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Warming-induced glacier retreat could create novel ecosystems

August 19, 2023 admin

Climate change caused by human activity under a high-emissions scenario may halve the area covered by glaciers outside the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets by the end of the century, as per a study published in Nature. This will have marked ecological and societal cascading consequences, as novel ecosystems develop to fill emerging new habitats. However,…

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The world of sugar

August 19, 2023 admin

Sugar’s societal dominance is a story of progress and a bitter-sweet tale of exploitation, racism, obesity and environmental destruction, a new book by Dr. Ulbe Bosma finds Source link

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A trial to test a new path for preventing Alzheimer’s

August 19, 2023 admin

Last month, a wave of excitement swept through the world of Alzheimer’s research after Eli Lilly published results of a trial of their drug, donanemab. They found that the drug slowed cognitive decline in 47% of those who took the drug, vis-à-vis 29% who got a placebo. ‘Slowed’ here meant staving off the disease for…

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Pipeline work leads to vast megalithic site in Kerala

August 19, 2023 admin

An archaeologist examins a rock-cut burial chamber during a salvage excavation at Nagaparamba, near Kerala’s Tirunavaya. Photo: Special Arrangement A large number of megalithic hat stones were found from a single site during a recent archaeological salvage excavation conducted by the State Archaeology Department at Nagaparamba in Kuttippuram village, near Tirunavaya, in the district. Hat…

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Quantum gates: Devices that translate quantum effects to computing awesomeness

August 19, 2023 admin

Information technology (IT) has become essential to communication, banking, business, health, education, entertainment, and many other walks of our lives. Its prevalence makes us wonder if society can survive without it. IT relies on gadgets that store and process vast amounts of information at humanly impossible speeds. Gate in computing A bit is the smallest…

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Chandrayaan-3 Lander slowed down to move it to lower orbit

August 18, 2023 admin

The Lander Module (LM) successfully underwent a deboosting operation that reduced its orbit to 113 km x 157 km. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@isro A day after the lander module (LM) separated from the propulsion module (PM) , it successfully underwent a deboosting operation on August 18. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that the…

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ISRO releases two videos of the Moon on August 18

August 18, 2023 admin

A view of the moon captured by the Chandrayaan-3. Twitter/@isro The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 18 released two videos of the moon which was captured by India’s third moon mission Chandrayaan-3. The first video shows the moon captured by the Lander Position Detection Camera (LPDC) on August 15, 2023, and in the…

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Explained | Drilling in the North Sea — history and environmental concerns

August 18, 2023 admin

File photo of a section of the BP Eastern Trough Area Project oil platform in the North Sea, around 100 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently backed plans for new fossil fuel drilling off Britain’s coast, worrying environment experts even as the…

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Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft enters lunar orbit

August 18, 2023 admin

A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 shows the Zeeman crater located on the far side of the moon, August 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s lunar spacecraft entered the moon’s orbit on Wednesday, a major step towards the country’s ambition of being the first to land on the…

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Platelets ‘can replicate benefits of exercise in brain’, shows study

August 18, 2023 admin

A new study published in Nature Communications found platelets to play an instrumental role in developing potential new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Scientists have found that an injection of specific blood molecules can replicate the benefits of exercise in the brain, paving the way for potential…

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