Month: September 2016

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Will Bangladesh and India turn the Sundarbans into a Busy Shipping Lane?

Mohammad Arju 11/09/2016

The continuous, manifold increase in international, regional and inland...

A GSLV-MkII rocket right outside the vehicle assembly building at SHAR, Sriharikota. Credit: ISRO

ISRO Planning At Least Two GSLV-MkII Launches Every Year

"Our intent is to launch two-three GSLV-MkII missions every...

A paper-made centrifuge, called a paperfuge, could replace the more conventional and sophisticated centrifuge (shown) at remote points of healthcare. Credit: uclmaps/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Meet Paperfuge, the Biomedical Centrifuge Inspired By a Toy

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 09/09/2016

The paperfuge can generate a force 30,000-times that of...

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Are Statins Safe to Treat Heart Disease?

K.S. Parthasarathy 09/09/2016

"The debate over the harms and benefits of statins...

An Aedes aegypti mosquito, which spreads the Zika virus. Credit: riyagi/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Things Look Grave for Asia, But Zika Research Races On

Nandita Jayaraj 09/09/2016

Zika viruses have been found in tears, possibly explaining...

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Deforestation Reducing Monsoon Rainfall in India: New Study

Shreya Dasgupta 09/09/2016

Studies show that a combination of factors has weakened...

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifts off on from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

NASA Launches its First Probe to Collect Asteroid Samples

Irene Klotz 09/09/2016

Scientists believe asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth...