant implications for regenerative medicine and cancer biology. Led by Santosh Chauhan, the scientists showed that cells have a built-in way to revive from the brink of…
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International Space Station (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!) Wherever humans go, they need oxygen to breathe — and soon enough humans are going to go to new parts of space and…
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Jana Ayad, a malnourished Palestinian girl, during treatment at the International Medical Corps field hospital, in Deir Al-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip, June 2024. (File photo) | Photo Credit: Mohammed Salem A. On August 22, 2025, the United Nations-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) confirmed that conditions in Gaza Governorate, including Gaza City,…
When the Delhi High Court ordered internet service providers to block access to Sci-Hub and its mirrors, it closed a chapter in one of the more fraught debates in contemporary research: who gets to read research papers, and who must pay. The verdict followed years of litigation by Elsevier, Wiley, and the American Chemical Society…
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