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3D glasses are special eyewear crafted to transform flat movie screens into immersive three-dimensional experiences. They create the illusion of depth, making scenes feel like they’re leaping off the screen and pulling you into the action. How they work: Simple science behind Our eyes work together to perceive depth, a process called binocular vision that…
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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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…
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,…
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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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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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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This illustration shows a DNA molecule twisting to the left. In all our bodies, DNA twists to the right while left-twisting DNA is absent. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In a mirror, left and right become swapped. While you unscrew a bottle cap anti-clockwise in the real world, in the mirror you’ll be rotating it…
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Plagiarism is a big area of concern that is rearing its ugly head worldwide. The act of representing someone else’s ideas, thoughts, language, or expression as original work, plagiarism not only discourages creativity, but also steals from the actual creators. In a world with artificial intelligence (AI) that we live in, more checks and balances…
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A new study analysing the movements of 33 GPS-collared giraffes across five reserves in South Africa has found that giraffes avoid steep terrain and are unable to navigate slopes with a gradient of more than 20 degrees, most likely due to the energy required and the risk of falling. This severely limits the areas in,…