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Nanotechnology

New artificial nanostructures for infrared absorption

December 28, 2022
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Technology can help develop highly efficient infrared absorbers, emitters, and modulators that are useful in defence technologies, energy technologies, imaging, sensing, and so on.

Event

National Conclave on Techneev@75

December 28, 2022
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The need to build on the strength of the community and customize the role of technology according to the systemic needs of the community for changing their life and livelihood was highlighted.

Awards

Ms Shalini Kumari from India received first prize in the Grassroots Innovation Competition

December 28, 2022
The Scitech

For her innovation ‘Modified walker with adjustable legs’ at the 3rd ASEAN India Grassroots Innovation forum.

Material Science

Improved, heavy rare earth-free, low-cost magnets for EV vehicles could reduce mobility costs

December 28, 2022
The Scitech

Scientists have fabricated improved low-cost heavy rare earth-free high Nd-Fe-B magnets, which are in high demand for Electric Vehicles and can make them more affordable. 

Psychology

Men may not ‘perceive’ domestic tasks as needing doing in the same way as women, philosophers argue

December 28, 2022
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A new hypothesis may help answer questions of why women still shoulder most housework, and why men never seem to notice.

Physics

How magnetic waves interact with Earth’s bubble

December 28, 2022
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Study uncovered how magnetic waves are transmitted past a standing shock wave, known as the bow shock, that forms ahead of Earth as a result of the solar wind hitting our magnetic bubble (magnetosphere).

Environmental Science

Green social prescribing: time in nature can increase wellbeing

December 28, 2022
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Nature is a powerful tool that can be harnessed by social prescribers to improve people’s health and wellbeing, according to a series of new evidence reviews.

Microbial Science

Acids help against airborne viruses

December 28, 2022
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This acidity determines how long viruses remain infectious in the air – with profound implications for virus transmission and strategies to contain it.

Biotechnology

Winged robot that can land like a bird

December 28, 2022
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Researchers have discovered how proteins in the cell can form tiny liquid droplets that act as a smart molecular glue.

Robotics

Winged robot that can land like a bird

December 28, 2022
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Researchers have developed a method that allows a flapping-wing robot to land autonomously on a horizontal perch using a claw-like mechanism.

Material Science

Optomechanics simulates graphene lattices

December 28, 2022
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Scientists have overcome the scaling challenges of quantum optomechanical systems and realized the first superconducting circuit optomechanical graphene lattice.

Medical Science

Predictive blood biomarker for cognitive impairment and dementia identified

December 28, 2022
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Identification of elderly persons at risk of developing cognitive impairment and dementia could be made possible by examining ergothioneine levels in the blood.

Astrophysics

Doomed exoplanet spiraling toward obliteration

December 28, 2022
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The condemned planet could help answer questions about the fate of other worlds, including ours

Geological Science

Hawai‘i earthquake swarm caused by magma moving through ‘sills'

December 28, 2022
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Magma pumping through a massive complex of flat, interconnected chambers deep beneath volcanoes in Hawai‘i appears to be responsible for an unexplained swarm of tiny earthquakes.

Behavioural Science

Mouse pups cry for help most urgently while active

December 28, 2022
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It’s a survival mechanism – baby mice need their parents to regulate their temperature and feed them – that diminishes with age.

Engineering Science

Wildflower cells reveal mystery of leaf's structure

December 28, 2022
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The findings could lead to the manufacturing of energy-producing photosynthetic materials.

 

Ecological Science

Study finds animals play key role in restoring forests

December 28, 2022
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The world’s wildlife populations have declined by almost 70% in the last 50 years as their habitats have been polluted and cleared by humans.

Biotechnology

Researchers shed light on how lyme disease infects the body

December 28, 2022
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The findings could better inform treatment options and help prevent severe outcomes of the disease

Nanotechnology

Designing with DNA

December 28, 2022
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Software lets researchers create tiny, rounded objects out of DNA. Here’s why that’s cool.

Material Science

Making the unimaginable possible in materials discovery

December 28, 2022
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Scientists find way to make new materials for batteries, magnets, and microelectronics