If a star orbits a black hole, it will appear from a distance to be orbiting empty space. Gaia projects the star’s orbit on a plane in the sky while ground-based telescopes meanwhile track how light from the star is shifted by the Doppler effect. Astronomers put these details together to infer the masses of the star and of the ‘blank’ space
The firm is also working on modifying pigs so their organs can be compatible for transplants to humans and on cows to give them more protein
Even when bogus papers are spotted, academic journals are often slow to retract the papers, allowing the articles to taint the global library of scholarly work
Amplifiers have transformed entertainment, astronomy, search and rescue, medical diagnostics, and every human endeavour where some physical change can be converted to an electric signal. Power amplifiers come in multiple classes, each for specific applications
The immense amount of plastic waste has driven multiple biologists to look for sustainable solutions in their own fields, but like most things in science, the path to success is long and arduous
Asking about the worth of vomit might seem odd, but when it comes to whale vomit, the question holds true. Not only is whale vomit incredibly valuable, but it’s also referred to as “floating gold.”
PhD student Vaibhav Parmar and professor Ranjini Bandyopadhyay of the Soft Condensed Matter group at RRI Bengaluru examined how the elasticity of clay changed as it dried, slowly changing from a flowing liquid to a soft solid to a brittle sheet, in the process uncovering a link between the elasticity of clay and crack onset time
‘Alternate mission strategies for utilising the satellite for navigation in an elliptical orbit is being worked out,’ the ISRO said in a statement; NVS-02, the second satellite in the NVS series, was part of ISRO’s landmark 100th launch from Sriharikota
Former President Joe Biden and his White House had no involvement in the agency’s decision-making on the mission
The samples contained 14 of the 20 amino acids used to make proteins and all five nucleobases, the genetic components of DNA and RNA in all earthlife
The crowning achievement of American inventor William Painter’s career was, well, inventing the now-ubiquitous crown bottle cap. Oh, and not to forget, the bottle cap lifter to open these crowns, or what we simply call the bottle openers. A.S.Ganesh tells you how Painter changed the bottling industry forever…
Union Budget proposes that five of them will be ready by 2033 but no financial commitment made towards building them; Atomic Energy Department to spend ₹24,049 cr. in 2025-26; amendments to Atomic Energy Act, Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, says Sitharaman
Moderate rainfall spread over the entire duration of the summer monsoon season led to increased dengue deaths in Pune compared with heavy or extreme rainfall
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an outlay of ₹20,000 crores will be given for research and development for small modular reactors
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