ALMA Telescope: Using the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope, astronomers have gained new insights into how planets form around binary star systems, where two stars orbit a common centre of mass. ALMA Telescope is a state-of-the-art telescope that studies celestial objectsat millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths. It is a radio telescope comprising 66 antennas […]
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African Swine Fever : Outbreak
African Swine Fever : Outbreak The death toll of pigs following the outbreak of the African Swine Fever (ASF) disease in Mizoram since February has crossed 3,350, officials said recently. African Swine Fever (ASF) is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, whose mortality rate can reach 100%. The ASF virus is […]
Methane : New Study
Methane : New Study According to a new study by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, a significant portion of the methane gas released from the ruptured Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September never made it into the atmosphere. Methane is the primary component of natural gas and is responsible for approximately […]
Alka Yagnik diagnosed With Sensorineural Deafness
Alka Yagnik diagnosed With Sensorineural Deafness: Bollywood playback singer Alka Yagnik has been diagnosed with Sensorineural deafness. Sensorineural deafness is a type of hearing loss caused by damage to the inner ear or the nerve pathways that transmit sound from the ear to the brain. Although sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a natural process of […]
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Anthropic has launched its latest AI model called Claude 3.5 Sonnet — the company’s first release in the upcoming Claude 3.5 AI model series. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a large language model (LLM), and is part of the family of LLMs which is being developed by Anthropic. These models are known as […]
Trinity Challenge
Trinity Challenge: A project by the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), has won the joint second prize in Trinity Challenge’s second competition, on tackling the escalating threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The Trinity Challenge (TTC) is a charity supporting the creation of data-driven solutions to help protect against global health threats. It is […]
Capsaicin : Acute Poisoning
Capsaicin : Acute Poisoning Food safety authorities in Denmark have recalled three types of South Korean spicy instant noodles over possible risks of “acute poisoning” due to high Capsaicin levels. Capsaicin is a naturally-occurring botanical irritant in chili peppers, synthetically derived for pharmaceutical formulations. It is most abundantly found in the “placenta” (white membrane to […]
Hooch : Spurious Liquor Of Tamil Nadu’s
Hooch : Spurious Liquor Of Tamil Nadu’s At least 34 people have died, and around 100 others have been hospitalised after consuming hooch, or spurious liquor, in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi. Hooch is a commonly used term for poor quality alcohol, derived from Hoochinoo, a native Alaskan tribe that was known to produce very strong liquor. […]
Human African Trypanosomiasis
Human African Trypanosomiasis: In a landmark achievement, Chad has become the first country in 2024 and the 51st globally to eliminate a neglected tropical disease (NTD) — the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is also known as sleeping sickness. It is caused by protozoan parasites transmitted by infected tsetse […]
New Freshwater Diatom Genus Discovered
New Freshwater Diatom Genus Discovered: Researchers have discovered a new genus of the Gomphonemoid diatom found in the clean water river of the Eastern Ghats and it has been named Indiconema to value its restricted distribution in the country. Indiconema differs in having a pore field at both the head and foot pole rather than […]
