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India’s First Pod Taxi

May 10, 2023

The Yamuna Authority recently gave its nod to India’s first pod taxi project. The Personalised Rapid Transit project, an advanced mode of transportation, will be automated and environment-friendly. What is a Pod Taxi? Pod taxis are automated, environment-friendly vehicles that ..

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Nano-QuIC (Nanoparticle-enhanced Quaking-Induced Conversion)

May 9, 2023

A new diagnostic technique has been developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota called Nano-QuIC (Nanoparticle-enhanced Quaking-Induced Conversion) that promises faster and more accurate detection of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and chronic wasting disease in animals. These diseases ..

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TROPICS Mission

May 9, 2023

NASA and Rocket Lab successfully launched two CubeSats for storm-tracking into orbit, after an initial launch was called off in April due to weather disruptions in New Zealand. The mission, TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with ..

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Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor

May 9, 2023

NASA is developing a unique snake-like robot called Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) to aid space exploration and potentially discover whether life exists beyond Earth. The robot will examine the icy features of Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, and search ..

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Saurona Genus

May 8, 2023

The Natural History Museum in London has named a newly discovered genus of butterflies Saurona. The name was chosen because the black rings on the butterfly’s orange wings reminded the experts of the all-seeing eye in JRR Tolkien’s books. Dr ..

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Stable Auroral Red (SAR) Arc

May 8, 2023

Last month, aurora-like colorful curtains of dazzling light were captured in Ladakh, which is much farther from the polar regions, where auroras usually occurr. The lights are actually billions of charged particles moving into space at ultra-high speeds, and when ..

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Deep Oceans Beneath Ice Capped Surfaces of Uranus’ Four Moons

May 8, 2023

In a new study, NASA scientists have found that there can be water in the four large moons of Uranus, namely Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. The Voyager-2 spacecraft data from the 1980s and cutting-edge computer models were re-analyzed, leading ..

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Safety Approval For China’s First Gene-edited Crop

May 6, 2023

China has approved the safety of a gene-edited soybean in a significant boost to food production. Key Facts About the Soybean Developed by privately owned Shandong Shunfeng Biotechnology Co., Ltd, the soybean has two modified genes which raise the level ..

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Horaglanis populi

May 5, 2023

Researchers in southern India have made a fascinating discovery after a six-year-long survey for signs of subterranean creatures. They found a new species of subterranean catfish, which they named Horaglanis populi. This creature dwells only in underground aquifers, and encounters ..

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New Non-Invasive Method to Extract DNA from Palaeolithic Remains

May 5, 2023

By using a new non-invasive method to extract DNA from a Paleolithic deer tooth pendant found in Denisova Cave, Siberia, scientists have obtained the genomes of both deer and ancient humans. This breakthrough led to the ability to determine that ..

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