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Maharashtra's Lonar Lake Dons Baby-pink Colour, Astounds Scientists
Since the past four days or so, Maharashtra's world-famous Lonar Lake - the world's third biggest formed by a meteorite hit - has mysteriously changed colour from its normal bluish-green to a baby-pink shade. ....
'Dent' In Earth's Magnetic Field Slowly Expanding: Scientists
A dent in Earth's magnetic field over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean is expanding westward and continuing to weaken in intensity, according to recent observations by NASA scientists. ....
Scientists Detect Antibodies In Blood, Saliva Samples Of Covid Patients
Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have documented the persistence of antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2 in hundreds of patients with Covid-19 at least three months after symptom onset. ....
1,494 Indians Among Top 2% Scientists In World: Stanford
Twenty-two faculty members and researchers of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G) and seven faculty members of Tezpur University are among 1,494 Indian scientists who featured in a list of top 2 per cent of the world scientists. ....
Experts Debunk Chinese Scientists' Covid Virus India Origin Claim
Health experts in India have refuted a claim made by Chinese scientists in a preprint paper that suggests that the Indian subcontinent might be the place where the earliest human-to-human SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurred. ....
Haryana Scientists Develop Early Wheat Sowing Variety
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University in in Haryana's Hisar has developed a early sowing variety of wheat named WH1270 that has a good degree of resistance to yellow and brown rusts, its Vice Chancellor Samar Singh said on Monday.....
Scientists Discover Novel Film That Evaporates Sweat Six Times Faster, Holds 15 Times More Moisture
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has created a novel film that is very effective in evaporating sweat from our skin to keep us cool and comfortable when we exercise....
India-UAE Pact On Science Cooperation Gets Cabinet Nod
Both India and the United Arab Emirates will soon start exchanging experience and research focused on climatic information services and tropical cyclone forecasting to avoid damage to public infrastructure due to tsunami activity in the Arabian Sea and Sea of Oman. ....
Strict Measures Needed To Reduce New Covid-19 Strains: Scientists
With new Covid-19 strains reported from several parts of the world giving fresh threats to the fight against the pandemic, a group of scientists is calling on governments to consider the continued use of strict control measures as the only way to reduce the evolution and spread of the new variants of the virus. ....
Microbes From Earth Could Temporarily Survive On Mars: Study
As NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars last week, a new study by scientists at the US space agency and German Aerospace Centre has found that some microbes on Earth could temporarily survive on the surface of the Red Planet. ....
