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‘Tenure track system will force new faculty to pursue short-term research goals’

MoHRD’s move towards tenure track system draws divergent views, significant concerns

Preventive measures: Workers during a fogging drive to repel mosquitoes in Delhi.

ILS develops antibodies against Chikungunya infection

Satyasundar Barik

Hot days: The local surface temperature in large cities in Odisha, such as Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, has increased by 40-50% during the period 2001-2010.

Bhubaneswar becomes 0.5 degree C hotter due to urbanisation

R. Prasad Cuttack and Bhubaneswar have seen the most incresase in local temperature while warming in rural areas is less

Out of reach: Grazing elephants that cannot reach up to the level of the canopies mostly feed on the grassy species.

Remotely sensed indices unreliable in informing elephant forage

Shubashree Desikan Grass abundance, which indicates elephant fodder, tends to be low in locations with dense canopy cover

Health

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The study is one of the first to find components which could have a direct effect on ‘brown fat’.

Drinking coffee may help fight obesity: study

PTI In future, it may become part of weight management regime and glucose regulation programmes

Preventive measures: Workers during a fogging drive to repel mosquitoes in Delhi.

ILS develops antibodies against Chikungunya infection

Satyasundar Barik Helps unravel virus pathogenesis; institute will partner with a biotech company for product commercialisation

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A representative illustration of US President Donald Trump and Huawei

All you need to know about the ban on Huawei in USA

Archit Mehta Game of perceptions take the front seat as Huawei plans life without access to US market

The Mark Zuckerberg-led social network giant is expected to outline details of a virtual currency launching next year.

Facebook to unveil new cryptocurrency

AFP Facebook is setting up a consortium called Libra, which has been joined by more than a dozen companies including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber.

A young girl looking at a model of Giant Metrowave Radio Telescope. File

NCRA to host International Pulsar Timing Array meet

Janice Saji The IPTA meet is a collaboration of radio astronomers from a dozen countries across the globe.

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Herculean task: Nepalese army men carry empty oxygen cylinder collected from Mount Everest in Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal, in this file photo.

Mt Everest turning into a pile of discarded tents, human waste

AP Crew struggling to clear trash left behind by 700 climbers, guides and porters

A Painted Lady butterfly sighted in Coimbatore earlier this month.

Painted Lady butterflies flutter Coimbatore skies

Wilson Thomas More than 200 species sighted at Othakalmandapam

Activists in front of plastic and electronic waste outside Foreign Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand.

Among world’s worst polluters, ASEAN vows to tackle ocean waste

AFP Leaders are expected to sign a ‘Bangkok Declaration’ on fighting maritime trash

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Kale grown at an indoor farm are being packed for delivery in Singapore.

Singapore eyes a farming revolution

Reuters It wants to be food secure as climate change, population growth threatens global supply

Making hay: A groundnut vendor on the Machilipatnam-Manginapudi beach road in Krishna district. T_APPALANAIDU

India develops new groundnut line with desirable oil quality

R. Prasad Groundnuts grown in India have about 55% oleic acid, about 25% linoleic acid and around 10% palmitic acid, whereas in the U.S., several groundnut varieties have 80% oleic acid and just 2-3% linoleic acid.

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The Lander and Orbiter of Chandrayaan -2 being test and assembled by ISRO scientists at ISITE, in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Chandrayaan-2 to include lander and rover in a first for any Indian space mission

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‘Sperm retains viability in outer space’

Drinking coffee may help fight obesity: study

Mt Everest turning into a pile of discarded tents, human waste

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Tata Sky Binge review: Yet another entertainment portal

‘I think humans will become cyborgs in future’

‘Tenure track system will force new faculty to pursue short-term research goals’

IIT Madras: Decoding the physical, chemical nature of ancient plasterwork

Researchers from IIT-Madras have uncovered the microstructure of the binding material used in plasterwork from the 13th to the 16th century

What is the plant paradox diet?

According to Dr Steven R Gundry, avoiding lectins can help in weight loss and improve a range of health condictions.

What are CryptoKitties?

We all know cats can break the Internet... but this treasure trove in the cryptocurrency realm sure is colourfully quirky!

How Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are upgrading the food and dining scene

There’s a rather delicious race featuring technology and food — and the finish line is digital dining. As consumers, we are all for a more immersive meal which converges the best of taste and tech

How Huggins changed observational astronomy

Sir William Huggins was an English astronomer who revolutionised observational astronomy. By taking to spectroscopic methods and applying them to astronomy, Huggins handed astronomers with new tools to answer existing questions. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at how this self-taught astronomer went about his business...

We’ll trust anyone but a doctor with our health?

