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Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis

Kerala’s Kozhikode district recently reported three consecutive cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). One victim, a nine-year-old girl, died. Two others, including a three-month-old infant, remain critically ill....

August 19, 2025

India’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production

India is set to begin commercial production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at scale by December 2025. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country’s largest fuel refiner and retailer,...

August 19, 2025

Genetically Engineered Bacteria Enable Self-Powered Biosensors

Recent advances in synthetic biology and bioelectrochemistry have led to the development of self-powered chemical sensors using genetically engineered bacteria. Researchers from Imperial College London and Zhejiang University...

August 18, 2025

Indian Phoenix Palms

Recent botanical research has uncovered a new species of palm in India and reclassified existing ones within the genus Phoenix. These findings stem from revisiting the 17th-century work...

August 18, 2025

India Achieves Historic Deep Ocean Dives in Atlantic

India reached a new milestone in ocean exploration in August 2025. Two Indian aquanauts descended to depths of 4,025 and 5,002 metres in the Atlantic Ocean. This achievement...

August 15, 2025

PelV-1

Recent research in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre has revealed a giant virus named PelV-1. This virus infects the plankton Pelagodinium and possesses a tail far longer than...

August 15, 2025

Ancient Human Presence in Wallacea

Recent discoveries in Sulawesi, Indonesia, have pushed back the timeline of early human habitation in the Wallacea region to about 1.5 million years ago. Archaeologists unearthed stone tools...

August 14, 2025

Ancient Mud Waves Rewrite Atlantic Ocean History

Recent research has uncovered gigantic mud waves nearly a kilometre beneath the Atlantic seabed west of Guinea-Bissau. These structures date back 117 million years and were sculpted by...

August 14, 2025

New Freshwater Crab Species Discovered In Western Ghats

Recent research in Kerala’s Western Ghats has led to the discovery of a new genus and two new species of freshwater crabs. These findings show the rich biodiversity...

August 13, 2025

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory

Recent developments in 2025 show NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) missions are at risk of termination. The Trump administration’s budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year excludes funding...

August 13, 2025

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