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India’s Scientists Develop Enhanced DNA-Editing System

July 31, 2024

Scientists at the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in New Delhi have developed a new genome-editing system that is better and more accurate than current CRISPR technologies. CRISPR Basics CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is originally a ..

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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Mission – Recent Updates

July 30, 2024

SpaceX is preparing to launch its Polaris Dawn mission on August 19, which is an important milestone for space tourism. This mission will feature Jared Isaacman, a billionaire from the fintech industry, who will make history by being the first ..

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NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Satellite – Recent Updates

July 30, 2024

NASA has announced that the launch of the NISAR satellite, a joint project between the U.S. and India, will be delayed until after February 2025. This delay is due to ongoing work on the satellite’s large deployable antenna and specific ..

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WHO Launches Project to Develop H5N1 Vaccines Using mRNA

July 30, 2024

On July 29, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a new project to speed up the development of vaccines for bird flu in poorer countries. This project will use messenger RNA (mRNA) technology. An Argentinian company, Sinergium Biotech, is ..

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SpaceX and NASA Set Crew-9 Launch for August 18

July 29, 2024

On July 26th, SpaceX and NASA announced they would send Crew-9 to the International Space Station (ISS) as early as August 18. This comes after the Federal Aviation Administration gave the go-ahead for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which had been stopped ..

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OpenAI Launches SearchGPT

July 27, 2024

OpenAI has released SearchGPT, which is a challenge to Google’s long-time reign as the best search engine. The goal of this AI-powered search tool is to improve the user experience by giving them information and results from the internet in ..

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What is the Oropouche Virus?

July 27, 2024

The Oropouche virus, which is mostly spread by midges and mosquitoes, has killed its first people in Brazil. The health ministry of Brazil stated that two women younger than 30 years old died in Bahia. People are now more aware ..

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India Advances 6G Technology Development with IITs Collaboration

July 27, 2024

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said in July 2024 that it wanted to improve 6G technology that was already in the country. The project aims to create “Cell-Free” 6G Access Points by working with IIT Roorkee and IIT Mandi. This will ..

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