Science

India Successfully Launches Aditya-L1 Solar Mission

India's space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), successfully launched its first solar mission, Aditya-L1, on Saturday, September 2,…

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Groundwater depletion rates in India could triple in coming decades as climate warms, study shows

A new University of Michigan-led study finds that farmers in India have adapted to warming temperatures by intensifying the withdrawal…

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Striking gold with molecular mystery solution for potential clean energy

Hydrogen spillover is exactly what it sounds like. Small metal nanoparticles anchored on a thermally stable oxide, like silica, comprise…

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Mutation rates in whales are much higher than previously reported

An international team of marine scientists, led by the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and the Center for Coastal…

3 years ago

Antibiotics promote the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the gut

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria get extra nutrients and thrive when the drugs kill 'good' bacteria in the gut. This is according to…

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Algae provide clues about 600 million years of plant evolution

The Earth's surface is covered by plants. They make up the majority of biomass on land and exhibit a wide…

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Want to fight climate change? Don’t poach gorillas (or elephants, hornbills, toucans, etc.)

Here's a climate solution we can all get behind: don't kill elephants. Or poach gorillas -- or wipe out tapirs,…

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Neptune’s disappearing clouds linked to the solar cycle

Astronomers have uncovered a link between Neptune's shifting cloud abundance and the 11-year solar cycle, in which the waxing and…

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