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100 million-year-old bones of sauropods discovered in Meghalaya
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#ISRO
is gearing up for a series of missions, including launch of small
#satellite
launch vehicles, Chairman K. Sivan said on Saturday
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Anthony Fauci interview | ‘Push hard to get as many people vaccinated in India as possible’
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If one had to name only three physicists who have touched the lives of people beyond the limits of labs and universities, one could without hesitation answer – Newton, Einstein and
#StephenHawking
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During their brief stay in India,
#StephenHawking
and his wife had visited the Jantar Mantar Observatory and the Qutab Minar in Delhi. They also visited the Nariman Point in Mumbai.
📷: The Associated Press
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Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine 80% effective against B1.617.2 variant, says U.K. study
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The mechanism can kill TB bacteria shielded from host’s immune system, prevent disease reactivation |
@RPrasad12
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#NationalMathematicsDay
| Due to the remarkable originality and power of Ramanujan’s genius, the ideas he created a century ago are now finding applications in diverse contexts
#SrinivasaRamanujan
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182
The sightings of Nilgiri tahr in the Mukurthi National Park have risen from 568 in 2018 to 612 this year
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27
178
The majestic table of elements that hangs on the walls of chemistry classrooms across the world has turned 150 years old in 2019
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Nuclear scientist Sekhar Basu dies of COVID-19
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184
Indian-American scientist Bhavya Lal appointed Acting Chief of Staff of NASA
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Meet Prof Rattan Lal, the godfather of Soil Science, and a Padma Shri 2021 awardee
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The population of
#dolphins
in
#Chilikalake
, India’s largest brackish water lake, and along the
#Odisha
coast has doubled this year compared with last year
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30
168
German scientists make paralysed mice walk again
1
24
165
#StephenHawking
had been in India for an International Conference held at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. He had delivered talks titled 'The Universe in a Nutshell' and 'Predicting the Future: From Astrology to Black Holes.'
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42
160
Putting to rest all doubts and criticism, a team led by Prof. Anshu Pandey from the
@iiscbangalore
confirms that their material exhibits major properties of
#superconductivity
at ambient temperature and pressure. |
@RPrasad12
and
@Shubawrite
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38
157
Indian-American scientist Swati Mohan leads NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
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20
161
Replug: On
#KalpanaChawla
's birth anniversary, a look at some women astronauts who made their mark in the field
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154
India’s second moon mission ‘Chandrayaan-2’ left the earth’s orbit 23 days after being launched.
#Chandrayaan2
2
27
158
Researchers in
#Bengaluru
have now developed a gel for the skin to protect agricultural workers from harmful
#pesticide
sprays. The gel does not just act as a simple physical barrier; it chemically deactivates pesticides. |
@AswathiPacha
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159
In Pictures | We trace ISRO's history from some of its earliest ventures to its latest launches.
#ISRO
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141
.
@isro
wants to make the ambitious manned mission
#Gaganyaan
“more and more” indigenous by utilising the facilities available in the country.
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26
145
There were likely 4.7 million deaths, directly or indirectly attributable to
#COVID19
in India in 2020 and 2021, according to a report by the
#WHO
on Thursday. |
@neutranino
reports
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145
Parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have witnessed the
#solareclipse2019
, where the Sun appears as a ring (annulus) around the Moon. The Hindu photographer Karthikeyan puts together a collage of images shot in Dindigul,
#TamilNadu
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30
151
Scientists have discovered a new enzyme that helps in breaking cell walls of bacteria and hence, offers a potential for a new drug delivery route
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32
140
They discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using these, researchers can change the
#DNA
of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision
#NobelPrize
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141
A team from Indian Institute of Science,
#Bengaluru
(IISc) has developed a three-layered antimicrobial composite material of low-cost for making
#masks
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140
“They show excellent absorption in the visible
#light
range and are highly stable. They are very
#flexible
unlike the silicon
#Solar
cells and so could be used in flexible
#electronics
.”
@iiserbhopal
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136
"The tension and anxiety kept on building as the clock ticked. It was a great relief and joy when the
#Chandrayaan2
was put into the lunar orbit successfully,” Mr. Sivan says
#ISRO
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136
Research shows evidence for a river flowing through the Thar Desert 172,000 years ago
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24
138
Astronaut Christina Koch, who led the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday after a record stay on the International Space Station, ending a 328-day mission expected to yield new insights into deep-space travel.
#NASA
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134
All that is required to degrade the fluoropolymer into molecules is continuous stirring of it in water containing glucose and metal ions for about 15 days at 70 degree C.
#plastic
@iitmadras
@RPrasad12
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129
ISRO plans to launch geo imaging satellite on August 12
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132
Veterinarian in
#AndhraPradesh
carries out spinal surgery to save a six-month-old injured
#Cobra
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125
2020 Nobel: Three scientists share Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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133
Students at IIT-Bombay celebrate the launch of 'Pratham', one of the satellites carried by the PSLV-C35. Photo:
@VivekBendre1
/The Hindu
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131
Covaxin offers protection against double mutant variant found in India: study
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131
The 2020
#NobelPrize
in
#Physics
was awarded with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.
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30
126
Killing bats and destroying their habitats can be more harmful as this can lead to bats spreading out their habitat, warns scientists
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126
Turmeric has been known for over 4,000 years in the Indian subcontinent, West Asia, Burma, Indonesia and China, and used as an essential part of our daily food
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"Our batteries are lithium ion-free. We procure the crop remains from local farmers, and by applying a unique extraction and filtration process, we manufacture rechargeable energy-storing EV cells out of it,” explains Nikita.
