Down To Earth
Bizarre Patent Tussles Over A Covid-19 Jab
Moderna's many intellectual property disputes over its vaccine highlight the need for a patent-free regime to fight the pandemic
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March 16, 2022
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Climate Justice, Now
IPCC's latest climate report provides evidence that climate-justice needs to be at the centre of global policymaking
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March 16, 2022
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To what end
West Bengal has decided to mine coal from a reserve so deep and unreachable that the extraction might turn out to be financially unviable, and still end up displacing 21,000 people
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March 01, 2022
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‘Observations will help trace our cosmic roots'
Early last month, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) opened its 18 golden mirrors to the universe and captured its first image-ofa sun-like star called HD-84406, some 260 light years from the Earth. The telescope was launched on December 25, 2021, and took 30 days to travel 1.5 million km from Earth in a direction opposite to the Sun to reach its destination-a gravitationally stable point named L2—from where it will orbit the Sun, slightly changing its position every three weeks to stay in a halo orbit.
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March 01, 2022
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Pre-emptive strike
The popularity of anti-hail cannons among Himachal Pradesh farmers has made the state build an indigenous version, though the efficacy of such devices is unproven
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March 01, 2022
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Bullish turn
Post mechanisation, for the first time there is innovation in farm equipment to revive bullocks and aid small farmers
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March 01, 2022
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South Africa's vaccine advance brings hope
The WHO-aided tech transfer hub in South Africa is set to change the outlook for a continent deprived of COVID-19 vaccines
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March 01, 2022
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Space for nuclear
From fuel to outer space power plants, the world is developing different usages of nuclear energy to explore the deep space
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March 01, 2022
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FAULTY GROUND
The stretch of the Cauvery where Karnataka plans to build the Mekedatu dam lies alonga fault plane and in a geologically unstable region
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March 01, 2022
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Blue hydrogen not really green
Reliance Industries on February 12 announced an intent to become "the world's top blue hydrogen producer" by repurposing a 30,000 crore synthetic gas plant to manufacture the fuel.
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March 01, 2022
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BIOLOGICAL GOLD MINE
An emerging science explores how faecal analysis can revolutionise disease diagnosis and treatment
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March 01, 2022
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Endemic Not The End
We know that the novel coronavirus will be with us forever. Without undermining the threat it poses, we must learn how to live with it by adapting strategies developed in previous pandemics
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March 01, 2022
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United they stand
Women farmers in 30 villages of Madhya Pradesh join hands to command a higher price for their groundnut produce
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February 16, 2022
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Rewarding incompetence
India's new star-rating system to promote state agencies that give hasty environmental clearances to projects
5 min |
February 16, 2022
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Natural option
Organic and natural farming approaches are not only profitable and sustainable, but also productive
6 min |
February 16, 2022
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WHITHER AMRIT KAAL
The Union Budget 2022-23 did not talk about the developmental targets promised for this year under the Strategy for New India@75, but set the country on a new journey of hope till 2047
5 min |
February 16, 2022
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NET GAIN
In its journey to the Bay of Bengal, the Brahmaputra carves out different types of waterbodies along Assam's landscape.
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February 16, 2022
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India trips on its patent waiver proposal
Delhi has not backed its WTO proposal to suspend intellectual property rights on COVID-19 pharma products with robust action
4 min |
February 16, 2022
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Glorious oversight
ABOUT AMERICAN POP CULTURE FIXTURES AND PRIVILEGED WAY OF LIFE PRESENTED AS A REVIEW OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
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February 16, 2022
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Heritage erased
Kashmir's highly fertile alluvial soil deposits called karewas are being destroyed in the name of development, much to the peril of local people
3 min |
February 16, 2022
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Charged up
Battery makers are moving beyond lithium to power India's clean energy ambitions
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February 16, 2022
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25.87 MILLION HECTARES
That is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India's green cover. Does this land exist? Is it encroached upon? Or is it just degraded; so degraded that there are no forests to be counted here?
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February 16, 2022
Scientific India
Non-antibiotic growth promoter for monogastric farm animals
Feed additives assist in boosting the monogastric Fanimal immune system through maintaining homeostasis of the gastrointestinal tract. The gastrointestinal tract is a vital immune organ that encompasses roughly 70% of the total immune cells of the body. Apart from the above, feed additives regulate gut flora, reduce weaning stress and other environmental challenges on piglets and pigs respectively.
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January - February 2022
Scientific India
Warm milk at bed time help you fall asleep
When heading to bed, people often do a variety of rituals to help Wthem prepare for a restful night's sleep, such as taking a warm bath or doing nighttime yoga.
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January - February 2022
Scientific India
Nuclear Power Plant at Moon
Electricity has revolutionized the world like nothing ever has, and it's impossible for humanity to imagine a life on Earth without it. Now, if we could generate electricity in space that can revolutionize the space travel as well as living on other destinations than earth.
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January - February 2022
Scientific India
Microgreens: A nutrient-dense food for improved health and well-being
In recent years, the attention towards microgreens is increasing due to the rise in public awareness of healthy eating worldwide. “Microgreens" are a young, immature, and tender edible seedling of edible plants harvested at 2-5 inches tall, 6 to 15 days post sowing when the cotyledonary leaves start to emerge or just before the fully developed first true leaves.
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January - February 2022
Scientific India
Global Warming: Biggest Menace to Our Existence!
If someone is truly worried about the fate of the world, it would be a climate scientist. After testing all his climate theories, when he would look at the world, he would see only devastation in the future.
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January - February 2022
Scientific India
Atom's energy can keep the world powered and the Nature calm
Humanity would never wish to face calamities, at the same time it won't choose to live in darkness either. But, I am afraid we are well on our way to one of these.
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January - February 2022
Scientific India
4-Fluorouridine is an oral antiviral that blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication
According to a research paper published in science journal, 4′fluorouridine (4′-FlU, EIDD-2749), a ribonucleoside analog that inhibits RSV, related RNA viruses, and SARSCoV-2 with high selectivity index in cells and human airway epithelia organoids.
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January - February 2022
Scientific India
Top 10 Science Stories Of 2021
Thrilling Science and technology discoveries, hurdles in the fight against Covid and Tadvancements in space exploration defined the past year
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