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Tamil Nadu creates history with India’s second privately developed rocket

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Tamil Nadu creates history with India’s second privately developed rocket

The Chennai-based space start-up Agnikul Cosmos Private Limited will launch its first rocket Agnibaan Sub Orbital Technology Demonstrator from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on March 22. Tamil Nadu will witness history when one of its space start-ups launches its first rocket on March 22. The Chennai headquartered space start-up Agnikul Cosmos Private…

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How does using the AC affect a car’s mileage while driving?

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How does using the AC affect a car’s mileage while driving?

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Orkun Azap/Unsplash A: An air-conditioner (AC) works by moving heat from an ‘inside’ space to ‘outside’. It achieves this using a refrigerant, a substance that absorbs heat when exposed to the ‘inside’ and releases it when exposed to the ‘outside’. The refrigerant needs to be pressurised before it can absorb…

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No smartphone or internet? No problem; AI-backed phone has the answers

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No smartphone or internet? No problem; AI-backed phone has the answers

Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words “Artificial Intelligence AI” in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Visually-impaired Nigerian Kehinde Olutubosun is a geography and animal enthusiast who struggled to find information because he has no smartphone. But that is changing, thanks to an Artificial Intelligence-powered…

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Anthropocene epoch declaration unlikely soon, but the idea lives on | Explained

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Anthropocene epoch declaration unlikely soon, but the idea lives on | Explained

Scientists recently proposed to formalise an ‘Anthropocene Epoch’ on the geologic time scale, triggering several debates. The earth’s geological history is divided into multiple epochs depending on their natural character. We are officially currently in the Holocene Epoch, which started around 11,700 years ago. But many scientists believe the Holocene Epoch has ended and the…

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Vaccine for dengue may be available commercially by mid-2026 

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Vaccine for dengue may be available commercially by mid-2026 

Vaccine for dengue could be available commercially as early as mid-2026. Indian Immunologicals Limited has finished the first phase of clinical trials to determine the safety of the vaccine, the company’s Managing Director K. Anand Kumar said. The second and third phases of trials to test the vaccine’s efficacy are expected to begin shortly. IIL is…

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Acclaimed primatologist Frans de Waal dies at 75

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Acclaimed primatologist Frans de Waal dies at 75

Primatologist Frans de Waal, whose study of chimpanzees and apes helped reveal the reconciliatory and empathic nature of primates— including humans— has died at age 75, said the university where he worked for decades. De Waal, who won multiple awards over his long career, wrote several popular books and in 2007 made Time magazine’s list…

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IISc scientists develop design to control temperature for transition from electrical insulator to conductor

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IISc scientists develop design to control temperature for transition from electrical insulator to conductor

Indian Institute of Science building in Bengaluru | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Scientists at Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), in collaboration with scientists from Japan, Denmark and the United States, have developed a synthetic material design that enables them to control the temperature at which a material can overcome electronic ‘traffic jams’ , a transition…

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Scientists build a camera to ‘show’ how animals see moving things

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Scientists build a camera to ‘show’ how animals see moving things

This illustration compares three flowers – summer snowflake (A, B), blue phlox (C, D), and a blue violet (D, E) – in honeybee false colour (left) and human-visible colours (right). | Photo Credit: Vasas V, et al., 2024, PLOS Biology, CC-BY 4.0 To most people, leaves are green and oranges are orange. But if our…

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How women in India have fared

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How women in India have fared

At the graduate/postgraduate degree level, most girls opt for arts and science, or nursing and medicine.  | Photo Credit: Getty Images International Women’s Day was celebrated on March 8, 2024. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in its ‘Gender Social Norms Index’ quantifies biases against women, capturing people’s attitude on women’s roles along four dimensions:…

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