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Indian Scientists Develop Eco-Friendly Solar Cell Material

Indian researchers have created a novel solar harvesting material that substitutes toxic lead with greener magnesium. This marks an important breakthrough for affordable and sustainable photovoltaics. The Promise...

December 30, 2023

Scientists Decode Unique Endangered Fish Genome

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the mitochondrial DNA of the Brahmanakenda fish found solely in Kerala’s Periyar Tiger Reserve. The breakthrough offers insights to protect this...

December 28, 2023

NASA Sends Spacecraft to Study ‘God of Chaos’ Asteroid

NASA has relaunched a spacecraft to explore an asteroid nicknamed the “God of Chaos” that will make an extremely close flyby of Earth in 2029. Introducing Asteroid Apophis...

December 28, 2023

Newly Discovered 70-Million-Year-Old Snail Survived Mass Extinction

Scientists have discovered an extinct land snail species in Romania that remarkably survived a major extinction event that killed off 75% of species on Earth, according to a...

December 28, 2023

Scientific Explanations for Moses Parting the Red Sea

In recent years, technological advances have enabled scientists to analyze legendary tales and religious mysteries with new analytical rigor. Recent research continues this quest to find scientific explanations...

December 27, 2023

MeitY Issues Second Advisory to Social Media Platforms on Deepfakes

Deepfakes are fake digital content in the form of images, videos or audios. They are created using high-end artificial intelligence tools and deep learning technology. Deep learning is...

December 26, 2023

Bharatiya Space Station / Bharatiya Antariksha Station

India aims to establish its own permanent space station called ‘Bharatiya Space Station’ over the next 25 years. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set a target...

December 26, 2023

What is Cold Moon?

The Cold Moon, also known as the Long Nights Moon, refers to the full moon occurring in December each year. It gets its name from the long, cold...

December 26, 2023

Omicron Subvariant JN.1

Researchers at the University of Tokyo predict that the omicron subvariant JN.1 (BA.2.86.1.1) is poised to become the dominant lineage of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. This variant, distinguished...

December 25, 2023

First In Situ Discovery of Megalodon Tooth in Deep Sea

A small team of oceanographers, in collaboration with a zoologist from Germany’s SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, has made a groundbreaking discovery—the first in situ fossilized megalodon tooth...

December 23, 2023

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