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Government launches website with technical terms in 22 official Indian languages

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Government launches website with technical terms in 22 official Indian languages

The Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT), under the aegis of the Union Education Ministry, has launched a unique website which provides technical terms in all 22 official Indian languages. The web portal ‘shabd.education.gov.in’ aims to be a central repository for all the terminologies prepared for Indian languages. Besides all the glossaries of CSTT,…

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What Starliner’s crewless return means for NASA and Boeing

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What Starliner’s crewless return means for NASA and Boeing

Boeing’s crew transport space capsule, the Starliner, returned to the earth without its two-person crew right after midnight Eastern time on Sept. 7, 2024. Its remotely piloted return marked the end of a fraught test flight to the International Space Station which left two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, on the station for…

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SpaceX launches billionaire’s private crew on breakthrough spacewalk mission

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SpaceX launches billionaire’s private crew on breakthrough spacewalk mission

An attempt to launch last month was postponed hours before liftoff over a small helium leak in ground equipment [File] | Photo Credit: Reuters  A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit Tuesday (September 10, 2024), aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA’s Apollo moonshots. Unlike his previous chartered flight, tech…

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City light pollution is shrinking spiders’ brains

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City light pollution is shrinking spiders’ brains

A female Australian garden orb weaver (Eriophora transmarina) in her web, January 21, 2016. These spiders only build their webs at night. | Photo Credit: Thennicke (CC BY-SA 4.0) As darkness falls, the nocturnal half of the animal kingdom starts its day. Nocturnal species are perfectly adapted to navigate and survive the dark of night…

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First robot leg with ‘artificial muscles’ jumps nimbly: study

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First robot leg with ‘artificial muscles’ jumps nimbly: study

Researchers said on Monday (September 9, 2024) said they had designed the first robotic leg with “artificial muscles” – oil-filled bags allowing machines to move more like humans – that can jump nimbly across a range of surfaces. The small, disembodied robot leg was shown hopping over grass, sand and rocks in a video released…

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Glitch in protein synthesis could affect tumour growth: IISc study

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Glitch in protein synthesis could affect tumour growth: IISc study

The Indian Institute of Science. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers have found that a glitch in protein synthesis could affect tumour growth. In a new study published in the Journal of Cell Science, Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, Sandeep Eswarappa’s team zeroed in on a gene that…

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India is the world’s largest plastic polluter according to new study 

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India is the world’s largest plastic polluter according to new study 

New research published in the journal Nature has said that India is responsible for around one-fifth of global plastic emissions of around 9.3 million metric tonnes (Mt) per year. The rate places India at the top of the emitters’ list, whereas the study places China, generally considered to be the greatest committer, fourth. Plastic emissions…

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What is helium and why is it used in rockets?

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What is helium and why is it used in rockets?

The GSLV-F14 carrying INSAT-3DS satellite lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, February 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Two NASA astronauts aboard Boeing’s Starliner will stay on the International Space Station for months because of a faulty propulsion system whose problems included helium leaks. Back on Earth, SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn…

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