Month: May 2019

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Why You Should Care That Lanthanum Hydride Is a Superconductor at High Pressure

Vijay B. Shenoy 28/05/2019

Why would anyone be interested in a material that...

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Forests in India May be Able to Withstand Climate Change Better Than Feared

T.V. Padma 28/05/2019

Research conducted by IIT Kharagpur shows that most forests...

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Even After Payal Tadvi’s Death, Doctors’ Body Unconvinced of Caste Discrimination

Anoo Bhuyan 28/05/2019

India’s medical community would be well served if doctors...

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Scientists Create Genetic Code From Scratch for the Win, But Will We Always Win?

Riddhi Dastidar 27/05/2019

With the influx of money, it seems likely we...

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The Three Kinds of People We Need to Fight India’s Air Pollution Problem

Sarath Guttikunda 27/05/2019

For true impact on the ground, there needs to...

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IISc Team Reconfirms Its Superconductivity Claim but Doubts Linger

R. Ramachandran 27/05/2019

Ten months ago, two scientists from IISc Bangalore made...

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What Does a Second NDA Term Entail for India’s Environmental Policies?

Mayank Aggarwal 27/05/2019

In the last five years, the NDA government introduced...