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On the physics of pressure: how the microscopic world interacts with us

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On the physics of pressure: how the microscopic world interacts with us

We again have a leopard visiting us on the IIT Kanpur campus. We already have porcupines, a million dogs, nilgais, snakes, and scorpions. Leopards are a new addition to this thriving ecosystem. It’s probably something about the wet monsoon air of Kanpur that beckons these creatures, as well as the students and faculty members. The…

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Earthquake 2,500 years ago abruptly changed Ganga river’s course

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Earthquake 2,500 years ago abruptly changed Ganga river’s course

In 2018, geochronologist Elizabeth Chamberlain, an assistant professor at the Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands, and her team were in Bangladesh to study the movement of river channels in the Ganga delta. They were exploring an almost 2-km-wide “paleochannel” — a well-preserved mud and sand archive of the river’s ancient course — about 45 km…

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Fossils suggest even smaller ‘hobbits’ roamed an Indonesian island 700,000 years ago

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Fossils suggest even smaller ‘hobbits’ roamed an Indonesian island 700,000 years ago

This image provided by the University of Tokyo shows the Mata Menge humerus fragment, left, at the same scale as the humerus of Homo floresiensis from the Liang Bua cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia. | Photo Credit: AP Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species…

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Earth Observation Satellite EOS-08 slated for launch: ISRO

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Earth Observation Satellite EOS-08 slated for launch: ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday announced that its latest Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-08 is slated for launch by the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)-D3. However, the space agency did not give a launch date. The primary objectives of the EOS-08 mission include designing and developing a microsatellite, creating payload instruments compatible with…

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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97

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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97

Tsung-Dao Lee was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for work exploring the symmetry of subatomic particles as they interact with the force that holds atoms together. Photo: nobelprize.org Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, died on Sunday (August 4, 2024) at his home in…

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Scientists urge caution about mystery Mars rock found by NASA rover

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Scientists urge caution about mystery Mars rock found by NASA rover

NASA has announced the first detection of possible biosignatures in a rock on the surface of Mars. The rock contains the first martian organic matter to be decisively detected by the Perseverance rover, as well as curious discoloured spots that could indicate the past activity of microorganisms. Ken Farley, project scientist on the mission, has…

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Babies in Nigeria being born with antibiotic resistant bacteria

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Babies in Nigeria being born with antibiotic resistant bacteria

Sepsis occurs when one’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection. It’s a life-threatening condition: globally, it accounts for about 11 million deaths – 20% of all deaths per year. And it doesn’t just affect adults. In 2020, 2.4 million newborn babies died of sepsis in the first month of their lives. Most…

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Stealing behaviour influenced by emotional instability: NIMHANS study

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Stealing behaviour influenced by emotional instability: NIMHANS study

A view of the National Institute Of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (Nimhans), Bengaluru. The study was carried out by a team of researchers from NIMHANS.  | Photo Credit: File photo A case report by a team of researchers from NIMHANS has revealed that stealing behaviour is influenced by emotional instability, underlying personality vulnerabilities, a…

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Gene that helps race horses manage BP could help human athletes, too

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Gene that helps race horses manage BP could help human athletes, too

Humans have entertained themselves with horse racing for hundreds of years. Even so, who would have guessed that some day the sport might help us understand how our blood pressure is regulated during exercise? On June 17, researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala reported discovering a DNA sequence in horses that underlies superior racing…

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