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Scientists are making significant progress towards reviving the woolly mammoth
A company aiming to bring extinct animals back from the dead said it has taken an elephant-sized step toward genetically resurrecting the woolly mammoth, a wild if contentious goal to repopulate the Arctic tundra with a missing titan.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
Probiotic feed additive boosts growth, health in poultry in place of antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat for public health, and the use of anti-microbials in livestock feed has been a major contributing factor in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance to many drugs, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
Can animals count?
Research team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has made a groundbreaking discovery regarding number sense in animals by confirming the existence of discrete number sense in rats, offering a crucial animal model for investigating the neural basis of numerical ability and disability in humans.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
India is rapidly turning into a concrete jungle
In the last 17 years, our country has turned into a concrete jungle. From 2005 to 2023, the construction area in the country has increased by 25 lakh hectares.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
38 trillion dollars in damages each year-due to climate change
Climate change can be a natural process where temperature, rainfall, wind and other elements vary over decades or more. In millions of years, our world has been warmer and colder than it is now. But today we are experiencing unprecedented rapid warming from human activities, primarily due to burning fossil fuels that generate greenhouse gas emissions. Global average temperatures have risen by more than 1.1 degrees Celsius since 1850, exacerbating climate impacts, with 2023 being the hottest on record.
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March-April 2024
Scientific India
New Antibodies Target 'Dark Side' Of Influenza Virus Protein
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified antibodies targeting a hard-to-spot region of the influenza virus, shedding light on the relatively unexplored "dark side" of the neuraminidase (NA) protein head.
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January - February 2024
Scientific India
Central black holes inside galaxies are rejuvenating systems of timeless universe
James Web telescope has greatly increased our knowledge of the universe. New galaxies have been discovered, and some of them are so old that hardly enter into the Big Bang cosmology model.
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January - February 2024
Scientific India
Wonders of Plasma
In physics, the term “Plasma\" refers to a quasi-neutral Iionized gas, or a gas in which a specific percentage of particles are charged.
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January - February 2024
Scientific India
Giant new snake species identified in the Amazon
A team of scientists on location with a The indigenous hunters took the team into the jungle on a 10-day expedition to search for these snakes, which they consider sacred.
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January - February 2024
Scientific India
Indian Mushroom in the Global Market: Is India Falling Behind?
A griculture and human evolution are intertwined deeply.
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January - February 2024
Scientific India
Sinking land increases risk for thousands of coastal residents by 2050
One in 50 people living in two dozen coastal cities in the United States could experience significant flooding by 2050, according to Virginia Tech-led research.
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January - February 2024
Scientific India
Vibrations of well-being!
Have you ever experienced a sinking feeling in your stomach when you are feeling fearful or some kind of anxiety or stress? On the other hand, when we are feeling ecstatic, we are at different energy state.
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January - February 2024
Scientific India
Weight loss drug from highly toxic plant can now be produced in yeast
A traditional Chinese medicinal plant has huge potential as a weight loss drug. However, due to the plant's notorious toxicity, no one has yet succeeded in exploiting it effectively.
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January - February 2024
Scientific India
Crop Wild Relatives of Indian Pipers: therapeutic potential and beyond
India is home to a vast repertoire of diverse plants, With certain plants having significant economical an medicinal value.
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January - February 2024
Scientific India
The 10 biggest science stories of 2023
Iindia has become the fourth country to successfully land on the moon as the Chandrayaan-3's lander module, with the rover in its belly, successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface The success of Chandrayaan-3, launched in July 2023, showed the world that not only is India a major player in space, but that a moon lander can be launched successfully for $75m (£60m).
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January - February 2024
Scientific India
The solar forest
A verdant forest is one of the most iconic symbols of the power of nature, from the abundance of plant and animal life that shelters among its thick vegetation to the positive impact it has on Earth's climate, thanks in part to photosynthesis, which removes carbon dioxide from the air, thereby mitigating the effects of global warming.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Algae as a surprising meat alternative and source of environmentally friendly protein
The University of Exeter study has been published in The Journal of Nutrition and is the first of its kind to demonstrate that the ingestion of two of the most commercially available algal species are rich in protein which supports muscle remodeling in young healthy adults.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Artificial Rain
Pollution (land, water and air) in general and air pollution in particular was the buzz word of every body few days back in Delhi and its adjoining areas like Punjab, Haryana and UP.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Algal blooms a threat to wetland bird sanctuaries of India needs attention
Birds are often referred to as a barometer for the health of our planet.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
World Animal Day: Advocating for the Rights and Welfare of Animals
For the first time ever, an international team F of researchers has created a complete cell atlas of a whole mammalian brain.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Microbial Corrosion of Iron: Unveiling the Invisible Culprits
Corrosion of iron is a pervasive and costly problem in various industries affecting infrastructure, transportation and machinery.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Events In People's Lives
Artificial intelligence developed to model written language can be utilized to predict events in people's lives.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Diverse gut bacteria communities protect against harmful pathogens by nutrient blocking
The human gut is home to hundreds of different bacterial species collectively known as the gut microbiome.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Nature approves vegetarians to eat meat when in dire nutritional need
We all have come across stories of people who at some point of time have been diagnosed with certain medical condition or who had a medical history and had to make major changes in their diet preferences to meet their nutritional needs.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Bacteria as Blacksmiths: The Metallurgical Wonders of Microorganisms
In the world of microbiology bacteria often take center stage as remarkable and versatile organisms.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Extreme Drop in Oxygen Will One Day Suffocate Most Life on Earth
For now, life is flourishing on our oxygen-rich planet, but Earth wasn't always that way - and scientists have predicted that, in the future, the atmosphere will revert back to one that's rich in methane and low in oxygen.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Research indicates that a vegan diet improves cardiovascular health
In a study with 22 pairs of identical twins, Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues have found that a vegan diet improves cardiovascular health in as little as eight weeks.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Value addition of medicinally important plants after coronavirus outbreak
India has always been known for the use of plants and herbs for preventing or curing many diseases.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Living Robots From Human Cells
Living robots might sound like an oxymoron, but they're here, and they're challenging everything we know about biotechnology. Xenobots are computer-generated, programmable lifeforms made out of stem cells harvested from the African frog, Xenopus laevis.
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November - December 2023
Scientific India
Algae: A Super Future Food For Sustainable Nutrition
Microalgae: That speculative future meal might not sound very appealing, but microalgae are packed with proteins, essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals-including vitamins A, B1, B2, C, and E, iron, calcium and folic acid.
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