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Indian-French TRISHNA Satellite Targets Climate Change Impacts

June 7, 2024

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the French Space Agency (CNES) have agreed to work together on a satellite mission called TRISHNA. This is because rising temperatures around the world mean that environmental monitoring needs to be better. On ..

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First Human Dies From H5N2 Bird Flu in Mexico

June 6, 2024

The first known death from the H5N2 strain of bird flu was recorded by the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 24 in Mexico. This is a very bad sign for public health. The man who died was 59 years ..

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Russian Cosmonaut Becomes 1st Person to Spend 1,000 Days in Space

June 6, 2024

Oleg Kononenko, a 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut, recently achieved a historic landmark by becoming the first person to spend 1,000 days in space. Announced by Roscosmos, this milestone was reached during Kononenko’s fifth mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which ..

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Reverse Transcriptase: Key Player in COVID Testing and Research

June 5, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, reverse transcriptase got a lot of attention because it was so important in making diagnostic tests for finding the SARS-2 virus. Molecular diagnostics has relied on it for quick and accurate tests, which has helped a lot ..

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IIT Dharwad Unveils Innovative Fire Rescue Drone

June 4, 2024

At the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dharwad, a groundbreaking team lead by Sudheer Siddapureddy and Ameer Mulla created a fire rescue assistant drone that was shown off. This is a new step forward in fire safety. At the DDANFR ..

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Nvidia Introduces Rubin AI Chip Platform, Launches 2026

June 4, 2024

Nvidia Corp., a leader in making AI chips, has stated that it is making a new AI chip platform called Rubin. It will be available in 2026. CEO Jensen Huang made the news while giving a talk at the Computex ..

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Boeing, NASA Set Starliner Launch for June 5

June 4, 2024

Boeing and NASA plan to launch the Starliner space capsule on June 5. The first effort to launch was called off because of technical problems. The launch was supposed to happen from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, but a problem with ..

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James Webb Telescope Discovers Earliest Giant Galaxy

June 3, 2024

The JADES-GS-z14-0 galaxy, which was seen by NASA’s most advanced space camera to date, was studied in a way that has never been done before by the James Webb Space Camera (JWST). This discovery is very important because it gives ..

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