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What are the Lagrange points and why is Aditya-L1 headed to one? | Explained

September 30, 2023 admin

Some of the most amazing phenomena in nature, from electromagnetic radiation and infrared vision to subatomic particles and cosmic rays, are invisible, and we get to know them only through their various applications. This is true of Lagrange points as well – points in space between celestial bodies where a spacecraft stays more or less stationary, as if…

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Nature to retract major Ranga Dias superconductivity paper: reports

September 30, 2023 admin

Ranga Dias, March 2023. | Photo Credit: Screengrab from University of Rochester video/YouTube Controversial University of Rochester physicist Ranga P. Dias face a potential third retraction of a paper related to his work on room-temperature superconductors in a year, after the co-authors of a study published in March 2023 have asked for it to be…

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DNA remnants found in fossil of 6 million year old turtle

September 29, 2023 admin

A view shows fossil cells, in Bogota, Colombia, in this image taken in 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters Remnants of DNA have been discovered in fossilised remains dating to 6 million years ago of a sea turtle closely related to today’s Kemp’s ridley and olive ridley turtles, marking one of the rare times genetic material…

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Mathematician Ruixiang Zhang to receive 2023 Sastra Ramanujan Prize

September 29, 2023 admin

Ruixiang Zhang, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, U.S. | Photo Credit: www.berkeley.edu.in Ruixiang Zhang, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA will be awarded with the 2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for his outstanding contributions in mathematics. The annual cash prize of USD 10,000 will be given at an international conference in Number Theory during…

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Clues to ancient Kosi superflood say it could happen again today

September 29, 2023 admin

At Rajiv Sinha’s laboratory in IIT Kanpur lie soil, sand, and rocks drilled out from across thousands of metres under the Karnali, Ganga, and Kosi rivers. Each sample, called a “sedimentary core” is held in a container 7.6 cm wide; together, they create snapshots of the rivers’ ancient history. Every centimetre of these cores reveals…

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Pragyan rover has done what it was expected to do: ISRO chief

September 28, 2023 admin

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had shared a video of the Pragyan rover being rotated on the surface of the moon that was captured by a Lander Image Camera. The rover was put into sleep mode on September 2. | Photo Credit: ANI Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) S. Somanath on Thursday…

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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Domesticating Animals

September 28, 2023 admin

Q: When did chickens first get domesticated? Domestication probably occurred 7,000-10,000 years ago in Southeast Asia and Oceana. Distribution of Chickens occurred rapidly and was widespread because of their ability to provide meat and eggs without being competitive for human food sources. 4,000 years ago 7,000-10,000 years ago 15,000-12,000 years ago 16,000 years ago A:…

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Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds

September 28, 2023 admin

Marine scientist Anna Sanchez Vidal shows microplastics collected from the sea with a microscope at Barcelona’s University, during a research project “Surfing for Science” to assess contamination by microplastics on the coastline, in Barcelona, Spain, July 5, 2022. (Image for Representation) | Photo Credit: Reuters Researchers in Japan have confirmed microplastics are present in clouds,…

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Brain implants could restore paralysed patients’ arm movements

September 28, 2023 admin

This image from video, provided by UPMC/Pitt Health Sciences, taken Oct. 26, 2015, shows University of Pittsburgh researcher Robert Gaunt preparing Nathan Copeland for research testing if brain implants could help the paralyzed man feel sensation in his own hand while using a mind-controlled robotic arm. Recently, a paralysed Swiss man became the first person…

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Antimatter observed to be falling down under influence of gravity

September 28, 2023 admin

This handout illustration released by U.S. National Science Foundation on September 27, 2023, shows an anti-matter gravity experiment ALPHA-g at an undisclosed location. For the first time, scientists have observed antimatter particles — the mysteriously absent twins of the visible matter all around us — falling downwards due to the effect of gravity, Europe’s physics…

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