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The Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Indian Institute of Science researchers have devised a new language that encodes the shape and structure of nanopores in the form of a sequence of characters. This language devised by Ananth Govind Rajan’s lab and the study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society can be used…
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GUWAHATI A global project partnered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to combat refractive errors will soon be implemented in Assam. SPECS 2030 or Strengthening Provision of Eye Care Services project, the WHO’s first at a large scale in South Asia and Southeast Asia, aims to address the need to combat refractive errors, the leading…
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More than any organism, plants understand the significance of communication the best. They have a full, rich life of constant communication. While they don’t have a voice, plants do have their language through which they impart informations to others. So, how do they do it? Chemical warning Plants often stay alert of potential threats and…
SpaceX employees erupted in cheers during a live feed watched by nearly nine million viewers [File] | Photo Credit: Reuters Flight six of Starship was seen as a test of whether SpaceX’s first booster catch was pure precision or relied on a stroke of luck after Musk – perhaps inadvertently – disclosed how close the…
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SpaceX employees erupted in cheers during a live feed watched by nearly nine million viewers [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Flight six of Starship was seen as a test of whether SpaceX’s first booster catch was pure precision or relied on a stroke of luck after Musk – perhaps inadvertently – disclosed how close the…
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Image used for representation only | Photo Credit: Reuters/Bruno Kelly (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!) The Palawa/Pakana community in Australia’s Tasmania has lived in the area for more than 40,000 years, when human ancestors first…
“Can I get a pencil?” “Yes of course,” and the lady at the counter hands me a cigarette. I awkwardly resist and say “I actually do need a pencil.” She judges me a bit and hands me one, probably wondering why an adult might need this. As it turns out, ‘pencil’ is one of many…
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Last week, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University’s Binar Space Program burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. That was always going to happen. In fact, Binar means “fireball” in the Noongar language of the First Nations people of Perth. When a satellite is in low Earth orbit (2,000 km or less), it experiences orbital decay…
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It’s a big year in America – for wildlife as well as for politics. I’m talking about periodical cicadas. These curious creatures spend most of their lives in the ground, emerging after 13 or 17 years to eat, breed, die and repeat the cycle. For the first time in more than 200 years, two specific…
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This picture released by the Icelandic Coast Guard shows smoke and lava pouring out of a fissure during a surveillance flight above a new volcanic eruption on the outskirts of the evacuated town of Grindavik, May 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP At least three airlines cancelled flights between Australia and Bali this week after a…
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