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Chinese scientists identify super moss able to ‘survive’ in Mars

July 9, 2024 admin

A model of Chinese Mars rover Zhurong, part of China’s Tianwen-1 space mission, is seen displayed at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China September 28, 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters Scientists have identified a super resilient desert moss species in China’s western region of Xinjiang that…

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Rotten eggs chemical detected on Jupiter-like alien planet

July 9, 2024 admin

An artist’s concept of the planet HD 189733 b located 64 light-years from Earth. | Photo Credit: Reuters The planet known as HD 189733b, discovered in 2005, already had a reputation as a rather extreme place, a scorching hot gas giant a bit larger than Jupiter that is a striking cobalt blue colour and has…

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Scientists find proof pain-sensing cells are either male or female

July 9, 2024 admin

You finally got your hands on a new novel you’ve been wanting to read. You’re turning the crisp paper of the pages when suddenly you get a paper cut. Pain erupts on your finger. A discomfiting sensation surges through your entire body yelling out, “Brain, we have a problem!” This unwanted yet necessary sensory experience…

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In an electric vehicle, what is regenerative braking? | Explained

July 8, 2024 admin

Two people ride past the Red Fort in New Delhi on March 25, 2022, on Ather electric scooters. Representative image. | Photo Credit: Ather Energy/Unsplash The impulse to be sustainable — driven by the incessant pressure to lower our emissions — often manifests as lowering consumption and increasing reuse alongside reforms like tweaking consumer behaviour….

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What is the ‘responsible quantum technologies’ movement? | Explained

July 8, 2024 admin

The United Nations recently said 2025 will be observed as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ). There are to be many events focusing on quantum science and technology (S&T), including to create awareness of its concepts and explore its benefits for humankind. The applications of quantum mechanics constitute an emerging technology yet…

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How jumping genes and RNA bridges promise to shake up biomedicine

July 8, 2024 admin

The year was 1948. It had only been about half a century since scientists had rediscovered Gregor Mendel’s work on inheritance in pea plants. This year, a scientist working on the genetics of the maize plant would challenge the then prevailing concept that genes are stable and arranged in an orderly manner on the chromosome….

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What is graphene? – The Hindu

July 7, 2024 admin

An artistic representation of a 2D layer of carbon atoms, a.k.a. graphene. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto When the same element is able to exist in different forms, the forms are called allotropes. Graphene, thus, is an allotrope of carbon, along with diamond and graphite. It consists of a single layer of carbon atoms that…

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Chang’e 6 | From the Moon’s far side

July 7, 2024 admin

Officials prepare to recover the landing module of the Chang’e-6 moon probe after it landed in Inner Mongolia, in northern China on June 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP On June 25, Chinese personnel picked up a 300-kg cannister from the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region; it contained two fistfuls of soil and rocks. The event…

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AI comes to the rescue of elephants

July 6, 2024 admin

Studies have identified that 18 elephant routes exist between Tamil Nadu and Kerala | Photo Credit: ANI The elephant population in India stands at 25,000 to 30,000, earning the species an “endangered” status. Their range today is estimated to be only 3.5% of what it was earlier, being restricted to the Himalayan foothills, the northeast,…

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