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The story so far: In 1999, California-based Nvidia Corp. marketed a chip called GeForce 256 as “the world’s first GPU”. Its purpose was to make videogames run better and look better. In the 2.5 decades since, GPUs have moved from the discretionary world of games and visual effects to becoming part of the core infrastructure…
A panel discussion on ‘Building Innovation-First GCCs: AI, R&D & Digital Transformation’ was organised as part of BioAsia 2026 in Hyderabad on Wednesday (February 18, 2025) | Photo Credit: Siddhant Thakur Hyderabad is emerging as a key hub for building artificial intelligence-driven capabilities for global pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, with several multinational firms developing…
The Science Quiz: The science hidden in proverbs and idioms 1 / 6 | Name this hydrocarbon. It’s the reason “one bad apple spoils the bunch”: as an apple ripens, it releases more of this compound, which causes nearby fruit to ripen faster. 2 / 6 | What’s the proverb based on the following fact?…
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Passive human structures like roads and settlements sometimes reduced animal vigilance, an Indian Institute of Science release said. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave…
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Collaboration between Australia and India in life sciences and biotechnology is beginning to yield early results following the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement, with Queensland positioning itself as a key partner for Indian companies and institutions across clinical research, translational science and healthcare innovation. This momentum was highlighted during an exclusive media roundtable held…
The linear no-threshold (LNT) model and the ALARA principle have served as the conceptual and operational foundations of the global radiation protection framework for many decades. The LNT model is a risk estimation framework that says any amount of ionising radiation, no matter how small, carries some risk of causing harm, especially cancer. In other…
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Pruning to let more light into the canopy often reduces one-sided flowering. | Photo Credit: Kevin Saunders/Unsplash – Gayatri Chandrashekar Shrubs and trees often flower and fruit more on the sunlit side because the planet’s energy budget on that side is different. Sunlit leaves capture more usable light so they photosynthesise more and make more…
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An optical colour composite image of the viewing field taken from the PanSTARRS survey. The yellow cross-hair indicates the position of the star. | Photo Credit: DOI: 10.1126/science.adt485 When a sufficiently massive star runs out of fuel, its core collapses and triggers a supernova, a dramatic explosion that scatters the star’s outer layers into space….
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(From left) Winselow Tucker (president and GM of Lilly India), Stefan Miltenyi (founder CEO and president of Miltenyi Biotec, Germany), G.V.Prasad (co-chairman & MD of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories), Eric Mansion (GM, India & South-East Asia of Sanofi, Singapore) and Shreehas Tambe (MD and CEO of Biocon Biologics) at a panel discussion during BioAsia 2026 in…
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