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Scientists develop ‘kisan kavach’ to shield farmers from pesticide sprays

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Scientists develop ‘kisan kavach’ to shield farmers from pesticide sprays

The kit consists of a trouser, pullover and a face-cover made of ‘oxime fabric’ that can chemically breakdown any of the common pesticides that get sprayed onto cloth or body during spraying operations. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Akin to the protective PPE kits that health workers don, scientists affiliated to the Department of Biotechnology…

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Why are numbers arranged differently on keypads and calculators?

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Why are numbers arranged differently on keypads and calculators?

Representative image of a digital calculator. | Photo Credit: Doston Nabotov Q: Why are the rows on a calculator or number keypad arranged with the lowest numbers at the bottom when we normally read from top to bottom? And why are phone keypads arranged with the lowest numbers at the top? A: Mechanical adding machines,…

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Japan, India startups to study laser-equipped satellite to tackle space debris

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Japan, India startups to study laser-equipped satellite to tackle space debris

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Space startups in Japan and India said on Tuesday (December 17, 2024) that they had agreed to jointly study using laser-equipped satellites to remove debris from orbit, an experimental approach to the increasingly imminent problem of orbital congestion. Tokyo-based Orbital Lasers and Indian robotics company…

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New chemical pathway found to worsen air quality in harsh winters

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New chemical pathway found to worsen air quality in harsh winters

In winter, the temperature in Dras in Ladakh drops to -20º C, making it the coldest place in India. On the other side of the world, Fairbanks, the capital city of Alaska, holds a similar record in the U.S., its temperature hovering around -22.4º C in winter. But the two cities have drastically different air…

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India sets up its first diabetes biobank

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India sets up its first diabetes biobank

A person receives blood sugar test. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Aimed at facilitating advanced research on diabetes, the variations of the Indian type and other related disorders, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in collaboration with the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) has set up the country’s first diabetes biobank. This repository of…

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BITS-Pilani Hyd researchers develop portable sensor to detect triglyceride levels in minutes

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BITS-Pilani Hyd researchers develop portable sensor to detect triglyceride levels in minutes

The sprawling Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Hyderabad Campus. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Researchers at MEMS, Microfluidics and Nanoelectronics (MMNE) Lab, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus, have announced the development of an innovative electrochemical biosensor for the rapid and cheaper detection of triglycerides (TGs), a crucial marker for heart disease risk assessment,…

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Can we make black holes reveal themselves in echoes of light?

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Can we make black holes reveal themselves in echoes of light?

A view of the M87 supermassive black hole in polarised light as captured by the Event Horizon Telescope and released in 2021. | Photo Credit: EHT Collaboration (CC BY 4.0) When it comes to making sense of our universe, the importance of black holes is hard to understate. Scientists know that a black hole exerts…

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World falls short of UN drought deal at Saudi talks

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World falls short of UN drought deal at Saudi talks

Negotiators failed to produce an agreement on how to respond to drought at Saudi-hosted UN talks, participants have said, falling short of a hoped-for binding protocol addressing the scourge. The 12-day meeting of parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), known as COP16, concluded early on Saturday morning, a day later than…

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Poliovirus found in wastewater in Spain, Germany, and Poland

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Poliovirus found in wastewater in Spain, Germany, and Poland

In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the global eradication of polio. Within a decade, one of the three poliovirus strains was already virtually eradicated — meaning a permanent reduction of the disease to zero new cases worldwide. Polio, also known as poliomyelitis, is an extremely contagious disease caused by the poliovirus. It…

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