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Close up of an Aedes aegypti mosquito sucking human blood. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the complex chemical cocktail that makes particular people more enticing to these disease-spreading bloodsuckers. A range of sensory cues can cause mosquitoes to pick one human over another — mainly the smell and…
In March 2025, Dehradun’s Parade Ground transformed into a funereal space. Scores of people dressed in white, their mouths bound in black cloth, paid silent ‘homage’ to the hundreds of trees felled for development projects in Uttarakhand — past, present, and those marked to go in the future. As you read this, 4,400 trees are…
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The human heart beats more than 1 lakh times a day, pushing blood through the body under constant physical strain. Every second, it encounters circulating cells, including cancer cells that travel through the bloodstream. Yet tumours of the heart are strikingly rare. For decades, scientists have tried to explain this puzzle using genetics, immune surveillance,…
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An illustration of the new boron-osmium sandwich and its alternative configuration (isomer). | Photo Credit: Suvam Saha A compound called ferrocene has been a landmark of chemistry for over seven decades. It consists of an iron atom sandwiched between two flat carbon rings. Its discovery launched the field of organometallic chemistry, with numerous applications in…
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Giuseppe Mercalli was the Italian volcanologist developed the intensity scale for measuring earthquake intensity. Photo: Public Domain Published – May 12, 2026 05:11 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link
Researchers have made the ground shake in southern Switzerland, triggering thousands of tiny earthquakes in a monitored setting, as they seek to discover seismicity insights that could reduce risks. “It was a success!” said Domenico Giardini, one of the lead researchers on the project, as he inspected a crack in the rock wall lining a…
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U.P. CM Yogi Adityanath remarks technology is not only a means of development, but also a powerful foundation of self-reliance on the occasion of National Technology Day on May 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday (May 11, 2026) said technology is not merely a tool for development…
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visiting the underground nuclear explosion test sites at Pokhran in Rajasthan on May 20, 1998. George Fernandes and Abdul Kalam are seen. Photo: PTI/The Hindu Archives Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (May 11, 2026) greeted people on the National Technology Day — which commemorates the momentous events of…
Global levels of physical activity remained unchanged despite policy recommendations and adoption over the last two decades, with large differences across gender and socio-economic groups, three new research reports have shown. Current efforts to promote participation in physical activity are both insufficient and have made no dent, the reports say. Worldwide, more than five million…
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The 1913 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Charles Richet “in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis.”His research uncovered a paradoxical reaction in which the body’s defenses, instead of protecting it, could overreact with severe consequences. This discovery became a cornerstone of immunology and the study of allergic diseases. In the late…
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