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Now it is possible to remotely detect large landslides within minutes of occurrence and to quickly determine whether they are close to open water and present a tsunami hazard. Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have devised a way to determine a landslide’s location, volume and potential impact. This might support the National Oceanic…
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Avian influenza (bird flu) is a highly contagious viral infection that primarily affects birds. An emerging new lineage 2.3.4.4b of avian influenza has been spreading across the globe since late 2020, carried by migratory birds following specific routes. This panzootic has a significant effect on the avian population with disastrous consequences to the ecology and…
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Heat flows through cracks in rocks, such as those found in volcanoes or geothermal systems, can purify molecules relevant to the chemical origins of life, laboratory experiments described in a study published in the journal Nature reveal. The study offers an explanation for how the first building blocks of life may have formed from complex chemical mixtures. The…
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The Southern Ocean is renowned for having the cleanest air on Earth. But the precise reasons why have remained a mystery, until now. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: AP The Southern Ocean is renowned for having the cleanest air on Earth. But the precise reasons why have remained a mystery, until now. There’s more to it…
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Jena, Germany, 1924: Working in near-isolation and with painstaking tediousness, the psychiatrist Hans Berger observes rhythmic electrical activity from the scalp of human subjects. He is convinced the activity arises from within the brain and coins the term “electroencephalogram.” It is 10 years before the scientific community accepts Berger’s work, birthing the field of electroencephalography, or EEG for…
Scientists are concerned specifically that the often fatal H5N1 influenza could decimate threatened species of penguins and other animals on the remote southern continent. | Photo Credit: AP Has bird flu already killed hundreds, if not thousands of penguins in Antarctica? That’s what researchers are seeking to find out after a scientific expedition last month…
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A pedestrian walks beneath snow-laden trees Thursday, April 4, 2024 in Northfield, Vt., as a major spring storm dumped heavy snow on the region. (Jeb Wallace-Brodeur/The Times Argus via AP) | Photo Credit: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur Questions: 1. When water evaporates from a surface, it takes away some heat, leaving the surface cooler. In some given…
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: AP After the French drugmaker Sanofi India Limited recently discontinued ShanIPV, its inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), in India, the company has confirmed that it will ensure there is no interruption in the availability its IPV vaccine. “We have already obtained the approvals for our product, IMOVAX-Polio, an…
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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On elements found after 1900 1 / 5 | Which element is the last of the lanthanides on the periodic table? Cerium Promethium Thulium Lutetium Lutetium is the last of the lanthanides and the hardest of them. The pure metal has been isolated only in 1907 and is one…
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President Droupadi Murmu with Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais, IIT Bombay Director Subhasis Chaudhuri, Tata Memorial Centre Director Sudeep Gupta and others during the launch of the first indigenous CAR-T cell therapy, in Mumbai on April 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI President Droupadi Murmu on April 4 launched India’s first indigenously-developed CAR T-cell therapy for…