Technology
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New materials for carbon capture and utilization could show new light for global warming challenge
 Image Source: Ministry of Science & Technology A group of scientists have computationally designed a hybrid material which can absorb…
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‘In-Principle’ approval for five new sites for locating nuclear power plants
Representational Image | Source: britannica.com Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth…
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Interesting facts about Our Solar System
Our solar system consists of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, dust, and gas that orbit our local star, the sun. Mercury,…
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How do Solar panels work?
During the day, 173 thousand terawatts of solar energy are intercepted by the Earth. That’s ten thousand times more power…
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NITI Aayog to Hold Workshop on Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage on 30 March
NITI Aayog is organizing a national-level workshop on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) on 30 March 2022. The workshop…
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Udupi Ramachandra Rao, an Indian space scientist
Udupi Ramachandra Rao (10 March 1932 – 24 July 2017) was an Indian space scientist and chairman of the Indian…
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The Metaverse Explained
Metaverse is trending every day after Facebook got rebranded to Meta. But what exactly is Metaverse? Technologies involved in its…
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Blockchain Technology Explained
Blockchain is a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) that was invented to support the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Bitcoin was motivated by an…
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Olympic skiers and snowboarders are competing on 100% fake snow – the science of how it’s made and how it affects performance
Skiers and snowboarders in downhill racing events, like U.S. Olympian Mikaela Shiffrin, often prefer the harder, faster artificial snow over…
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Union Budget 2022: Focus on Climate Change
The Union Budget 2022 has focus on growth and all-inclusive welfare. It increases focus on technology-enabled development, energy transitions, and…
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These machines scrub greenhouse gases from the air – an inventor of direct air capture technology shows how it works
One ‘mechanical tree’ is about 1,000 times faster at removing carbon dioxide from air than a natural tree. The first…
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Climate Change and its Consequences
This is a simple explanation of Climate Change, based on an article in the New York Times. The average temperature…
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Raja Ramanna, an Indian physicist.
Raja Ramanna (28 January 1925 – 24 September 2004) was an Indian physicist who was heavily involved with India’s nuclear program…
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Jeff Bezos is looking to defy death – this is what we know about the science of ageing
Jeff Bezos | Image Source: https://news.sky.com/ Jeff Bezos is on a mission to conquer ageing. He has just recruited Hal…
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The discovery of insulin: a story of monstrous egos and toxic rivalries
Frederick Banting and John Macleod. Fisher Insulin Collection, Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. When Frederick Banting’s phone rang one…
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