Sunday, February 19, 2023

9 million elderly Indians have dementia: Study

This figure is notably higher than previous estimates, which had put the prevalence at 3.7 million, and underscores the pressing need for better care and support for those living with the condition. The prevalence of dementia in J&K is the highest in the country at 11%. While most of the samples were collected from Kashmir, experts believe there is scope for more detailed study to gauge if the region’s decades-long political turbulence had a role.

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Saturday, February 11, 2023

Russian spacecraft loses pressure, station crew safe

An uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has lost cabin pressure, the Russian space corporation reported Saturday, saying the incident doesn't pose any danger to the station's crew.

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Friday, February 10, 2023

Hubble captures the start of a new 'spoke' season of Saturn: NASA



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Isro’s SSLV-D2/EOS-07 mission successful; three satellites placed in orbits

The success of SSLV-D2/EOS-07 mission comes after India’s smallest commercial rocket – which is 34-metre-tall and 2 metre in diameter -- failed to inject satellites into the desired orbits during its maiden flight on August 7 last year.

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

SpaceX test-fires engines of most powerful rocket ever

SpaceX successfully test-fired the engines on the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to eventually send astronauts to the Moon and beyond. The test, called a static fire, of the 33 Raptor engines on the first-stage booster of SpaceX's Starship took place at the private space company's base in Texas.

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Mars rover finds rippled rocks caused by waves: Nasa

"This is the best evidence of water and waves that we've seen in the entire mission," said Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity's project scientist at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. The rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2012, beamed back stunning pictures of rippled patterns on the surface of rocks caused by the waves of a shallow lake billions of years ago.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Protein droplets may cause many types of genetic diseases: Research



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IISc, Samsung R&D wing partner for semiconductor tech research

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has partnered with Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR), a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, to promote research and development (R&D) in the field of on-chip Electrostatic Discharge (ESD).

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Friday, February 3, 2023

Astronomers detect radio signal from atomic hydrogen in distant galaxy

Astronomers from McGill University in Canada and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru have used data from the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) in Pune to detect a radio signal originating from atomic hydrogen in an extremely distant galaxy. The astronomical distance over which the signal was picked up is so far the farthest.

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