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Government clears 23 institutions to set up ‘quantum labs’

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Government clears 23 institutions to set up ‘quantum labs’

National Quantum Mission logo. Photo: dst.gov.in/national-quantum-mission-nqm Twenty-three academic institutions across India have been approved for setting up quantum teaching laboratories under the National Quantum Mission (NQM), with another 100 proposals currently being evaluated, according to details that emerged from the joint monthly meeting of Secretaries of the Science Ministries held in New Delhi on Monday…

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Government clears 23 institutions to set up ‘quantum labs’

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Government clears 23 institutions to set up ‘quantum labs’

Image for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Twenty-three academic institutions across India have been approved for setting up quantum teaching laboratories under the National Quantum Mission (NQM), with another 100 proposals currently being evaluated, according to details that emerged from the joint monthly meeting of Secretaries of the Science Ministries held in…

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Cholesterol makes cells’ nuclei squishy, helping melanoma spread

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Cholesterol makes cells’ nuclei squishy, helping melanoma spread

Melanoma is one of the most dangerous common skin cancers. It starts in melanocytes, the skin cells that make melanin, the pigment that gives skin its colour. Cancer doesn’t appear overnight. A normal cell becomes cancerous in steps, as its DNA and its gene-control systems pick up changes over time. These changes push the cell…

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Remembering Rosalind Franklin, whose photograph was crucial to discovering DNA’s structure

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Remembering Rosalind Franklin, whose photograph was crucial to discovering DNA’s structure

For a discipline so wedded to reason and fact as science is, it has fiendishly guarded its gender bias. Over centuries, pioneering women in science have been ignored, their achievements overlooked or usurped by male colleagues, their names left out of scientific publications; they have been underpaid and undervalued, denied promotions and advancements in careers,…

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Failure of atomic clock cripples ISRO’s NavIC system

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Failure of atomic clock cripples ISRO’s NavIC system

The NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) and GPS (Global Positioning System) logos, along with a satellite model, are shown on the map in this illustration. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The last atomic clock aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)-1F satellite has failed, ISRO has said in a…

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Ice patches on melting glaciers greater threat than thought: ISRO scientists

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Ice patches on melting glaciers greater threat than thought: ISRO scientists

A new study by scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), published in NPJ Natural Hazards, examines the August 5, 2025 flash flood that destroyed Dharali village in Uttarakhand and killed six people. It sheds light on how warming temperatures affect glaciers, especially exposed ice patches on retreating glaciers, and highlights the need to…

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Failure of atomic clock cripples ISRO’s NavIC system

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Failure of atomic clock cripples ISRO’s NavIC system

The NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) and GPS (Global Positioning System) logos, along with a satellite model, are shown on the map in this illustration. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The last atomic clock aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)-1F satellite has failed, ISRO has said in a…

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Pi Day 2026: significance of the mathematical constant π

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Pi Day 2026: significance of the mathematical constant π

Image used for representation purpose only. Stock photo | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Pi Day is observed every year on March 14, marking the significance of the mathematical constant π (pi). The day is commemorated by mathematics enthusiasts around the world in recognition of the subject’s enduring legacy. March 14 is chosen because the first…

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