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Pipeline work leads to vast megalithic site in Kerala

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Pipeline work leads to vast megalithic site in Kerala

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

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Quantum gates: Devices that translate quantum effects to computing awesomeness

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

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

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

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ISRO releases two videos of the Moon on August 18

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

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

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

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

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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How the deadliest virus in human history paved the way for new cures

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How the deadliest virus in human history paved the way for new cures

This is part II of a two-part story on the virus that caused the Great Influenza epidemic. Read part I here. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the apex organisation in the U.S. on matters of public health and safety. Research on any new infectious agent must be first approved…

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