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Panic in the time of cholera: addressing issues critical to managing a resurgence

September 12, 2024 admin

There is no escaping the damage caused to health by climate change across the globe. But as we talk of innovation and AI-assisted vaccine platforms, there is, on the civic and local side, a stunning lack of attention to very simple issues — clean water, hygiene, and sanitation. The latter was greatly exacerbated again by…

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Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth

September 12, 2024 admin

This still image taken from a SpaceX and Polaris broadcast on September 12, 2024, shows US fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman (EV1) peeking out to space from a hatch structure called “Skywalker”, during the first private spacewalk performed by the crew of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission | Photo Credit: AFP A tech billionaire popped out…

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Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth

September 12, 2024 admin

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Neuromorphic Computing: IISc scientists develop brain-inspired analog computing platform capable of storing, processing data

September 12, 2024 admin

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a brain-inspired analog computing platform capable of storing and processing data in an astonishing 16,500 conductance states within a molecular film. Published on September 11 in the journal Nature, this breakthrough represents a step forward over traditional digital computers in which data storage and processing…

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Whales near Antarctica face dire competitor for krill: industrial fishing

September 12, 2024 admin

A humpback whale surfaces near two trawlers. All are pursuing Antarctic krill. | Photo Credit: Youenn Kerdavid/Sea Shepherd Global (CC BY-ND) The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales – species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century, whalers killed roughly 2…

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Spacewalking is the new domain of the rich as billionaire attempts first private spacewalk

September 12, 2024 admin

An astronaut on a spacewalk, pictured above [File] | Photo Credit: NASA First came space tourism. Now comes an even bigger thrill for the monied masses: spacewalking. The stage is set for the first private spacewalk Thursday. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman will pop out of the hatch of his orbiting SpaceX capsule, two days after…

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Organ-on-chip tech could boost BioE3 goal to personalise medicine

September 12, 2024 admin

On August 24, the Government of India announced the ‘BioE3’ policy to drive innovation in the biotechnology sector by establishing biomanufacturing facilities, bio-AI hubs, and bio-foundries. (‘AI’ stands for artificial intelligence.) A key focus area of the policy is precision therapeutics, which involve developing and administering drugs according to the needs of individual patients. The…

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Centre to nudge banks to fund renewable energy projects

September 11, 2024 admin

The Centre has decided to nudge banks to fund the renewable energy projects in the country. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM To help meet India’s ₹30 trillion funding requirements for installing 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is in talks with financial institutions, public and…

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What science is finding about the Shroud of Turin and the controversy around it

September 11, 2024 admin

The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, houses a fascinating artifact: a massive cloth shroud that bears the shadowy image of a man who appears to have been crucified. | Photo Credit: Pierre Perrin/Sygma via Getty Images The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, houses a fascinating artifact: a massive cloth…

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Research rewrites where, when humans first domesticated horses

September 11, 2024 admin

Across human history, no single animal has had a deeper impact on human societies than the horse. But when and how people domesticated horses has been an ongoing scientific mystery. Half a million years ago or more, early human ancestors hunted horses with wooden spears, the very first weapons, and used their bones for early tools. During…

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