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Journal finally retracts the discredited hydroxychloroquine paper

21/12/2024
The paper published in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents was withdrawn because of concerns about the ethical approval for the research.

Does 2022 H5N1 bind, replicate better in the respiratory tract?

21/12/2024
Based on lab studies, researchers found the currently circulating H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4.b virus attaching better in the human respiratory tract than a well-characterised 2005 H5N1 clade 2.1.3.2 virus

Google’s GenCast AI turns spotlight on powerful new weather forecasters Explained

21/12/2024
Like ChatGPT can identify what the next word in an unfinished sentence could be, GenCast can guess what the future weather will be given the weather until some point

Gaganyaan-G1 mission to validate critical technologies in the run-up to manned flight: VSSC Director S. Unnikrishnan Nair

20/12/2024
It will place the orbital module in an 170 km x 430 km elliptical orbit around the earth. Once the orbital module de-orbits, the crew module will separate for controlled re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere and splashdown in the Bay of Bengal

The social character of scientific knowledge

20/12/2024
In science, not knowing is ubiquitous. The problems arise when we don’t know, or choose to overlook, where science ends and faith begins

What is an AI agent? The computer science of the next wave of AI tools

19/12/2024
AI agents are technological tools that can learn a lot about a given environment, and then – with a few simple prompts from a human – work to solve problems or perform specific tasks in that environment.

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Microplastics

19/12/2024
This week’s Sci-five quiz is on microplastics.

Chile's giant 'living fossil' frog faces threat from climate change and humans

19/12/2024
Factors such as climate change, habitat interruption, environmental decline and pollution have all caused the Helmeted Water Toad's numbers to dwindle.

Data on animal movements help Hungarian researchers create a swarm of autonomous drones

19/12/2024
The scientists at Hungary’s Eötvos Loránd University have been studying group robotics since 2009, and earlier succeeded in creating the world’s first flock of synchronised drones

How scientists are exploring what extraterrestrial life could look like

19/12/2024
Advanced forms of life on alien planets could be so strange that they are unrecognisable

ISRO begins assembly of HLVM3 for Gaganyaan’s first uncrewed flight

18/12/2024
Under the Gaganyaan programme, ISRO intends to carry out three uncrewed missions and one crewed mission

Science for All | Scientists discover a binary star system near Milky Way’s supermassive black hole 

18/12/2024
The Hindu’s weekly Science for All newsletter explains all things Science, without the jargon.

US faces risk of losing to China in second moon race

18/12/2024
The US lunar programme is delayed, in part because the spacesuits and lunar-landing vehicle are not ready.

Polluting shipwrecks are a ticking time-bomb at the bottom of our oceans

18/12/2024
Structures of shipwrecks found under the ocean have been degrading, inexorably increasing the chances of sudden releases of toxic substances into the marine environment.

What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System

18/12/2024
Oumuamua’s speed and path around the Sun don’t match a typical asteroid, but it also has no bright tail or nucleus (icy core) we normally associate with comets.

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