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Tamil Nadu: Why is Chennai’s microplastic problem bigger than it looks? | Explained

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Tamil Nadu: Why is Chennai’s microplastic problem bigger than it looks? | Explained

The story so far: Microplastics, especially nylon fibres, seem to be present rather sparsely in Chennai’s beach sediments but could still wreak long-term ecological damage, new research has cautioned. A study by researchers at V.O. Chidambaram College in Thoothukudi examined the abundance, sources, and ecological risks of microplastics from beach sediment samples from 15 sites…

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India raises clean-energy ambition with 60% non-fossil fuel power goal by 2035

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India raises clean-energy ambition with 60% non-fossil fuel power goal by 2035

Updating its climate goals, India has pledged that by 2035, 60% of its installed electric capacity will comprise of non-fossil sources. It also aims to reduce by 47% the intensity of emissions per unit of GDP from 2005 level and to increase its carbon sink to 3.5 billion tonnes – 4 billion tonnes. These targets…

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Antibiotic resistance fuels 87% of India’s typhoid economic burden: Study

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Antibiotic resistance fuels 87% of India’s typhoid economic burden: Study

The authors said the findings provide key evidence to support the introduction of the typhoid conjugate vaccine in the national immunisation schedule, which is under consideration, the authors said |Image used for representational purpose only | Photo Credit: Hailshadow Antibiotic-resistant typhoid infections accounted for at least 87% of India’s disease-related economic burden in 2023, according…

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West Asia war: how finding oil changed the Persian Gulf’s ecology

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West Asia war: how finding oil changed the Persian Gulf’s ecology

Military ships and oil tankers dominate how we imagine the Persian Gulf today. Yet beyond this familiar imagery of geopolitics and petroleum lies a mosaic of vulnerable ecosystems. It wasn’t always this way. Just six decades ago, these waters were busy not with warships but fishing boats, and the glittering megacities that now line the…

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Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive

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Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive

Scientists in Geneva took some antiprotons out for a spin — a very delicate one — in a truck, in a never-tried-before test drive that has been deemed a success. If this so-called antimatter came into contact with actual matter, even for a fraction of an instant, it would have been annihilated in a quick…

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How BioPharma SHAKTI can transform biologics with non-animal models

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How BioPharma SHAKTI can transform biologics with non-animal models

In 2006, London woke up to a tragedy. Six healthy men involved in a phase I clinical trial of theralizumab, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) designed to treat rheumatoid arthritis, developed multiple organ failure. The antibody triggered an intense immune reaction that the researchers didn’t observe in rhesus monkeys in preclinical tests because their immune cells…

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Ahead of Chandrayaan-4, IIT and PRL team decodes moon’s titanium-rich rocks

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Ahead of Chandrayaan-4, IIT and PRL team decodes moon’s titanium-rich rocks

The moon’s surface is covered by ancient lava flows that are often different from those found on the earth. While volcanic rocks on the earth rarely contain more than 2% titanium dioxide (TiO2), some lunar basalts — common volcanic rocks — carry up to 18%, a fact that planetary scientists have struggled to explain for…

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Moon was formed around 4.51 billion years ago: study

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Moon was formed around 4.51 billion years ago: study

Evidence to support an older age for the formation of the Moon, around 4.51 billion years ago, as per a paper published in the journal Nature. This new analysis suggests that a ‘remelting’ of the Moon’s surface around 4.35 billion years ago may have masked a far older history. The Moon is thought to have been formed through…

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Biotech industry driving both human and animal nutrition: experts

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Biotech industry driving both human and animal nutrition: experts

The webinar was jointly organised by the Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, and The Hindu as part of the series titled “Biotechnology: Role in Industry 5.0 — Sustainable Future Pathways”. Biotechnology graduates are the architects of the next animal science revolution in the country, experts said at a webinar on “Biotech Careers: Food and Nutrition”…

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