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NASA Discovers Six New Exoplanets

July 20, 2024

NASA has made big strides in its study of exoplanets by confirming six new ones, bringing the total number of them to 5,502. This is an important step toward knowing the universe and the possibility of life beyond Earth. Poltergeist ..

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IIT Guwahati Researchers Explore African Swine Fever Virus Protein

July 20, 2024

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati have made great progress in understanding the biochemistry of the African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV). They have focused on the p30 protein, which is very important for the virus to enter animals. ..

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Asia’s First Pre-Clinical Network Facility Inaugurated in Faridabad

July 20, 2024

Asia’s first Pre-clinical Network Facility for health study was opened in Faridabad, Haryana by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Science and Technology. This building is part of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and its goal is to ..

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Why is Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Shrinking?

July 19, 2024

The biggest storm in our solar system, the Great Red Spot (GRS) on Jupiter, is getting smaller right now. Some scientists think that this change might be linked to fewer small storms that normally help keep the GRS running. The ..

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OpenAI Launches Cost-Effective GPT-4o Mini AI Model

July 19, 2024

OpenAI has released GPT-4o mini, a new AI model that is more accessible to a wider range of people and costs less. There is a lot of competition in the AI area right now, especially from big names like Google ..

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Cave on the Moon: New Discovery for Space Exploration

July 19, 2024

Scientists have recently proven a cave on the Moon near the Sea of Tranquility, not far from where the famous landing in 1969 took place. The cave is an important find in lunar exploration because it could be used as ..

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New High-Efficacy Malaria Vaccine Launched in Cote d’Ivoire

July 16, 2024

The introduction of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine in Cote d’Ivoire was a big step forward in the fight against malaria around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) approved the vaccine last year, and this is the first time it has ..

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What is an Extreme Solar Particle Event?

July 15, 2024

Recent studies have shown that “extreme solar particle events,” which are very rare but can have big effects on Earth, could be dangerous. Protons are thrown out into space by the sun in these events, which happen about once every ..

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New Deep-Water Shark Species Discovered in Kerala

July 13, 2024

At Sakthikulangara fishing harbor in Kerala, scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) found a new species of deep-water dogfish shark. They named it Squalus hima. This new finding, which was published in the journal Records of the ZSI, ..

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NASA’s CHAPEA Project

July 13, 2024

It is called “Mars Dune Alpha” and is a 1,700-square-foot building made with 3D printing at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. It has bedrooms, bathrooms, a work area, a robot station, a gym, and a vertical farm, among ..

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