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A view of the Stanley reservoir at Mettur dam. Scientists are still discovering the effects of dams on river health. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Dams make rivers warmer downstream: satellite data Satellite data from 2013 to 2024 revealed that 71% of 287 large dams across the U.S. significantly altered water temperature downstream. In most…
Eärendil-1 won’t be the first mirror in orbit. Shown here is Znamya-2, which Russia deployed as part of a series of orbital space mirror experiments in the 1990s. | Photo Credit: RSC Energia On July 9, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorised a company named Reflect Orbital to launch and operate a test satellite…
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Kerala has long taken pride in its literacy, scientific temper, and environmental consciousness. Home to the biodiverse Western Ghats and centuries of traditional knowledge, it should have emerged as India’s leading hub for biological research and the bioeconomy. But instead, many of its premier biological research institutions are today on the decline. The reasons are…
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Akilesh Chandrasekaran, who has been selected for the prestigious Cubes in Space™ 2026 programme, with the various accolades he has won. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY What is there in deep space? Wondered Akilesh Chandrasekaran when he was in his fifth standard? Now, a Class XII student, Akilesh Chandrasekaran of Sivakasi Nadar Matriculation Higher Secondary…
The story so far: On July 10, the Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs, China, has temporarily but immediately banned helium exports from the country. As of 4.30 pm IST on July 10, Beijing had not published any other information as to why it took this step now or its scope. Is China a…
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Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said that while India celebrates scientific excellence, it alone is not enough and that our science must also become increasingly relevant. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The challenge before scientists and researchers is to ensure that science reaches society with “integrity, transparency and compassion”, said Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chairperson of the…
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Around noon on July 4, 2026, local residents found an Indian Ocean humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) and an Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) dead at separate locations on the Kozhikode beach in Kerala. Alerted by the public, officials recovered the carcasses for a post-mortem examination. The necropsy of the roughly 200-kg dolphin, an endangered species…
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A parakeet at Vedanthangal bird sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, 2014. | Photo Credit: Karthik Easvur (CC BY-SA) A team of scientists has, for the first time in India, identified and genetically characterised a virus that often causes rapid death in captive psittacine birds, raising concerns about the health of exotic pets and conservation of threatened parrot…
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The team led by Professor Debasish Das of the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering found that cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, can be used to absorb lead from contaminated water. Image for representation only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto GUWAHATI A team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) have developed a biological…
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