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IISc Develops 3D Hydrogel to Study TB Research

June 26, 2024

New research at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru has led to a potential advance in tuberculosis (TB) study. The Department of Bioengineering has created a new 3D hydrogel culture system similar to mammals’ lung environment. This system will ..

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China-France Satellite – Study Universe’s Explosive Events

June 26, 2024

China and France launched the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province on June 22. The launch went well. After working together on an oceanographic satellite in 2018, this is the first time ..

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How Advances in Plutonium Fission Impact India?

June 24, 2024

By starting the core-loading process of the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at the Madras Atomic Power Station in Kalpakkam on March 4, India made progress in its nuclear power program. India’s second part of its nuclear initiative, which is ..

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Pushpak – ISRO’s Reusable Launch Vehicle, Clears Landing Test

June 24, 2024

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully carried out the third Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Landing Experiment (LEX) on June 23 at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga, Karnataka. This was a big step forward in space technology. As ..

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What is AlphaFold?

June 22, 2024

In the past few years, the creation of AlphaFold, a tool that has greatly sped up the process of understanding protein structures, has been a huge step forward in biological study. Molecular biology is used in medicine, agriculture, and many ..

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What is Balon Protein?

June 22, 2024

Recently, scientists made a big finding in microbiology. It involves a special protein called Balon. This protein helps the bacterium Psychrobacter urativorans go into and come out of a dormant state when its environment changes. This new study, which came ..

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IIIT-Delhi Wins Prize for Antimicrobial Resistance Project

June 21, 2024

The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), has been awarded the joint second prize in the Trinity Challenge’s second competition for its project aimed at combating the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).  This project, called “AMRSense: Empowering Communities with ..

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Saturn’s Energy Imbalance

June 20, 2024

Scientists at the University of Houston have made a major finding about Saturn’s climate that shows the planet has a big energy imbalance. A study in “Nature Communications” questions how planets evolve and how their climates change over time, especially ..

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