Science
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Scientists decode molecular traps, viral infections to arrest infections
Scientists at the Hyderabad-based CSIR-CCMB have successfully decoded ‘sticky molecular traps used by plants to arrest viral infections. Plants are known to use liquid-like, sticky protein droplets to trap and disable attacking viruses.…
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Kashmir Apples near Bengaluru: Tech-savy farmer defies climate odds
Chikkaballapura: Apples are usually associated with the cold climates of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. However, a farmer from Karnataka has challenged this belief by successfully cultivating Kashmir Apple varieties near Bengaluru, drawing…
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Hyderabad now has a beetle named after it and it was hiding in a city pond
Hyderabad: Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered three new species of aquatic beetles in India, one of which has been named after Hyderabad, where it was found in a…
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Indian startup’s ‘Drishti’ satellite launched aboard SpaceX rocket
New Delhi: GalaxEye, India’s largest privately developed Earth observation satellite, on Sunday, May 3, launched the ‘Mission Drishti’ satellite aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from California, thus marking the world’s first OptoSAR…
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Telangana seeks GI tag for ‘Sajjapur Chamagadda’ grown in Sangareddy
Hyderabad: The application for Geographical Registration (GI) of the renowned Sajjapur colacasi, known as Sajjapur Chamagadda (chamadumpa in Andhra Pradesh), was successfully accepted by the GI Registry in Chennai on Tuesday, April…
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How science, sports psychology raised batting to explosive levels in this IPL
What we are witnessing in the IPL nowadays seems unreal. IPL battles were always intense affairs, but this time, almost every team is scoring 200 or more in their allotted 20 overs.…
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Built in Hyderabad, Skyroot’s Vikram-1 readies for orbit
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday, April 25, flagged off the flight hardware of Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 — India’s first privately developed orbital rocket in Hyderabad– marking the rocket’s…
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ISRO plans to send Indian to Moon by 2040, Gaganyaan mission likely in 2027
Hyderabad: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman V Narayanan said on Saturday, April 18, that they plan to send a human to the moon by 2040. “If we make it happen by 2040,…
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Artemis II astronauts leave moon, make long-distance call to space station
Houston: Still aglow from their triumphant lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts put in a call to their friends aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as they headed home from the…
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How the Artemis II crew trained to observe and photograph the moon
London: The Artemis II crew has now broken the record — previously held by Apollo 13 — for the farthest distance any humans have ever travelled from Earth. The crew also completed…
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Artemis II completes record-breaking trip around moon
Houston: Emerging from behind the moon, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their capsule toward home Monday night after beholding views of the lunar far side never before witnessed and setting a new…
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Halfway to the moon, Artemis crew deals with faulty space toilet
Houston: Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. On the downside, their…
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Artemis II astronauts capture stunning Earth views en route to moon
Cape Canaveral: The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon. NASA released the crew’s first downlinked images Friday, one-and-a-half days into…
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Hyderabad: Scores of dead fish in Tellapur lake, locals link it to pollution
Hyderabad: Large numbers of dead fish have been reported in Chelikunta Lake in Osman Nagar near Tellapur, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, on Thursday, April 2, with residents linking the incident to…
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With Mission Artemis II, the US plans return to the Moon after 50 years
The countdown has begun for Mission Artemis II, the US attempt to resume its manned journey, after 54 years, to the Moon on April 1, from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral…