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125
Results of a randomised, control trial using
#hydroxychloroquine
drug in 150 COVID-19 patients show that the
#drug
does not reduce the
#viral
load even on day 28
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30
121
Just in | The 2020
#NobelPrize
in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.”
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26
123
A team at IIT Bombay has developed a “digital stethoscope” that can listen to heart beats from a distance and record them, minimising the risk of healthcare professionals contracting the novel
#coronavirus
from patients
#COVID__19
1
31
121
#NASA
releases images of the targeted landing site of Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram Lander
#VikramLander
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27
119
The remains of a super-sized
#parrot
that stood more than half the height of an average human and roamed the Earth 19 million years ago have been discovered in
#NewZealand
.
#palaeontology
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22
120
The device can detect novel
#coronavirus
antigens in 20 microlitres of human saliva within 30 seconds
#COVID19
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Indian Space Research Organisation completing the second and final de-orbital operations successfully on Wednesday.
#ISRO
#Chandrayaan2
#VikramLander
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113
New dinosaur found in Mexico was 'very communicative': study
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115
IN-SPACe, the newly-announced body under the Department of Space, will be the nodal national entity to drive building of satellites, rockets, or launch services through Indian industry.
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116
Simultaneously removing heavy metals such as arsenic, chromium, cadmium and mercury from waste water with very high efficiency now appears possible |
@RPrasad12
1
20
112
The Chandrabhaga beach on the Konark coast of Odisha will get the
#Blueflag
certification — the tag given to
#environment
friendly and clean
#beaches
equipped with amenities of
#international
standards for
#tourists
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31
112
The Lonar lake in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar, also known as Keetham lake, in Agra, have been added to the list of recognised
#Ramsar
sites
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116
Two win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors
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111
Scientists discover oldest known human-made nanostructures in ancient artifacts in Tamil Nadu
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113
When the tribals of Similipal in Mayurbhanj dist. of
#Odisha
reported sightings of “black tigers” nobody believed them. But an estimated 37% of
#Pantheratigris
in the Similipal Tiger Reserve are pseudomelanistic, characterised by wide, merged stripes
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109
Scientists have discovered a new species of freshwater fish from the Alluri forest of the Eastern Ghats in Visakhapatnam district of
#AndhraPradesh
.
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110
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25
109
Dogs have been able to smell
#Cancers
of various organs in our body, all of which have turned out to be true using laboratory diagnostic tests. More recently, dogs have been trained to correctly diagnose
#infection
from certain microbes as well
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107
The quantity of the tiny
#pollutants
was 25 times greater than previous localised studies had shown, the agency said, calling it the first global estimate of sea-floor
#microplastics
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India’s place in tiger conservation is crucial: 60% of the world’s wild tigers are found here
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105
N95 masks can stop up to 95% of particles that are as small as 0.3 microns. Yet, not only are N95 masks expensive, they also cannot easily be reused immediately.
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108
As
#India
goes into
#emergency
mode to tackle the potentially catastrophic impacts of COVID-19, the ‘Kerala model’ is being widely cited as an example to emulate
#novelcoronavirus
0
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104
Coronavirus | Covishield protects against double mutant: study
2
20
107
Most forests are green. But a recent study finds that this ‘greenness’ is consistently decreasing in India.
#environment
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104
A new type of magnetic nanomotors that can generate localised heating to kill
#Cancer
cells have been developed by researchers from
@iiscbangalore
#nanotechnology
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42
108
A well-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost in Russia's extreme north.
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15
101
Soon, neurologists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists in India can map the brain structure of their patients
1
19
107
While novel
#coronavirus
is undergoing many mutations, one particular mutation called D614G, according to a study, has become the dominant variant in the global
#COVID19
pandemic.
2
21
108
#Coronaviruses
do not have
#DNA
as their genome, but
#RNA
; in other words, they can only translate and not transcribe
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32
106
Eminent rocket scientist S. Somanath has been appointed as the Chairman of the
#ISRO
and the Space Secretary.
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11
102
Watch | Scientists discover possible sign of life on Venus
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12
104
The sight of an adult
#Gharial
, a common
#crocodile
species, surrounded by 28 hatchlings at the Satkosia gorge in the Mahanadi river, has brought a smile to the faces of Odisha’s Forest Department officials.
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105
"From India, approximately 65,000 species of
#insects
are known, of them, more than 22,000 species are beetles. Dung
#beetles
are the one of the fascinating group of insects and are indicators of the ecological health of an
#ecosystem
”
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29
96
Killing bats and destroying their habitats can be more harmful as this can lead to bats spreading out their habitat, warns scientists |
@AswathiPacha
2
26
101
Researchers from IIT Madras have found a way of enhancing this property about 30 times in tungsten diselenide, by drop-casting gold nanoparticles on to a two-dimensional film.
2
22
98
NASA releases stunning new picture of Milky Way
1
13
103
Covishield, Covaxin combination brings better immunogenicity than 2 doses of same vaccine: ICMR Study
2
10
97
As Hawking wrote in A Brief History Of Time, “The role played by
#time
at the beginning of the
#universe
is, I believe, the final key to removing the need for a Grand Designer, and revealing how the universe created itself..."
#StephenHawking
4
12
93
NASA's Mars helicopter's third flight goes farther, faster than before
0
9
100
New pair of salivary glands in humans discovered
1
17
97
#Chandrayaan2
| The mission is to put a lander and a robotic, solar-powered rover with six wheels on the lunar terrain on September 6 for a brief on-site exploration
0
19
94
Conservationists have urged the public to be more tolerant of
#elephant
herds, as these were only undertaking their seasonal
#migration
which would only ensure that their habitats rejuvenated over the coming months.
#Nilgiris
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96