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Updated – August 29, 2024 05:41 pm IST Published – August 29, 2024 05:39 pm IST Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Planetary Nebula An observation of a planetary nebula from the NIRCam instrument of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the…
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Plastic is in our clothes, cars, mobile phones, water bottles and food containers. But recent research adds to growing concerns about the impact of tiny plastic fragments on our health. A study from the United States has, for the first time, found microplastics in human brains. The study, which has yet to be independently verified by other…
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Plastic is in our clothes, cars, mobile phones, water bottles and food containers. But recent research adds to growing concerns about the impact of tiny plastic fragments on our health. A study from the United States has, for the first time, found microplastics in human brains. The study, which has yet to be independently verified by other…
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SGLT-2 inhibitor drugs help patients manage diabetes by preventing kidneys from reabsorbing sugar that the body creates. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A common diabetes drug could prevent dementia, with longer treatment being related to more benefits, a study in Korea has suggested. The study that used data from…
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A hole filled with water from melted ice is seen among black rock and ice on the Rhone glacier amid climate change in Obergoms, Switzerland, August 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters As humans alter the planet’s climate and ecosystems, scientists are looking to Earth’s history to help predict what may unfold from climate change….
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A researcher breeds the new heat-resistant rice called “Emihokoro” or “Beaming Smile” at the government-run Saitama Agricultural Technology Centre in Kumagaya, Saitama prefecture, Japan, August 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Grappling with a rice shortage after extreme weather ravaged last year’s crop, Japan is hoping new heat-resistant varieties of its staple food can help…
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An iceberg floats near Two Hummock Island, Antarctica, February 2, 2020. Picture taken February 2, 2020. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nearly 1,500 academics, researchers and scientists specialising in Antarctica gathered in southern Chile for the 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research conference this week to share the most cutting-edge research from the vast white continent….
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Wildlife technician Jordan Hazan records data in a lab from a male barred owl he shot earlier in the night, Oct. 24, 2018, in Corvallis, Ore. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. wildlife officials beginning next year will drastically scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West…
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Screenshot of the landing page of the Reflect Orbital company [File] | Photo Credit: Reflect Orbital Reflect Orbital, a lighting and energy company, wants to sell customers sunlight at night for their needs as it works on refining its light-harvesting technology in order to power solar farms and provide paid solar energy after dark. The…
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Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) will organise a ‘Science Fair and Exhibition on Wheels’ at the Department of Physics, Andhra Loyola College (ALC) on August 29 (Thursday). The event, being organised by SHAR, the primary spaceport of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and located in Sriharikota, will showcase models of rockets, including GSLV and PSLV,…
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