It is ironic how many of us trust people with great communication skill than qualified doctors

Put out the risk

Why smoking is worse for women’s health than it is for men

Police act on Kushboo’s Twitter complaint

Remove a lorry parked on her street

Bengaluru-based space start-up Bellatrix raises ₹21 crore

Bengaluru-based space launches start-up Bellatrix Aerospace said it has raised $3 million (around ₹21 crore) in initial or 'pre-series A' round from a

German climate activists end coal mine blockade

The Garzweiler lignite coal mine has been the focal point of environmental protests in Germany.

ILS develops antibodies against Chikungunya infection

Helps unravel virus pathogenesis; institute will partner with a biotech company for product commercialisation

Australian watchdog prepares for clampdown on tech giants

Report slams ‘lack of transparency’ in their operations, handling of personal data

Brain likes information the same way as money

Treats information as its own reward

Plants may be spreading superbugs to humans

Spell threat to global public health.

Device to trap ocean plastic waste relaunches

A floating device designed to catch plastic waste has been redeployed in a second attempt to clean up an island of trash swirling in the Pacific Ocean

Explained: Facebook’s global digital currency ‘Libra’

What is Facebook’s plan to empower billions? What is Libra’s technology? Is this cause for worry?

Painted Lady butterflies flutter Coimbatore skies

More than 200 species sighted at Othakalmandapam

Scamp the Tramp wins the World’s Ugliest Dog contest

The adopted street dog beat out 18 other contestants

Among world’s worst polluters, ASEAN vows to tackle ocean waste

Leaders are expected to sign a ‘Bangkok Declaration’ on fighting maritime trash

Remotely sensed indices unreliable in informing elephant forage

Grass abundance, which indicates elephant fodder, tends to be low in locations with dense canopy cover

Bhubaneswar becomes 0.5 degree C hotter due to urbanisation

Cuttack and Bhubaneswar have seen the most incresase in local temperature while warming in rural areas is less

IIT Guwahati uses water-repelling cotton for sustained drug release

Duration of drug release can be tuned by varying the water-repelling property of cotton

Why did woolly rhino, mammoth go extinct?

Yak dung analysis helped to map out the different plants and trees in the area

Unconscious patient stuck inside UP healthcare centre after officials lock up and leave

A probe has also been ordered

Google Doodle pays tribute to Amrish Puri on his 87th birth anniversary

Puri left a lasting impression with his villainous roles through the 1980s and 1990s

Ground Zero | Bihar AES deaths: A hundred deaths, and no answers

Cases of acute encephalitis syndrome have seen a spike in Muzaffarpur this year, already claiming more than a hundred lives. Jacob Koshy reports on the appalling state of health care in Bihar, even as the debate on what is causing the deaths rages on

E-tattoo monitors heart health

A much greater insight into heart health by the synchronous collection of data from both electrocardiogram and seismocardiography.

Government denies that 11 of 15 hottest places in world are in India: Environment Ministry

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar says the government neither authenticates nor agrees with the findings of the report, which is based on a newspaper article quoting private agency El Dorado Weather.

Shop ethically on International Yoga Day 2019

Yoga pants made of organic cotton and coffee grounds, mats made from cork and natural tree rubber and accessories designed for the modern yogi

Clinical update in The BMJ roots for GPs to detect oral cancers in time

Paper says general physicians, dentists, nurses spotting early signs will reduce incidence of disease

Know SAHAAS, the collective in Thane providing support to queer people

SAHAAS, a collective in Thane, is providing mental and emotional support to queer people through group therapy

Japan’s ‘washi’ paper torn by modern life; struggles to attract customers

Despite its UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage tag, the artefact’s market value is dwindling

Scientists find earliest signs of Parkinson's in brain

They found that changes in the serotonin system in the brains of Parkinson's sufferers started to malfunction well before other symptoms occurred.

WHO writes new prescription to prevent misuse of antibiotics

Guidelines specify which drugs must be sparingly used.

First “song” recorded from rare, lovelorn, right whale off Alaska

Scientists say the crooning could be the mating call of one of the most elusive marine mammals

Einstein’s relativity document gifted to Nobel museum

The paper was written by the scientist in November 1922

Himalayan glaciers are melting twice as fast since 2000: study

Cold war-era spy satellite images repurposed to study ice loss in 650 glaciers

CSIR-CDRI researchers to correct mistakes in images

30 papers published between 2011 and 2018 found to contain reused or duplicated images

Hungry polar bear found roaming in Russia

Polar bears are increasingly wandering into human-inhabited areas in northern Russia.

Turtles wrapped in nets wash ashore in Goa, saved

Ghost nets are hazardous to marine life

Drug boosts growth in dwarf children

The drug vosoritide was tested in children aged five to 14 years.

A water clinic for elephants opens on the banks of the Yamuna

Rescued elephants undergo rehab.

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