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People built modern life on petroleum, but at a big environmental cost. The Scope explores the history, scale, and the immense challenge of moving to a future without petrochemicals. Source link
IIT-Madras. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-Madras) has released a detailed three-dimensional atlas of the human brainstem at cell resolution, offering researchers an unprecedented view of one of the most complex regions of the brain. Developed by the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre (SGBC), the atlas, named ANCHOR (Atlas…
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Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairperson, IN-SPACe, expects the solutions of the three start-ups to increase ‘our footprint in the global space economy’. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN he Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has selected three Indian startups, including two from Bengaluru, as the first set of Indian Non-Governmental Entities (NGEs) for funding…
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Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairperson, IN-SPACe, expects the solutions of the three start-ups to increase ‘our footprint in the global space economy’. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN he Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has selected three Indian startups, including two from Bengaluru, as the first set of Indian Non-Governmental Entities (NGEs) for funding…
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El Nino, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced on Thursday (June 11, 2026). Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already warming from fossil fuel pollution and will likely turbocharge extreme weather across…
The team of researchers from the Sensors and Spectroscopy Research Group, School of Electrical and Computer Sciences (SECS), at IIT Bhubaneswar. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar has innovated a device to detect arsenic that would help improve water quality monitoring and public health. Researchers from the Sensors and Spectroscopy Research…
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Black garden ants tend to mealybugs. | Photo Credit: Katja Schulz (CC BY) Ants are associated with a range of very positive qualities — including a self-motivated work ethic, preparedness and long-term thinking, and a preference for collective effort. Many ant species are also social, and living in social groups offers many advantages. However, there…
The researchers conducted experiments in Spain and Japan, observing groups of adults, teenagers, and nursery school children. Representative image. | Photo Credit: Timon Studler/Unsplash A: The answer to this strange question is a stranger ‘yes’. When people walk freely in an open space, they often begin to move in a counter-clockwise circle. While scientists believed…
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India’s reservoirs can host about 102 gigawatt (GW) of floating solar capacity, according to the first comprehensive national assessment of the technology’s potential by the NISE. | Photo Credit: AFP India’s reservoirs can host about 102 gigawatt (GW) of floating solar capacity, according to the first comprehensive national assessment of the technology’s potential by the…
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In a 1983 paper, Harvard University geneticists James Gusella and Nancy Wexler reported that Huntington’s disease, a fatal inherited disease where brain cells progressively decay, was caused by a gene mutation on chromosome 4. This was the first time a single gene had been implicated in a disease. Since then, scientists have discovered about 5,000…
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